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Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University; Akram Al-Rawi, Zayed University; Abdallah Tubaishat, Zayed Univeristy; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

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Information Systems

AC 2008-1581: A COURSE SEQUENCE FOR INTEGRATING PROBLEMSOLVING AND CRITICAL THINKING IN A HYBRID OUTCOME-BASED IS/ITCURRICULUMAzzedine Lansari, Zayed University Azzedine Lansari received a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in 1992. From 1993-1998, he was a senior researcher at MANTECH, NC. He joined the College of Information Systems at Zayed University in 1998. Currently he is an Associate Professor in the College of Information Technology. His research interests include systems modeling, educational technology and curriculum design in Information Systems.Akram Al-Rawi, Zayed University Akram Al-Rawi is a Sun certified Java Programmer and a Professor of CIS at Zayed University

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Statics and Dynamics: What's New?

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marisa Orr, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue Engineering Education; Sherrill Biggers, Clemson University

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Mechanical Engineering

University, and has been on the faculty at Clemson since 1989, after 8 years on the faculty at the University of Kentucky and 11 years in the aerospace industry. He is an associate fellow of AIAA and a registered Professional Engineer (PE). Page 13.1111.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Student Study Habits and their Effectiveness in an Integrated Statics and Dynamics ClassAbstractIntegrated Statics and Dynamics is a required five-credit course that was offered for MechanicalEngineering students at Clemson University for the first time in Fall 2006. The large

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Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Fred Meyer, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

engineering dealing with the planning, design,construction, maintenance and management of physical infrastructure networks, e.g.,power plants, bridges, roads, railways, structures, water supply, irrigation, the naturalenvironment, sewer, flood control, transportation and traffic19. Educational programs andpractices in civil engineering have been incrementally revised and adapted over the years.Typically a BS program in civil engineering is comprised of a sequence of courses inMathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Humanities, Business, and a few other fieldsof Engineering. Table 3 shows an example of curriculum in civil engineering at theUniversity of Southern California (USC), which is accredited by ABET. This program isrepresentative of many

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Software Engineering Course Content

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Henry Welch, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

, “Integrating formal methods tools into undergraduate computer science curriculum”, Proceedings of the 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, October 2006.17. J. Spivey. The Z notation - A Reference Manual (Second Edition). Prentice Hall, 1992.18. J. B. Wordsworth, Software Development with Z, Addison-Wesley, 1992.BiographiesMARK J. SEBERN is a Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the MilwaukeeSchool of Engineering (MSOE), and was the founding program director for MSOE's undergraduate softwareengineering program. He has served as an ABET program evaluator for software engineering, computer engineering,and computer science.HENRY L. WELCH is a Professor of computer and software engineering in the

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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John Adams; Charles Kochakian

track all items picked up andexamined by a customer, this could lead to unwanted targeting by advertisers. There are alsosignificant business concerns, such as pressure by consumer groups to adopt privacy guidelinesthat have the potential of directly slowing the growth of RFID technology. The challenge toindustry is to take a more proactive position as RFID solutions become integrated into businessenterprises. An interesting topic is the efforts by industry advocating EPC global as a facilitator toadopt policy guidelines for both consumers and RFID technology in business processes andpractices.ConclusionsA course in RFID has been adopted as part of the core Electrical Engineering curriculum atMerrimack College. The choice to do so was based in

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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John Adams; Charles Kochakian

track all items picked up andexamined by a customer, this could lead to unwanted targeting by advertisers. There are alsosignificant business concerns, such as pressure by consumer groups to adopt privacy guidelinesthat have the potential of directly slowing the growth of RFID technology. The challenge toindustry is to take a more proactive position as RFID solutions become integrated into businessenterprises. An interesting topic is the efforts by industry advocating EPC global as a facilitator toadopt policy guidelines for both consumers and RFID technology in business processes andpractices.ConclusionsA course in RFID has been adopted as part of the core Electrical Engineering curriculum atMerrimack College. The choice to do so was based in

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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John Adams; Charles Kochakian

track all items picked up andexamined by a customer, this could lead to unwanted targeting by advertisers. There are alsosignificant business concerns, such as pressure by consumer groups to adopt privacy guidelinesthat have the potential of directly slowing the growth of RFID technology. The challenge toindustry is to take a more proactive position as RFID solutions become integrated into businessenterprises. An interesting topic is the efforts by industry advocating EPC global as a facilitator toadopt policy guidelines for both consumers and RFID technology in business processes andpractices.ConclusionsA course in RFID has been adopted as part of the core Electrical Engineering curriculum atMerrimack College. The choice to do so was based in

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Computer and Electrical Engineering Technology Innovations

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE, University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown; Gregory Dick, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

