Conference Session

Venturing Out: Service Learning, Study Abroad, and Criterion H

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University; Anthony Smith, CPE-LYON FRANCE

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Liberal Education

ofboth language and lab instruction by French (i.e., non-US) faculty, in an overseasexperience.CPE Program in French language class and laboratory The CPE 2007 program brochure, summarized in Table 1, highlights the parallelinstruction in French language and laboratory, along with emphasis on the culturalopportunities of the host city Lyon. The original CPE program1 was founded in 2000with a goal of providing US engineering and chemistry students with a summerexperience in France, which could then lead to an enhanced exchange of technicalstudents in subsequent academic semesters. Several of our previous participants havereturned for summer research experiences in Lyon, and one completed her final semesterof a dual French/engineering

Conference Session

Engineering and ET Relationships & Professional Development

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

participating institutionsincluding Purdue University, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) andTexas A&M University (TAMU). The number of participants is shown in Table 1:Table 1: Participants by Discipline and LocationDiscipline Course Number of StudentsEngineering (Purdue) Freshman Engineering 1182Technology 159Mech Engr Tech (Purdue) MET 104 4Comp Info Tech (IUPUI) CIT 106

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morshed Khandaker, University of Central Oklahoma; Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University

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Design in Engineering Education

’ undergraduateengineering program. In this research, both, an independent evaluator and peer evaluatorsevaluate each student’s performance during the group oral presentation. The Spearman's RankCorrelation method was used to determine whether there is a correlation between the teamparticipation and group presentation in the project. For all group members, the result shows astrong correlation between oral presentation score and project participation grades.1. Introduction In the capstone based design projects, the student work together in teams to create solutionsto design problems originating from four sources. In this study, the sources of the design projectswere faculty projects, industry supported projects, projects for design competitions, and

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Construction

and in the behavioral andquantitative sciences. The ACCE encourages accredited programs to regularly evaluate currentcurricula for and develop new curricula that reflect changing construction technologies andmanagement trends.ABET has identified a systematic approach to determine objectives and assess outcomes, whichis represented here in figure 1. (It is shown as slide 18 in Reference 3.) The process of definingand prioritizing objectives and outcomes requires participation by key constituencies chosen bythe university. State and federal agencies will influence outcome requirements. In addition tofaculty, potential industry and government employers of the graduates are major stakeholdersand can make a valuable contribution. Constituents must

Conference Session

Diversity and K-12 Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Denton, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

to six languages and two of the2008 teams have opted to design a toy or game related to physical disabilities. The broncho andpart of the team are shown in figure 1. One of the 2008 teams developed a game to teach Brailleletters, numbers, and punctuation to its players. Each team’s design must conform to a budget,and should demonstrate good practice regarding safety, market appeal, and function. Otherwise,the designs are left to the teams to develop. This diverges from the highly structured arrangementof many design competitions, where personal involvement with the design is limited to satisfyingothers’ constraints and perhaps in packaging aesthetics. A related drawback of a subset of thesecompetitions is an inherent bias toward things that

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gabriel Alungbe, Morehead State University; Xiaolong Li, Morehead State University; Jason Stepp, Morehead State University; Ahmad Zargari, Morehead State University

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Construction

the evolution in practice and acute shortage of trainedpersonnel, opportunity abound for unqualified individuals to practice in the field endangeringpublic protection and safety. There is therefore an urgent need for professional certification inthe construction field in the USA.Construction industry in the USA is one of the nation’s largest industries employing nearly 10million people that represent about 10% of the gross national product.1 Some workers in theconstruction industry had different initial career choices and hence were not educated or trainedin construction. Other workers started out in the trades and worked their way into managementpositions. Certification as a construction professional recognizes someone as possessing

