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Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Quintanilla, University of North Texas; Nandika D'Souza, University of North Texas; Jianguo Liu, University of North Texas; Reza Mirshams, University of North Texas

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Mathematics

metals and alloys from the University of Birmingham, England and the University of Tehran. He is a Full Professor in the area of Materials Science and Engineering in the Engineering Technology with joint appointment in the Materials Science and Engineering Departments. He has been a Principal Investigator and Project Director for several engineering education grants for undergraduate research experience, a bridge and mentoring program, departmental curriculum reforms, and innovative interdisciplinary project oriented engineering education programs. Page 12.938.1© American Society for Engineering

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Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jim Subach, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; John Magrane, Microchip Technology Inc.; Carol Popovich, Microchip Technology Inc.

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

of a product; then developbusiness and marketing plans for the product, while gaining an understanding of thepatent process. All of these activities are part of a capstone project that is alreadyincluded in the curriculum at ASU‘s Polytechnic campus, Department of ElectronicSystems.Introduction ASU defines entrepreneurship as “the spirit and process of creative risk takingand innovation that leverages university knowledge to spur social development andeconomic competitiveness.”1 Additionally, in a contributed article to Mechanical Engineering Magazine,Ephraim Suhir, President and CEO of ERS/Siloptix Co. in Los Altos, CA, wrote that “atechnological professional with entrepreneurial skills has a better chance than a

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Issues Affecting Engineering Technology Program Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University; Gary Crossman, Old Dominion University; Reina Gerard, U.S. Navy

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Engineering Technology

articulationagreement with Virginia Dominion Power3. These students must take MET 471, NuclearSystems I, and MET 472, Nuclear Systems II, as part of their senior electives. By adding thisfourth option in Marine Engineering Technology allows students to be in an accredited program,meeting the MET program criteria, as the new option evolves. Students in the existing optionsand the proposed Marine Engineering Technology Option would still take common courses inareas such as computer-aided drafting, statics, strength of materials, dynamics, thermodynamics,fluid mechanics, automation and controls, and computer solid modeling. All four options thenculminate in three senior technical electives and a senior project that integrates course work witha practical project

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Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akhter Hossain, University of South Alabama; Kevin White, University of South Alabama

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Civil Engineering

available budget. Since buying a chamber wasnot feasible, a decision was made to have one built. A student was asked to design and build thechamber as a part of his undergraduate summer research project. The 10 week-long summerresearch was sponsored by the University Committee on Undergraduate Research (UCUR) at theUniversity of South Alabama. The student received a summer stipend of $2500. Under thesupervision of his faculty mentor, the student spent two weeks to survey the related literature andcome up with a suitable design and a cost estimate. Page 12.962.3After the design was approved by the faculty mentor, the student spent three weeks to

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ana Goulart; Charles Watkins; Robert Hegedus

network architectures and protocolsthat have not been used together very often. New and usually expensive equipment may not beavailable in our laboratories to test these new technologies. Thus, we are taking advantage of ourcommunication networks modeling and simulation course to teach new technologies andprotocols and test their integration.As an example of this approach, this paper presents a course project that our junior studentsperformed. The goal of this project was to evaluate voice over IP (VoIP) over 802.11 wirelesslocal area network (WLANs). As discussed in [1], “both IP voice and 802.11 WLANs are newtechnologies, and so the base of practical experience in merging the two is small.” Voice over IPapplications are real-time applications

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Keith L. Hohn; LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin; Julia Keen; Hani Melhem; Anil Pahwa; Jan Wiersema; Barb Licklider

encourage and promote the development of all members into citizens whointeract effectively with others and continue to learn for a lifetime. The stated student learningoutcomes were: • Learn and practice skills for making group and team projects more fun and more productive. • Be part of a safe place to give and receive encouragement and support for the variety of challenges you experience as a college student. • Develop skills to learn more in classes without relying on cramming before tests. • Figure out how you tend to work with others and how to better use your strengths. • Develop and carry out plans to actually use your new skills and knowledge for higher success and satisfaction as a student. • Learn and practice

