Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricio Tapia, University of Florida; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida

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International

of the local environment and they have a better grab of the subjects. It isrequired that TAs in the CCE at UF, have a grade point average (GPA) greater than 3.0.International students who have English as a second language have to pass the SpokenEnglish Test or take additional English Spoken class to be appointed as a TA.At the Department of Civil Engineering (CE) at UCN, a TA must pass the subject theyare intended to teach with a grade greater than 5.0 (in a scale from 1 to 7). They also haveto get the approval of the faculty member who teaches the subject. There is no specialrequirement of keeping a certain GPA. Because the CE at UCN does not offer anygraduate program and almost all the students are Chilean citizen, there is no rules

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Blair London, California Polytechnic State University; Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University

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Materials

discuss the attributes of our curriculum design and provide some dataon its effectiveness to date.OVERVIEW OF CURRICULUMLike many engineering curricula, ours begins with a primary focus on general education (math,science, liberal arts). As shown in Figure 1, roughly 25% of the units in the curriculum are in the area of liberal arts, 35% in year→ engineering support courses (math, science, engineering science) and the 1 2 3 4 remainder in materials engineering ~35% engineering ~40% major (MATE

Conference Session

Hands-on Activities for Technological Literacy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; David Ollis, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

Conference Session

Building a Community in Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Ferro, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Materials

good use of time from a learning perspective. The typical amount of time spent onthe project was between three to six hours. The results of the anonymous poll are summarized inTable 1.Table 1. Anonymous Poll Results for ME328 studentsPoll questionSince the podcast project is 47 replied 'keep it' 4 replied 'change it' 1 replied 'drop it'new, do you think it should bekept, changed or droppedfrom next year's project optionlist?Was the project (Podcast, 44 replied 'yes' 8 replied 'no'Poster, Website) a good use ofyour time, from a learningperspective?Approximately how much 6 replied 25 replied 21 repliedtime did you spend on the '< 3 hrs' '3 to 6 hrs

Conference Session

What's New in Mechanics of Materials?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Creuziger, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Mechanics

, based on teaching experience, appears to bea difficult concept for students. Whether this difficulty is due to a single fundamental difficulttopic, a variety of difficult topics, or some other factor has not been addressed in the literature.Because the teaching methods used in this course are similar to how mechanics of materials istaught nationally, the survey results of the study discussed below should be broadly applicable.There are a variety of methods that can be used to determine what concepts are difficult forstudents. For many disciplines, concept inventories have been used to determine what conceptsare most difficult for students. A concept inventory for mechanics of materials (strength ofmaterials) has been developed [1-3]. From this

Conference Session

Innovative Instruction Strategies

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Mathematics

, (x1, y1), will be designated by f(x1, y1).However before we continue with the edge detection analysis, we first review a fewmatrix and calculus techniques. We first recall the familiar dot product for two vectors, 2x, y, to be x••y= ∑ xi y i . From this dot or inner product we define the norm to be i =1 2 = ∑ xi yi . Then we obtain the familiar and very important result to many 2 x Page 11.483.2 i =1applications that the cosine of the angle between the two vectors, x and y, satisfy theequation that cos(θ)=x•y/( x y ). We know the maximum value for the cosine occurswhen the two

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Valerie Maynard, Northwestern University; Matthew Hsu, Northwestern University; Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; R.P.H. Chang, Northwestern University

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Materials

seed was planted in 1959 by Richard Feynman when he postulated that it was possible to write“the entire 24 volumes of the Encyclopedia Brittanica on the head of a pin.” 1 The idea laydormant until the early 1980s, when technology made it practical to visualize and evenmanipulate individual atoms on surfaces. The result was a new realm of science andtechnology—the nano-realm. The nanoscale is between the microscale and the atomic scale.With respect to lengths, the nanoscale ranges between about 1 and 100 nanometers; it mayextend into the hundreds of nanometers.Being able to understand and manipulate objects and functions at this scale has extraordinarypotential for two general reasons. The first may be obvious. Feynman’s proposal is an

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Moe, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Council of Sections

have previously seen. Moreover, EM-120 is a core course each cadet must take,whether or not they are in a technical track. Typically, only 15-20 percent of EM-120 studentshave an interest in a technical major. As a result of the large percentage of non-technicalstudents, a major challenge for the instructors is to make the course interesting and meaningfulfor all students. The audience and sheer volume of material to cover requires the instructors to beeffective in presenting the lessons.Using the Personal Response SystemThe GTCO CalComp™ PRS is a computer-based polling system that enables students to useindividually coded, infra-red transmitters to answer concept questions during the lecture(Figure 1

