Conference Session

Cooperative Education and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tylisha Baber, Michigan State University; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

-25-06-06.pdf.13. ASEE, How Do You Measure Success? Designing Effective Processes for Engineering Education. 1998, Washington, DC: ASEE Professional Books.14. Haag, S., E. Guilbeau, and W. Goble, Assessing Engineering Internship Efficacy: Industry's Perception of Student Performance. International Journal of Engineering Education, 2006. 22(2): p. 257-263.15. Lang, J.D., et al., Industry Expectations of New Engineers: A Survey to Assist Curriculum Designers. Journal of Engineering Education, 1999. 88(1): p. 43-51.16. “Education for High Growth Innovation,” Synergy, Autum 2005, Issue 5, Cambridge-MIT Institute, p. 11. [cited Jan. 2008]. Available from http://www.cambridge- mit.org/object/download/1713

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FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Laurie Laird, Ohio Northern University; John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

, and Larsen3 discussedemphasizing oral presentation skills through use of the RSVP training framework that focusesstudents’ attention on four key presentation areas: • R – Responsiveness (e.g., audience analysis), • S – Speech Patterns (e.g., speed, volume, enunciation), • V – Verbal and Visual Rhetoric (e.g., presentation structure, use of visual aids), and • P – Physical (e.g., use of stage, congruence of body language with message).The RSVP framework helps students to more easily remember the evaluation criteria of aneffective presentation. The developer of the RSVP framework was kind enough to share hermaterials4 with the lead author of this paper. A one-page handout derived from these materialscan be found in Appendix A. This

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Franz, University of Houston-Downtown

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Page 13.310.9VOLTS AMPS Power Factor KVA KW KVARS “C” bankKVARS “ S 0 100%MOTOR LOAD POWER FACTOR CORRECTION SYSTEM USING SOFTWARE THAT WILL CORRECT THEPOWER FACTOR TO A DESIRED “SET” VALUE.FOR LINE FEED :*THE SYSTEM HAS INDICATORS FOR PLANT LINE FEED VOLTS and AMPSFOR PLANT LOAD :*THE SYSTEM HAS INDICATORS FOR PLANT LOAD POWER FACTOR, KVA, KW, KVARSFOR POWER FACTOR CORRECTIONUSING A “C” (CAPACITOR) BANK:*THE SYSTEM HAS A DIAL TO SET THE DESIRED “CORRECTED” POWER FACTOR*THE SYSTEM HAS AN INDICATOR FOR THE “C” BANK VARS AUTOMATICALLY ADDED TO THE PLANT LOAD TO CORRECT THE POWER FACTOR

Conference Session

New Ideas for ChEs I (aka ChE Potpourri)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Floyd-Smith, Tuskegee University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

eight respondents, the majority of whom were professors from researchinstitutions, completed the survey. Although there were not any statistically significantconclusions, the results suggest that (1) having a formal application procedure, (2) choosingundergraduates based on conceptual understanding and (3) assessing undergraduates basedlargely on critical thinking lead to more undergraduates attending graduate school. Acknowledgements The author would like to thank Professors William Krantz (University of Cincinnati),Christine Grant (North Carolina State University) and Willie Harper Jr. (Auburn University) forfeedback on the survey. References 1. Russell, S. H., Hancock, M. P. and McCullough, J., “Benefits of Undergraduate Research