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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R.L.A. Jordan

images written on paper and then projected on a screen. Ineither of these scenarios, the instructor is writing where they are looking and they are usingan instrument (pencil or chalk) that they are familiar with. When the class is taught using theinternet and the computer, the images that you normally put on a board, or write on paperunder a document camera have to be accomplished in a different manner. Some systems likeMedia Site use a document camera, which is not too different from the conventionalclassroom. Some experimentation was done with a digital camera operating as a web cam,but the resolution was not good enough for the students to understand what was beingwritten. Like the lectures, it was found that annotation on pdf files was the

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Christopher C. Ibeh; Monika Bubacz; Andrey Beyle; Stefano Bietto; Stan Scoville; Dilip Paul; Charles Blatchley

Structures” project. CNCMM’spartners include the University of New Orleans, North Carolina A & T University andseveral companies. CNCMM’s interdisciplinary efforts comprise of faculty andpersonnel from several departments and colleges at PSU, and provide a critically neededmechanism for expertly coordinated efforts of basic, applied and innovative research andeducation in the areas of nanocomposites and multifunctional materials for naval structuresand homeland security. Specifically, activities of this project and the Center forNanocomposites and Multifunctional Materials (CNCMM) are in five focus areas:fundamental and applied research on radar transparent, flame retardant, corrosion resistant,blast resistant/impact, and self-repairing advanced

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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James Finne; John Carpinelli; William Barnes

of apower jack, 5 Vdc regulator, RJ12 jack required to interface the Microchip ICD-2 programmingdevice, and an oscillator. It connects to a solderless breadboard with six pins. With six wires anda processor the student has a working single board computer for under $30.00. With some care atthe assembly stage this board should be serviceable for several semesters and is, in fact, used forthe subsequent capstone project course. The only capital expenditure is for the programmingdevice that connects the development software to the microcontrol unit. MCC purchasedMicroChip ICD-2s to support the class laboratory exercises.TextbookThis is controversial. The hard realities are that all of the available texts are expensive and, moreoften than not

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Michael A. Jackson; Thomas Schulte; Nathaniel Kane; Elaine Lewis; Surendra Gupta; Santosh Kurinec

show that the forum was very successful on an immediate short termassessment. In long term, we will be assessing its impact. We are working on further improvingthe contents and delivery and reach out wider area schools. The discussions at the Forum alsorevealed a critical need for involving high school guidance in future forums. SERVICE LEARNINGService-Learning (SL) is an educational method and practice of teaching by which participantslearn and develop through active participation in services that meet the needs of the community.A project was undertaken with collaboration the College of Liberal Arts in getting involved inthe Northeast Neighborhood Alliance (NENA) NENA-RIT 2006 Summer Learning Community.A

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IE Program Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Jackson, East Carolina University; Sherion Jackson, East Carolina University

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Industrial Engineering

semester. A variety of other articulation agreements are invarious stages of development with additional community colleges. This pilot program willpromote accessibility for all students and is the only such program at public and privateuniversities in North Carolina and surrounding states that allow those with technical AASdegrees to enter a BS degree with junior standing and significant completion of the requirementsfor the BS degree. With this type of expansion, a new way of handling large sections or classes isnecessary.Background Though this project addresses the need of the citizens of North Carolina to access degreeprograms which provide technology-based careers and provides the technology-based workforcenecessary for today’s

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Digital and Embedded System Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Bolding, Seattle Pacific Univ; Dave Van Ess, Cypress Semiconductor

