Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Cases and Models

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dana Clarke, Applied Innovation Alliance; Donald Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

University of Toledo, and Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the Bangladesh Institute of© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Technology, Khulna. He has published journal and conference papers. Dr Ali has done research projects with Delphi Automotive System, GE Medical Systems, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, International Truck and Engine Corporation (ITEC), National/Panasonic Electronics, and Rockwell Automation. His research interests include manufacturing systems modeling, simulation and optimization, intelligent scheduling and planning, artificial intelligence, predictive maintenance, e-manufacturing, and lean manufacturing. He is member of IIE, INFORMS, SME

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Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Schubert, University of San Diego; Frank Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Ernest Kim, University of San Diego

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Design in Engineering Education

solutions 6. Develop and test models 7. Make the decision 8. Communicate and specify 9. Implement and commercialize 10. Perform post-implementation review and assessmentThe design process is discussed by considering an example, such as the design of an automobile,a power tool, a child’s toy, or inline skates (the textbook example). In order to facilitate thediscussion, students are asked to identify the three most important steps and find reasons tosupport their choices.Laboratory Activity to Reinforce the Design ProcessAll laboratory assignments for this class are based on the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXTsystem12. Over the course of a semester, students work on a total of seven project assignments in

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Joseph Cocozza, University of Southern California

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

a Research Experience for Undergraduate Program. Thisresearch involves providing collaborative research and training opportunities for middle and highschool teachers in urban settings and undergraduate engineering and science students frominstitutions with underrepresented students and the assessment of learning from this collaborativeexperience. Four assessment metrics were used to judge the success of this collaborative project:(1) A STEM efficacy scale, (2) a collaborative research and leadership measure, (3) a rubric forlaboratory presentations and lessons and (4) a collaborative focus group interview. Findings fromthese metrics indicate that both the undergraduates and the K-12 educators became moreefficacious from the collaborative

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Winn, West Virginia University; Laura Winn, Waynesburg Central High School; Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; Robin Hensel, West Virginia University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, higher salaries, and a higher standard of living for localresidents, and will reduce family and economic disparities.In pursuit of this goal for West Virginia residents, West Virginia University's (WVU) CollegeEngineering and Mineral Resources, along with the Colleges of Human Resources andEducation, and Arts and Sciences, embarked on a multi-intervention plan to attract high schoolstudents to STEM careers, and put more STEM graduates into the STEM career pipeline, with afocus on women and underrepresented minorities. The primary vehicle for this project is a STEPgrant through the National Science Foundation (NSF) which supports exactly this kind ofinitiative.One important part of WVU's Engineers of Tomorrow (EoT) project is

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thuy Nguyen, University of Texas, Austin; Fernando Mondragon Solis; William O'Brien, University of Texas, Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin

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Construction

AC 2009-390: TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN INCONSTRUCTION: FRAMEWORK AND CASE STUDYThuy Nguyen, University of Texas, Austin THUY NGUYEN is a research assistant at the University of Texas at Austin. She is pursuing her PhD studies in the program of Construction Engineering and Project Management. Her research interests include project management, instructional design, human resource management and educational psychology.Fernando Mondragon, University of Texas, Austin FERNANDO MONDRAGON is a Ph.D. student in the program of Construction Engineering and Project Management in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds a M.S. in Civil Engineering

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Nicholas C. Vanderslice; Thomas R. Marrero

Impact of Bio-Char on Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere Nicholas C. Vanderslice and Thomas R. Marrero Department of Chemical Engineering University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 65211AbstractA review. A study of Terra Preta do Indio and bio-char was conducted to determine the technicalfeasibility of their use in sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide as a summer undergraduateproject for Dr. Tom R. Marrero. Properties of new and old Terra Preta were used. Literature ofthe last 40 years, including the electronic database SciFinder, was used. The educationalcomponent of this project included an assessment of

Conference Session

Sustainability and Environmental Issues

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

synthetic fuels. The course isdesigned to inform and prepare students who could enter energy fields as engineers. ColoradoSchool of Mines is responsible for preparing the curriculum at the lecture level and for trainingthe college staff through a summer workshop to offer the courses. We are also available duringthe academic year as content consultants as well as visitors to present special topics to thecollege students. The process of curriculum development has resulted in challenges as well assuccesses. This paper will describe the overall IEED project and, specifically, the Overview ofEnergy Resources course, discuss the assessment of both the teachers and the studentsparticipating in the course, and will detail the challenges and successes of

