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Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Campo, Rice University; Stephanie Rice, Rice University; Daniela Rimer, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

socioeconomic experiences. Page 14.876.2Several mentors have cited outreach through DREAM as broader impacts in successfulfellowship proposals.IntroductionUnderrepresentation continues to be a widespread problem in Science, Technology, Engineeringand Mathematics (STEM) fields, and the statistics are particularly alarming in engineering. Inthe year 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that 12.3% of the U.S. population was AfricanAmerican and 12.5% was Hispanic or Latino [1]. However, only 11% of baccalaureate degreesin engineering were conferred upon representatives from these two groups combined in 2006 [2].When considered in light of the fact that

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Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education / International Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University

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International

AC 2009-961: "IT'S NOT MY JOB TO TEACH THEM HOW TO WRITE":FACILITATING THE DISCIPLINARY RHETORICAL SOCIALIZATION OFINTERNATIONAL ESL GRADUATE ASSISTANTS IN THE SCIENCES ANDENGINEERINGAshley Ater Kranov, Washington State University Dr. Ashley Ater Kranov is Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology at Washington State University(WSU). She specializes in outcomes assessment and faculty development. Dr. Ater Kranov is a leader in university and community internationalization efforts, including developing and assessing global competencies in faculty, staff, and students. The paper describing her collaborative work with faculty in the WSU College of Engineering

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Software and Hardware for Educators III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Vernier, Ohio State University; Craig Morin, Ohio State University; Patrick Wensing, Ohio State University; Ryan Hartlage, Ohio State University; Barbara Carruthers, Ohio State University; Richard Freuler, Ohio State University

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Computers in Education

Craig E. Morin is a Design Engineer with MindWare Technologies in Columbus, Ohio where he develops medical research equipment. Previously he was a Graduate Teaching Associate with the OSU Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors (FEH) Program where he taught labs and developed course materials. Mr. Morin earned his BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2004) and his MS in Biomedical Engineering (2008), both from The Ohio State University.Patrick Wensing, Ohio State University Patrick M. Wensing is a senior honors student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and has served as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for the OSU Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors (FEH

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Rebecca Damron, Oklahoma State University

product/process?). 7. Consideration of the influence of the context on the Implications issue (including where appropriate, cultural, social, How do the results of your Airplane Design Challenge economic, technological, ethical, political, or personal experiment “What is the difference between product and process context) design?” help you understand the importance of these concepts for *The papers are ranked on a 1 to 5 scale for each with 1=low and Engineering? (How does one affect the other and vice versa? Why is 5 = high on each of the criteria. Both rubrics have an

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Communication and Collaboration

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Are Magnus Bruaset, Simula Research Laboratory; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University; Marianne M. Sundet, Simula Research Laboratory; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Liberal Education

represented 27 other countries. These countries were spread across every continentexcept for Antarctica. Table 1 presents the distribution of participants across the disciplines. Thisdistribution of disciplines reflects the distribution of engineers and scientists in Norway. Page 14.1197.7Table 2 presents the distribution of institutions in which the participants are studying orworking. As shown in Table 2, more than half of the participants came from Norway’stwo largest institutions: the University of Oslo and the Norwegian University of Scienceand Technology in Trondheim.Figure 1. Distribution of the 28 home countries of the participants. All

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Modeling Student Data

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Micah Lande, Stanford University; Sarah Parikh, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; George Toye, Stanford University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Krista Donaldson, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Engineering and education have been his foundation interests. He has served as Associate Directors of Stanford's Center for Design Research and the Stanford Learning Lab (now known as the Stanford Center for Innovation in Learning). Today, although also actively involved as consultant in a variety of technology sectors, education remains a central theme in his academic and entrepreneurial activities. George earned a Ph.D. at Stanford University for his work on management of non-homogeneous redundancy in fault tolerant electromechanical systems design.Helen Chen, Stanford University Helen L. Chen is Research Scientist at the Stanford Center for Innovations

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New Learning Paradigms II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Alan Hansen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

faculty and students at UKZN. Page 14.840.4The objectives of this project-abroad experience are to expose students to a different culture andto the application of technologies appropriate to South African needs by collaborating on short-term engineering design projects with South African students.20 For the third visit in 2008 aspecial effort was put into the development and application of more effective assessmentprocedures for the program.21 The purposes for a more thorough assessment emerged from aconsideration of the American Higher Education’s principles of good practice for assessingstudent learning, which include:• Assessment is most

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Exemplary Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Becker, Utah State University; Jim Barta, Utah State University; Rebecca Monhardt, Utah State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-85: USING COMMUNITY ADVISORY PANELS (CAPS) FOR THEDEVELOPMENT OF A STEM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODEL FORTEACHERS OF AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENTSKurt Becker, Utah State University Kurt Becker is the Department Head of the Engineering and Technology Education Department at Utah State University. He is currently the Co-Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded National Center for Engineering and Technology Education and Principal Investigator for the NSF funded project: Communities of Effective Practice: A professional STEM Development Partnership Model for Teachers of American Indian Students. His areas of research include adult learning cognition, engineering

