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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Frank M. Clemente

Geotechnology and Applied Geotechnical Engineering Intertwined Frank M. Clemente, Jr., PhD, PE Earth Tech Northeast, Inc.IntroductionThis paper will illustrate how technology and applied engineering, with particular reference togeotechnical engineering, are intertwined and dependent on each other in the process ofdesigning and building large construction projects. After describing the civil engineeringprocedure and the inter-relationships between technology and engineering, a few examples ofprojects wherein technology and engineering worked together for design/construction successwill be cited from the author’s experience. The paper is directed to undergraduate and

Conference Session

Standards Based Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kazem Kazerounian, University of Connecticut; David M. Moss, University of Connecticut; David Giblin, University of Connecticut; Elias Faraclas, University of Connecticut; Cathi Koehler, University of Connecticut

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, and the International Journal of Mechanisms and Machine Theory. He is the Principle Investigator for the de Vinci Ambassadors in the Classroom, the Galileo Project. Page 11.229.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Are Concepts of Technical & Engineering Literacy Included in State Curriculum Standards? A Regional Overview of the Nexus Between Technical & Engineering Literacy and State Science FrameworksAbstract The use of technology in the classroom has been a driving force behind developing

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Elger, University of Idaho; Scott Metlen, University of Idaho; Robert Carson, University of Idaho; Tristan Utschig, Lewis-Clark State College; Dan Cordon, University of Idaho; Marie Racine, University of District Columbia; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho

2006-1617: A CASE STUDY TO EXPLORE LEARNING DURING A FACULTYDEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPDonald Elger, University of Idaho DONALD F. ELGER is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Idaho. Dr. Elger teaches “how to learn,” entrepreneurship, design, and fluid mechanics. Dr. Elger has co-authored a nation-ally-recognized text in engineering fluid mechanics, has won the ASEE best paper award at the regional and national level, and has led the Enriched Learning Environment Project at the UI. Present research and practice areas, funded by the NSF, involve theory of learning, transformational leadership in higher educa-tion, and design of effective organizations and learning

Conference Session

Design in Manufacturing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Tomasi, Alfred State College; Margaret Weeks

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Engineering Technology

2006-86: INFORMED DESIGN AS A PRACTICAL PROBLEM SOLVINGAPPROACHChristopher Tomasi, Alfred State College Christopher J. Tomasi is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at SUNY Alfred State College of Technology. He has served on the leadership team of the New York State Professional Development Collaborative since its inception in 2003.Margaret Weeks, Margaret "Peggie" Weeks is Project Director and Principal Investigator of the Advanced Technological Education/NSF funded New York State Professional Development Collaborative. She is Associate Director of the Center for Technological Literacy at Hofstra University

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NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn Kohne, Loyola College in Maryland; Steven O'Donnell, Loyola College in Maryland

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Materials

. To develop a tool for demonstrating the principles and for future research;3. To demonstrate that people can create tools to perform design projects requiring knowledge more advanced than that held by the designer of the tools.Equipment and Materials (include sources if appropriate):1. A high-end PC with Windows 2000 (or better)2. A compiler for Visual Basic 6.0 (or better)3. MatrixVB (MATLAB product)4. Access to an engineering reference library (To use the tool developed by this project, only the PC is necessary)Introduction: Most analog circuit design is inherently evolutionary in that the final product isachieved through an analytical analysis to determine parameter values, build a prototype, and testthe prototype

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Electrical ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alfred Ducharme, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Technology

such as light emitting diodes to more complex holographicoptical elements used to diffuse light in rear projection televisions. This recent exponentialgrowth of photonic technologies has left a deficit of qualified human resources. Traditionally,photonics was only taught at the graduate level. As photonics has moved from the laboratory tocommercial products the need for Associate and Baccalaureate graduates has subsequentlyincreased.In the past, photonics technologies were only used in what is considered high-technologysystems. Today, photonics is used in the thousands of commonly used products to solve avariety of everyday problems. In the last few decades, new ways of transmitting andmanipulating light or photons have been developed. The use

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Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeong Woo; Robert Johnson, Texas A&M University; Mark Clayton, Texas A&M University

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Architectural

Case Study 3 Study Duration 1/2003 – 5/2003 3/2004 – 5/2004 6/2004 – 7/2004 NASA Crew Restraint Historic Bryan Peckerwood Garden Project Topic System in zero-gravity Downtown Development environment Development 3rd - 4th Year 1st Year Graduate 3rd Year Undergraduate Students Undergraduate Students Students at TAMU Students at TAMU

