Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Jewell, Union College

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International

active terms abroad program. Approximately 60%of all Union students go on some form of study experience in a foreign country during theirtenure at the College. Union ranks near the top of all schools in the nation in percentage ofstudents going abroad. Engineers have always been eligible for terms abroad, but before the Class of 1999students were not required to complete the section of the General Education requirements thatincluded terms abroad. Prior to 1996 Union’s engineering curricula were not set up with termsabroad in mind. Since the programs are relatively small, most required and elective courses inthe major are offered once a year. Therefore, it took very careful planning and advisement toallow students to go abroad without

Conference Session

Sustainability in AEC and AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Kirby, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Hilal Ozcan, Prairie View A&M University; Fouad Fouad, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Architectural

AC 2008-2444: SUSTAINABILITY IN ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTUREDESIGNJason Kirby, University of Alabama at BirminghamHilal Ozcan, Prairie View A&M UniversityFouad Fouad, University of Alabama at Birmingham Page 13.1127.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Sustainability in Engineering and Architecture DesignAbstractEngineering and architecture are inseparable disciplines when contemplating the design andconstruction of the built environment. Together these professions have helped shape our worldto include everything from thriving metropolitan cities to quaint residential suburbs.Regrettably, these developments often come at a high cost to the

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences; Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety

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International

AC 2008-319: THE FORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY ENGINEERClaudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences Claudio da Rocha Brito is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; President of Council of Researches in Education and Sciences (COPEC), President of Fishing Museum Friends Society (AAMP), President of (Brazilian) National Monitoring Committee of "Internationale Gesellschaft für Ingenieurpädagogik" (IGIP) and Vice-President of Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety (OPASS). He is Chairman of Working Group "Ingenieurpädagogik im Internationalen Kontext" and Member of International Monitoring Committee in IGIP, Council Member of "International

Conference Session

Innovations to Curriculum and Program

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-2289: INCORPORATING ENERGY ISSUES INTO ENVIRONMENTALENGINEERINGAngela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder Page 13.729.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Incorporating Energy Issues into Environmental EngineeringAbstractNo single engineering discipline has integrated renewable and sustainable energy topics intotheir core curriculum. Environmental engineering programs may benefit from includingsustainable energy in their curriculum. Many students in a freshman-level introductoryEnvironmental Engineering (EVEN) course viewed EVEN as a potential major to studyrenewable energy, but many have since indicated that they plan to switch into

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Birmingham, Grove City College

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2008-1665: TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE AND ITS APPLICATION TO ETHICSWilliam Birmingham, Grove City College Page 13.1294.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Towards an Understanding of Artificial Intelligence and Its Application to Ethics1. IntroductionArtificial intelligence (AI) is a broadly defined discipline involving computer science,engineering, philosophy, psychology, political science, and a host of other disciplines. BecauseAI is so broad, it is hard to succinctly define; for the sake of brevity, we will use the handle of“thinking machines,” without commitment to depths of this thinking.The

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy

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Engineering Ethics

responsibility? Does environmental responsibility extend beyond simple pragmatism? A case can surely be made that environmental responsibility can be posed as an expression of extended self interest. Why should one care about environmental impact of one’s work, particularly if the environmental impact is delayed many years beyond the engineer’s life? Why would it trump the engineer’s financial interests or those of their clients? Is the environment invested with inherent value? If so, how and why? • Why be civically minded? • If these duties are genuine, and transcendent, how can they be known? • Some would assert that the engineer bears an aesthetic responsibility of ethical import. What’s the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Theis, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; patricia watkins, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Library; Mary Angela Beck, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Engineering Ethics

collect information that supports the topic of sustainability in the library? 2. Has the topic of sustainability, climate change, or other environmental topics been included as a topic for research in instruction classes for students? 3. What kinds of media, books or other materials are actively being collected on the topic of sustainability across the curriculum in the university?Staff 1. What does the word “Sustainability” mean to you? 2. What other words or ideas come to mind when I say “sustainability” or “engineering sustainability”? 3. How has the issue of sustainability or other environmental factors been addressed at ERAU? 4. What experiences have you been involved in on campus that have incorporated

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Kyun Lee, LeTourneau University; Paul Leiffer; R. William Graff, LeTourneau University

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2008-1791: PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN TEACHINGENGINEERING: AN ETHICAL MANDATE TO PRODUCE RESPONSIBLEENGINEERS.B. Kyun Lee, LeTourneau University B. KYUN LEE is a professor in the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology at LeTourneau University, where he taught since 1988. He received his B.S. degree from Young Nam University, M.S. and PH.D. from Oregon State University in mechanical engineering. Prior to joining LeTourneau University, he was a research and development engineer at Hyundai Motor Company. His professional interests include system dynamics, control, and applied mechanics. Email: kyunlee@letu.eduPaul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University PAUL R. LEIFFER