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Juan Manuel Garibay, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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Educational Research and Methods

goal is tointroduce students to the Engineering Method, this is accomplished by focusing on six courseobjectives: self-regulation, communication, working cooperatively and collaboratively, problemsolving, modeling, and quality. The “Modeling” section initiates students in the process ofengineering modeling, using several software including spreadsheets. “Concepts” introducestudents to the engineering design process, problem-solving techniques, working in teams,engineering as a profession, and planning for success that students then apply in “Laboratory” ontwo actual design projects. The “Concepts” section uses quizzes given in nearly every session toascertain whether students have understood the material in their pre-class reading

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Michael Bosse, East Carolina University

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Mathematics

. Program also has a two credit freshman class in vector geometry.Table 2 indicates that for three credit calculus sequence programs: ≠ Are no more likely to have either statistics or linear algebra as standalone courses. ≠ 40% compared to 60% above require statistics and it is consistently a three credit course. ≠ Do not appear to be more likely to have a Calculus IV requirement (two programs here compared to one program above). ≠ Stand alone differential equations courses are uniformly three credits.The next section examines the question of specific content details for engineering mathematicscourses.Mathematics ContentWhen the authors started this research project, we expected to find a comprehensive body ofliterature

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Trenor, Clemson University; Shirley Yu, University of Houston; Denise Grant, Clemson University; Hibah Salem, Univesity of Houston

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Educational Research and Methods

funding for RET sites andsupplements, limited rigorous research has been conducted to determine the effects of suchfunding on teacher participants and subsequent student learning. Our work examines the impactof a Research Experiences for Teachers site conducted at a large university in a major U.S. city.The work consists of two phases: (1) investigation of the impact of the program on teacherparticipants’ perception of the field and efficacy to teach engineering and (2) impact of RET-developed teaching modules on students’ perceptions of the engineering field and motivation tostudy engineering. Results from the first phase of this ongoing project are reported in this paper;future publications will document the second phase of the

Conference Session

Laboratories in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant Richards, Purdue University; John Denton, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College

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Environmental Engineering

field if they so wish.There has been considerable interest expressed in just such a project being put into action at apublic university in the southeast United States This paper strives to present a methodology bymeans of which a minor in sustainability will potentially be offered. Page 14.396.2MethodologyIntroducing a minor in sustainability at the university level is a very different matter thanintroducing a course in the same topic. A minor emphasizes some degree of specialization in thesubject matter. Similarly, given the myriad employment opportunities that are likely to open upin the near future, minor needs to prepare students to take

Conference Session

“And Other Duties as Assigned”

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Kindschi, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Anne Glorioso, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Diana Wheeler, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Engineering Libraries

, whoresponded to the suggested edits. Initially we thought to run all final drafts by the entirereference staff, but after doing this once found that it was very time consuming, and not worth Page 14.349.4the effort. Staff on both teams who created the competencies found, for the most part, that it waseasier than expected, and very worthwhile. Many staff felt that they learned valuable newreference tools and that our customer service would improve as a result of these competencies.One of the biggest challenges we faced was distinguishing the fine line between the differentlevels of competencies. Another challenge was the large scope of the project

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University; Michael Raymer, Wright State University; David Reynolds, Wright State University; Richard Mercer, Wright State University

Model for Engineering Mathematics Education, and has also led an NSF supported research project to develop the nation's first undergraduate curriculum in bioinformatics.David Reynolds, Wright State University David B. Reynolds is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering at Wright State University. He is a Co-PI on WSU's National Model for Engineering Mathematics Education, and has also conducted NSF supported research to develop human factors engineering undergraduate design projects for persons with disabilities.Richard Mercer, Wright State University Richard E. Mercer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Mwangi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural

, the body of knowledge required for an individual to be allowedto take the engineering licensing examination, which on passing allows the individual to be inresponsible charge of engineering projects, is usually defined by laws and regulations of eachstate. In California, the shortest path taken by most individuals is one where the individualgraduates from an ABET accredited undergraduate program; passes the Engineer in Training(EIT) examination and works under the supervision of a licensed engineer for two years (oneyear if the individual has a Masters degree in relevant field).In order to better prepare the student to enter the practice of engineering, and thus give thestudent an immediate level of comfort with the real world environment

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DEED Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James Mwangi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Design in Engineering Education