Conference Session

BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

challenge of being able to teach biomedicalengineering concepts with the help of intuitive, powerful tools that do not require a steeplearning curve from the students. National Instruments LabVIEW[1], a graphical programminglanguage, has been used by biomedical engineers for a variety of tasks from data acquisition toinstrumentation [2,3,4,5]. Additionally, LabVIEW has evolved to offer educators powerfulextensions for signal processing, image processing and control[6,7]. However, since LabVIEWis also a general purpose programming language, the functions and palettes are not necessarilyorganized in a “biomedical-friendly” way. As a result, students and educators have to navigatethe sophisticated menus to get to the most appropriate functions for the

Conference Session

Looking at the ChE Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Jacobson, Carnegie Mellon University; Rosemary Frollini, Carnegie Mellon University; Susana Steppan, Carnegie Mellon University

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Chemical Engineering

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Dekker, University of South Florida; Stephen Sundarrao, University of South Florida; Rajiv Dubey, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

anexciting Capstone Design experience. Another after graduation experience occurred when astudent brought a company project back for the Capstone class to consider. Page 13.275.2Design Content:The design content follows the Pahl and Beitz3 outline. Although Pahl and Beitz do not includeprototypes, commercialization, or production in their design methodology, experience has shownthat constructing a prototype is an excellent student activity that brings closure to their designprocess. Listed below are necessary phases a student team must complete in order to develop a“need” into a working prototype: 1. Recognize a need that the team wants to

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Electrical Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Jack Manansala, DeVry University, Addison, IL; John Smith, DeVry University, Addison, IL; Gabe Perez, DeVry University, Addison, IL; R Aguayo,, , DeVry University, Addison, IL; Rommel Sison, DeVry University, Addison, IL

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Engineering Technology

a legal move. At this point, the opponent’s clock will automaticallystart. Another feature of C.H.E.S.S. board is the ability to save and load a game from scratch.Additionally, the players’ moves are recorded to allow users to review and analyze a previouslyplayed game. It is hoped that these features will expand the demographics of chess players viz aviz age and skill level.Block Diagram of System Components Page 13.290.3 Figure 1 depicts the block diagram of the C.H.E.S.S. Board system. The brain of thissystem is a 68HC12 microcontroller with expanded output ports from a series of 8255 integratedcircuits. The 8255s are

Conference Session

NAFP Panel Discussion: NASA Administrator's Fellowship Program (NAFP); Panel Discussion and Fellow Presentations

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Alim, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2008-2015: THE NASA ADMINISTRATOR'S FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM(NAFP): BENEFITS TO THE HBCUS/MISMohammad Alim, Alabama A&M University Page 13.1247.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The NASA Administrator’s Fellowship Program (NAFP): Benefits to the HBCUs/MIs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities / Minority Institutions) Mohammad A. Alim,*,1,3 M. D. Aggarwal,2 Benjamin G. Penn,3 and Ashok K. Batra2 1 Department of Electrical Engineering, Alabama A & M University P. O. Box 297, Huntsville, Alabama 35762, U.S.A. 2 Department of Physics, Alabama A

Conference Session

Computer and Electrical Engineering Technology Innovations

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE, University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown; Gregory Dick, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

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Engineering Technology

determining functionalities of the system. Even after HDLs such asVHDL have become standards and widely being used in industry, undergraduate academiccurriculums in Electrical and Computer engineering were very slow to adopt them [1]because of the cost of the hardware and associated Computer Aided Design (CAD) toolsrequired for digital designs.Even those college level courses that utilized HDL, the designs were limited to use themonly for design and simulation stages, and not for hardware implementations. This scenariostarted to change gradually with the advent of cheaper computers, inexpensiveProgrammable Logic Devices (PLDs), and the associated development environments

Conference Session

FPD6 - First Year Curricula Development

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Ruhala, University of Southern Indiana; Richard Ruhala, University of Southern Indiana; Eric Sprouls, University of Southern Indiana