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Roller, Purdue University Calumet; James Higley, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

courses, we maintain that assessmenttechniques provide a good method to incrementally improve a course. However, true innovationin a course still comes from a dedicated faculty member evaluating the course with an openmind. Assessment techniques do force faculty to consider their course more often, and perhapsthis helps with innovation as well.Bibliography1. Neff, G. and Scachitti, S. “The Assessment Cookbook: Recipes for Successfully Meeting TC2K Criteria,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, June 16-19, 2002.2. Corum, C., et. al., “Using Outcomes Based Assessment and Continuous Quality Improvement Practices from ABET Program Accreditation in Institutional Accreditation,” Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Andrew Grossfield

toeveryone to ponder and contemplate at any time and can serve as a model for researching otherdisciplines.Forty years ago, mathematicians exhibited pride in their ability to hide geometric or visual representationsof mathematical concepts. The mathematics reform of the 1990’s sanctioned the representation offunctions as single valued curves. More remains to be done. Currently, Proof Without Words is anongoing feature of the MAA monthly, The College Mathematics Journal. Examine the wonderfulcompilations, Proofs Without Words 1 and Proofs Without Words II 2 by Roger B. Nelsen. Examine alsoMath Made Visual by Claudi Alsina & Roger B. Nelson 4. While mathematicians may enjoy the puzzlesprovided by Proofs Without Words, an effective pedagogical tool

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Shih-Liang Wang

force. Rather, it can bedetermined after the force directions have been determined. The driven gear will be rotating inthe direction of the tangential component of the force. This is especially helpful to determine thedirection of rotation of worm gear, as most textbooks do not present a concise way in doing so.References:[1] M. F. Spotts, T. E. Shoup, and L. E. Hornberger "Design of Machine Elements", 8th ed., Prentice- Hall, 2003.[2] R. L. Mott, "Machine Elements in Mechanical Design", Prentice Hall; 4th ed., 2003.[3] R. Budynas and J. K. Nisbett, “Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design”, 8th ed., McGraw- Hill, 2008.[4] R. L. Norton, Machine Design: An Integrated Approach 3rd ed, Prentice Hall, 2005.[5] C. R. Thomas and V. S. Hillsman

Conference Session

BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shahin Sirouspour, McMaster University; Pawel Malysz, McMaster University; Ali Shahdi, McMaster University; Ryan Leslie, Quanser Inc; Mahyar Fotoohi, Quanser Inc; Paul Karam, Quanser Inc

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Biomedical

. f fluid = − k f v where v is the device velocity vector in its workspace. (c) Model of a stiff tumor: A stiff spring-damper can be utilized to model the tumor. Note that similar to the case in (a), the direction of the reaction force from the tumor is normal to its surface at the contact point. f tumor = − k t δr − bt v .All of the aforementioned models are implemented in the Matlab/Simulink environment using s-function blocks. The students employ the haptic device to explore the virtual organ and locate thetumor. Page 13.881.155.3.2. Part 2: Potential force field for haptic guidanceIn this part, a repelling force field is

Conference Session

At The Institutional Level

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy Loveless-Morris, University of Washington; Priti Mody-Pan; Robert Embrey, Highline Community College; Kali Kuwada, Seattle Central Community College; Marisela Mendoza, Columbia Basin College; Robert Olsen, Washington State University; Eve Riskin, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

exception of one institution, a representative from each of the six institutionswas interviewed.The structured interviews were mostly centered around Kanter’s (1994) “CollaborativeAdvantage,” which will be further discussed in the literature review 8. Sample questions include: • Which of the following description(s) best describes the relationships among the partners. After choosing the best description(s), please provide an example that demonstrates the relationship you chose. For example, if one chose option B, and example for why one chose this option might be: Institution A has the ability to reach more minority students, while Institution B has the ability to connect students with real- world internships

Conference Session

Sustainability and Engineering Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

algebraicoptimization; computation. The computations can be carried out in common student versions ofMatlab and Excel (with the optimizing Solver). Page 13.1129.7Figure 2. Oil exploration and depletion versus time. S (the proven reserve) peaks as U (the unproven reserve) is drawn down monotonically through discovery.Living ResourcesBuilding on the dynamic, the idea in this case is to add growth. Unlike the previous case, herewe have the possibility of sustainable steady states. In fact there are many, and theirdiscrimination requires an elaboration of a) the nature of the harvesting regime; and b) theultimate tradeoffs between economic and biological

