Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Sheyman, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

functions and configurations may be studied separately. The learning system complements any text on air conditioning and refrigeration. The “Learning System” is designed for lecture-demonstrations, for student experimentation, and for learning the diagnosis and correction of a wide range of malfunctions, Figures 1,2,3, and 4.Experiments The following experiment set-ups are exactly what will be used for the simulation. They are presented as they appear in the simulation. All tabulate data along with a ± 5% error are provided on line.The following is a list of the provided experiments: 1. Determination of Superheat 2. Work, Energy and Power 3. Condenser

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Mphande, Victoria University; Paul Bronson, Victoria University; Robert ives, Victoria University; Juan SHI, Victoria University; Alec Simcock, Victoria University

effectively within professional circles and without;• are attuned to life-long learning 1.A consultant employed by the University to consider the use of PBL for the undergraduateengineering problems advised:“... PBL provides the means to:• address more explicitly the essential attributes needed by engineering graduates inprofessional practice;• enhance pedagogical effectiveness;• tackle at the outset the learning difficulties faced by many commencing students’’ 2.As a corollary, assessment of such learning has called for alternatives to the traditionalassessments. In the context of VU, traditional assessment has taken the form of: end ofsemester examinations, semester tests, and assessments of laboratory based exercises

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

Engineers. We will offer our thoughts andperspectives on what is required for successful compliance with Criterion 3. And at no extracharge, we will provide some broader advice to department chairs who are preparing for theiraccreditation visits.II. An Assessment Process for Criterion 3Although the outcomes-based ABET accreditation criteria have been in place for over seven years,many schools are still struggling with ABET Criteria 2 (Program Objectives) and 3 (ProgramOutcomes) as they prepare for accreditation visits. Program objectives are currently defined as “broadstatements that describe the career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparinggraduates to achieve.”1 The definition of objectives has changed several times over

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations and Applications

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

Mentoring.Eastern Washington University awarded a Strategic Planning Grant to the proposal with thestated purpose “to increase the opportunities for undergraduates to participate in meaningfulresearch developed and executed under the mentorship of engaged faculty members,” (Zeisler-Vralsted, Keller, & Kiser9, 2006, p. 1). The grant provided funds for faculty reassigned time, fortravel to a Council on Undergraduate Research Workshop, and for technical resources. Theobjective is to create a University wide infrastructure to encourage and support energetic andvibrant undergraduate research programs while at the same time establishing and nurturing adynamic research culture.The faculty members supported by the grant have established an Undergraduate

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University

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Engineering Technology

integrated curricular experiences; relevant nationally-normedexaminations; results of surveys to assess graduate and employer satisfaction with employment,career development, career mobility, and job title; and preparation for continuing education”1.The details of these assessment procedures are left to the discretion of each institution. Usingdata from employer and graduate surveys is convenient because the results can be quantified andsomeone other than the faculty does the work of completing the surveys.However, while not directly required in Criterion 3, some form of direct assessment of studentattainment of program outcomes is generally expected. Unfortunately, direct assessment can beoverlooked by program faculty, often leading to an over

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

EWU Living Lab thus farThe new Computing & Engineering Building at EWU has been in use since Fall of 2005 and isshown in the following figure.Figure 1, Computing and Engineering Building at EWUAs the planning and construction of the new building progressed it became obvious that allaspects of the Living-Building Laboratory concept would not be funded as money earmarked forthis was needed in more fundamental aspects of the construction. Areas that were designed toaccommodate students have been built to that standard but certain elements of theinstrumentation were not completed.Typical of modern construction, the building’s operations are computer controlled andnetworked to a central physical plant facility. Process control software used

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention and Diversity in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tim Brower, Oregon Institute of Technology; Richard Grimsley, Project Lead The Way; Pam Newberry, Project Lead The Way

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Engineering Technology

about learning, labeled constructivism, proposes that learnersneed to build their own understanding of new ideas. A convenient format to viewconstructivism has been defined by Roger Bybee and the Biological ScienceCurriculum Study.1 In this model, the process of learning is explained byemploying the “Five Es.” The Five Es are: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate,and Evaluate. There are several "E" versions, such as 3E, 4E, and even Seven Esemployed by the Miami Museum of Science2; the basic premise is that childrenhave an experience with the phenomena in the learning of the concept or topic. Inother words, the Learning Cycle applies the inquiry approach of teaching into aseries of planning strategies.It is widely accepted that curricular