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton

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Engineering Ethics

Page 13.799.10process of observation for ever changes the observed. The observer and the observed are interacting.Heisenberg writes: ”We can no longer speak of the behavior of the particle independently of the process ofobservation.” The laws we formulate are not about the nature itself, but about our knowledge of it.the essential nature or substance of something as distinguished from its attributes. Inother words, borrowing from Buddhism,4 the essential nature, the Buddha nature, istaught to be a truly real, but internally hidden, eternal potency or immortal element withinthe purest depths of the mind, present in all sentient beings.Let us then consider the implications of this view for engineering. According to Berry,our new community is a

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Papadopoulos; Andrew Hable, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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Engineering Ethics

(e.g., the purchase of paint)defense-related goods and services. However, these estimates do not include defense-related purchases by agencies other that DOD, such as DOE or NASA; whether or not thedata reflects effort related to defense sales to foreign governments is unclear. Furthermuddying the data is the fact that some of the engineering effort reflected in the DODdata is provided by engineers in foreign countries under contract with US companies.With these caveats in mind, our complied data indicates that about 8.8% of professionalengineering effort is devoted to defense-related activities – about 3 times higher than forthe overall workforce defense effort (2.8%). Some specializations, such as aerospaceengineering and electrical

Conference Session

Unique Student Opportunities in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Johnson, University of Cincinnati / Engineering; Eileen Crisanti, University of Cincinnati; Jill Collet, University of Cincinnati; Edward Grood; Linda Moeller, University of Cincinnati

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Biomedical

AC 2008-2265: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CO-OP IN BIOMEDICALENGINEERINGJeffrey Johnson, University of Cincinnati / EngineeringEileen Crisanti, University of CincinnatiJill Collet, University of CincinnatiEdward Grood,Linda Moeller, University of Cincinnati Page 13.1307.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Under gr aduate Resear ch Co-op in Biomedical Engineer ingAbstr actWe present our model for expanding a mandatory cooperative education program to includeresearch co-op. Yg"nkokv"vjg"fghkpkvkqp"qh"c"Ðtgugctej"eq-qrÑ"vq"cp"gzrgtkgpvkcn"ngctpkpi"opportunity in academic research laboratory. While we recognize that research experiences canoccur in industry, we

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Travis Rieder, University of South Carolina

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2008-1159: ETHICAL THEORY FOR ENGINEERS: AVOIDING CARICATUREAND INFORMING INTUITIONSTravis Rieder, University of South Carolina Page 13.569.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Ethical Theory for Engineers: Avoiding Caricature and Informing Intuition1A professor of engineering ethics recently commented that she finds it difficult to teachethical theory to engineers, as many students are strongly attracted to an intuitionistmodel of ethics – intuitionist here meaning that the students tend to make ethicaljudgments based largely on how a situation strikes their ‘moral sensibilities.’ One reasonfor this may be that

Conference Session

Sustainable Design & Global Issues in ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome Tapper, Northeastern University; Francis Dibella, Northeastern University

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Engineering Technology

recently the topics of globalization3 of science, technology, and engineering have beendelineated in such popular works such as “The World is Flat4,” by Thomas Friedman, “A WholeNew Mind Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age5,” by Donald Pink. Theformer work in particular has been the focus of considerable attention in academia as well as theASEE organization where the Keynote discussion in the 2005 Annual Conference noted thetrends on engineering graduation rates.The full-time as well as any adjunct faculty teaching in an engineering technology curriculumshould be focused on administrating course lectures, homework assignments, course termprojects and classroom instruction via worked examples in these areas. It is strongly

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda Hart, University of Louisville; Veronica Hinton-Hudson, University of Louisville

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Women in Engineering

would be designedwith the following goals in mind: 1. to introduce young women to the field of engineering and to thus encourage them to continue their pursuit of advanced math and science courses 2. to provide female role models to the program participants by including panels of both female engineering students and female professional engineers as discussants. Page 13.500.2 3. to provide high school teachers and counselors with additional information about the admissions process, financial aid, and cooperative education opportunities at the University of Louisville, particularly in engineering. 4. to encourage

Collection

2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Dominic M. Halsmer

, knowledge, and truth flow from a supremely intelligent divine mind. And because God made human beings in his image with rational faculties and sensory organs that generally function properly, humans are able to discover the world‟s basic intelligible and empirical order. The omniscient and wise Creator (working like a transcendent cosmic computer engineer) networked the intelligibility of the world with the minds of human beings. In addition, while the great Proceedings of the 2008 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 5 revealed truths of historic Christianity cannot