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Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

presented as well. The Page 11.455.5 specific controller utilized in the continuous control example mentioned above was NI Field Point (FP) Controller and was programmed through the LabView software.The students were also asked to work on a team design project. The author encouragedthem to work on an automated work-cell example or an open-design project. Two groupsemerged from the eight student body. One group decided to design and build ananimatronic penguin, which can be seen in Figure 4. The penguin walked, flipped itswings, and had mouth motions. It also could also shine its eyes through LED’s. Thecontrol utilized was Allen

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Holmes, AcuityEdge, Inc.; Hisham Massoud, Duke University; Steven Cummer, Duke University; John Board, Duke University; Kip Coonley, Duke University; April Brown, Duke University; Michael Gustafson; Leslie Collins, Duke University; Lisa Huettel, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University

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Electrical and Computer

four core courses. In order to achieveour goals, and to carefully ensure consideration of tradeoffs associated with the redesign, wedeveloped a series of roles to effect the organization necessary for the reform process. The keyroles that have been developed and assigned are (1) course leader, (2) theme team, (3) approvalteam, (4) advisory team, and (5) project manager. In the paper, the roles and responsibilities ofeach of these groups in the process is also described.To proceed with the redesign of the core, the course leaders were responsible for developing thecourse content, syllabus, homeworks, tests, and lab manuals in concert with their course team.Course leaders met separately with their course teams, and then periodically the course

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Connor, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Tech; G. Loganathan, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

(EngE). Studentstransfer from ENGE to eleven degree-granting departments as sophomores. The yearlyenrollment in GE has been about 1300 for the past decade. The department has beenemphasizing a hands-on approach to instruction with design as the central theme since about theyear 2000.2Providing meaningful hands-on experiences to a large number of engineering students is achallenge. Faculty, lab space, and money are always a consideration. Even the mechanics ofadding lab time to the students’ already tight schedules creates an immense hurdle. Thedepartment has been fortunate to receive significant funding support for student projects throughthe generosity of Virginia Tech’s Student Engineers Council (SEC). The SEC has provided thefreshman

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohan Ketkar, Prairie View A&M University

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Engineering Technology

2006-1817: CASE STUDY REVEALS SEVERAL BENEFITS INCLUDINGDEVELOPMENT OF SOFT SKILLS FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYSTUDENTS AND ASSESSMENT OF KEY TAC-ABET PROGRAM OUTCOMESMohan Ketkar, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Ketkar is an Assistant Professor and coordinator of the Electrical Engineering Technology program at the PVAMU, TX. He received MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research areas include communication electronics, instrumentation, and numerical methods. He has been the instructor for senior project courses at University of Houston, TX and PVAMU. He is a member of the College Committee for ABET at the PVAMU. He has participated in several workshops

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

third year it became apparent that six ofthese skills were the most significant and as a result have been classified as the Six Ps. Theseskills include: planning, project management, problem solving, presentation, patience, andpersistence. Each of these skills is noteworthy in their own right, but collectively they areessential for success as an engineering educator.Planning. Perhaps planning is the first and most critical of the skills. It is the initial phase ofpreparation for any project. Most jobs and assignments can be considered as a project that needsto be managed including teaching a course, running a committee, or preparing curriculum.Planning involves every aspect of developing a project including a schedule or timetable right upuntil

Conference Session

Improving ME education: Broad Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Alabama A&M university. He has lead the development of a new mechanical engineering program for the school of engineering and technology. Among his academic, research and industrial research interests are developing engineering higher education towards world class quality and prominence, facilitate collaboration among university’s faculty for project development and research, research and project development in a diverse range of engineering discipline. Page 11.1089.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Retention and Recruiting Activities in a Mechanical Engineering

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Daniel, University of Cincinnati; James Allen, University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

2006-1753: GENDER PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF UNIQUE HANDS-ONINQUIRY BASED ENGINEERING LESSONS IN SECONDARY MATHEMATICSAND SCIENCE CLASSROOMSAnant Kukreti, University of CincinnatiJames Allen, University of CincinnatiMichelle Daniel, University of Cincinnati Page 11.663.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Gender Performance Assessment of Unique Hands-On Inquiry-Based Engineering Lessons In Secondary Mathematics and Science Classrooms The University of Cincinnati’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate K-12Fellow’s grant, Project STEP - Science and Technology Enhancement Program, was created totrain

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Tian Yu, University of Oklahoma; Robert Palmer, University of Oklahoma; Mike Biggerstaff, University of Oklahoma; L. Fink, University of Oklahoma; Carolyn Ahern, Ahern and Associates

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

data.Carolyn Ahern, Ahern and Associates Dr. Carolyn Ahern, Assessment Coordinator, earned her B.A. in English from Ohio Wesleyan and her M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Cornell University. She also holds an M.B.A. from the University of Oklahoma. For the last 20 years, she has specialized in the design, implementation, and assessment of educational materials. Most recently, she has been the coordinator of assessment for two NSF grants at the University of Oklahoma: Sooner City (Civil and Environmental Engineering) and the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Project (the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the School of Meteorology