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First-Year Programs

State were most closely studied due to their successful developmentof breadth and depth in their respective multi-disciplinary curricula.Emphases are offered in civil, electrical or mechanical engineering through the engineeringelectives courses shown in Figure 1. The students select their emphasis during their second yearin the four-year program. As an example of the breadth of the program, students with anemphasis in electrical engineering must take a fluid mechanics class, while civil engineers take aclass in circuits. Input from our Engineering Advisory Board, consisting of engineers fromregional companies, indicates that the employers of our graduates value this breadth ofmpqyngfig"kp"vjg"gornq{ggu"vjcv"vjg{"jktg"ykvj"dcejgnqtÓu"fgitggu0

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salil Desai, North Carolina A&T State University; Leotis Parrish, North Carolina A&T State University; Marcia Williams, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

semesters bridged by continuingsupport from federal programs including the NSF NC-LSAMP. In this paper we discuss theexperiences and insights drawn via qualitative assessments. Program monitoring via monthlymeetings, presentations, faculty assessment and research reports provide consistent feedback onthe progress of the students. We propose to present findings from this preliminary study withongoing evaluation using longitudinal data analysis. Introduction of undergraduate researchprograms with symbiotic support from corporate and federal agencies have positive implicationsfor student retention and continuing education.1. IntroductionRetention of undergraduate students in BS degree programs within minority engineering schoolsis important towards

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments; Greg Crouch, National Instruments; Reid Lee, National Instruments; Brian Johnson, National Instruments

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

many embedded designlaboratories, the Xilinx SPARTAN-3E XUP board and finally talk about the a plug-in that we developedfor a leading graphical programming language, LabVIEW to target the Xilinx SPARTAN-3E FPGAboard.Traditional Vs Graphical Programming for DesignDesign has evolved to comprise of two distinct components, software and hardware. From the softwareside, literature[4,5,6] shows that the actor-oriented or graphical programming languages are better suitedfor embedded design because they are based on the dataflow paradigm. Figure 1 shows an example of anactor-oriented graphical programming language, NI LabVIEW[7]. Page 13.621.2

Conference Session

Micro-/Nano-Technology Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoli Jeune, University of Florida; Henry Hess, University of Florida

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Materials

biomaterials, since it enables striking demonstrations ofpolymer science and bioengineering principles.IntroductionAt our institution, a 3-credit, semester long, senior level course “Physical Properties ofPolymers” is accompanied by a laboratory section. In this section, an introductorypolymerization laboratory where the students polymerized Nylon 6,6 and Poly-methylmethacrylate (PMMA) is followed by five laboratories focusing on rheology, surfaceenergy, viscosity, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and mechanical properties.Based on our extensive experience 1-3 in working in vitro with microtubules (biopolymerstructures which self-assemble from the protein tubulin) we perceived an opportunity to design anovel laboratory focused on the illustration

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gabriel Alungbe, Morehead State University; Jaby Mohammed, Morehead State University; Yuqiu You, Morehead State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

classroomsetting, those difficulties are exasperated when the course is offered online. This paper and/orpresentation will highlight personal experiences teaching Engineering Economy online toconstruction management students.What is Engineering Economy?Engineering Economy is a technical course that deals with the financial aspects of investments tohelp engineers and managers make decisions that are beneficial to the stakeholders. The course“provides a systematic framework for evaluating the economic aspects of competing designsolutions.”1 It is a required course in most engineering, engineering technology, andconstruction management programs. Sullivan et al (2006), observed that “Engineering (andconstruction management), without economy, usually makes no

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science Course

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University

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Materials

. Page 13.191.93. Donovan, M. S., Bransford, J. D. & Pellegrino, J. W. (Eds.) (1999). How People Learn: Bridging research and Practice. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.4. Kikas, E. (2004). Teachers' conceptions and misconceptions concerning natural phenomena. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 41(5) 432-448.5. Krause, S., Decker, J., Niska, J., & Alford, T. (2002). A Materials Concept Inventory for introductory materials engineering courses, National Educators Workshop Update 2002, 17, 1-8.6. Krause, S., Decker, J. C., & Griffin, R. (2003). Using a Materials Concept Inventory to assess conceptual gain in introductory materials engineering courses. 2003 Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings

Conference Session

Engineering in Middle Schools

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reid Bailey, University of Virginia; Susan Donohue, University of Virginia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and fewer students engaging in STEM studies collide.The camp leadership committee determined that, to be successful, the following goals needed tobe met in designing the camp: 1) to develop approaches to relate systems engineering to middleschool students, and 2) to focus on hands-on activities for the campers. To that end, theleadership committee focused on the following questions: • What impact could the camp have on middle school students’ knowledge and attitudes towards engineering? • What characteristics of hands-on activities are most exciting to middle school students?The resulting camp design uses the theme of using natural systems as inspiration fortechnological systems, an idea connected to research areas of several

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Unique Approaches

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn S Jordan, Purdue Univeristy; Robin Adams, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

problem toproduct-focused environment. The experiences described in this paper will be particularlyinteresting to those looking to develop similar learning experiences for their students.The machine the team built completed a task of individually shredding 5 sheets of 8 1/2" x 11”20 lb paper into strips using a shredder over 215 steps. This paper will elucidate a successfuldesign process including task determination, theme selection, module brainstorming, storyboardcreation, and machine building. Artifacts of the process will be described, including an exampleof a module design where reliability became a problem that required multiple design iterations tothoroughly solve. Finally, a discussion of storyboarding as a way to promote creativity

Conference Session

Assessing the Efficacy of Non-traditional Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lanny Griffin; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Szlavik, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

Master’s Level specializations, such as the BiomedicalEngineering Master’s in Mechanical Engineering at San Diego State University. The currentMSE-BME program is by far the most popular option for both formal Master’s and blended Page 13.142.2(4+1) degrees within the college of engineering. There is currently a vibrant distance learningprogram at St. Jude Medical at two sites, Sylmar and Santa Clara. Additionally, there are othercompanies, such as Abbot, and Boston Scientific seeking to enroll their engineers in a distancelearning Master’s Program similar to that offered at St. Jude Medical. Currently, there areapproximately 90 students enrolled in

Conference Session

Design: Content and Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanna Daly, Purdue University; Robin Adams, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

professional designers inengineering, visual and performing arts, architecture, and science were six key themesabout the experience of designing. These themes, which were discussed in theexperiences of all ten participants in this study, included getting starting on a design,collaboration as a key aspect, the importance of a strong content base, the ever-changingnature of the design space, the role of context, and the challenge and satisfaction ofseeing a design task from beginning to end.IntroductionDesign tasks have been classified as specific types of problems, 1, 2 and the designapproach has been labeled as a specialized way to view and complete a problem3. Designhas often been associated with fields within engineering, however a number of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Ruhala, University of Southern Indiana; Laura Ruhala, University of Southern Indiana; Eric Sprouls, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

two 100-level engineering courses, an algebra-based physics course, and acollege algebra course. Otherwise, all other courses they take are the same as those offered inthe 4-year curriculum. The 5-year program also has the advantage of a lower credit load persemester which allows these students more study time per course. The three main goals of thefreshman curriculum developed for this program are to provide these students with (1) the skillsthey will need to compete with their peers in the 4-year program, (2) immediate contact with theengineering faculty and peer students, and (3) an introduction to the rigor and commitmentrequired to successfully complete an engineering program. The first 100-level engineeringcourse focuses on the

Conference Session

Design Project Based Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vernon Ulrich, Grove City College

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering departments across the country, McKenzie, et al.1,suggest that many capstone design instructors find it easy to evaluate the performance of a seniordesign team, but struggle to evaluate the individual performance of students within the team. Inan effort to assess the performance of both groups and individuals, Grove City College hasadopted a management by objective process for individuals, similar to the process outlined byTillman2.Management by objective (MBO) originated from Peter Drucker in the 1950’s. George Odiorneand others popularized the process in the 1960’s. Odiorne describes MBO as “A processwhereby the superior and the subordinate managers of an enterprise jointly identify its commongoals, define each individual’s major areas