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Kornecki, ERAU; Thomas Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Wojciech Grega, AGH; Jean-Marc Thririet, LAG; Miroslav Sveda, BUT

Tagged Divisions

International

, and he has authored/co-authored over 40 referred papers in these areas; an IEEE Certified Software Developer, SEI-Certified PSP Developer, and the editor for the ACM/IEEE-CS Computing Curriculum-SE project (http://faculty.erau.edu/hilburn/)Wojciech Grega, AGH MSEE, PhD, DSc: control, optimization, modeling, industrial computers science; author and co-author of more than 100 papers and books. Coordinator or main researcher in 12 national and international projects; coordinator of Tempus Project S-JEP 11317-96, (1997-1999); Vice Dean of the Faculty (1994-96); Head of the Control Laboratory, Head of the Faculty Commission for Education; elected member of the EAEEIE (European

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

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International

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Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prashanth Jayaraman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Garrett Bradley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Odis Griffin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; John Dooley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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International

Contemporary Engineering Ethics Issues in anIntroductory Freshman Engineering Course,” Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition,Chicago, IL, June 18-21, 2006b.iii Mullin, J.S., Lohani, V.K., and Lo, J.L., “WIP: Introduction to Engineering Ethics through Student Skits in theFreshman Engineering Program at Virginia Tech,” to be published in the Proceedings of the 2006 Frontiers inEducation Conference, San Diego, CA, October 27- November 1, 2006b. Page 13.533.14iv Lohani, V., and Mullin, J. S., 2006. “International activities in a freshman engineering course,” Posterpresented at the International Education Fair

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New?

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

toseparate them. Future studies will be expanded to discern students’ motivations behind thesestudy habits.VI. References1. Beichner, R.J., J.M. Saul, R.J. Allain, D.L. Deardorff, D.S. Abbott, “Introduction to SCALE-UP:Student- Centered Activities for Large Enrollment University Physics,” Proceedings 2000 American Society for Engineering Education National Conference.2. Benson, L.C., S. B. Biggers, W. F. Moss, M. Ohland, M. K. Orr, and S. D. Schiff, “Adapting and Implementing the SCALE-UP Approach in Statics, Dynamics, and Multivariate Calculus.” Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Honolulu, HI.3. Biggers, S.B. Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics & Statics, an

Conference Session

Student Engagement and Motivation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Howard, Illinois Institute of Technology; Daniel Ferguson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

? Include the method used to resolve the differences of opinion and the level of agreement on your final assessment.” This question was preceded by the question, “Ethical issues in [multidisciplinary project teams] are of two types: those involving behaviors within the [team] and those involving the eventual application of [team] output to the larger society. Please outline the most important ethical problems the team has encountered over the entire semester. What was the issue and what was the outcome? From your experience(s) this semester please explain the best course of action the team could or should have taken to produce the optimal resolution to its ethical dilemma. How did you contribute? If

Conference Session

Materials Education Perspectives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajiv Asthana, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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Materials

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Conference Session

Physics Education Research (PER) Relevant for Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Meltzer, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Qthermal reservoirs it is easy to calculate their entropy changes using the relationship ∆S = . TStudents are guided to realize that although the net energy of the system is indeed conserved, thenet entropy must increase.Students are asked to consider the magnitudes and signs of heat transfers to the two blocks; they Page 13.812.8are led to recognize that these heat transfers are equal in magnitude and opposite in sign, and thatnet energy change is zero. Students are then asked to consider the relative magnitudes and signsfor the entropy changes of each

Conference Session

Applications of Engineering Economy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Michael Kozicki, Arizona State University; Slobodan Petrovic, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

capability of a technology is usuallyeasier to define in terms of the products it can deliver so many parameters have product-related metrics.Most development work on the assessment tool has been applied to nano-electronicfunctions. The consumer market gives a good demonstration of how products movethrough their life cycle in a year or less showing the familiar bell-shaped revenue curve.However, the underlying components and technologies can last for many productgenerations. They show the classical S-curve but there is an additional feature that makesprediction difficult. As one technology matures, it is replaced by a more advancedversion. Thus there are many generations of maturity for the same basic technology.This is reflected in different

