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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

Education, 2007 Integration of Engineering Concepts in Freshman Calculus1. Introduction Traditionally, basic sciences, physics and chemistry, and mathematics arerequired as core subjects for engineering education and have been taught independentlyby faculty members from mathematics and basic sciences. The National ScienceFoundation has awarded several projects to study mathematics and science educationnationally. One of the awards is to the Center for Research on Education in Science,Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (CRESMET) at Arizona State University toinvestigate how best to support integrate instruction of mathematics, science, andengineering design. This investigation is an ongoing project at CRESMET and thedisseminated

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2145: INTEGRATING THE TEACHING OF COMPUTER SKILLS WITHAN INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COURSETimothy Hinds, Michigan State University TIMOTHY J. HINDS is an Academic Specialist in the Michigan State University Department of Mechanical Engineering. He teaches undergraduate courses in machine design, manufacturing processes, mechanics and computational tools. He also teaches a senior-level undergraduate international design project course and has taught graduate-level courses in engineering innovation and technology management. He received his BSME and MSME degrees from Michigan Technological University.Craig Somerton, Michigan State University CRAIG W. SOMERTON is an

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Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University; Kelley Racicot, Washington State University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-465: EVERYDAY PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS ARCHIVEDAS E-PORTFOLIO: EVIDENCE OF SOCIAL LEARNING IN AN ENGINEERINGDESIGN CURRICULUMCharles Pezeshki, Washington State University Chuck Pezeshki is a professor at Washington State University in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and is the DIrector of the Industrial Design Clinic.Kelley Racicot, Washington State University Kelley Racicot is a graduate student in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Washington State University. She is employed at the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology at WSU. Page 12.702.1© American

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Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University; Larissa Pchenitchnaia, Texas A&M University; Debra Fowler, Texas A&M University; Nancy Simpson, Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-270: SYSTEMS THINKING AND INTEGRATIVE LEARNINGOUTCOMESJeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University Jeff Froyd is a Research Professor in the Center for Teaching Excellence and Director of Academic Development and the Director of Academic Development in the Texas Engineering Experiment Station. He served as Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, an NSF Engineering Education Coalition and helped create the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. His current interests are learning and faculty development.Larissa Pchenitchnaia, Texas A&M University Larissa Pchenitchnaia is a Curriculum Renewal

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Engineering in High Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Jonathan Rice, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Carolyn Parker, George Washington University; John Raczek, University of Maryland; Bruce Jarrell, University of Maryland-School of Medicine; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

.Carolyn Parker, George Washington University Carolyn Parker is an Assistant Professor and lead faculty member to the Secondary Education Program in the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at the George Washington University. She holds a BS in Biology, MA in Teaching and PhD in Curriculum Instruction and Science Education. Dr. Parker’s research interests are in the achievement of women and underrepresented groups in science/technology.John Raczek, University of Maryland John W. Raczek is a Web Developer in the Office of Medical Education at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. His work focuses on developing software systems for education with an emphasis on

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Laura Bradbury, Division of Engineering Science, University of Toronto

which component of the curriculum needs to beadjusted.Curriculum mapping can be an integral starting point for curriculum integration, which isessentially the restructuring of learning activities to help students build connections betweentopics. Transferring knowledge from one context and applying it to another can be a challengingtask, and with students learning about a number of different topics in various, independentcourses, they must actively extend existing cognitive networks, or construct new networks tohold this new information (Bransford, Brown and Cocking, 1999)1. If topics taught in multiplecourses are closely related or relevant to each other, students can more easily and effectivelyretain this information. Essentially, it is

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-758: DESIGN TEAM SKILLS CURRICULUM FOR INTERMEDIATELEVEL PROJECT CLASSSteven Zemke, Gonzaga University Steven Zemke is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Gonzaga University. He teaches design classes at the sophomore, junior, and capstone level. His research pursuits are in the pedagogy of design. Steven received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a dissertation on pedagogy from the University of Idaho in 2005. Prior to teaching, Steven was a design engineer and engineering manager for 25 years.Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University Diane Zemke is a Doctoral Student in the Leadership Studies Program at Gonzaga University. Her interests include pedagogy, paradigms

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Non-Technical Skills in ET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Nicholas, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Ted Stilgenbauer, Fairmont State University

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Engineering Technology

Design Experience: Preparation, Administration, and Assessment,” http://www.ai.usma.edu, 1998. 4. Ewell, P.T., “National Trends in Assessing Student Learning,” Journal of Engineering Education, April, 1998. 5. Marin, J.A., J. E. Armstrong, Jr., and J.L. Kays, “Elements of an Optimal Capstone Design Experience,” Journal of Engineering Education, January, 1999. 6. Sarfaraz, A.R. and Shraibati, T., “Introducing Community Service-Learning Pedagogy into Two Engineering Curriculums at California State University, Northridge,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2002. 7. Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Criteria for Accreditating Programs in Engineering