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramachandran Venkatasubramanian, Arizona State University; Guillermo G. Mendez, Arizona State University; Brian Skromme, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

,with larger keys for coarse adjustment and smaller keys for fine adjustment. An example of therevised GUI for the pn junction band diagram is shown in Fig. 1. With this approach, presetranges of parameters are unnecessary, and each parameter can be limited to values that do notcause any errors based on the values already set for all other parameters. If the user tries to reacha value outside of the currently permissible range, the Visual Basic code used to implement theActiveX controls causes a beep to be sounded and an appropriate error message to be displayedto explain the problem. This method avoids faulty plot displays and other problems. Based on student suggestions, we added drawings of the device as additional plot sheetsin each

Conference Session

Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin Adams, Purdue University; Philip Bell, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Bayta Maring, University of Washington; Dawn Williams, Howard University

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Educational Research and Methods

. This is particularly relevant for theengineering education profession. By investing in the research infrastructure in engineeringeducation we can 1) advance the scholarship in teaching and learning and strengthen its capacity;2) build coherence and rigor within the community; 3) assist collaborative and interdisciplinaryresearch as well as relationships between practitioners and researchers; 4) promote professionaldevelopment of current and future faculty; and 5) facilitate distributed cognition within acommunity of practice2,3. Given this motivation, a researchable question is how to proceed tomeet this need: “how do we build capacity in engineering education research?”Strategies for building capacity are often linked to community of practice

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allene Manning, Purdue University; Virginia Booth-Gleghorn, Purdue University-MEP; Monica Cox, Purdue University

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Minorities in Engineering

minoritystudents to the rigors of college life.4 Over several years, the Challenge Program has shownstrong upward trends of academic achievement for students who participate in the programcompared to those who do not participate. Page 11.463.2 The Purdue University Minority Engineering Program looked at the Challenge Programas a benchmark to see what elements could be useful for the development of a summer bridgeprogram at Purdue University. There were two areas of major concern that had to be addresseddifferently for the challenges faced at Purdue: 1) the rich cultural social climate in Atlanta,Georgia did not have the same challenges for potential

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Filsinger, University of Cincinnati

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Computers in Education

tasks could beincorporated into the inputs used for a rule-based expert system. Such hybrid systems can befound in many interesting applications, such as robotics. Interpreted sensor data forms part ofthe basis on which the robot will make decisions about what action to take.The following is an ordered list of topics for a ten-week course in artificial intelligence andexpert systems based around such applications: 1. possibilities and limitations of AI 2. predicate and first-order logic 3. resolution and inference 4. simple rule-based expert systems 5. probabilistic extensions and Bayesian inference 6. fuzzy extensions and approximate reasoning 7. pattern recognition – classification

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry Duplicate Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University; David Quick, Rolls-Royce; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hector Estrada, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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Architectural

, but rather unfocusedregarding liberal arts and other important non-technical skills.Introduction The field of architectural engineering is currently experiencing an exciting growth, asillustrated by the growth and development of the Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI), whichis part of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)1. Also, the National Council ofExaminers for Engineering and Surveying has recently added a professional engineering licensingexam in the area of architectural engineering. This clearly indicates that the demand for programsin architectural engineering is strong and with the booming building construction industry, thedemand for architectural engineers is expected to continue to grow. There are several

Conference Session

Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Aultman-Hall, University of Connecticut; Britt Holmen, University of Connecticut

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

engineering leadership –as managers, executives and deans – will result in benefits to society and industry,a more female-friendly culture in undergraduate engineering programs, andgreater success at the high school levels in encouraging and retaining femalestudents in science and math. Although many organizations have women inengineering programs, female engineering managers and female university facultyare missing among the target groups for these programs. A recent Summit hostedat the University of Connecticut by the Women in Engineering LeadershipInstitute (WELI) (www.weli.eng.iastate.edu) had the following underlyingmotivations: (1) A network of diverse leaders is essential to the future of the engineering profession. The solutions for