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Patti Culley, Arizona State University

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Minorities in Engineering

(National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering) and the National Science FoundationCSEMS and S-STEM program. In addition to the scholarships, academic workshops help thestudents with time management, academics (how to learn), resources, and other challenges;especially those faced by lower division students and transfer students. The students in each ofthese programs meet at least six times per semester. The students are encouraged, beginning intheir freshman year, to go to career fairs, to consider internships, and to consider writing aproposal for a research award. For these activities, the students need a good resume.1, 2, 3 Theresume needed for an internship or research position is more demanding than the resume used inhigh school to

Conference Session

Radiation and Radiological Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas-Austin; Erich Schneider; Derek Haas, University of Texas; Robert Matavosian, Los Alamos National Lab; Dustin Reinert, University of Texas; George Sayre, University of Texas; Mark Smith, Sterigenics; Christopher Weaver, University of Texas; Scott Whitney, University of Texas; Ian Whittaker, University of Texas

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Nuclear and Radiological

Conference Session

Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alvin Post, Arizona State University; Qiang Hu, Arizona State University; Milton Sommerfeld, Arizona State University

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Biological & Agricultural

systems will prove more productive, but they are also more costly andthey present different technical challenges.Figure 1: Algae seeded into a full bioreactor tank.These systems are not particularly complex, but they do pose challenging and educationallyuseful engineering problems. Efficient algal production requires environmental control oftemperature, CO2 and pH levels, nutrients, aeration and mixing, and light. Design andconstruction of a reactor that maintains optimal environmental conditions and resists corrosionposes standard engineering problems that engineering students can successfully work through, Page 12.309.2with a sense of real

Conference Session

Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joachim Walther, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland

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Educational Research and Methods

interventions. “Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten”1 B. F. Skinner (1904 - 1990)1. Introduction: Outcomes-based education in engineering educationThe rapid societal and technological changes of the last decade have resulted in a sustainedtransformation of engineering work and the engineering profession. Engineering graduates todayare expected to be equipped with a whole set of new technical abilities as well as an awareness ofthe social and environmental implications of engineering work. In many countries thesepressures have led to reforms of the engineering education system in an attempt to better equipstudents for the changed and changing

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Godfrey, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Aaron Ball, Western Carolina University; Robert Adams, Western Carolina University

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Graduate Studies

-Access Engineering and Technology Laboratory through a Graduate Level Team Project Jonathan Godfrey, James Z. Zhang, Aaron K. Ball, Robert Adams Kimmel School of Construction Management, Engineering and Technology Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723Abstract:For many distance engineering courses, labs are either accomplished by gatheringstudents at a central location or are comprised by requiring students to perform computersimulation. Aimed at improving learning effectiveness for the students, Kimmel Schoolgraduate students are set out to implement a real-time, remotely accessible engineeringlaboratory for an undergraduate automation class based on the previous research results[1], [2

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Environmental Engineering

products for our use and better places to inhabit”. The purposeof design, he argues, is to create physical artifacts that benefit people, and sustainable design triesto do that using a wider, more holistic approach. Finally with the definition, he argues that theultimate goal of sustainable design is not just to reduce the impact of the design on theenvironment, but to either remove it all together, or to go a step further and have a restorativeeffect on the environment.Overview of Results – Categories of DescriptionThis section presents the qualitatively different categories of description of sustainable designthat were developed from the twenty-two interview transcripts. Five categories were developed,as seen in Figure 1, each representing a

Conference Session

Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Kramer, Kansas State University; Jeffrey Tucker, Kansas State University; Bret Lanz, Kansas State University; Dale Wunderlich, Kansas State University; Jeffrey Katz, Kansas State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurs and small businesses to improve theircompetitiveness.1. BackgroundThe Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AMI) is a multi-disciplinary center that is part of theKansas State University College of Engineering. It is both a Kansas Technology EnterpriseCorporation (KTEC) Center of Excellence and a U.S. Economic Development AdministrationUniversity Center. Its mission is to advance technologies, people, and companies throughcollaborative engineering and business partnerships. Page 12.566.2In 1995, AMI established an operation to enhance the education of engineering students that waspatterned after teaching hospitals. In our model, AMI employs