Conference Session

Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harpal Dhillon, Excelsior College; Salahuddin Qazi, SUNY Institute of Technology; Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

in cosmetics, protective coatings, drug delivery, and stain-resistant clothingOngoing research and development at a large number of educational institutions andresearch laboratories should enlarge the set of commercial applications of nonotechnologyin the near future. Two educational institutions engaged in these efforts are highlighted inthis presentation.Nanotechnology ApplicationsDespite the fact that the concept underlying nanotechnology was first discussed by RichardFeynman almost 50 years ago, it was not until 1980 that the term “nanotechnology” wasdefined in the context of its application by Dr. K.E. Dexter. (1) Two developments in1980’s, the formalization of cluster science, and the invention of the Scanning TunnelingMicroscope (STM

Conference Session

Creative Engagement and Developmental Tutoring Method

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virgilio Gonzalez, University of Texas-El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Charts for Different Estimates Page 13.416.3In the late 1950’s, the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) was developed 1 tosupport large military programs. The innovation included an expanded model using best, worst,and more likely times to complete each task. Therefore, PERT produces an estimated projectcompletion time within a Gamma probability distribution. Although the curriculum might havedifferent tracks (e.g. math and physics) that are designed to converge in a particular semester, theprobability that a student will take longer time in one particular

Conference Session

Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; Senro Kuraoka, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.3. Felder, R. M. and Silverman, L. K. (1988). “Learning and teaching styles in engineering education,” Engineering Education, Vol. 78, No. 7, 674-681.4. Herrmann, N. (1995). The Creative Brain, The Ned Herrmann Group, Lake Lure, North Carolina.5. Dunn, R. (1990). “Understanding the Dunn and Dunn learning styles model and the need for individual diagnosis and prescription,” Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 6:223-247.6. Gardner, H. (1993). Frames of Mind The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, HarperCollins Publishers, New York.7. Klosky, J. L., Ressler, S. J., and Erickson, J. (2005). “AIM for Better Student Learning: Using Instant Messaging to Facilitate Improved

Conference Session

Sustainability and Engineering Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qiong Zhang, Michigan Technological University; Julie Zimmerman, Yale University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University

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Environmental Engineering

’ perceived value of the sustainability projects peer-to-peer network3. faculty utilizing the peer-to-peer Faculty questionnaire network to integrate Direct measure of faculty’s perceived value of peer- sustainability concepts into their to-peer network curriculaHypothesis 2: Result in higher orders of significant learningevidenced by assessed through1. students’ application of Performance of partner universities students in sustainability design principles sustainability projects (“application” in Fink’s direct measure of ability to design significant learning taxonomy14) Score on modified Safoutin et al.’s design

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Mowry, University of St. Thomas-St. Paul

Tagged Divisions

International

average wind speeds on the order of 8 m/s which are sufficient for power production.Summarizing, Tanzania has considerable wind power potential. Page 13.60.11 (a) (b)Figure 4. (a) Topographical map of DTHD site. (b) Annual average wind-speed map of site. (1 cm = 500 meters) Page 13.60.12The cost of a solar photovoltaic system capable of supplying the hospital power requirementswas on the order of ten-to-fifteen times that of wind power while the cost of a fuel

Conference Session

Impacts of Public Policy on Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Kamyar Haghighi, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

engineering education research is provided by the EngineeringEducation Program. However, that source is limited to approximately $9 million which is alsoshared with the CAREER awards funded by NSF ‘s engineering directorate. A search of theNSF awards database (searching on program element 1340) shows fewer than 50 awards housedin the engineering directorate and devoted to engineering education research (80 other awardsare housed in other divisions and were co-funded). As the number of engineering educationresearchers grows, the strain on this limited supply of funds will become increasingly significant.The other major concern is how well the engineering education research community is able tonegotiate both establishing itself as a free-standing