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Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe / International Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anatoliy Protasov, National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”

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International

AC 2009-924: THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FEATURES FORNON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING GRADUATE STUDENTSAnatoliy Protasov, National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI” Dr. Anatoliy Protasov is a Head of Nondestructive Testing Department of National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”. He graduated from the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kiev Polytechnical Institute”, Electric Engineering Department, MS, Ph.D. He has research experience in Nondestructive Testing Methods. Page 14.1245.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 The Professional Training Features for Non-Destructive Testing

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Clint COLE, Washington State University, Pullman; Mircea Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania; Joe Harris, DigilentInc; Albert Fazekas, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania; Ioana DABACAN, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania

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Electrical and Computer

Design competitions into the undergraduate experience, studentsare better prepared to enter the field of engineering and make more meaningful contributions totheir firms at an earlier rate.According to a report published for The Royal Academy of Engineering, UK (2006)1, the pace ofchange in industry is expected to intensify in both the technological and non-technologicaldomains. Particular themes that have emerged include: (a) an increased need for firms to focuson solving customer problems; (b) a growing requirement to provide system solutions tothose problems; (c) and the increasing complexity of the management task. Anotherimportant factor is globalization which will continue to affect both the demand and the supplyside of industry.Certain

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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace & Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jared Geddes, Brigham Young University; W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; Randy Lewis, Brigham Young University

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International

AC 2009-484: SUSTAINABILITY AND IMPACT OF GLOBAL PROJECTSJared Geddes, Brigham Young UniversityW. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young UniversityRandy Lewis, Brigham Young University Page 14.1107.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Sustainability and Impact of Global ProjectsAbstractA Global Projects in Engineering & Technology course at Brigham Young University has beenin existence for three years to broaden the learning experience of engineering students by solvingreal-world engineering challenges using multi-disciplinary teams. The first two classes involvedprojects implemented in Tonga (2007) and Peru (2008). With the class currently in its

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University; Linda Hinnov, Johns Hopkins University; Michael Stiber, University of Washington, Bothell; Marios Pattichis, University of New Mexico; Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus; Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University; Shalin Mehta, Arizona State University; Ed Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Raja Ayyanar, Arizona State University; Karthikeyan Ramamurthy, Arizona State University; Harvey Thornburg, Arizona State University

AC 2009-1269: THE JAVA-DSP PHASE 3 PROJECT: AN INTERDISCIPLINARYMULTIUNIVERSITY EFFORTAndreas Spanias, Arizona State UniversityLinda Hinnov, Johns Hopkins UniversityMichael Stiber, University of Washington, BothellCajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M UniversityMarios Pattichis, University of New MexicoCostas Pattichis, University of CyprusEd Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyKarthikeyan Ramamurthy, Arizona State UniversityShalin Mehta, Arizona State UniversityRaja Ayyanar, Arizona State University Rajapandian Ayyanar joined the ASU faculty as an assistant professor in August 2000. He received a BE in electrical engineering from P.S.G. College of Technology, India in 1989; an MS in power electronics from the

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Curricular Developments in Energy Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Max Rabiee, University of Cincinnati

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

alternative energy sources energy conservationinitiatives, sustainability and most importantly maintaining a reliable, efficient andenvironmentally sound energy infrastructure underline the imperative nature of this need.The College of Applied Science (CAS) at the University of Cincinnati (UC) has maintained afocused mission of serving the needs of utility industry and the community at large as needs arisefor technical education in alternative energy. Within the College of Applied Science today wehave an Associate Degree program in Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) with option fordevelopment of power plant operations and maintenance personnel. The College is also investingresources in development of additional curriculum and funding for Energy

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Mark N. Valesey; Teresa L. Noto

use.A discussion related to the need for alternative vehicle education for engineering,engineering technology, technician and consumer education will also beaddressed.A Little HistoryThe first electric car was a model was developed in 1828 in Hungary. In the1830’s a crude electric car was put together in Scotland by Robert Anderson,however, there were no surviving pictures, plans or vehicles for the unit. [3]The Parker electric vehicle was developed in London in 1884, and may have beenthe first electric car ready for full-scale production. It is thought that its inventor,Thomas Parker, may have actually built it to combat London’s growing smokeand pollution.Jacob Lohner & Co in Vienna, Austria produced electric cars from 1898 to 1906.Dr