. Sheetrock only has its capacity for one event – nail slip. (56%) 5. Related the building code to actual behavior (43%) 6. Load flow of double top plate (32%) 7. Racking action. (25%) 8. Everyone should do this experiment, even rough framers (12%) 9. Anchor bolts play an important role – uplift (12%) 10. Getting hit in the foot with a hammer hurts, wear proper foot ware (no Vans)Additional LearningIn addition to gaining insight on the capacity and behavior of a shear wall, the students gaindirect experience in the basics of rough carpentry. It is always a benefit to know how somethingis constructed. The benefit allows an engineer to better detail a project for constructability. Nomatter how extensive the analysis of the project may be

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Raelyn Rediske, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Steve Ackerman, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Graduate Studies

specific learning toolsemployed in service to this skill are formative and summative evaluation components of an informaleducation product. Through working in groups, students design and implement an informal scienceeducation project, an interactive tabletop exhibit. This interactive exhibit is implemented in an annualcampus wide public science day, Science Expeditions.For the interactive culminating project, the 2008 students focused on formative and summative evaluationof the idea and design of their interactive table-top exhibit, or informal education product. Students hadtwo separate opportunities to redesign and improve their informal education product based on their owndata collection, so the iterative link between evaluation and redesign

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Marilyn Fowler, Austin Children's Museum; Christina Soontornvat, Austin Children's Museum; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

unit (NXT brick) thathas four inputs and three outputs. Outputs for the NXT brick are motors and lamps (lights).Inputs for the NXT brick are light, sound, rotation, distance, touch and other custom sensors.The robots are built from LEGO Technic components and other craft materials. Programs tocontrol the robots are written on computers with the NXT software and then transferred to therobots. An example of an NXT robotics project is shown in Figure 1. Page 14.488.2 Figure 1: LEGO NXT Robotics Example In the robotics program the students explore concepts about automated devices withactive learning principles. The

Conference Session

Laboratory Development and Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nurdan Beyenal, Washington State University; Cara Poor, Washington State University; Paul Golter, Washington State University; Gary Brown, Washington State University; David Thiessen, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University

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Civil Engineering

to the traditional lecturemethod.IntroductionAccording to the learning cone [1] shown in Fig. 1, students retain knowledge better byseeing than by only reading or hearing. Having that as a motivation, Van Wie andcoworkers [2] have developed portable desktop learning modules (DLMs) for chemicalengineering and have implemented nontraditional learning pedagogies: namely,cooperative, hands-on, active and problem-based learning. Cooperative learning has beenimplemented by forming small groups of students to work on worksheets, quizzes,homework and projects. Hands-on learning involves groups of students observingtheoretical principles in action with the DLM hardware. Active learning is promoted bygroup exercises in the form of worksheets which

Conference Session

Design Cognition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Jensen, United States Air Force Academy; Jason Weaver, University of Texas, Austin; Kristin Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Julie Linsey, Texas A&M University; John Wood, United States Air Force Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

to improve engineering education. techniques to enhance creativity in the design process and also techniques to improve engineering education.John Wood, United States Air Force Academy DR. JOHN J. WOOD is an Associate Professor of Engineering Mechanics at the United States Air Force Academy. He completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University and is a retired Air Force officer. The current focus of Dr. Wood’s research includes the pioneering development of micro air vehicle systems using innovative conceptual design techniques for current technology implementations, as well as futuristic projections, applied in the framework of a senior capstone design course. Other

Conference Session

Outreach and Hands-on Materials

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bahr, Washington State University

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Materials

visiting high schools topresent a one hour seminar about MSE to building a small impact tester for the local sciencecenter (the “Breakinator”) for children in grades 3-5 to explore the difference between brittle andductile materials. After carrying out activities for high school and grade school students, theWSU MA chapter decided to focus on developing an outreach program to middle schools inWashington; the choice of focusing on middle school has been shown to be an effective point inoutreach4. It should be noted that these were not mandatory service learning projects, butvoluntary activities driven by undergraduate and graduate student interest

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 1

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramesh Agarwal, Washington University

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Aerospace

14.754.6In the Introductory course on Aerospace Engineering, the issues of environmentalchallenges such as noise and emissions will be introduced in the context of current statusand projected increase in noise and emissions in next twenty five years due to three foldincrease in air travel (and as a result two fold increase in flying aircraft). If no newtechnologies are introduced and status-quo is allowed to remain, the aircraft emissionswill contribute about 17-20% to total equivalent CO2 emissions from all sourcesworldwide, which will not be acceptable because of worldwide efforts to reducegreenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to their adverse impact on climate.We are also planning to introduce other green aviation technologies mentioned in

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xian Zhao, Inner Mongolia University of Technology; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet; Carl Jenks, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