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Electrical and Computer

core.When designing such a course, the selection of a particular microcontroller is a very importantdecision. The selection should consider not only what microcontrollers are currently popular, butalso the ease of project development using the system, the availability of support to students, thecosts of starting up a lab, and the flexibility of the platform to fit into a course with multipleobjectives. This paper reports on using Cypress Semiconductor’s Programmable System on aChip (PSoC) as the basis for a microcontroller systems design course. The experience ofselecting the PSoC, designing a curriculum around it, designing laboratory exercises andmanaging the course are described. Furthermore, considerations such as the technical andfinancial

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Curriculum Development and Delivery Modes in Nuclear Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas-Austin; Janet Ellzey, University of Texas-Austin; Brad Hull, University of Texas-Austin; Jessica Rosinski, University of Texas-Austin; James Wright, University of Texas-Permian Basin

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Nuclear and Radiological

Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at AustinJames Wright, University of Texas-Permian Basin James Wright is the project manager of the UTPB high temeprature, teaching and research reactor. Page 12.513.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007DEVELOPMENT OF A MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGUNDERGRADUATE DEGREE WITH AN EMPHASIS IN NUCLEARAND ENERGY ENGINEERING FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXASOF THE PERMIAN BASINAbstractEnergy concerns for today and the near future are becoming of ever-increasingimportance for engineers and scientists. Increasing energy demand and a desire to haverenewable

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Mechanics Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

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Mechanics

back on track in either the SolidMechanics or in the Machine Design courses. This paper describes the teaching andlearning experiences of incorporating some of the teaching and assessment tools toimprove the overall performance in the Solid Mechanics course. Some of these simpletools include reaching out the students during their work term by sending them theupcoming course review materials, implementing cooperative learning and project basedlearning through in-class group work and group homework, assignment of mini-projects,etc. It was observed that using some of these tools improved their overall understandingand better performance as measured by their scores on the final examination. The finalexamination questions have been carefully

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waleed Abulfaraj, King Abdulaziz University; Mohamed Hassan, Alexandria University, Egypt

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Engineering Ethics

meeting, assume professional society leadership positions, etc. Students must fulfill specified outreach requirements during their college career before they can graduate. 5. Place more emphasis on professionalism and ethics in a senior capstone class: Two full lectures of the senior design project are devoted to these topics. One of the lectures (in the context of engineering standards) is devoted to the role of professional societies in the development and maintenance of standards. The students are made aware of the need to become involved with the professional societies, and the importance of their service in standard-setting committees. Another lecture is devoted to the topic of ethics in

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Best Zone Paper Competition

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Ivey; Anna Lambert, University of Memphis

AC 2007-3127: WHEN THEY STAY AND WHEN THEY DON’T: EXAMPLES OFFIRST SEMESTER RETENTION RATES AND RELATIONSHIPS TO LEARNINGSTYLESStephanie Ivey,Anna Lambert, University of Memphis Page 12.1609.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 When They Stay and When They Don’t: Examples of First Semester Retention Rates and Relationships to Learning Styles Stephanie Ivey1, Anna Lambert1 1 Department of Civil Engineering, The University of MemphisAbstractOur research presents initial findings of a pilot-scale project performed at The Herff College ofEngineering, The University of

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Computed Simulation and Animation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill Genereux, Kansas State University, Salina

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Computers in Education

challenge has been to discover ways of connecting art and design concepts to the needs andinterests of computer technology students. For example, most computer students understand thetheory of mixing red, green and blue pixels on a computer display to create any color, but feware familiar with the technique of optical color mixing used in Pointillism.Throughout the course, students are introduced to design concepts and theory that can be used todevelop visually pleasing websites and other graphic oriented content. Along the way, well-known artists are introduced to illustrate various design fundamentals that are applicable in bothart and web design. On several occasions, projects that reinforce key concepts are assigned; somecomputer based and some