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ECET Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Omar Zia, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

Antsaklis1 have addressed general questions, such as controlchallenges in the new millennium. Those works are based on discussions performed by controlcommunities, arising as relevant consolidated opinions based on individual experiences. At thesame time, other works, as Kheir7 and Heck2, approach control education, with many scenariosbased on technological learning process. The main purpose of this paper is to broaden the scopeof the discussion and get the ET educators involved in it. Therefore, in the next sections, anattempt is made to analyze the role of a classic control course in an ET curriculum. The questionthat needs to be addressed is whether or not a control course is an essential part of an ETcurriculum and if yes what are the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University

effectiveness of the communication integration initiative.Preliminary data from these assessment tools will also be reported.Current Status of Communication Initiatives in EngineeringSeveral initiatives have been made possible through cooperative efforts with a campus-wideCommunication across the Curriculum (CxC) program. The CxC program was established in2003 through the generosity of a now-deceased engineering alumnus who wished to establish auniversity-wide program that would focus on improving students’ communication skills.Because he was an engineer, his primary interest was to accomplish this task in engineeringclasses first, but from the beginning, he envisioned this program as a means of addressingstudent needs across all curricula. The

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Recruiting, Retention and Diversity in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Blust, University of Dayton; Mark Patterson, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

articulation agreements with Nanjing University andShanghai Normal University for Law, Engineering, and Engineering Technology.1 One of thesearticulation agreements involves accepting mainland Chinese students as transfer students intoManufacturing and Electronic Engineering Technology programs and integrating them intoJunior/Senior level classes. University of Dayton faculties have been teaching classes both in the USand in China. The University of Dayton currently has Chinese undergraduate students in theirprogram currently experiencing their senior year in technical classes. The students also participated Page 12.916.3in an English

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I: Innovative Models for Curriculum and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Diana George, Virginia Tech; kelly belanger, Virginia Tech; Lisa Norris, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education

strategies for effectivelyincorporate writing and speaking into engineering courses1-41. The approaches include writing-to-learn exercises to enhance students’ mastery of technical concepts, individual courses thataddress specific types of documents and presentations (e.g., the design report, the laboratoryreport), and integrated curricula that support students throughout a curriculum. What all of theseapproaches share is a commitment to helping students learn to use writing productively in theirengineering careers. Whether it be an emphasis on writing to learn, where students come to seewriting as a tool for thinking, or introducing students to the types of genres common in aparticular discipline, engineering faculty are seeking ways to support

Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University; Mihir Sen, University of Notre Dame

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Mechanical Engineering

Page 12.529.2be prohibitive, it was decided to propose to the National Science Foundation Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program to adapt and implement acourse and laboratory on Intelligent Systems.Such a proposal was clearly in keeping with the strategic plan of the College ofEngineering at ONU1. Particular strategic plan actions that related to this proposalinclude: • “Regularly reassess the curriculum, and make comparisons to curriculums of other institutions. Changes to the ONU curriculum may be made to keep pace with industry and other leading-edge institutions. • The integration of engineering courses with mathematics, physics, and chemistry courses as well as integration within each

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I: Innovative Models for Curriculum and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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April Kedrowicz, University of Utah

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Liberal Education

chemicalengineering and (2) the incremental, integrated approach in mechanical engineering. Aspreviously mentioned, CLEAR communication instruction varies by department throughout thecollege, with most departments utilizing an incremental, four-year approach to instruction.However, the Chemical Engineering Department’s curriculum constraints demand thatcommunication instruction occur during the senior capstone course. As such, these two differentapproaches to the development of communication competence are utilized and assessed.Implications of these findings to student learning and professional socialization are discussed.Chemical Engineering Intensive Capstone ExperienceCommunication instruction in the Chemical Engineering Department takes place largely in

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Birmingham, Grove City College; David Adams, Grove City College

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Computers in Education

students have learned in their first three years of undergraduate schoolingand provide excellent ways of building on and incorporating material from courses students takeconcurrently with the games courses (e.g., AI).Since GCC is a small comprehensive college (an engineering teaching institution), we hope todemonstrate that a gaming curriculum is accessible to a broad range of colleges and universities,both big and small. PC-based gaming classes require very little beyond what is needed to teachstandard programming classes. Console gaming requires more equipment and licensing, but is avery popular and interesting topic.References[1] Maxim, B. “Game development is more than programming,” In Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for