Conference Session

Programs that Serve Industry & Academia

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Dickson, University of Strathclyde

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 IT t g s n e en

Conference Session

Innovation & Assessment in the delivery of IT/IET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Stienecker, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the 1960’s, [1] the industry has grown in leapsand bounds, similar to many other technology fields. According to statistics released by theRobotic Industry Associates (RIA), the robotics industries’ only trade group[2], the industry hasdoubled since 1996 [2]. When one reviews [3, 4, 5] the instructional materials currently available tothe robotics student she or he will find an assortment of old applied industrial robotics materialpublished in the mid to late 1990s with a plethora of robot design and kinematics texts that werepublished after 1999. This represents the traditional and current approach to the roboticseducation at many institutions. In the last four decades the student that took a robotics class wastypically a mechanical or

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University; John Harb, Brigham Young University; Spencer Magleby, Brigham Young University; Chelita Pate, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

International

defining solutions involves learningcultural sensitivity.On top of these advantages, students find these projects to be very worthwhile and fulfilling. Asstated by Krishna S. Athreya, head of Engineers for a Sustainable World, “helping theimpoverished have a better life can, for students, be a life-changing experience.”12We will continue to support these types of programs and consider them to be just as valuable—perhaps more so—than traditional study abroad programs.SummaryIn this paper we have described our efforts in developing study abroad programs over the pasttwo years. We began by studying exemplary programs of others. For the 2006/2007 school year,we sponsored seven programs of various format types. We discussed the strengths andweaknesses

Conference Session

Public Engineering of Engineering, K12 Standards, and Overview

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Welty, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Linda Katehi, University of Illinois; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering; Michael Feder, National Research Council

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

communities believe that an engineering focus,particularly design activities, provides valuable context, application opportunities, andmotivation for student learning as well as teacher engagement. 4 5 Design approaches to scienceteaching can focus student attention on solving specific problems, as in the Learning by Design(LBD) method developed by Kolodner et al.6 LBD purposefully links the design aspects ofproblem solving with an “investigate and explore” phase, which in significant ways resemblesand reinforces the process of science inquiry. Fortus et al.’s 7 design-based science units have asimilar orientation. Modeling and design activities can also be used very deliberately to illustrateand make concrete science concepts, such as mechanical

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Cumbie, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

Foundation.Bibliography1. UN Atlas of the Oceans (2007). Human settlements on the coast, accessed August 24, 2007, available at http://www.oceansatlas.com/servlet/CDSServlet?status=ND0xODc3LjIxMDkmNj1lbiYzMz1kb2N1bWVudH MmMzc9aW5mbw~~2. Hinrichsen, D. (1998). Coastal Waters of the World: Trends, Threats, and Strategies. Washington D.C.: Island Press.3. Alabama Gulf Coast & Convention & Visitors Bureau (2007). CVB statistics, accessed August 24, 2007, available at HTUhttp://agccvb.org/stats/UTH4. Infoplease (2007). Coastline of the United States, accessed August 24, 2007, available at http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001801.html5. Gibb, F., & Buchanan, S. (2006). A framework for business continuity management

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Corinna Fleischmann, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Daniel Pickles, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

discussions began and their format. The paper will also review the advantages ofthese lunches, including reduced workload for instructors and the integration of ethicsinto the curriculum without displacing discipline-specific engineering topics. Finally,possible applications of USCGA’s experience to other programs are discussed. Page 13.1161.3BackgroundThe USCGA is one of four federal service academies and as such is focused on theacademic, military and physical development of young men and women as leaders inservice to our nation. USCGA provides the U. S. Coast Guard (USCG) withapproximately 190 new Coast Guard officers each year. Upon graduation from