Conference Session

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

damage and durationof specific disaster examples while the female students seemed more interested in discussing theimpact on personal property (people’s homes specifically). Throughout this Algebra II activity,the instructor observed that male students were found to have an increased level of interest andengagement during the discussion of natural and human-caused disasters while female studentsappeared to take more interest in the activities related to issues of human life. Page 11.663.4 During this exercise, students were asked free-response, qualitative questions regardingtheir observations and interpretations of the scenario. Figure 1

Conference Session

1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Amanda Funai, University of Michigan; Allison Interrante, Northeastern University; Sara Wadia-Fascetti, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Women in Engineering

futureplans. Page 11.354.2BackgroundDespite consistent effort, interest among and representation in engineering for women is stillmuch smaller than in society at large.1, 2 Once women matriculate at the university, the need forretention among women is still an important factor in increasing the number of women inengineering and technical professions.3 Research has shown that women tend to drop out ofengineering earlier and with higher GPA’s than men, suggesting a lack of support andconfidence. The crucial year appears to be the freshman year when the largest drop inengineering students is seen.4Physics has particularly been a struggling point for women

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Architectural Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Theodoropoulos, University of Oregon

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Architectural

active states where public awareness of seismic design is highestand the local community of practicing architects is more experienced with seismicdesign. Page 11.1111.5Many schools of architecture in the United States offer bachelor’s degrees andmaster’s degrees of architecture that are not accredited. Students who wish topursue professional licensure often combine these non-accredited degrees withaccredited ones. Four typical paths students may take to obtain an accreditedprofessional education are:1 Bachelor of Architecture (accredited)2 Master or Doctorate of

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Pietryga, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

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Computers in Education

, 2006 Animation of a Power System Using PowerWorld SimulatorAbstractDuring the junior year, the electrical engineering technology students are required to complete anintroductory course in power systems analysis and design. Historically, this course waspresented without requiring the use of the personal computer. This past year, the PowerWorldSimulator software 1, packaged with the text book 2 was incorporated. With the power systemanalysis software, the student was given the capability to model complex power systemsconsisting of generators, transmission lines, and rotating/non-rotating loads. The software wascapable of performing a load flow analysis of a power system. Also, the students could analyzevarious types of faults for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valentin Razmov, University of Washington; Richard Anderson, University of Washington

, we include structural mechanismsto support feedback, and we design the projects around frequent checkpoints. The course contentis adaptable to student needs and changing situations. After giving an overview of agileteaching, we address specific issues of course structure for supporting feedback, how we act onstudent feedback, and the mechanisms for collecting just-in-time feedback. The paper concludeswith a discussion of the impact on instructors and students, as well as of results from polling ourcolleagues on their teaching practices in similar courses.1. IntroductionFeedback is important for adaptation and learning. Instructors who receive feedback can moreeffectively tailor their teaching to student needs. Students who receive feedback

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Jessica Wilbarger, Smith College

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Design in Engineering Education

surveying innovations in capstone design education, modeling systems in biological applications, and analyzing genetic drift in insects. She hopes to pursue a career in sustainable and renewable energy in developing nations. Page 11.4.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 2005 National Survey of Engineering Capstone Design CoursesAbstractThis work details a survey of engineering capstone design courses nationwide conducted in2005. The survey is a follow-up to one conducted in 1994 by Todd et al.1, reprising thequestions of its predecessor plus requesting additional information. The 2005 survey

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M.P. Sharma, University of Wyoming

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International

from these institutions,if done with some pre-planning. I do not think that the whirl-wind type recruiting trips wouldwork effectively. For example, above mentioned Tulane University’s trip, in which they werespending about half a day on the campus essentially just giving a seminar, was perhaps noteffective. And, so would be the case, in my estimation, with the for-profit-recruitingorganizations like Asia foundation. These organizations are typically not allowed to do directrecruiting on IIT campuses, because of several other issues involved.Interviews were conducted with approximately 25 students that involved discussing a set ofquestions (Table 1). To get better insight from these questions, a thematic categorization wasused to focus on a

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Trainor, U.S. Military Academy; Heidi Hoyle, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

curriculum.Introduction The United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point has a unique role in oursociety among institutions of higher learning. Our mission is: “to educate, train and inspire theCorps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to thevalues of Duty, Honor, Country, and prepared for a career of professional excellence and serviceto the nation as an officer in the United States Army.”1 USMA fulfills this mission throughrigorous military, physical and academic programs. The Dean of Academics (Dean’s) vision isthat the academic program “educates cadets to be Army officers of character who anticipate andrespond effectively to the uncertainties of a changing technological, social, political, andeconomic

