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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Micah Lande; Larry Leifer

13 Classifying Student Engineering Design Project Types Micah Lande and Larry Leifer Center for Design Research Stanford UniversityAbstractMechanical Engineering 310 is a graduate-level product-learning-based mechanical engineeringdesign course at Stanford University that takes its project prompts from sponsoring companies inindustry. In the past 30 years, over 325 projects have been presented and worked on by studentsteams. The nature of these projects has shifted over time from Manufacturing

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Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak, Hope College

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2009-84: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ENGINEERING FOR NONENGINEERSJohn Krupczak, Hope College Page 14.905.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 New Developments in Engineering for Non-Engineers: Functional Analysis as a Framework for Understanding TechnologyAbstractThe National Academy of Engineering recently published: “Changing the Conversation:Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering.” The NAE states that capable andconfident participants in our technologically dependent society must know something aboutengineering. However the means by which engineers can explain engineering to non

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Innovation in Laboratory Studies and Outreach Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Sugg, United States Navy; Bruce Galloway, United States Navy; John Fishell, STEP

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

degrees in science, engineering andmathematics allowed leveraging of resources across the partnership to achieve impacts that nosingle partner could afford or achieve individually. NSWC, Corona Division utilizes the STEPProgram as it’s dominate outreach activity regarding the 3rd to 12th grade focused developmentof the earliest stages of the engineering pipeline. With this in mind, a discussion of theformation, development and activities of STEP will be addressed in a general sense with theunderstanding that NSWC, Corona Division remains an instrumental, active partner in theseSTEP activities.The Science and Technology Education Partnership (STEP) Program:The Beginning:The beginning of STEP involves California Congressman Ken Calvert who

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DEED Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Fleisig, McMaster University; Harry Mahler, Ontario College of Art and Design; Vladimir Mahalec, McMaster University

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Design in Engineering Education

thinking is essential to the futuresuccess of these engineering graduates. Design thinking focuses on people and their need forpositive product experiences and less on technology. The introduction of design thinking willenable students to explore new, meaningful, and innovative ideas in a human-centered way.Design thinking will enable students to develop a more strategic approach to solving problems ininterdisciplinary partnerships and in the process develop leadership qualities.The aim of the core course for the program is to broaden the minds of its participants so thatwhen they graduate they will be able to increase the value of any design project presented tothem beyond the original scope and of the project as presented to them by a client

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“And Other Duties as Assigned”

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Curtis, Linda Hall Library

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Engineering Libraries

, and historical periods; the sparking of imagination,creativity, or a “livelier mind;” and learning about different perspectives.5 These outcomes correlate well with some desirable mental attributes for engineers.Because the engineering fields bring scientific and technical skills to bear in the provision ofproducts and services, engineers who have a broad understanding of social diversity and howpeople collectively and individually interact with technology can better anticipate and addressthe problems of society. Engineers operate in a global environment, where knowledge andsensitivity to local or indigenous cultures can prove crucial in furthering their work. Also,engineers are called upon to show creativity and be innovative in

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Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Klein-Gardner; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

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Biological & Agricultural

novel curriculum based upon provenpedagogical approaches designed to engage the students and improve their mastery of concepts.This paper highlights two curriculum modules developed for a bioprocess engineering programas part of a larger curriculum improvement program.Project BackgroundIn 1999, the National Research Council published How People Learn: Mind, Brain, Experience,and School 2 as the summary of what we know from research about the first three words of thistitle. This document proposed four “centerednesses” that, taken together, optimize learning:knowledge-centeredness, student-centeredness, assessment-centeredness, and community-centeredness. When these four are in place, studies show that students increase both theircontent

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Tree-huggers, Diggers, and Queers--Oh my!

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queens University, Kingston

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Liberal Education

AC 2009-1326: ENGINEERING AND NEW FRAMES OF REFERENCEGeorge Catalano, State University of New York, BinghamtonCaroline Baillie, Queens University, Kingston Page 14.542.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Engineering and New Frames of ReferenceI. IntroductionEngineers make choices in nearly all aspects of their work. As we move farther into the 21stcentury, engineers will become more directly involved in issues of conflict, developmentand environmental sustainability. The present work confronts those issues head on andoffers a variety of frames of reference for decision making including traditional approachesused in engineering throughout the