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Blair McDonald, SUU Integrated Engineering; William Pratt, SUU Integrated Engineering; Nicholas Winowich, SUU Integrated Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Page 12.908.6Figure 1: ABET Program Cycle.Educational Objectives:1. Leadership in multi-disciplinary design a. Takes a systems approach to design b. Able to design components or specify design objectives for other team members c. Able to analyze, synthesize, and solve problems of an increasingly complex nature2. Leadership in project management a. Lead projects either as the project manager or project engineer b. Communicate effectively in written, oral and graphical form3. Continued professional development a. Attend seminars b. Pursue an advanced degree c. Pursue professional licensure d. Gain expertise with codes, professional practices

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New Models for Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Llewellyn Mann, University of Queensland; Gloria Dall'Alba, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland

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Educational Research and Methods

’ projects, or just by word of mouth and reputation. This process wasaugmented with other strategies such as snowballing and opportunistic strategies56, 59. Thisenabled both subjects and others close to the research project to recommend further people tocontact as possible subjects. “Can you think of anyone else that would be good to interview?”was asked at the end of the most of the interviews to find further subjects. Using thesetechniques, twenty-two subjects were identified.The diversity of the subjects was important from the point of view of both the research approachand the generalisability of the final results. Each criterion was broken into different categoriesaimed at reflecting the diversity of interest. The criteria used were: 1

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol Mullenax, Tulane University

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Graduate Studies

AC 2007-565: THE ROLE OF THE MASTER'S DEGREE WITHIN ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONCarol Mullenax, Tulane University Carol received her BS in Engineering & Applied Science from Caltech, an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University, and an MSE & PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane. She is currently employed in industry by Bastion Technologies, Inc., as a Project Manager for the Non-Exercise Physiological Countermeasures Project, operated out of the Johnson Space Center for NASA. Page 12.1465.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Role of the Master’s Degree within

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ECET Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omar Zia, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

materials that would significantly broaden the standard of first introductory systems course at the undergraduate level. 3. Develop follow-up courses at the undergraduate level that provide the necessary depth to prepare students both for industrial careers and for graduate studies in systems and control. 4. Make experimental projects an integral part of control education for undergraduate and graduate students. 5. Introductory control courses should place greater emphasis on digital control. 6. Emphasize the integration of control systems education and research at all levels of instruction. Page 12.1350.3 7

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New Approaches to the Development of Online Learning and International Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glenda Scales; Rebecca Gunter; Cheryl Peed

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Continuing Professional Development

The Shaping of Virginia Tech’s International Engineering Education ProgramAbstractVirginia Tech’s strategic plan recognizes the need for its engineering graduates to have a moreglobal outlook. Today’s engineer is more likely than ever to interact with people from avariety of cultures and to be involved with projects that span across continents. Theinstitutional goal of increasing students’ global awareness put more focus on establishing aninternational department at the Dean’s level in the College of Engineering. This paper willdiscuss the development of this office and the administrative efforts to raise the percentage ofthe university’s engineering students going abroad. It will show how to use existing

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Walters, Pennsylvania State University; Prasad Marugabandhu, MAGLEV, Inc.; Bryan Bond, MAGLEV, Inc.

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Manufacturing

andinnovations demand ever changing skill sets. As plants introduce new manufacturing processes,information technologies, and equipment in order to stay competitive, employee development hasbecome even more critical. In addition, universities cannot afford the high cost of specialized andadvanced manufacturing equipment.Southwestern Pennsylvania is one of the finalists for a major Federal Railroad Administrationproject to construct the nation’s first magnetic levitation ground transportation system (maglev).The 54-mile system proposed by the Pennsylvania Project links Pittsburgh International Airportto downtown Pittsburgh, Monroeville, and Greensburg. This project provides an opportunity to

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russell Dinardi, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

venture. • Much of the grading for the entrepreneurship program is based on projects, Page 12.843.11 presentations, and teamwork. Students are encouraged to perform career self-assessments and get to know their abilities through courses and projects in entrepreneurship.Texas Christian University: • The entrepreneurship program at Texas Christian requires its students to learn outside of the classroom as well as through coursework. Students are encouraged in the program to contact entrepreneurs and interview them through their own initiative, or a “learn=by-doing” approach. • Students are provided with resources