-four courses required for the American B.S.degree are related to the technical aspects of the degree. A few of the Chinese courses deal withinternship or cooperative education at the end of the fourth year, whereas the American approachin a technology program is more likely to include a “Senior Project.” There is also militarytraining elective in the upper level curriculum of the Chinese curriculum, whereas the Americancurriculum has no mention of this line of training at all. Military training in China generallyconsists of a one week mandatory session, with the possibility of later taking an elective inmilitary training. Generally, those who go to college do not go into the military, and vice versa.The overall impression is that elective

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing: STEM Outreach

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Brady, Purdue University, North Central

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Manufacturing

].As technology and computers have become pervasive in manufacturing, so too has the need formanufacturing employees to be technically proficient. Many high tech firms encourage andstrongly suggest that floor-level manufacturing employees have some type of college or technicalschool training.Manufacturing is the largest sector of the economy in the state of Indiana with approximatelytwenty one percent of the workforce employed in it. Major products manufactured in the stateinclude automobiles, trucks, engines, caskets, furniture, orthopedic implants, air compressors,bearings, steel, and pharmaceuticals.As a result of dire projections of manufacturing employee shortages, the Center for WorkforceInnovations(CWI), an agency of the Indiana state

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Petros Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Design Graphics

. Page 14.434.3In May 2002, the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in NorthCarolina State University’s College of Education received as a three-year grant (VisTE) from theNational Science Foundation to develop instructional units that utilize scientific and technicalvisualization. VisTE promotes technological literacy by attempting to link engineering,mathematics, science and technology concepts and promote technological literacy through theuse of scientific and technical visualization tools and techniques (Ernst & Clark, 6). The TECHknow Project was a National Science Foundation funded project that produced 20 instructionalunits based on technology problems issued by the Technology Student Association (TSA

Conference Session

Contemporary Practices in Engineering Management Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Price, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Management

. Understanding themselves andothers and being able to use that understanding to get better results in their interactions and in theirengineering projects is the ultimate objective. While there is certainly an intellectual and theoretical sideof the course, there is also a side of the course that demands practice, use, and skill acquisition. For manyengineering students the conceptual side is fairly straightforward, but the practice and skill building arequite foreign and somewhat daunting.While the topics of the course are described in Figure 2, the overall progression of the course follows askill development model outlined in Figure 3. The initial emphasis of the course on values results in thecreation of a personal mission statement that attempts to

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Nyarsuk, University of Florida; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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International

Soil Mechanics III 3 Comp App of Civil Engg 1 Semester 9 General CE Elective*: Project All Track Courses 15 Construction Engineering 3 Irrigation & Drainage 3 Design of Structures 4 Foundation Engineering 3 Elective Course I 3

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson

developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C-WAI) [10]. Automating thatprocess is an ongoing and interesting challenge in software engineering. Other tools might assistin the analysis and critique of the overall structure of the website, a kind of “cognitivewalkthrough” of its organization. No comparable push has really entered the more generalconsumer electronics market yet.Project OutlineThe project being developed at _____________ consists of the following elements: 1. Engineering Education and Design Education. How can our undergraduates be best educated in considering issues of accessibility as they are learning the elements of engineering design? 2. Partnership with Manufacturers. How can manufacturers be best educated in

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

theskills that are necessary of an electrical engineer. FPGA-based SoPC development boards havebeen used over the past few years in their undergraduate classes to allow for a wider variety ofstudent projects as an alternative to more traditional off-the-shelf microcontrollers or other basicFPGA boards. 5 63. MethodologyOur Computer Architecture course (EE375) at University of _____ was the last course in thedigital thread to integrate the DE2 board. By making this transition, we are able to use acommon platform throughout the thread in addition to designing, simulating, building, andtesting the MARC processor in the classroom. The design of the MARC has evolved over thelast ten years. In 1999, our department began considering simulation as a

Conference Session

Using Technology to Enhance Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Parthum, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

creation of the transparency be firstmaking a paper document and then copying to a transparency is time consuming. An alteration to lecturenotes contained on a transparency may require modification to the original paper document and then re-creating the transparency. It has been attempted to create transparencies that would have spacesincorporated so the instructor could add comments/diagrams, etc. to the slide during a lecture. Thisrequired that the slides be cleaned off after each lecture. It was also attempted to project the transparencyonto a whiteboard and using a marker add comments, diagrams, etc. eliminating the need to clean thetransparencies, but still required writing on the whiteboard and erasing it. Ensuring that the sequence