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Yumin Zhang; David Probst

mental functioning, and they canbe of great help in engineering education, as well as in other areas. A salient feature of thehuman brain is the lateralization, where the two hemispheres have different functionality.Traditional education methods overemphasize the left brain skills. Now is the time to have amore balanced approach. This can be done in two different levels: curriculum design and courseinstruction.    Bibliography[1] P. F. MacNeilage, L. J. Rogers and G. Vallortigara, “Evolutionary Origins of Your Right and Left Brain”,Scientific American, July 2009, pp. 60.[2] Linda Williams, Teaching for the Two-Sided Mind, Touchstone, 1986.[3] Eric P. Jensen, Brain-Based Learning: The New Paradigm of Teaching, 2nd edition, Corwin Press, 2008.[4

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Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Montserrat Rabago-Smith, Kettering Univeristy; Jennifer Aurandt, Kettering University

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Environmental Engineering

Chemistry and the principles for GreenEngineering are discussed. As an active learning experience, the studentsexplore the application of such principles in their own co-op. This exercise hasproved to be very insightful. The students’ experience indicated that their co-opemployers already use most of the Green Engineering principles in theirprocesses. However, they believe that most of those practices are related to thereduction of manufacturing costs. A final analysis showed that most of the co-opcompanies perform regular recycling activities and prevention of waste. Also,most of the companies are mindful about the safety of their products and theimpact on their communities. At the same time, the students explore theprinciples of Green Chemistry

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Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

ABET skillsthat the speakers used most often in their jobs. This review was followed by open-ended essaysasking the students to personally define EnvE, comment on aspects of the profession that theyfind personally appealing and not, and whether or not they want to pursue a degree in EnvE. Thethemes that the students associated with EnvE that rose to the top of their minds when writing a2-page essay may indicate the elements that are most and least attractive of our profession.Results and DiscussionCourses Mapped to BOK OutcomesFor the EnvE BOK outcomes that correspond directly to ABET outcomes, mapping of coursesthat cover each area is fairly simple. In particular, in Civil Engineering instructors for eachcourse describe how it relates to the

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Engineering Ethics V

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Ochs, Lehigh University; Lisa Getzler-Linn, Lehigh University; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; Scott Schaffer, Purdue University; Mary Raber, Michigan Technology University

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Engineering Ethics

Technology at Purdue. Dr. Schaffer's research involves assessment and evaluation of cross-disciplinary team learning and performance, and the design of support systems to promote learning, interaction, self-monitoring. He is also currently an affiliated faculty member of the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering and co-director of the Healthcare Informatics and Learning Technologies group. Scott has received many grants in support of his research and has published and presented often related to workplace learning and performance, cross-disciplinary teams, and needs assessment. Dr. Schaffer also has fifteen years of experience as a consultant to private and public sector organizations

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Engineering Ethics V

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Donald Chinn, University of Washington, Tacoma

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2009-2512: AN EXERCISE TO ENGAGE COMPUTING STUDENTS INDISCUSSIONS OF PROFESSIONAL ISSUESTammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland Dr. Tammy VanDeGrift is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Portland. Her research interests include computer science education and computer science theory. In the arena of computer science education research, she is especially interested in conducting studies that investigate students' preconceptions of computing ideas.Donald Chinn, University of Washington, Tacoma Dr. Donald Chinn is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington, Tacoma. He helped create a supplementary problem solving workshop program

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International Aspects of Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Gash, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

AC 2009-728: CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE: ENGINEERING SUCCESS FOR AFLAT WORLDRichard Gash, United States Military AcademyStephen Ressler, United States Military AcademyEric Crispino, United States Military Academy Page 14.390.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Cultural Intelligence: Engineering Success for a Flat WorldAbstract The civil engineers we educate today will enter a truly global work force. Globalization,resultant from a proliferation of information technology, has increased the likely hood that civilengineers will find themselves working in cross-cultural situations. Success in suchenvironments will require, in addition to classical

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High-School Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muhammad Kehnemouyi, Montgomery College; Uchechukwu Abanulo, Montgomery College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

discussion of summarized responses aregiven below. 1. What engineering discipline were you interested in before participating in this project and why? Six (6) of the students listed more than one discipline, 3 of them weren’t sure, and 4 of them listed a single discipline. 2. What engineering discipline are you interested in now and why? Eight (9) students decided on one discipline, 3 students listed two disciplines, and one student was still unsure. 3. Why did you or didn’t you change your mind? Some students stated that they only made up their minds, some changed their mind because of more money or more interested in the career opportunities, while some made

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Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sridhar Condoor, Saint Louis University; Mark McQuilling, Saint Louis University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