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

included in the Self-Studyreport and the display materials. In particular, the readiness matrix in the Self-Study instructionsindicates the necessity of having multiple methods of assessment. This paper will concentrate onthe development and assessment of the program outcomes, and specifically the use of studentsurveys to help identify areas for improvement in the curriculum.Program Outcome DevelopmentThe EET program at Purdue is a 2+2 curriculum; i.e., students spend two years working towardan Associate of Science degree in EET, followed by two more years to obtain a B.S. degree. Aunique characteristic of the program is that students are required to take a projects course in eachof the first three years and a two-semester senior project sequence

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia; Anaïs Miodek, University of Virginia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Introduction to Engineering: An OverviewStudies have long shown the importance of introducing students to the exciting potential ofengineering at an early age, especially those groups that continue to be underrepresented inengineering (women, African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans).1, 2 A student’seventual recruitment to an academic track or career in engineering is largely dependent on thestudent having developed positive associations with the field during or prior to high-school. 3This can be difficult since opportunities to experience the exciting aspects of applied engineeringthrough interactive design projects are not always included in middle and high-school curriculumin the United States.4The Introduction to Engineering program (ITE

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech

students have applied for graduate researchfellowships, and all those who are graduating this year have applied to graduate school. This firstoffering of the research course sequence has provided several valuable lessons to the instructorsthat will make next year’s offering of this course proceed much more smoothly. Given that, otherengineering colleges in the country should consider such a research course sequence for at leastone section of the technical communication courses that their engineering students take. Page 11.1049.2* This work is supported by the National Science Foundation: NSF Project 0341171.Introduction The Boyer

Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsty Mills, University of New Mexico

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Engineering Ethics

semiconductor device fabrication, now focus on the societal and ethical implications of nanotechnology and other emerging technologies. In response to the increasing need for interdisciplinary function, she initiated and leads the University of New Mexico's 'Science and Society Dialogue' project, embraced by a wide range of University departments, schools and institutes. As well as teaching engineering ethics, Dr. Mills offers seminars and workshops to a range of stakeholder groups. Page 11.48.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Graduate Level Ethics Course

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

soughtmembership in their engineering field and openly wondered if their engineering curriculumprovided opportunities for illustrating that membership and for considering how far they havecome in becoming engineers. On numerous occasions, students doubted how well items such ascourse lab reports or projects represented their skills and abilities as engineers. Not only doesthis take their work in the professional engineering portfolio course out of the rhetorical andsquarely into content problem solving, but it illustrates that students who were creatingprofessional engineering portfolios were able to create a space in which they could potentiallyformatively question both their own progress and development as engineers and their pastcoursework’s

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Rufe, Eastern Michigan University; Gary Rodak, Eastern Michigan University; Scott Pollock, Eastern Michigan University; Mary Finkel, Eastern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Machining Efficiencies, Inc. (BSME - New Jersey Institute of Technology, CMfgE) has been focused on machining process improvements for over 30 years. With a background in tool design, tool wear analysis, metalworking fluid development, chemical management systems, machining processes technical support, business development manager and quality system lead auditor, Mr. Rodak has successfully guided numerous companies towards higher profitability. He is a frequent speaker at SME technology clinics on topics relating to practical approaches to improving machining processes.Scott Pollock, Eastern Michigan University Scott Pollock has 17 years of industrial experience. He is currently a senior project

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismet Anitsal, Tennessee Tech University; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University

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International

affordable.Students log onto TTU website (http://webct.tntech.edu) and use the interactive course materialspresented at the course site in WebCT [1], which is a widely used e-learning system across thenation. Some of the interactive teaching methods include cases, competitive computersimulation, applied problem solving, team building exercises, cross-functional activities,scenario planning, role playing, and feasibility projects. “The campus-based and distance-basedprograms earn the same degree” [2].In the summer semester of 2004/05 academic year, the authors were able to offer fullyundergraduate and graduate level online courses for their degree programs. These courses wereCAD (Computer Aided Design) for Technology (undergraduate level) and Strategic

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Will Humphries, Virginia Tech; Justin Gawrilow, Virginia Tech; Manuel Perez-Quinones, Virginia Tech; Scott Turner, Virginia Tech; Stephen Edwards, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

(CMS) is the ability of students to view their gradesin a current class. This data is traditionally presented in a tabular format showing the student’s score oneach assignment. Moodle, an open source CMS, follows this trend when displaying its grade book datato students10. The benefits of visualizing numerical data in a graphical format include a more efficientand clearer interpretation of the data9.The goal for this project is to inform students more effectively of their performance in a course usingvisualizations of current assessments, comparisons with the class as a whole, and projections of potentialand expected future outcomes. In turn, this might allow students to change their behavior for the better,based on their observations of the