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IE Program Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Furterer, East Carolina University; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Abeer Sharawi, University of Central Florida; Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida; H. Gregg St. John, EMG Consulting

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Industrial Engineering

. student at the University of Central Florida. She has recently participated as a graduate research assistant on the NSF grant to reengineer the IE curriculum at UCF.Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida Lesia Crumpton-Young, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Department at the University of Central Florida. Her research interests are Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering.Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida Luis Rabelo, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Department at the University of Central Florida. His research interests are Engineering Management and Information

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University

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Computers in Education

, or MathCad, or … Systematic and sustained use of thecomputational environment is central, no matter what the specific selection might be.Currently, the authors of this paper are engaged in an interdisciplinary collaboration to foster andpromote course-level integration of MATLAB into most undergraduate engineering majors, witha long-term goal of curriculum-level integration. Our efforts have included faculty quick-startseminars in MATLAB basics, providing assistance to faculty who are developing homework Page 12.1587.2assignments that use MATLAB, beginning the development of a library of web-available “HowTo” screen movies showing specific

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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V. Genis; W. Rosen; R. Chiou; W. Danley; J. Milbrandt; G. Marekova; S. Racz; T. Kitchener; B. LaVay

Technology and provides an integrated educationalexperience directed toward developing the ability to apply the knowledge gain in the college to thesolution of practical problems in the engineering technology field. The majority of courses are fullyintegrated with training and laboratory experience to provide students with strong foundation ofengineering practices and to stimulate students’ interest by using a problem solving approach in state-of-the-art laboratories. Key factors in the development process included creation of the educationallaboratories that can significantly contribute to the development of technologically literate students andworkforce that could be in great demand not only in the tri-state area but also nationwide

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Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Sicker, University of Colorado at Boulder; Tom Lookabaugh, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Engineering and Public Policy

to gain an understanding of public policy as it related to their discipline. Wefound that many of these students did value such knowledge. We also found that the more seniorstudents and the students with work experience overwhelmingly valued such material.As a follow-up to this research, we surveyed approximately one hundred engineers in a variety ofhiring positions in industry to determine their view on the inclusion of public policy in anengineering curriculum. Among the questions included in the survey, we asked, “Do you believethat engineering students should be exposed to public policy issues as part of their education?”We also addressed a number of other issues, including: 1) How do these engineers define publicpolicy? 2) Should the

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Cheryl West, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John McKelliget, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Eugene Niemi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Sammy Shina, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Chris Niezrecki, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Robert Parkin, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Majid Charmchi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Mechanical Engineering

required core course every semesterwith a S-L project that is either a required or elective part of the course. During 2005-06fourteen core ME courses had S-L projects, and a required engineering ethics course alsohad S-L in addition to four elective courses. Nine of twelve ME faculty membersincorporated S-L in those courses (more recently 12 of 13), in addition to 3 facultyoutside the department teaching courses for ME students. This initiative is part of acollege-wide effort to have all five undergraduate programs have S-L integrated into thecore curriculum (ECE, ChE, CE, and Plastics E).Courses and projects included, for examples, introduction to engineering for first yearstudents (common to students in all five programs) who designed and built

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leo McAfee, University of Michigan

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-2381: FACTORS FOR AN EFFECTIVE LSAMP REULeo McAfee, University of Michigan Leo C. McAfee received the BS degree from Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, in 1966, and the MSE and PhD degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, in 1967 and 1970, respectively, all degrees in Electrical Engineering. He joined the University of Michigan in 1971 and is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He has had summer and leave positions at General Motors Research Laboratories, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, AT&T Bell Laboratories, and Telecom Analysis Systems. He has held leadership positions for curriculum and degree

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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JungHun Choi; Wes Grebski

second year engineering technologystudents. The projects were linked to the curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Penn StateHazleton. The design and development of an experimental airplane and a solar powered car have provento be very challenging and highly motivating for the freshmen and sophomore students. To design andbuild the experimental airplane, students used the specifications developed by the instructors. Theyanalyzed the feasibility of a full scale experimental airplane and designed the airplane based on theiranalysis. In the case of a solar powered car, students were involved in designing a chasse, suspension,power transmission and steering system from a conceptual design to the implementation of hardware. Asan example

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Blessing, Milwaukee School of Engineering; John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Lawrence J. Schmedeman, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Education Network(KEEN) and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), with a broadmandate to undertake a first-time effort to instill the ideas of entrepreneurship in the minds of ourfaculty and students. Faced with the challenge of integrating entrepreneurship into an alreadyambitious engineering curriculum, we decided to focus our resources on activities that wouldbring together business and engineering students, two groups that normally do not interact intheir course of study, to work together on a design project.ChallengesWhile there is agreement around campus that a focus on entrepreneurship is both a timely and aworthy undertaking, there are significant obstacles to be overcome in order to achieve our goal.The