., Kisenwether, E., Rzasa, S., and Wise, J., “Developing and Assessing Students’ Entrepreneurial Skillsand Mind-set,” Journal of Engineering Education, April 2005.10. Martin, R.L., and Osberg, S., “Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition,” Stanford Social InnovationReview, 2007, 30-39.11. Jansson, D.G., Condoor, S.S., and Brock, H.R., “Cognition in Design: Viewing the Hidden Side of the DesignProcess”, Environment & Planning – B, Planning & Design, Vol. 19, 1993, 257-271.12. Kroll, E, Condoor, S.S., and Jansson, D.G., Innovative Conceptual Design, Cambridge University Press, 2001.13. Watkins, T., Ochs, J., Snyder, D. "Leveraging What Freshman Don't Know: Product Development in anIntegrated Business and Engineering Freshman Workshop

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Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maher Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2009-358: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE MODEL PROJECTEMPHASIZING ELEMENTS FROM ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING,MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, AND SCIENCE MAJORSMaher Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Page 14.66.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009A Multidisciplinary Collaborative Model Project Emphasizing Elements from Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Science Majors Matt Rubin1, Tyson Fish, Luke Thomas, Maher Rizkalla, and Hasan Akay2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at IUPUI 1. Business Development Manager Indiana University

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Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madiha Khurshid, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-40: A FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING AFFORDABLE-HOUSING PROJECTMadiha Khurshid, University of CalgaryMarjan Eggermont, University of CalgaryDaryl Caswell, University of Calgary M. Khurshid is a second year biomedical student. Page 14.27.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A First Year Engineering Affordable Housing Design ProjectAbstractA second year biomedical engineering student, instructors, agencies and members of thecommunity worked together to design a first year engineering design curriculum for sevenhundred and fifty entry level engineering students for the 2008/2009 academic year. The goals ofthe curriculum are threefold: to make

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The Role of Engineering in Public Policy

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Harding, Purdue University; Paul McPherson, Purdue University

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Engineering and Public Policy

AC 2009-1168: INCORPORATING STANDARDS INTO ENGINEERING ANDENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULA: IT'S A MATTER OF PUBLICPOLICYBruce Harding, Purdue University Bruce A. Harding is a Professor at Purdue and an ASEE Fellow whose scholarship and engagement activities revolve around the development and application of American National and ISO standards dealing with Technical Product Documentation (TPD) as it broadly relates to product realization and other technical aspects of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). He is a member of the board of directors of ANSI, the vice-chair of the ASME Board on Standardization and Testing and chairs the 62-country ISO worldwide standards committee on technical product

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Arun K. Datta; Jacqueline Caesar; Daphne Rainey; Stephen Cammer; Julie Schuman; Oswald Crasta

444 CIBRED: Engineering Education on Cyberinfrastructure with a Multidisciplinary Approach for Non-Engineering Students 1,2,* 1,3 4 4 4 Arun K. Datta, Jacqueline Caesar, Daphne Rainey, Stephen Cammer, Julie Schuman , 4 Oswald Crasta1 2 National University of Community Research

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Retention Tools and Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Amy Hamlin, Michigan Technological University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2009-764: USING ENGINEERING DESIGN AS A RETENTION TOOL FORFIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTSAmber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University Amber Kemppainen is a Lecturer in the Engineering Fundamentals Department at Michigan Technological University where she teaches first year engineering courses. Her research interests include online learning, ethanol production and sustainability.Amy Hamlin, Michigan Technological University Amy J. Hamlin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Technological University where she teaches first year engineering courses and an introductory spatial visualization course. Additionally, she advises General Engineering and

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Contemporary Practices in Engineering Management Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raymond Price, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Management

AC 2009-137: HUMAN BEHAVIOR SKILLS AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCEIN ENGINEERINGRaymond Price, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignRose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Page 14.677.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Human Behavior Skills and Emotional Intelligence in EngineeringAbstractThis past decade has been characterized by a series of changes in engineering education, including theincorporation of human behavior skills into the list of learning outcomes required for engineering programaccreditation. This paper describes the efforts of a college of engineering at a large university in the mid-west to improve

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New Trends in CHE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Ted Lee, University of Southern California

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Chemical Engineering

question in mind of “where do our students goto work after graduation?” This was done because it does not serve the students well to preparethem for generic nanotechnology jobs that may not exist; instead, we have designed thisemphasis based on jobs that have already been offered and occupied by our recent graduates inthe materials, microelectronics, bio-nano (e.g., proteins and enzymes), and complex fluids (i.e.,colloids) areas. The courses selected for the nano emphasis are described below: CHE 487 Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Engineering Through Chemical Processes Focus: Chemical engineering fundamentals and engineering science Topics: Properties of materials on the nanometer scale, probes capable of visualizing