Conference Session

EM Program Trend and Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon Geiger, University of Arizona

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Engineering Management

their career, tosenior management at later career stages. For instance, in 1985 a major study wasundertaken by the National Research Council (1) which found that 44.6% of thosesurveyed, who described themselves as engineers, said that their primary activities weremanagement (28%) or production (16.6%). In 1995, a similar survey by NSF(2) found that only 38% of those in the U.S. workforcewith a B.S. in engineering actually work as engineers. An additional 48% say that theirwork is related to engineering, but that they are managers, patent attorneys, CEO’s,financial analysts, and entrepreneurs. In 1998, NSF published the results of its Engineering Workforce Project,(3) an ongoingeffort. It showed that in 1993 32% of respondents said their

Conference Session

Feedback and IT: Improving Student Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Steinborn, Darmstadt University of Technology; Joerg Lange, Darmstadt University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Engineering Education, 2006 Lecture Hall vs. Online Teaching – a contradiction?AbstractCan we give a lecture to resident students and offer it in the same term as online-lecture viainternet to all German speaking structural engineering students? This was our project duringsummer term 2005.The subject of the lecture was a very special area of steel construction currently taught only atDarmstadt University of Technology: the production process - from planning to erection - ofsteel structures. The use of recordings and various add-ons enabled us to fulfill this task.The whole course was embedded in an evaluation scheme to measure the acceptance andeffectiveness and to find technical and procedural problems.IntroductionThe course that

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Vinarcik, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

2006-2089: COMBINING SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE AND SYSTEMSENGINEERING IN AN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT PROGRAMJonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy JONATHAN M. WEAVER, PH.D. is an Associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM). He received his BSME from Virginia Tech in 1986, his MSME and PhD in ME from RPI in 1990 and 1993, respectively. He has several years of industry experience and regularly consults with an automaker on projects related to CAD, DOE, and product development. He can be reached at weaverjm@udmercy.edu.Michael Vinarcik, University of Detroit Mercy MICHAEL J. VINARCIK, P.E. is an Interior Trim Engineer with Ford Motor Company and an

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dana Elzey, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

analysis, thishumble course is now burdened with a host of newly recognized needs. These include the ability toexcite a wide range of students about engineering, motivating them to its study, and aiding in theretention of non-traditional engineering students. This paper discusses our efforts to redesign theUniversity of Virginia’s Intro to Engineering to better meet all of these requirements, using theEngineering In Context approach. The EIC approach seeks to improve retention and the quality oflearning through integration of context. Here, the critical contextual learning component is asemester-long, hands-on project (theme) emphasizing application of the engineering problem-solving method to a current challenge or opportunity, coupled with more

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Kubichek, University of Wyoming; Thad Welch, U.S. Naval Academy; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, andcan select the transmitter filter (none or Gaussian) in order to achieve their design goals. Aftereach set of parameters is entered, they run the simulation and quickly get the BER graph. Theseparameters are discussed only broadly in class, but using this package the students get a goodfeel about how they impact system performance. Page 11.33.11Figure 10. Screenshot of a BER plot for 2-FSK using Gaussian filtering and continuous symbolphase.3.3 Senior Design ProjectsA few students have also had the opportunity to use the PXI chassis as the basis for a seniordesign project. Only two of these projects will be discussed.In the first project the

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricio Torres, Purdue University; Matthew Stephens, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

SIGMA GREEN BELTS A Green Belt is a professional that organizes Six Sigma systems for specific projects.Green Belts have preparation in statistical tools that allows them to collect data, analyze it andrun tests to obtain conclusions. They are qualified to do research at a deep level and they supportBlack Belt professionals. Page 11.508.6 The Six Sigma Green Belt serves as a specially trained team member within his or her function-specific area of the organization. This focus allows the Green Belt to work on small, carefully defined Six Sigma projects, requiring less than a Black Belt’s full-time commitment to Six

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Jana Goodrich, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

course.Engineering and technology curricula often focus on the technical abilities of students,neglecting the “soft skills” that will often determine success or failure for a graduate when (s)heenters the workforce. As an example, project management skills are often neglected in anengineering curriculum, requiring additional training for those engineers who end up inmanagement positions2. Skills such as the ability to lead and work effectively as a member of ateam are frequently identified as critical to the success of an engineer, but typically are lacking innew engineering graduates3. The same is true of business students. While the businesscurriculum uses many team-based projects, students frequently resist building good, effectiveteam-building skills