Conference Session

Laboratory and Internship Innovations in IT/IS

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaoxi Martin, Western Carolina University; Brant Price, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Robert Adams, Western Carolina University

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Information Systems

. Page 12.30.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Database and User Interface Design for a Remote Accessible Engineering Laboratory Xiaoxi Martin, Brant Price, James Zhang, Duane Dunlap, Robert Adams Kimmel School of Construction Management, Engineering and Technology Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723AbstractIn an effort to further improve learning effectiveness and flexibility for engineering andtechnology students, Kimmel School graduate students are implementing a remotely accessibleengineering laboratory based on previous research results [1], [2]. Designing a remote-accessedengineering laboratory can eliminate the unnecessary need

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Abdul Jalloh, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed Seif, Alabama A&M University; Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

resultsshow that there is significant (over 20%) improvement in the student performance due to thiscontinuous evaluation by the faculty and peers. The Capstone Design course uses theknowledge learned by the students in various academic courses, and trains them how tocomplete a project as an engineer utilizing that knowledge. It also teaches the student to workeffectively in a team, which is one of the top requirements of Best Practices for new B.S.graduate engineers by industry. By preparing the students to be successful engineers, theCapstone Design course improves student retention and will help to increase the percentage ofminority black engineers in future.1. BackgroundAlabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU), a historically black

Conference Session

Engineering in Middle Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Christine Floyd, Brownsburg East Middle School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

intypical problems through K-12 with a variety of acceptable solutions rather than a singlesolution. MEAs are designed to adhere to the following principles5,6,7,8:1. The Model Construction Principle requires activities in which students develop a mathematical model. This principle ensures that students experience the design of a product or process using existing knowledge and concepts.2. The Reality Principle requires the problem be presented in a context based in reality to allow the learners to relate their development to a real life issue. The solution generated must also be a realistic, feasible solution.3. The Self-Assessment Principle requires that the students or student teams be able to assess their

Conference Session

Using Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland

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Educational Research and Methods

modifications in the software, itsimplementation, and teaching and assessment practices.IntroductionForty years ago, in the UK, the average lecture audience size was 19 1, while the averagediscussion group size was just four 2. By contrast, present-day University course sizes of twohundred or more are routine. Funding has not increased sufficiently to match this increase instudent numbers 3, 4. Consequently there has been a significant increase in instructorworkload, one that threatens the quality of education.Assessment takes an increasing percentage of instructor resources as course sizes grow. It hasbeen suggested 5 that for courses of more than 100 students, preparing and marking just thefinal examination requires more instructor time than all

Conference Session

IE Program Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Potter, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Frank Peters, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

engineering programs have been required to document assessment ofoutcome items a-k as defined by ABET.1 Some of these outcome items can be classified as‘hard’ skills, such as (c) [an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desiredneeds within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical,health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability]. The evaluation and assessment of‘hard’ skills is generally considered to be significantly easier than that of ‘soft’ skills andabilities, such as (h) [The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineeringsolutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context]. Without good assessmentmethods, determining if improvements have

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Kramer, Kansas State University; Todd Easton, Kansas State University

thisprogram for both the department and the students.1. BackgroundThe Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) department at Kansas StateUniversity (K-State) offers a B.S. in Industrial Engineering, M.S. in Industrial Engineering, M.S.in Operations Research, Master of Engineering Management, and a Ph.D. in IndustrialEngineering. Over the past five years, the program annually graduated 26 B.S., nine Master’s,and two Ph.D. students each year (averages). There are ten members of the K-State graduatefaculty in the department who typically teach four courses each year. The undergraduate degreeis ABET accredited and the university is accredited by the North Central Association of Collegesand Schools of the Higher Learning Commission.2

Conference Session

Digital and Embedded System Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas-Tyler; Nikhil Satyala, University of Texas-Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