Conference Session

Service Courses for Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Timothy Simpson, Pennsylvania State University; Vince Bertsch, Santa Rosa Junior College; Kate Disney, Mission College; Elsa Garmire, Dartmouth College; Barbara Oakley, Oakland University; Mary Rose, Ball State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

-themedand application-oriented science courses for non-science majors incorporates perspectives moreakin to engineering than traditional physical science courses. These recent efforts at motivatingthe learning of physics by understanding modern technology stand in distinct contrast to earlierclassic works such as Physics for the Inquiring Mind [59] and Physics for Poets [60], whichavoided technological applications and emphasized philosophical questions and naturalphenomena.These developments illustrate that demand and interest exist among the non-engineeringundergraduate population for courses on technological issues. It also demonstrates thatengineering faculty can develop and teach courses on technological topics to non-engineeringstudents. The

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills Build Success in ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-293: GUIDED INQUIRY IN AN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYCLASSROOMRobert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie Robert Edwards is currently a Lecturer in Engineering at The Penn State Erie, The Behrend College where he teaches Statics, Dynamics, and Fluid and Thermal Science courses. He earned a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Gannon University.Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University Gerald Recktenwald is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department at Portland State University. He is a member of ASEE, ASME, IEEE and SIAM. His research interests are in fluid

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

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International

problems once their formation prepares them to have a wide vision about any problem thatneeds to be solved no matter if it is the construction of a bridge, a more effective productionmachine or an economic way to raise income. Engineers are in general good administrators andthat is why they end up as Mayors, Governors, CEOs, etc. It is the logic mind and the feeling thatit is quite a duty to solve problems [4].So this program comes to light up as a spark to challenge engineers to seek for the solutions ofsocial problems that any community has to face. Some times common sense is not enough or themere application of democratic actions are not the best options to face a social crisis. Socialassistance for example is not the best way to combat poverty

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Bryan Cooperrider

onwhether these were present in their coursework. Of the ten criteria they established, engineeringstudents felt 9 of the 10 were missing, and the instructors felt only one was missing. Their studyled them to conclude “the environment and factors that impede creativity in engineering are farmore profound and dominant in the engineering education than they are in sciences educationand naturally far more than those in liberal arts education.” 19 The most important maxim, andone worth noting, is that designers must keep an open mind. It is easy to be blinded by currentparadigms, and without an open mind it is difficult to see the next great idea.One student approached the author of this paper after the class was chided for poorly formeddesign

Conference Session

Reaching Students: Innovations to Curriculum in ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangram Redkar, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Trian Georgeou, Arizona State University

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Engineering Technology

the courses. Eight general topical areas were suggested and rated on aqualitative importance scale of high (H), medium (M), or low (L). Credits were assigned afterthe importance rankings were made. As mentioned earlier, due to the existing curriculumstructure, that the automotive concentration would be 18 credits.While there was significant debate about the number of credits in each course, Table 1 belowrecords the conclusion of the voting and discussion. Points were assigned to each priority vote,with a ‘L’ earning one point, a ‘M’ earning two points and a ‘H’ earning three points. The ratingreflects the importance of an automotive concentration topic treatment in the minds of theindustry representatives (all engineers). It is observed that

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Novoselich, United States Military Academy; Bobby Crawford, United States Military Academy; Erica Young, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2008-850: ME350 REMOTE EDUCATION: EXPERIENCES IN TEACHINGENGINEERING TO NON-ENGINEERING MAJORS STUDYING ABROADBrian Novoselich, United States Military Academy Brian Novoselich is a Major in the United States Army and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. He holds a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering.Bobby Crawford, United States Military Academy Bobby Crawford is a Colonel in the United States Army and the Director of the Aero-Thermo Group in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. He holds a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Shooter, Bucknell University

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Design in Engineering Education

forimprovement. The students dissect several staplers on the market and then use design methodsto suggest a new stapler to satisfy a potential market. The module follows the case of Accentra,Inc. who has seen considerable market success through the launch of their PaperPro line ofergonomic staplers. The laboratory exercises are supplemented with instructional video podcaststhat asynchronously guide the students through the product dissections.IntroductionProduct dissection has been used in a variety of ways to successfully engage engineeringstudents in their learning. Intellectual and physical activities such as dissection help to anchorknowledge and practice of engineering in the minds of students6,7 (Sheppard, 1992 a,b) and hasbeen successfully used

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Holden, California Maritime Academy

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Computers in Education

AC 2008-1513: THE UBIQUITOUS MICROCONTROLLER IN MECHANICALENGINEERING: MEASUREMENT SYSTEMSMichael Holden, California Maritime Academy Michael Holden teaches in the department of Mechanical Engineering at the California State University Maritime Academy. Page 13.1275.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Ubiquitous Microcontroller in Mechanical Engineering: Measurement SystemsIntroductionThis paper will describe a project aimed at integrating microcontrollers in several classesthroughout the mechanical engineering curriculum at the California State University MaritimeAcademy (CMA). The goal is to give our

Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Montgomery, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

AC 2008-892: A HANDS-ON COURSE ON TEACHING ENGINEERINGSusan Montgomery, University of Michigan Susan Montgomery is a lecturer and program advisor in the Chemical Engineering Dept. at the University of Michigan. She earned a BSEChE from the University of Michigan, and PhD ChE from Princeton University. She is the ASEE Campus representative and faculty advisor to the ASEE graduate student group. She leads a team of students developing educational software for chemical engineering. Page 13.47.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Hands-on Course on Teaching

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik De Graaff, Delft University of Technology; Wim Thijs, TU Delft; Peter Wieringa, TU Delft

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2008-980: RESEARCH SKILLS IN A MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMErik De Graaff, Delft University of Technology Erik de Graaff, Ph.D. is associate professor in educational innovation at the Faculty of Technology Policy and Management and head of the department of Education of Technology. In 2007 he was appointed as extra ordinary professor at Aalborg University in Denmark. He is associate editor of the European Journal of Engineering Education an active member of engineering education societies, like SEFI, IGIP, ALE and ASEE.Wim Thijs, TU Delft Wim Thijs, Ph.D. graduated as a mechanical engineer in Delft. He runs his own independent consultancy firm and he is charged with running

Conference Session

Graduate Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal Nepal, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng); Jihad Albayyari, Indiana-Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-704: AN ADVANCED QUALITY ENGINEERING COURSE FORTECHNOLOGYBimal Nepal, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng)jihad albayyari, Indiana-Purdue University Page 13.170.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 An Advanced Quality Engineering Course for Technology Graduate CurriculumIntroductionDue to fierce competition and globalized marketplace, companies are forced to operate on theirlowest possible profit margin. In this context, it is argued that quality and variety are the criticalorder winning factors for any product types. However, introducing a new variety also introduceslarge variability

Conference Session

Engineering in the Elementary School

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Elementary Goals: Many of the skills that are developed and reinforced byengineering are consistent with those already emphasized in elementary schools. Persistence,team building, the value of critically examining failure, sharing, and keeping an open mind areall aspects of character development that teachers value and consciously strive to foster inelementary children and thus appreciate as part of engineering. In middle and high school, theexplicit importance of such skills is much less often part of articulated in teaching goals.Materials Matter: In general, it is much easier to get elementary teachers to participate inprofessional development than secondary teachers. Many do not expect financial compensationand welcome a small stipend. Perhaps

Conference Session

Computer ET Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Forsman, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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Engineering Technology

Engineering Students Ability to Solve Open-Ended Problems, Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference & Exhibition2. Joan A. Ballantine, Patricia McCourt Larres and Peter Oyelere, Computer usage and the validity of self- assessed computer competence among first-year business students, Computers and Education 49 (4) (2007), pp. 976-990.3. Shu-Sheng Liaw, Hsiu-Mel Huang and Gwo-Dong Chen, Surveying instructor and learner attitudes towards e- learning, Computers and Education 49 (4) (2007), pp. 1066-1080.4. Robert W. Wendover, Understanding the Millennium Mind, The Center for Generational Studies, wendover.gentrends.com

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

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Engineering Technology

learners is evenmore challenging. Musical instrument design will remain a part of the course, but thisstrategy is only one of many exercises used to enhance the learning environment of thiscourse with the goal of creating a truly learner-centered environment for the students.Bibliography1. National Research Council Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, HowPeople Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School, Commission of Behavioral and Social Sciences andEducation, Washington, DC, National Academy Press, 2000 (on-line free access,http://books.nap.edu/books/0309070368/html/).2. Ellis, Scordilis, and Cooke, “New Pedagogical Approaches in Engineering Mechanics Yield IncreasedStudent Understanding, Confidence and Commitment

Conference Session

FPD6 - First Year Curricula Development

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Wight, Norwich University; R. Danner Friend, Norwich University; Jacques Beneat, Norwich University; William Barry, Norwich University

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First-Year Programs

teamsand improving team dynamics for successful completion of the projects are emphasized.The new courses are also developed with assessment in mind. The course goals are evaluated bythe students through an online questionnaire and used with student's performance to define if acourse goal has been satisfied. Benchmarks to be used include retention numbers within each ofthe engineering disciplines and across the entire school of engineering, and the number ofcontact hours of the instructors.IntroductionIntroduction to Engineering (EG109 and EG110) is a new two course sequence that allEngineering and Construction Management majors are required to take in their freshman year.The course introduces the students to engineering problem solving and the