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Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Raresh Pascali, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2009-1955: A TWO-YEAR COMMON TEMPLATE FOR MECHANICALENGINEERING AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYEnrique Barbieri, University of Houston ENRIQUE BARBIERI received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 1988. He was on the faculty of the Electrical Engineering Department (1988-96) and a tenured Associate Professor and Chair of the Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department (1996-98) at Tulane University. In 2002 he joined the University of Houston as Professor & Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology. His research interests are in control systems and applications to electromechanical systems. He is a member of IEEE and

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Vince Bertsch; John Krupczak; Kate Disney; Elsa Garmire; Tim Simpson

136 A Framework for Developing Courses on Engineering and Technology for Non-Engineers Vince Bertsch, Santa Rosa Junior College Engineering Department Chair John Krupczak, Hope College Professor of Engineering Kate Disney, Mission College Engineering Faculty Elsa Garmire, Dartmouth College

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Knowing Our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2009-230: UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT WORK AND VALUES OFPROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONKevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, MadisonSandra Courter, University of Wisconsin, MadisonThomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, MadisonTraci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, MadisonChristine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison Page 14.1297.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Understanding the Current Work and Values of Professional Engineers: Implications for Engineering EducationKey Words: engineering practice, values, identity; education implicationsAbstractTo better meet the needs of this century’s

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Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enno Koehn, Lamar University; Kishore Gopal Vaska, Lamar University; Kartik Paruchuri, Lamar University; James Koehn, Chadron State College

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Construction

AC 2009-604: KNOWLEDGE OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES HELD BYENGINEERING STUDENTSEnno Koehn, Lamar University Enno “Ed” Koehn is Professor of Civil Engineering at Lamar University. Dr. Koehn has served as the principle investigator for several research and development projects dealing with various aspects of construction. He also has experience in the design, scheduling, and estimating of facilities. He has authored/co-authored over 200 papers in engineering education, as well as the general areas of civil and construction engineering. Dr. Koehn is a member of ASEE, AACE International, ASCE, NSPE, Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and is a registered Professional Engineer and Surveyor.Kishore

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Critical issues in IT and IET: Focus Group

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Mativo, The University of Georgia

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-89: ENGINEERING DESIGN: THE MECHATRONICS APPROACH ANDCOGNITIVE EXPERIENCEJohn Mativo, The University of Georgia Page 14.550.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Engineering Design: The Mechatronics Approach and Cognitive ExperienceAbstractMechatronics is a rapidly developing, interdisciplinary field of engineering dealing with designof products whose function relies on the integration of mechanical and electronic componentscoordinated by a control architecture. A mechatronics platform has strength through its ability tooffer dynamic and flexible solutions. Engineers and educators are devising methods and

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Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Mellodge, University of Hartford; Diane Folz, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-154: A MULTIUNIVERSITY, INTERDISCIPLINARY SENIOR DESIGNPROJECT IN ENGINEERINGPatricia Mellodge, University of Hartford Patricia Mellodge is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Hartford. She received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island. Her graduate work was completed at Virginia Tech where she received an M.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. Research interests include control system design, mathematical modeling of microwave processing, and bio-instrumentation.Diane Folz, Virginia Tech Diane Folz is a Senior Research Associate and Laboratory Instructor in the Department of

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Educational Issues in Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

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Civil Engineering

AC 2009-1953: RESEARCH EXPERIENCES AT UNDERGRADUATE SITES FORTOMORROW’S ENGINEERSAnant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati ANANT R. KUKRETI, Ph.D., is an Associate Dean for Engineering Education Research and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (UC). He joined UC on 8/15/00 and before that worked 22 years at University of Oklahoma. He teaches structural engineering, with research in experimental and finite element analysis of structures. He has won five major university teaching awards, two Professorships, two national ASEE teaching awards, and is internationally recognized in his primary research field

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Engineering Ethics: Using Case Studies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Ethics

utilizing case studies resulting in an improved awareness of boththe problems and their resolution for the students.The case study approach to engineering ethics is very effective and generates interest in thestudents. They become actively involved in the process to determine the best overall solution tochallenging problems. Mathematics and science alone cannot solve these types of problems, itrequires judgment and only through experience can this be acquired. Case studies fit into thisscenario perfectly.Students require a better understanding of the principles and practices that serve as a foundationfor all ethical decision making. Once these are firmly entrenched in the students' mind, theybecome the basis for all solutions to ethical dilemmas