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Brian Linhares; Sharifa Happy; Hossein Rahemi

journey back to a “green” ecology without removing the role of the farmer.Keywords: Evolution, Mechatronics, Agriculture, EfficiencyIn the balance of humanity, many see mechatronics as an obsolete field of “rocket science,” butfew are aware that the printer is an innovation of mechatronics. The history of mechatronicsbegan in 1969 with Tetsura Mori, an employee at Yaskawa Electric Corporation [1]. The termmechatronics is derived from the two general fields of mechanical and electrical engineering, andare bridged by computer science. Mechatronics engineering has already been applied in variouscomponents of technology that can be found in the present world. Included in these applications,but not limited to for mechatronics engineering

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Liberal Education and Leadership

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Val Hawks, Brigham Young University; John Harb, Brigham Young University; Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University; Spencer Magleby, Brigham Young University

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Liberal Education

AC 2009-1287: A COLLEGE-WIDE PROGRAM FOR TEACHING LEADERSHIP:FRAMEWORK, MODEL, AND OUTCOMESVal Hawks, Brigham Young UniversityJohn Harb, Brigham Young UniversityAlan Parkinson, Brigham Young UniversitySpencer Magleby, Brigham Young University Page 14.11.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A College-wide Approach for Teaching and Developing Leadership: Model, Framework and OutcomesIntroductionIn 2005 the College of Engineering and Technology at BYU began an initiative to assure thateach student graduated with the ability to understand and practice leadership. This paper presentsa

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jiancheng Liu

functions. This project also asks student to, usingcomputer aided manufacturing (CAM) technology, create an NC program, which is used to drivethe machine to move and act as desired. Using CAM to generate NC programming requiresstudents to determine a machining strategy, operation sequence and cutting tools. Students mustalso decide the cutting conditions such as cutting speed, depth of cut, feed rate, and otherparameters for each operation based on knowledge learned in classroom. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 424 Figure 2 NC

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sandeep Dilwali

A OVEL APPROACH TO I TRODUCI G STEM DISCIPLI ES TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDE TS: THE STEM DISCOVERY PROGRAM Sandeep Dilwali, Ph.D. Mail to : dilwalis@wit.edu Department of Electronics and Mechanical Wentworth Institute of Technology 550 Huntington Ave Boston, MA 02115 Abstract: This paper discusses various factors which prevent high school students from pursuing careers related to science, technology, engineering and

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Software and Hardware for Educators II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Chia-Lin Ho, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Carolyn Miller, North Carolina State University; George Rouskas, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

capabilities vital forengineering professionals. In the next phase a refined set of computational themes wassent back out to the industry panel for ranking. Results from the industry panel and thecurrent Delphi process will be presented. Implications of the results for a computationalthinking thread in the engineering curriculum will be discussed as well as plans for futureproject activities.IntroductionRapidly developing computational technologies are radically reshaping the nature of theworkplace 1. Jobs that consist primarily of routine engineering and computationalactivities are quickly moving oversees to cheaper labor markets or being completelyautomated. This and other immense changes in global political and economic dynamicsmeans the 21st

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Developing New Instrumentation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College; Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Edward Bigos, Springfield Technical Community College; Ted Sussmann, Springfield Technical Community College

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Instrumentation

context for science, engineering and technology investigations. He also proposed and implemented the pioneering concept of integrated adjustable virtual laboratories and designed easy-to-use authoring tools to create such labs. Dr. Cherner holds an MS in Experimental Physics, and Ph.D. in Physics and Materials Science. He has published over 80 papers in national and international journals and made dozens of presentations at various national and international conferences and workshops. Dr. Cherner has served as a Principal Investigator for several government-funded educational projects.Edward Bigos, Springfield Technical Community College Edward Bigos, a professor of Electronics/Computer Systems

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hetal Jasani, Northern Kentucky University; Wei Hao, Northern Kentucky University

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Electrical and Computer

University before joining NKU. At NKU, he teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in the area of computer networks and network security. He has chosen academic career since he believes that by teaching he can contribute towards community development.Wei Hao, Northern Kentucky University Dr. Hao came to NKU in August 2008 from Cisco Systems in San Jose, California, where he worked as a software engineer. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2007. He brings both academic and industrial expertise, having also worked for Motorola and Alcatel. His research interests include Web Technologies (such as web caching, web services, and web-based

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International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University

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International

new set of skills and competencies so they can contribute to the economic andsocial growth of the nations on this hemisphere while they develop technology and transfer theknowledge through the region.Changes in the global economy, especially the importance of moving to a knowledge-basedeconomy1, have changed the role of the engineer and engineering education in the 21st century.This comes at a time when there is a shortage of engineers and a decreased interest of students tostudy engineering. The global market and outsourcing has changed the skills required ofengineers. The engineer now has to “think globally and act locally” in order to bring global jobsto their region and be able to adapt products to the global market. Preparing these