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Engineering Technology

Electrical Engineering Technology program at the University of Pittsburgh atJohnstown (UPJ).The paper also describes several considerations taken into account during the adaptation ofHardware Description Languages (HDL) and automation based digital design flow to theUPJ curriculum. The demographics of UPJ’s student population and their immediate careerssuggest that most graduates do not pursue graduate studies in computer engineering, nor dothey seek employment related to design and manufacture of integrated circuit components.As a result, a detailed in depth study of modern digital design methodologies is not anecessity.The paper explains the course topics and the related laboratory assignments of the coredigital electronics course for UPJ

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Campbell, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc; Eann Patterson, Michigan State University; Ilene Busch-Vishniac, McMaster University; Tom Kibler, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc

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Mechanical Engineering

Integrating Applications in the Teaching of Fundamental ConceptsIntroductionStudent retention through to the successful completion of an undergraduate degree in engineeringis of increasing concern to educators, policy makers, and, of course, students. It has beenestimated that only half of those entering an undergraduate engineering program go on tocomplete the degree.1 This is particularly low when one considers that the bar to enter anengineering program is often higher than for other programs.2 By 2007, Dean, Anthony, andVahala reported that the retention of engineering students had become a major undertaking formost institutions.3 As one of the largest engineering disciplines, awarding 21% of the 2007engineering bachelor’s degrees,4 retention is

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Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University; Angie Hill Price; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering – A Case Study of CapstoneExperience with Strong Industrial Participation. Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition,Session 717. Chicago, IL (2006).12. S. D. Foroudastan and I. D. Campbell, Student Projects: Hands-on Experience with Mechanical EngineeringTechnology. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Session 1348. Portland, OR (2005).13. C. R. Mirman, An Engineering Technology Capstone Course Which Integrates Theory, Design, andConstruction in an Open-Ended Project .Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Session1648. Portland, OR (2005).14. A. N. Abdelmessih, A. de San Lazaro, and I. H. Jung, An Integrated Concept-to-Prototype

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Curriculum Development and Applications

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Nail, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Engineering Design Graphics

, and its ability to interact with AutoCAD © files is featured. Otherapplications include management capabilities such as tracking changes, time sequences, andidentifying incompatabilities.Gomez-Rivas and Pincus4 give an overview of a Structural Analysis Design EngineeringTechnology program at The University of Houston-Downtown. This 2002 paper describes thedegree program as a whole, summarizing the various components. Microstation © appears aspart of a junior level course in three-dimensional modeling, which includes other softwarepackages.Kissoff5, in another 2002 paper, reports on the integration of GEOPAK © into a sophomore levelCivil Engineering Design and Graphics class in the Construction Engineering Technologyprogram at The University

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Computer Education Management Tools II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc.; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Amy Craig, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

AC 2008-1062: INTEGRATION OF COMPUTER BASED PROBLEM SOLVINGINTO ENGINEERING CURRICULADianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University Dianne Raubenheimer is Director of Assessment in the College of Engineering and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Adult and Higher Education in the College of Education at NCSU. She has worked with faculty and administrators in Engineering for two years, and previously in the Science and Education disciplines. She has a background in teacher education, curriculum development and evaluation and has worked as an education consultant for a number of organizations in the USA and South Africa conducting program evaluations. She received a Ph.D

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Curricular Developments in Energy Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarma Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University; Yaw Yeboah, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

inrenewable or non-renewable energy and/or mechanical or chemical aspects of energy. All students in the program take an energy engineering lab course, engage in a supervisedindependent research project, and participate in an integrative interdisciplinary designproject/course. The design project is carried out as part of The Pennsylvania State University’sLearning factory that engages students from different engineering disciplines on teams to addressindustrially challenging problems. This paper will discuss the new energy engineering initiative,the novel curriculum, and the seamless integration of research into the training and education ofstudents to help to produce the next generation of skilled workforce for the energy industry.Research

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Design for Society and the Environment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Pappas; Ronald Kander, James Madison University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2008-691: SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES: THE SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERINGDESIGN CURRICULUM AT JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITYEric Pappas, Dr. Eric Pappas is Associate Professor of Integrated Science and Technology at James Madison University. He developed, and was director of, the Advanced Engineering Writing and Communications Program in the College of Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) from 1993-2003. Dr. Pappas was on the faculty of Virginia Tech from 1987-2003 and taught classes in technical writing, creative writing, American literature, interpersonal communications and public speaking, creative thinking, leadership, engineering design

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Electrical Engineering Technology Design Projects & Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kin Moy, Youngstown State University

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Engineering Technology

engineering coveringthe technical elements which will be discussed in the next section. With the understanding ofbasic electromagnetic fields, it is possible to include and integrate many technical elements ofApplied EMC into the EET curriculum. Ideally, Applied EMC could be offered as an elective in Page 13.773.10a four year EET program. Unfortunately, it would take sometime to develop and receiveapprovals such a course since it is difficult to add another course to the already crowdedcurriculum. In order to overcome this obstacle, EET program at Youngstown State Universitydeveloped an approach to integrate the EMC elements into various existing EET