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville; Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Bruce Cain, Mississippi State University

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Mechanical Engineering

when students design their own experiments andmeasurement systems, or the focus can be on the documents themselves, via a “read and report”exercise. Students have responded favorably to such an exercise at one university.In addition to what the Codes can teach about performance testing and measurement technology,they provide a valuable introduction to the use of Codes and Standards in engineering practice,the importance of voluntary standards development, the premier position that ASME occupies inthis endeavor, and the contributions of “ordinary” practicing engineers to the Codes andStandards process.A major obstacle to the widespread use of Performance Test Codes, indeed all Codes andStandards, in the Mechanical Engineering curriculum is the

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Brown, Virginia Tech; Owen Hughes, Virginia Tech; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Wayne Neu, Virginia Tech; Betsy Tretola, Teaching and Learning,

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Ocean and Marine

the assessment, design, development, delivery and evaluation of large nationwide curricula. Page 12.554.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Distance learning in the graduate-level ocean engineering curriculumAbstractVirginia Tech is an established leader in distance learning with 85% of departments offeringsome form of electronic courses 1 . The graduate level Ocean Engineering curriculum is fullyavailable to off-campus students, thus allowing professionals anywhere in the world to earn anMS degree. The MS in Ocean Engineering was the first program in engineering at

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University

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Mathematics

their first two years, students often fail to make connections between related concepts intheir calculus and introductory science courses. This disconnect early in their curriculum canhamper engineering majors in their ability to understand how these courses relate to theirdiscipline and can serve as a “turn-off” for students who fail to engage in these courses. Here wepresent how we have tried to address this problem by integrating basic calculus concepts into theintroductory freshman and sophomore biology, chemistry and physics science laboratory courses.In this paper, we will feature a biology laboratory experiment where students examine a growthcurve for algae, a chemistry lab involving an instantaneous rate calculation for a rocket launch

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Outstanding Contributions to ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2053: AN INTEGRATED UNDERGRADUATE DYNAMIC SYSTEMSTEACHING METHODOLOGY UTILIZING ANALYTICAL ANDEXPERIMENTAL APPROACHESPeter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Peter Avitabile is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Director of the Modal Analysis and Controls Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with a BS, MS and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and a member of ASEE, ASME, IES and SEM. Page 12.222.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 AN INTEGRATED UNDERGRADUATE

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Barbara Stewart, University of Houston; Luces Faulkenberry, University of Houston; Curtis Johnson, University of Houston

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Liberal Education

University, and an EdD in Curriculum and Instruction from Brigham Young University.Curtis Johnson, University of Houston Curtis D. Johnson is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Houston. He received his BS in Physics from the University of California, Berkley and his PhD in Physics from the University of California Riverside. He recently completed the 7th edition of his text: Process Control Instrumentation Technology, published by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Page 12.928.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Integrating Technology: Our

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in Student Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Christensen, Texas A&M University; Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University; Janie Stratton Haney, Texas A&M University; Mahmoud El-Halwagi, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University; Charles Glover, Texas A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2007-984: ENHANCEMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGINTRODUCTORY CURRICULUM THROUGH SERVICE LEARNINGIMPLEMENTATIONLale Yurttas, Texas A&M University Lale Yurttas is a Senior Lecturer and Assistant Department Head in Chemical Engineering Department at Texas A&M University. She chairs Departmental ABET Committee. She also participates in Engineers Without Borders-USA, especially in TAMU Chapter and coordinates service learning activities for the current NSF project. She has 10 years of experience in engineering education and curriculum development.Jennifer Christensen, Texas A&M University Jennifer Christensen is a junior in Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering. She is an

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Engineering Physics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Bougie, American University; Philip Johnson, American University; Nathan Harshman, American University; Teresa Larkin, American University; Michael Black, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Page 12.1232.7 Computational Physics 51 Mathematical Statistics 47g. Particular characteristics of AU’s physics programIn addition to peculiarities of the university as a whole, the physics program at AU is structuredin a unique way. AU’s physics program is integrated within a single department along with twoother disciplines in the department of Computer Science, Audio Technology, and Physics (CAP).This structure was considered in devising the new curriculum as an opportunity to combine thestrengths of these different but related disciplines.One way of utilizing this opportunity is in offering courses that would be of benefit to thephysics program as well as to computer science