Conference Session

Tools and Support for Software Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Scott Hawker, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

toorganize, add to, and manage the learning content, promises to significantly improve the Page 11.1261.3collaborative learning experience. It promises to allow students and teachers to “gather aroundgreat things in a complex and interactive community of truth.”1 However, this ability may comeat a cost: the added level of cognitive engagement and workload to describe, organize, andmanage the information, and the potential information overload of having too much informationavailable at once. The eNotebook system will provide features that enable it to be used as atestbed in which to conduct experiments to assess the benefit and cost of the tool in

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hata, Portland Community College; Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

State University and The Portland Community College to train engineeringtechnicians in the discipline of nanotechnology.The manuscript describes the curricular elements of the nanotechnology programs at both theabove mentioned educational institutions. The key issues related to the development andimplementation of a nanotechnology curriculum are also discussed. Finally, the lessons learnedfrom the implementation of nanotechnology curricula at the two above mentioned institutions.IntroductionNanotechnology is the creation of functional materials, devices, and systems through control ofmatter on the nanometer length scale and the exploitation of novel properties and phenomenadeveloped at that scale [1]. Nanotechnology holds singular promise to

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Janice McClure, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

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Engineering Design Graphics

classroomenvironment [1]. These courses allow engineering and engineering technology students tobecome involved in engineering design process at an early stage. There are many educators whonow realize the need to teach engineering design to freshman engineering and engineeringtechnology students. This manuscript focuses on developing a common freshman engineeringcourse that teaches engineering design to the first-year engineering and engineering technologystudents at the Altoona College of The Pennsylvania State University.Engineering Design and Graphics 100 (ED&G 100) is an introduction to engineering designcourse for all freshman baccalaureate engineering students at the the Pennsylvania StateUniversity. Upon completion of this three credit-hour course

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; michael anderton, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity at Middle Tennessee State UniversityIntroductionThis paper discusses undergraduate research and creative activity at Middle Tennessee StateUniversity as implemented as a capstone course and design project. Four seniors from theelectro-mechanical and mechanical disciplines applied and were partially funded to doundergraduate research. Their project was to build a boat to compete in the national Solar Splashcompetition. “Solar Splash is the World Championship of Solar/Electric boating. It is aninternational intercollegiate competition that takes place over five days”1. For their work, theseniors received credit for the

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marty Fitzgerald, East Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

more credible. The models werecompletely textured to add detail and digital photography was added for views out of thewindows for added realism. Throughout this paper we will be looking at two different views ofthe model to show examples of the specific lighting techniques.ModelingThis project was modeled in Maya using a combination of polygons and nurbs (Figure 1 & 2). Itwasn’t modeled with an eye towards geometric detail, but rather simplicity in texturing andrendering. The idea was that we would attempt photographic quality through texturing andlighting rather than geometry. The model isn’t heavy to work with and most objects are ondisplay layers so they can be turned off for ease of use

Conference Session

Elementary School Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Doherty, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Shweta Shanbhag, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Martha Cyr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering design activities in their classrooms, we also assessed theimpact of teacher team size. Some of the things we considered are: if a team of teachers attendsthe workshop to learn the content, are they more effective implementing it than teachers who didnot attend the workshop as part of a team? Does the size of a team make a difference?This paper discusses how the content is presented, and measured results for varying size teams.IntroductionIn 1993, the Massachusetts legislature passed the Education Reform Act, which called for thecreation of curriculum frameworks [1] or guidelines for what should be taught in all schools atdifferent grade levels. This law also called for a “comprehensive assessment system” that foreach school would measure

Conference Session

IP and Supporting Student Startups

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Swamidass, Auburn University; Brian Wright, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Auburn University Office of Technology Transfer.AbstractThis paper addresses several major issues of interest to ASEE’s Entrepreneurship Division. Itcovers (1) university technology transfer; (2) introducing technology IP protocol management tostudents; and (3) a model of working relationship with university technology transfer officers forthe mutual benefit of university technology transfer and the training of university graduates withreal-life technology transfer problems. Student reported benefits are included.IntroductionThe Office of Technology Transfer of our university processes dozens of new inventions fromthe university laboratories each year. They need assistance in evaluating particularly engineeringinventions for prompt processing