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Integrating Math, Science and Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregg Janowski, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Melinda Lalor, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Hassan Moore, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Mathematics

. Engineering faculty enthusiastically acceptedthe trade off of teaching some advanced mathematical methods within their courses in exchangefor receiving students with a sound, broad-based foundation and an ability to use mathematics tosolve engineering problems. Areas that were deemed critical by most engineering programs wereFirst-Order ODEs; Second-Order Linear ODEs; Vector Differential Calculus: Grad, Div, Curl;Vector Integral Calculus, and an introduction to Partial Differential Equations. The initialoffering of this course will be Fall 2008.IntroductionThe engineering profession increasingly expects graduates to be immediately productive withwell-developed problem-solving, teamwork and communication skills, and to demonstrate anability to adapt

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The Best of Design in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara

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Design in Engineering Education

, hands-on experience, and integrates analytical and designskills acquired in the companion ME courses. The course objectives are (1) designproblem solving, creative thinking, project planning and teamwork through a challengingdesign and build project; (2) to provide experience in fundamental engineering reportingand communication including project plans, design reviews, and project reports. ACapstone Design program has now been developed and has become an integral andimportant component of the mechanical engineering curriculum. This program nowallows the students to address more significant and practical design projects.The ME Capstone Design Program added an Industry Partner Program for the 2005/06student projects. This program was successfully

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Zecher, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-1050: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL TUTORIAL FORTEACHING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS USING ANSYS WORKBENCHJohn Zecher, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Page 13.419.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Development of an Instructional Tutorial for teaching Finite Element Analysis using ANSYS® Workbench™ AbstractDuring the past several years, use of finite element analysis (FEA) in industry has transitionedfrom a specialized tool, used primarily by full-time analysts, to one that is used by productengineers as an integral part of the design process. A major reason for

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Unique Approaches

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul A. Nelson, Michigan Technological University; Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2008-1354: CREATING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE IN ANENGINEERING UNIVERSITYPaul A. Nelson, Michigan Technological University Dr. Paul A. Nelson is Associate Professor of Economics and Engineering Management in the School of Business at Michigan Technological University, with a PhD in Industrial Organization Economics from the University of Wisconsin. In the 1970s and 1980, he was the Director of a graduate program in Business Administration designed for engineering students. Also, he administered a one-year second undergraduate degree program in Engineering Management for engineering students. He supervised many Master of Science projects which dealt with starting businesses and

Conference Session

Institutional and Curricular Reform

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Goldberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Andreas Cangellaris, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Michael Loui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Raymond Price, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Bruce Litchfield, Univ Of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

curriculum was formed in the crucible of the cold war.8 Since that time, Page 13.684.2radical changes in transportation, communication, and computer technology9 leave us in a verydifferent world. Popular books such as The World is Flat,10 A Whole New Mind,11 and The Riseof the Creative Class12 suggest that returns to innovation and creativity are especially importantin a world where routine analysis and engineering tasks can be outsourced globally for dimes onthe dollar. Scientific discovery and the integration of technology in everyday life are occurringat an increasing rate. These trends demand a more direct involvement of engineers in

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ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Gerry Marekova, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

available to the students at Drexel wishing topursue the B.S. degree on a full- or part-time basis. Starting in the fall of 2006, the AET majorbecame available as a degree completion to New Jersey residents due to a new partnershipbetween Drexel University and Burlington County College (BCC) with both full- and part-timeenrollment options.The AET program’s content provides an integrated educational experience directed towarddeveloping the ability to apply the fundamental knowledge gained in the Drexel’s GoodwinCollege to the solution of practical problems in the engineering technology fields. The program’scurriculum, which is comprised of Electrical, Mechanical, and Industrial concentrations, placesemphasis on the application of theory rather than

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Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thorsten Wagener, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Civil Engineering

., McGlynn, B., Marshall, L., McHale, M., Meixner, T. and McGuire, K. 2007a. Taking the pulse of hydrology education. Hydrological Processes, 21, 1789-1792. 2. Wagener, T., Weiler, M., McGlynn, B., Marshall, L., McHale, M., Meixner, T. and McGuire, K. 2007b. Teaching hydrology – Are we providing an interdisciplinary education? IAHS Newsletter, 87, 10. 3. Bourget PG. 2006. Integrated water resources management curriculum in the United States: results of a recent survey. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education 135: 107–114. 4. Bloeschl G. 2006. Hydrologic synthesis: across processes, places, and scales. Water Resources Research 42: W03S02 Doi:10·1029/2005WR-004319. 5. Kirchner JW. 2006. Getting

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University; Cathy Mariotti Ezrailson, University of South Dakota; Ramesh Talreja, Texas A&M University

AC 2008-392: READING, WRITING - ENERGY: AN NSF CCLI PROJECT TOENHANCE A FRESHMAN CORE CURRICULUM NATURAL SCIENCE COURSEChristine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University Christine Ehlig-Economides is a full professor of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University. She worked for 20 years for Schlumberger in the oil industry in more than 30 countries. Dr. Ehlig-Economides has a B.A. in Math-Science from Rice University, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kansas, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in Petroleum Engineering. She is currently developing education and research programs in energy sustainability. She was elected to the National Academy of

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Electrical ET Curriculum and Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University; David Freiberger, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

transferring to the Department of Engineering & Design at Eastern Washington University. His interest include image and video processing, communication systems, digital signal processing, and cryptographic theory and applications.Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University CLAUDIO TALARICO received his Ph.D. in the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Electrical Engineering. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Eastern Washington University. His research interests include design methodologies for integrated circuits and systems and complex systems-on-chips.David Freiberger, Eastern Washington University DAVID FREIBERGER is an undergraduate student in Electrical

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International CIase Studies: Collabs, Exchanges & Interactions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Willie Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes-Barre

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International

AC 2008-959: ENRICHING A CURRICULUM WITH LOCAL CONTENTWillie Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes-Barre Dr. Willie K. Ofosu is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Pennsylvania State University. He teaches telecommunications, wireless systems, computer networking, optoelectronics and analog and digital electronics at the Wilkes-Barre campus. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, IET (England) and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) of England. He is currently involved in international activities in cooperation with some faculty members at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. He is an advocate of diversity in the education field. Dr

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kurt Colvin; Robert Crockett

5 Figure 2. Systems Engineering Competencies Many of the courses in the distributed grouped into SE Concentrations. curriculum have an option of being taken for graduate credit; our guidelines stress,however, that it is extremely unlikely that a series of courses taken from different providers canbe integrated together into a graduate degree granted by an academic institution. If a student hasa goal of obtaining a Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related field, one or twocourses may be transferable into a formal Masters program.Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference Copy

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Innovative Programs - Structure, Delivery, Evaluation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Kurt Colvin, California Polytechnic State University; Joel Shrater, The Aerospace Corporation; Daphne Dador, California Space Education & Workforce Institute; Matt Everingham, California Space Authority

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Continuing Professional Development

education credit hours, certificate programs offered by a number of content providers,and professional certification through organizations that offer industry-recognized standards inareas related to Systems Engineering.6Many of the courses in the distributed curriculum have an option of being taken for graduatecredit; our guidelines stress, however, that it is extremely unlikely that a series of courses takenfrom different providers can be integrated together into a graduate degree granted by anacademic institution. If a student has a goal of obtaining a Master’s degree in SystemsEngineering or a related field, one or two courses may be transferable into a formal Mastersprogram

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bonnie Ferri, Georgia Tech; Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joel Jackson, Georgia Tech; Jennifer Michaels, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas Williams, Georgia Tech

: Term project completed with theLEGO NXT, this robotic arm was interfaced Amigobot. The cameral was used for obstaclewith another LEGO NXT mobile robot to avoidance and path following.perform coordinated tasks using wirelesscommunications.These modules can be used in a variety of undergraduate ECE courses at our institution, none ofwhich has an existing experimental component to it. The experimental modules are designed tocompliment the material covered in the class.3. AssessmentThe goal of this instructional approach is to improve student understanding of fundamental andcomplex engineering concepts with the integration of the experiments in selected courses. Asummative and formative assessment model will be used. To this end, both quantitative

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California; Dennis McLeod, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Nazila Mokarram, University of Southern California

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Civil Engineering

Page 13.951.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Ontologies and Web-Semantics for Improvement of Curriculum in Civil EngineeringAbstractThe National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE) recommended that engineering education becomes more responsive to continualchanges in society. We propose to address these challenges of improving engineering educationthrough the application of ontology and web semantics. These fields of information technologyallow computers to interpret the vast body of knowledge dispersed throughout the web. The longterm objective of our research is to develop an ontological approach for improving curriculum incivil engineering as

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Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Leduc, Ball State University

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Manufacturing

” and “Six Sigma” technical articles published in the Societyof Manufacturing Engineering Technical Articles section, Six Sigma was primarily identified asa quality program with a focus on reducing process variation and Lean as a program focused oneliminating waste and improving flow using problem solving and statistical tools.1 Many of thearticles simply focused on the Lean and Six Sigma tool kits.In a recent article, the author advocated an integrated approach to process improvement usinglean manufacturing and Six Sigma principles.2 Another article which focused on Lean, arguedthat “successful execution of the corporate strategy is the ultimate goal not merely becomingLean” and offered Profit Mapping as a methodology for tying Lean to the