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mukasa Ssemakula, Wayne State University; Gene Liao, Wayne State University; Darin Ellis, Wayne State University; Kyoung-Yun Kim, Wayne State University; Shlomo Sawilowsky, Wayne State University

AC 2009-841: INTRODUCING A FLEXIBLE ADAPTATION FRAMEWORK FORIMPLEMENTING LEARNING-FACTORY–BASED MANUFACTURINGEDUCATIONMukasa Ssemakula, Wayne State University Dr. Ssemakula received his BS in Mechanical Engineering, MS in Manufacturing Technology, and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering all from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (England). After working in industry, he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland where he taught courses in the areas of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering as well as conducting research in Manufacturing Systems. Since 1993, he has been on the faculty of Wayne State University’s Division of Engineering Technology where he has been a

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tzu-Liang Tseng; Thompson Sarkodie-Gyan, University of Texas, El Paso; Jianmei Zhang, University of Texas, El Paso

AC 2009-2221: ENHANCEMENT OF NETWORK-BASED MANUFACTURINGEDUCATION: A QUASI-WEB-BASED INSTRUCTION APPROACHTzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Tseng’s educational background is in IE with an emphasis on artificial intelligence and web based technologies in manufacturing. In addition to his many years of industrial experience, he has taught many different engineering courses at undergraduate and graduate levels. His areas of teaching emphasis include internet-based techniques to manufacturing, computer integrated manufacturing, design of experiment and simulation. In the classroom, his teaching methods emphasize creativity and active hands-on based learning. Dr. Tseng is also a

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Advanced Materials Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Materials

AC 2009-320: ACTIVE AND INTELLIGENT MATERIALS: THEORY MEETSAPPLICATIONJohn Marshall, University of Southern Maine John Marshall received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Internship Coordinator for the Department of Technology at the University of Southern Maine. His areas of specialization include Power and Energy Processing, Applied Process Control Engineering, Automation, Fluid Power, and Facility Planning. Page 14.156.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Intelligent Materials: Theory Meets ApplicationThe focus of this paper is a “hands-on” activity that was

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Methods and Techniques in Graduate Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bimal Nepal, Texas A&M University; Paul Lin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Graduate Studies

transfers (of current) and deferral of admission bysome international students. The program has two tracks- information technology/advancedcomputer applications (ITAC) and industrial/ manufacturing technology (ITM) each withroughly 10 active students. Of these students, their background is very diverse such asgovernment services, military, manufacturing, engineering design, supplier, software, machinetool, electrical, economics, and computer engineering. Furthermore, the very wide levels of workexperience among students have created even greater heterogeneity in terms of their researchinterest. Page 14.858.2MS Tech Program ObjectiveThe program

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ti Lin Liu

COMPUTATIO AL METHODS FOR MET Prof. Ti Lin, Liu txlime@rit.edu Rochester Institute of Technology Department of Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology/Packaging Science Abstract: A one-credit, two-contact hours “Computational Methods” course was developed for mechanical engineering technology sophomore student at Rochester Institute of Technology. The purpose of this course provides a fundamental introduction to computing methods, modeling and simulation for producing the quantitative information in their design and analysis. The major topics include

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ERM Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, The University of Georgia; Ashley Babcock, University of Georgia

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2009-2125: COMPLEX SYSTEMS: WHAT ARE THEY AND WHY SHOULDWE CARE?Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia Nadia Kellam is an Assistant Professor and engineering educational researcher in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Georgia. She is co-director of the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER) research group. Her research interests include interdisciplinarity, creativity, identity formation, and the role of emotion in cognition.Joachim Walther, The University of Georgia Joachim Walther is an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Georgia with a

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sofia M. Vidalis; Joseph J. Cecere

major.IntroductionPartnership between an Educational Institution and Secondary Schools is not a new concept infostering learning among students. There are many universities that work closely with highschools to develop a relationship to help fit students’ needs. Universities and high schoolstraditionally maintained collaborations by including student job shadowing, outreach activities,faculty exchanges, and recruiting. The purpose of these partnerships is to expose high schoolstudents to the major so they can plan ahead to meet the needs of industries, governments,national laboratories, and the training need. The goal of any university engineering technology curriculum is to provide theinformation and skills so each student so they can be successful in their

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Measurement Tools

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Alfrey, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Elaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2009-653: DEVELOPING A RUBRIC TO ASSESS CRITICAL THINKING INASSIGNMENTS WITH AN OPEN-ENDED COMPONENTKaren Alfrey, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Karen Alfrey is Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biomedical Engineering at IUPUI. Her areas of focus include computational neuroscience and biological modeling, undergraduate mentoring and advising, curriculum development, and assessment. She holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Rice University.Elaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Elaine Cooney is professor of electrical and computer engineering technology at IUPUI. She is the author of RFID+ The Complete Review of Radio Frequency