Conference Session

Mentoring

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Marsha Rolle, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Susan Zhou, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Women in Engineering

opportunity, it is natural for them to want to sharetheir knowledge and enthusiasm with even younger students. We focused the outreach portionsof our work on middle-school students because attitudes towards engineering are formed at anearly age. For females, the following critical points are noted: 1) girls’ self-esteem begins todecline during the middle-school years, and affects their academic performance and their choiceof classes in school; 2) there is a circular relationship between girls’ affection for science, theirself-esteem, and their career plans; and 3) without pursuing science and math courses in middle-school, girls will be left behind in high school and unable to pursue college degrees inengineering. Currently, in virtually every

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Wilson, University of CIncinnati; Teresa Cook, University of Cincinnati; Jo Ann Thompson, University of Cincinnati; James Everly, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

thedisciplines. That writing instruction is most effective when given by writing faculty is acommon view in the engineering field; separate faculty members hold different responsibilities,but the effect of a united front is a strong one.1 From the examination of other colleges’experiences, it was clear that the writing faculty would work best teaching alongside theengineering faculty in a shared classroom. This paper explores the relationship between thewriting faculty and the engineering faculty from the beginning of their team-teachingexperiences. As an example, the paper discusses how the Humanities department and theElectrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) department joined forces to create amid-level capstone course with a heavy

Conference Session

Focus on High School Girls in Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Brake, Eastern Michigan University; Kaninka Bhatnagar, Eastern Michigan University

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Women in Engineering

-.295* CONF PRNT .479** .014 GSS GRAD -.116 -.331* GSS FAM .058 .286* GRAD FAM .191 -.367**** Significant at alpha = .01 level, or there is a 99% probability that the result is not by chance.* Significant at alpha = .05 level, or there is a 95% probability that the result is not by chance. Page 13.639.8Table III: Pearson Correlation Matrix for the Entire SampleN=81 1:SMET 2:WORK 3:CONF 4:FAM 5:LOC 6:TECH 7:GRAD 8:GTP 9:GSS

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown; Norman Voigt, Penn State, New Kensington

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, orretirements. In other cases, short term increases in student population may be addressedusing adjunct faculty. Some institutions consistently utilize adjunct faculty for courseswhere full time faculty lack expertise. In all cases, the use of adjunct faculty providesbenefits and challenges to the institution, students and adjunct faculty member. Inaddition to bringing their technical expertise into the engineering classroom, adjunctfaculty also bring their understanding and insights on professional engineering practiceinto the curriculum. This inclusion of professional practice issues into engineering andengineering technology programs helps programs better meet ABET criteria.1-2 In civilengineering, ASCE’s effort to modernize engineering education

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Wood, Youngstown State University; David Kurtanich, Youngstown State University; Robert Di Rienzo, Youngstown State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

have achieved adequate strength and thesystem is completed sufficiently to provide all required bracing.ASCE 37 references ASCE 7 for computing environmental loads. The probability of anenvironmental load reaching its peak value during construction is generally low. In some casesthe loads can be reduced during the construction period to reflect this low probability. Forexample, the wind velocity to be resisted during construction can be reduced to 75% of thedesign wind velocity if the construction period is less than six weeks or to 80% if construction isless than 1 year (Section 6.2.1)5. Similarly, Section 6.4.1 states that if the construction period isfive years or less, the ground snow load can be reduced to 80% of the design value

Conference Session

Philosophy of Engineering Education: Epistemology and Ethics

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle Ermer, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

of students to theirimportance. Societal issues should also be brought into engineering technical courses asframes for design work. Causes related to human finitude include the limitations of ourpredictive models and the characteristics of modern technology that make catastrophicfailures more likely. Engineering disasters cannot be avoided solely by training engineersto be more ethically responsible. Engineering instructors and students need to be awarethat the nature of the technological systems in North American society and the means bywhich these systems are designed and controlled all contribute to the catastrophicpotential for technological failures.1. IntroductionOn August 1, 2007, evening rush hour traffic in Minneapolis was bumper-to