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Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carsten Ahrens, F.H. OOW

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Civil Engineering

‚ the role of learning, teaching, assessment and performance in relation to quality assurance and evaluation. Page 12.1398.6In the first phase of the Tuning project the emphasis has been on the first three lines. Thefourth line received less attention due to time constraints, but was central in the second phaseof the project. Each line has been developed according to a defined process. The starting pointwas updated information about the current situation at European level. This information wasthen reflected upon and discussed by teams of experts in the seven subject related areas. It isthe work in these teams validated by related European

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Surendra K. Gupta

inNanotechnology and MEMS being developed under a department-level reform grant from theNational Science Foundation to the department of microelectronic engineering. The experimentscover two families of techniques: atomic force microscopy and x-ray diffraction. At the end ofeach experiment, each student pair is given a different experimental dataset to analyze. Studentssubmit their analysis and results in a written lab report. The paper also describes the format ofthe lab reports.IntroductionIn the last three years, the Advanced Materials Lab (AML) has experienced a surge in demandfor its characterization and testing services. This surge in demand is primarily due to greaterparticipation of undergraduate students in research projects involving

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Chitralekha Potnis; Ajit Potnis

; developmentUndertaking research on the problems of industry by educational institutions means handling ofsuch problems in the classrooms and the laboratories of these institutions. That is one of thesurest and most effective ways of building up a faculty involved in practical problems andpreparing students to deal with such problems. Industries should establish their own R & Dwings which should work in close liaison with educational institutions to carry out theresearches.5. Ancillary production centerAuthors feel that projects at undergraduate & post graduate level should be essentially industrialbased. i.e., requirements of industry. Ancillary production centers should be started at variouseducational institutes. The product (requirement of industry

Conference Session

Educational Research and the New Engineering Educator

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malcolm Drewery, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Stefani A. Bjorklund

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New Engineering Educators

and achieving certain learningoutcomes desired of engineering graduates. This paper provides preliminary analysis in thevalidation process of the E-FSSE survey that began in October, 2006 (see E-FSSE Survey inAppendix I). Thus far, three of the nine universities in the validation project have completed thesurvey, via the web. This paper provides some preliminary analysis in the validation process andnext steps. Several more validation steps are necessary before analysis is complete.IntroductionIn the wake of the National Academy of Engineering’s “Educating the Engineer of 2020” reportand the highly acclaimed National Academies’ “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” report,today’s engineering community is increasingly concerned with and attuned

Conference Session

Retention Programs for Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helene Finger, California Polytechnic State University; Tracy Van Houten, University of Southern California; Barbara Curry, California Polytechnic State University; Jennifer Harris, United Parcel Service; Malia Francisco, United Parcel Service; Betsy Sale, United Parcel Service

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Women in Engineering

binder for students.There are also usually two Team Tech Directors who are also selected via an application andinterview process. They are responsible for finding a corporate partner, selecting the project andstudent team members, managing the scope, schedule and budget of a year long, multi-disciplinary project and presenting the project at the SWE National ConferenceThe last position in this core is the Professional Section Liaison. She is the contact between theSWE student section and the SWE Central Coast Professional Section. She organizesprofessional/student events and works with the professional section to organize events to reachout to the community to educate them about engineering possibilities/disciplines.Campus Relations CoreThe

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Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Veronica Burrows, Arizona State University; Judy Sutor, Arizona State University; Marilyn Carlson, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

introductory materials engineering classes. Most recently, he has been working on Project Pathways, an NSF supported Math Science Partnership, in developing modules for a courses on Connecting Mathematics with Physics and Chemistry and also a course on Engineering Capstone Design.Veronica Burrows, Arizona State University Veronica Burrows is Associate Director of the Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology and Associate professor in the Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering at Arizona State University. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton