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Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Willis, Southern Methodist University; Paul Krueger, Southern Methodist University; Alice Kendrick, Southern Methodist University

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Mechanical Engineering

transfer. He has received the ASME North Texas Young Engineer of the Year Award, the SMU Rotunda Outstanding Professor Award, and the SMU Golden Mustang Award. He is currently an Altshular Distinguished Teaching Professor at SMU.Paul Krueger, Southern Methodist University Paul Krueger received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1997 from the University of California at Berkeley. He received his M.S. in Aeronautics in 1998 and his Ph.D. in Aeronautics in 2001, both from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). In 2002 he joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at Southern Methodist University where he is currently an Associate Professor. He is a recipient of the Rolf D. Buhler

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International Aspects of Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

AC 2009-1860: IMPLEMENTING A FACULTY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ATTHE NATIONAL MILITARY ACADEMY OF AFGHANISTANEric Crispino, United States Military AcademyAndrew Bellocchio, United States Military AcademyScott Hamilton, United States Military AcademyAaron Hill, United States Military AcademyStephen Ressler, United States Military Academy Page 14.694.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Implementing a Faculty Development Model at the National Military Academy of AfghanistanAbstractNow starting its fifth year of existence, the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA)in Kabul has recently graduated the first class of cadets with a

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Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heather Gappa-Fahlenkamp, Oklahoma State University; Mark Wilkins, Oklahoma State University

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Chemical Engineering

project include the following: For BAE students • Biochemistry – General principles of chemistry in living organisms • Microbiology – General principles of the biology of microorganisms • Microbial Technologies in Biosystems Engineering – Introduction to engineering applications of industrial microbiology, including fermentation systems and enzyme kinetics For CHE students • Chemical Reaction Engineering – Principles of chemical kinetics rate concepts and data treatment, and elements of reactor design • Rate Operations – Development and application of phenomenological and empirical models to the design and analysis of mass transfer and separations unit operations • Chemical

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Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tony Jones, United States Army; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Stephanie Ivey; Anna Lambert, University of Memphis; Brian Novoselich, United States Military Academy; Stephen Suhr, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2009-907: ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND EFFECTIVE TEAMPROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGIES IN ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECTS: ANANALYSIS OF STUDENT PERCEPTIONSTony Jones, United States ArmyDaisie Boettner, United States Military AcademyJoel Dillon, United States Military AcademyStephanie Ivey,Anna Lambert, University of MemphisBrian Novoselich, United States Military AcademyStephen Suhr, United States Military Academy Page 14.937.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Organizational Leadership and Effective Team Problem Solving Strategies in Engineering Design Projects: Analysis of Student PerceptionsAbstractAs

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Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

AC 2009-734: INTEGRATING PROFESSIONAL TOPICS AND ENGINEERINGCONSTRAINTS ACROSS THE CURRICULUMRonald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler Ron Welch is Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. Until 2 Jan 2007, Ron was an Academy Professor at the United States Military Academy (USMA). Ron received a BS degree in Engineering Mechanics from the USMA in 1982 and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990 and 1999, respectively. Ronald_Welch@uttyler.edu

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Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Chou, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Deborah Nykanen, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Civil Engineering

work in an engineering firm during the summer, having faculty members spend theirsabbatical leaves in an engineering firm, and having full time engineers spend a year of paidleave in a university. There also exist situations where companies send engineers to theclassroom at the expense of the companies and situations where engineers with many years ofpracticing experience decide to have a second career in academia. Students in primarilyengineering technology programs indicated that as a result of including real world engineeringexperiences in the curriculum they became more job ready and were actually receiving job offersas a result.13,14 More recently and partly in response to ASCE’s Body of Knowledge15 report andPolicy 46316, many schools

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Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Ekenseair, University of Texas, Austin; Carolyn Bayer, University of Texas, Austin; Margaret Phillips, University of Texas, Austin

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2009-1257: IMPACT OF INTEGRATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTSIN AN ENGINEERING RESEARCH LABORATORY: A CASE STUDYAdam Ekenseair, University of Texas, Austin Adam Ekenseair is a doctoral student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in May 2005. Currently he is working in the laboratory of Dr. Nicholas Peppas on "A Fundamental Investigation of Non-Fickian Penetrant Transport in Glassy Polymers." Adam is a Department of Defense (NDSEG) Fellow and a National Science Foundation (NSF-GREP) Fellow. He is also active in the American Institute of Chemical Engineering, the American Physical

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New Trends in CHE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Hanyak, Bucknell University; Timothy Raymond, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

Science Foundation grant (#9972758, 1999-2004), entitled Combining Faculty Teamwork, Applied Learning Theory, and Information Technology: A Catalyst for Systemic Engineering Education Reform. Courseware and pedagogical developments have been the focal points of his professional career.Timothy Raymond, Bucknell University Timothy M. Raymond is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Bucknell University since 2002. He received his B.S. from Bucknell University in 1997 and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2002. His teaching and research interests include atmospheric chemistry and physics, aerosol and particle studies, and improving engineering education. He

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate Disney, Mission College; Scott VanderStoep, Hope College

-engineering students. To meet the needs of community collegeengineering programs, the logistical and commercial feasibility of shipping boxes or palettes ofequipment was investigated. This will allow community colleges to borrow, rent, or lease ratherthan own the equipment. These laboratories are suitable for use in either introduction toengineering or technological literacy courses. The laboratories attempt to utilize insights fromnon-engineering students to determine themes that may enliven introduction to engineeringcourses. Beginning engineering students may have interests more closely aligned with their non-engineer peers than current engineering professionals. Technological literacy courses on anumber of campuses have found that non-engineers

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Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cameron Denson, Utah State University; Nathan Mentzer, Utah State University; Jodi Cullum, Utah State University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2009-1678: HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS ENGINEERING DESIGN LESSONPLANNING THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTCameron Denson, Utah State University Cameron Denson is a post doctoral research associate for the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education at Utah State University. He earned a Ph.D. in occupational studies from the University of Georgia. His research interests include diversity initiatives and increasing student self-efficacy in science and math through infusing engineering design into 9-12 technology education. Previously, he was a middle school technology educator in North Carolina, active in the community activism and grassroots initiatives.Nathan Mentzer, Utah State University

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International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )

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2009 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

Internationalen Kontext" and Member of International Monitoring Committee in IGIP, Council Member of "International Council for Engineering and Technology Education" (INTERTECH), Member of Administrative Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc) in USA, Board Member of “Global Council on Manufacturing and Management" (GCMM) and Director of Brazilian Network of Engineering (RBE/SP). He was President of Brazilian Chapter of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc), Secretary of Santos region of SBPC - Brazilian Association for the Advancement of Science, Adviser for International

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Automation and Robotics Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuqiu You, Morehead State University

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Manufacturing

technologyprogram for their future careers in modern manufacturing companies, a new curriculum inRobotics Application Engineering has been developed and applied in the semester of spring 2008.This paper describes the course and laboratory of Robotics Application Engineering for studentsof manufacturing technology program (ITMT) in the Department of Industrial and EngineeringTechnology (IET).There are four Robotics courses offered in the IET Department spanning from 100 level to 400level to teach concepts, operation, programming, maintenance, interfacing, and applicationdevelopments of industrial robots. Robotics Application Engineering is taught as a 400 levelcourse for senior undergraduate students in the ITMT program. This course teaches

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Sustainable-energy Education: Lessons Learned

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Ferguson, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Paul Weber, University of Minnesota, Duluth

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

: technology, investment, and publicpolicy. A secondary objective for offering the course was to stimulate interest in energy-relatedcareers, a field that today lacks adequate personnel with expertise and will have vastly increasedneeds for such talent in the future3, 7.Throughout the course, frequent references are made to the engineering elements involved in agiven conversion technology, as well as the engineering issues latent in existing and proposedenergy policies. It is stressed that the discipline of engineering is often viewed as the applicationof science and technology to the needs of society, which reinforces to the students thatengineering energy solutions go beyond technology to include such aspects as economics,finance, and policy

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Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 1

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramesh Agarwal, Washington University

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Aerospace

AC 2009-450: INTEGRATING CONCEPTS OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION INUNDERGRADUATE AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COURSESRamesh Agarwal, Washington University Page 14.754.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Integrating Concepts of Sustainable Aviation in Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering CoursesAbstractThe titles “Sustainable Aviation” or “Green Aviation” are recently being used withincreasing frequency to address the technological and socioeconomic issues facing theaviation industry to meet the environmental challenges of twenty-first century. Air travelcontinues to experience the fastest growth among all modes of transportation. Thereforethe

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kurt Colvin

the issues and concerns of staff and students. Journal of Educational Media, Special Edition on Blended Learning, 28(2- 3), pp. 99-100.Biographical InformationDr. Kurt Colvin joined the faculty at Cal Poly in 2000 and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department ofIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering. He received a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Oregon StateUniversity. Prior to Cal Poly, Dr. Colvin had 5 years of systems engineering experience and 5 years of research andcollaboration with NASA Ames Research Center. He is a registered Professional Engineer in California. Dr.Colvin’s major research interests include systems engineering methods and education, aviation human-factors andmanufacturing technologies

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OMCED Topics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manhar Dhanak, Florida Atlantic University; Ronald Yeung, University of California, Berkeley; Spyros Kinnas, University of Texas, Austin

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Ocean and Marine

participation in the program.The focus of the Florida Atlantic University NNRNE Consortium was chosen to be hull designand shipboard automation for future ‘mission effective’ Navy support ships that would becategorized as fast, responsive and automated. Principal thrust of the program has been educationand training of students who will make up the next generation of ocean engineers and foster thedevelopment of novel uninhibited ideas. Over the duration of the program, ship systems specificto development of the SeaBasing concept and associated technologies were considered. Theemphasized areas have been (1) seakeeping, (2) dynamic stability, (3) drag reduction andpropulsion, and (4) shipboard automation and control. The goal of the program is

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Wm. Hugh Blanton

Convolution for Engineers, Technologists, Scientists, and Other on-PhDs Wm. Hugh Blanton, East Tennessee State University ABSTRACT One of the more important and one of the least understood principles in electronic engineering technology is convolution. The convolution integral provides a convenient mathematical equation that expresses the output of an linear time invariant system based on an arbitrary signal, x(t), and the system's impulse response, h(t). Because the interpretation takes some effort, most instructors take advantage of the linear transformation into the frequency domain where convolution becomes simply multiplication, eg. Laplace and Fourier transforms

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Marketing Engineering as a Career Path to URMs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Mehrabian, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2009-2316: WHY AREN’T THERE MORE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIESIN ENGINEERING?Ali Mehrabian, University of Central FloridaWalter Buchanan, Texas A&M University Page 14.1373.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Why Aren’t There More Students with Disabilities in Engineering?IntroductionStudents with physical disabilities are underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics). According to the NSF (National Science Foundation)1,“a higher percentage of students with disabilities than of those without disabilities dropout of high school. Among students who were eighth graders in 1988, 10 percent of thosewith disabilities and 6 percent

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SE Curriculum and Course Management

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Francis Lutz, Monmouth University; James McDonald, Monmouth University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2009-185: INTEGRATION OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING GRADUATEEDUCATION AND CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTFrancis Lutz, Monmouth University Francis Lutz, Professor in the Department of Software Engineering at Monmouth University, earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology, and MSCE and PhD degrees from New York University. Prior to serving as dean of the School of Science, Technology and Engineering at Monmouth University, he served as Dean of Undergradaute Studies and professor of civil engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.James McDonald, Monmouth University James McDonald, Associate Professor of Software Engineering at Monmouth

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Space Systems Design

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Knudtson, Saint Louis University; Nicholas Freed, Saint Louis University; David Zidar, Saint Louis University; Michael Dunning, Saint Louis University; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

which utilized commercialoff the shelf components where possible. The team size was kept at a minimum to allowfor focus and a free flow of ideas. Communal research and frequent idea meetings were ahallmark of the group organization, providing a holistic systems design on the part ofeach engineer. Specialization was a gradual process resulting in member dedication tofields that interested them. The educational construction of the senior capstone coursebrought the students a greater understanding of the unique challenges posed by a rocketsystem and the relative lack of coursework dedicated to these challenges. Group memberswere allowed a large amount of independence in their efforts, which proved both ablessing and challenge. Space technology

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Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Olsen, Washington State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

sequence of two courses during the following academic year. The Silicon Valley programincludes living in the homes of entrepreneurs and interviews with financers, founders andCEO’s. During the academic year, students participate in a course taught jointly by the Collegesof Business and Engineering and work on interdisciplinary teams to prepare both prototypes andbusiness plans for their own entrepreneurial ideas. At end of the year each team competes in theWSU Business Plan Competition. The other parts of the program are an annual entrepreneurshipworkshop for graduate students and an elective course entitled, “Technology Ventures.”IntroductionIn December of 2003 with funding from Mr. Harold Frank, a 1948 Electrical Engineeringalumnus and founder

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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re-examine the historical basis for the core computational skill set and assess thedegree to which it has met the needs of industry for modeling, design, and construction. Weidentify technology trends such as scripting languages (e.g., Python and Ruby), modernnumerical programming (e.g., Matlab), and Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools (e.g.,Revit and Sketchup) that, to be available and effective for industry, must have a curricular basisfor CE graduates. Finally, we provide recommendations for incorporating modern tools intoboth introductory engineering computing courses and senior level design courses.IntroductionComputational skills have been an integral component of engineering education for decades.Long before digital computer

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

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Michael Casey

re-examine the historical basis for the core computational skill set and assess thedegree to which it has met the needs of industry for modeling, design, and construction. Weidentify technology trends such as scripting languages (e.g., Python and Ruby), modernnumerical programming (e.g., Matlab), and Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools (e.g.,Revit and Sketchup) that, to be available and effective for industry, must have a curricular basisfor CE graduates. Finally, we provide recommendations for incorporating modern tools intoboth introductory engineering computing courses and senior level design courses.IntroductionComputational skills have been an integral component of engineering education for decades.Long before digital computer

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Classroom Engagement

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Holbert, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

, and theyquestioned whether the reviewers check references 80.Bibliography1. M. Molenda, “On the origins of the ‘Retention Chart’,” Educational Technology, vol. 44, no. 1, Jan.-Feb. 2004, p. 64.2. D.G. Treichler, “Are you missing the boat in training aids?,” Film and Audio-Visual Communications, vol. 1, Feb. 1967, pp. 14-16, 29-30, 48.3. J.E. Stice, “Using Kolb’s learning cycle to improve student learning,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 77, no. 5, Feb. 1987, pp. 291-296.4. J.E. Stice, “Socony-Vacuum retention study,” email communication to Robert Befus, May 12, 2007.5. E. Dale, Audiovisual Methods in Teaching, 3rd ed., NY: Dryden Press, 1969.6. R.V. Krivickas, “Active learning at Kaunas University of

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Trends in Construction Engineering Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enno Koehn, Lamar University; Devang Patel, Lamar University; Santosh Khonde, Lamar University

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Construction

Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Introduction of Sustainability to Civil/ Construction Engineering StudentsAbstract:Recently, numerous civil engineering articles involve the concept of going green and sustainabledevelopment. Various papers related to sustainable development have been written but few relateto how civil engineering students can apply these innovations in their academic curriculum andassist them in discovering green technologies and their applications during a professional career.This paper is an effort to highlight the importance of knowledge regarding sustainability in theacademic curriculum. Education now-a-days is not just about knowing conventionaltechnologies, but also to

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Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashraf Alkhairy, Alfaisal University; Leland Blank, Texas A&M University; Duane Boning, MIT; David Cardwell, University of Cambridge; W Craig Carter, MIT; Nick Collings, University of Cambridge; Allan Hayhurst, University of Cambridge; William Milne; Peter Robinson, University of Cambridge; Warren Seering, MIT; Kenneth Smith, MIT; Sallie Sheppard, Texas A&M University; Bill Stronge, University of Cambridge

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International

AC 2009-1182: COMPARISON OF INTERNATIONAL LEARNING OUTCOMESAND DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING CURRICULAAshraf Alkhairy, Alfaisal University Ashraf Alkhairy, PhD is the Founding Dean of Engineering at Alfaisal University. He received the Bachelor's, Master's and PhD degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, where he worked as a research scientist. He has served on the faculty of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, and was a visiting scientist at the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT and the Schlumberger Carbonate Research Center.Leland Blank, Texas A&M University Leland Blank, PhD, PE is currently Visiting Professor at Texas A&M University at

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Manufacturing Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaolin Chen, Washington State University, Vancouver; Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Manufacturing

they can build to meet the challenges associated with theirindividual career paths and to adapt to the rapidly changing technologies. To that end, thecreation of cohesive course sequences as an opportunity to implement the reform was identified.Three cohesive course sequences, so called “track”, have been offered to the students. The Designand Manufacturing track provides seven closely-integrated courses to help students learn how toapply engineering fundamentals to practical design and manufacturing problems. The trackcourses include: Engineering Materials, Numerical Analysis, Manufacturing Processes, MachineDesign, Computer-Aided-Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, andManufacturing Systems. The track courses will not only cover

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peyton Richmond, Lamar University; Daniel Chen, Lamar University; John Gossage, Lamar University; Qiang Xu, Lamar University; Kuyen Li, Lamar University

PBLPedagogy with Modern Manufacturing Case Studies” (0737089). This project involves thedevelopment of real-world learning modules to illustrate to engineering students educationalconcepts such as: • safety (alarm management, emergency shutdown systems, and flare management), • control (cascade, ratio, feedforward, override controls, and model predictive control), • data acquisition (knowledge generation, information technology, data mining) • application of modeling to manufacturing improvements (real-time optimization, computer aided modeling and simulation, and data reconciliation)Our goal is to improve the problem solving ability of engineering graduates while familiarizingthem with the Information Technology (IT) tools found in a

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Samantha Murray

than 9.5% of engineering professionals are African American,Hispanic American or Native American. The project team includes Michigan Technological University (Dr. Neil Hutzlerand Joan Chadde), Foundation for Family Science/David Heil & Associates, and theAmerican Association for Engineering Education (Dr. William Kelly and SamanthaMurray), along with Dr. Christine Cunningham, who has developed the Engineering isElementary (EiE) curriculum now used in 46 states, will participate in development of thematerials. ASEE will help to disseminate the Family Engineering project to more than 50engineering societies, student chapters, and engineering professionals. This project brings engineering education to the elementary family unit

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Thomas MacCalla; Jacqueline Caesar; Michael Maxwell; Shay Vanderlaan; Sandra Valencia; Terena Henry; Matt Leader

Cyber-Infrastructure Education Recruitment, Retention, Advancement), while STEMstands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics. EOT is the roadmap forpreparing the next generation of engineers and future scientists in the global knowledgeeconomy. This paper highlights the E in STEM referencing a Team Science approach topreparing the next generation of engineers, technicians, researchers, and future scientists.CIBRED and CIERRA are used here as a way to show how this collaborative, project-centric bioinformatics initiative can contribute to the development of an educationalpipeline to prepare in/out-of-school youth with 21st century workforce skills and fosterinnovation and interdisciplinary practice. The product and the processes are