MachineManager’ (VMM) or ‘hypervisor’ that takes complete control of the machine’s hardware. AVMM (Figure 1) is a layer of software between the physical system’s hardware and the operatingsystem. It is primarily used to emulate the hardware resources of the machine. VMMs build onthe lower level hardware platform and provide an interface to the higher-level software.4 TheVMM adds functionality below the existing operating system and application software. A virtualmachine is nothing but an abstraction created by the VMM. There exist a variety of ways inwhich virtualization can be implemented. The basic form is known as ‘full virtualization’. In thisform of virtualization, the hypervisor acts like a fully emulated machine in which a guestoperating system

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Johnson, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Priya Goeser, Armstrong Atlantic State University

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Mechanics

,these problems were modified to utilize computational modeling techniques and presented asprojects to the students in the Computational Modeling course. The students worked in groupsof two on these projects. Page 12.957.4The first problem was taken from the Statics course textbook8. Based on Figure 1, the studentsdeveloped a MATLAB program to study the variation in M0 due to T=120 lbs as the position ofpoint B varies from (0,0,0) to (0,14,0). Figure 2 shows a plot of the variation in the x, y and zcomponents of M0 vs. the y-coordinate of point B. Figure 1. Variation of moment problem taken from Meriam and Kraige8

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricardo Jacquez, New Mexico State University; Veera Gnaneswar Gude, New Mexico State University; Adrian Hanson, New Mexico State University; Michele Auzenne, New Mexico State University; Sarah Williamson, New Mexico State University

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Civil Engineering

1 Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills of Civil Engineering Students Through Collaborative Learning Methods in Supplemental InstructionAbstractSupplemental instruction in civil engineering curriculum has been conducted at NewMexico State University since spring 2003. The SI session is designed to develop criticalthinking skills of the students by applying collaborative learning methods. The SI sessionmeets once per week to resolve student’s questions in the topics of domestic water andwastewater treatment. Prior to meeting in the SI session, students submit questions on theengineering and design concepts discussed within the previous week of class. Activelearning in the classroom and self-directed learning outside of class

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford

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Computers in Education

. Page 12.111.3 • Type 0 – There is no recognizable operating system or structure present. In such systems spin locks are widely used as the synchronization mechanism. • Type 1 – A single context is used to execute a series of functions. This is what Peatman1 and Labrosse7 refer to as a super-loop and Simon8 refers to as Round-Robin. For processors not capable of performing a context switch, this is the highest system type that can be implemented. • Type 2 – A context is created for each task. Only cooperative context switching is performed and a list scheduling policy is used. This is cooperative multitasking. • Type 2x – This is a degenerate case. A non-trivial scheduling policy is used with

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Mariga, Purdue University

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Information Systems

DepartmentThe Computer & Information Technology (CIT) department at Purdue University Page 12.1580.2currently offers two baccalaureate degrees. The first is a B.S. in Information SystemsTechnology (IST) and the second degree offering is a B.S. in Network EngineeringTechnology (NET). Each of these degrees accounts for roughly half of the studentpopulation of the department which is currently at 550 students. Additionally, there areseveral areas of specialization within each degree that allow students to concentrate theirstudies on a specific focus within the information technology field. This breakdown canbe seen below. Figure 1 - CIT

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Burton, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

. Page 12.1395.2An Interactive Teaching StyleWalking about the lecture theatre, posing questions to the students, engaging them in thesubject matter, encouraging their questions and answering them is, in the author’s experience,an integral part of successful freshmen lectures, although this undoubtedly places moredemands on the lecturer. In an article entitled ‘Large Classes versus Small: Does it make aDifference?’1 the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at Penn State University indicatesthat creating a small class atmosphere in a large class setting is critical for success and thatthis is in part fostered by the lecturer moving about the lecture theatre or classroomAlthough PowerPoint slides are very popular and a very valuable teaching

Conference Session

Design for the Environment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dong Young Jang, Seoul National University of Technology; Heewon Lee, Seoul National University of Technology; Sitae Won, Seoul National University of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

results from the capstone design education of SeoulNational University of Technology and its effects on design education in Korea.1. IntroductionMechanical system design is a process of devising parameters and working conditions thatare needed in developing and manufacturing of a planned product. Being a comprehensiveprocess in product development, it is a major factor in determining the competitiveness of aproduct. For this reason, design should not be considered as a method of imitating of pastproducts and accumulating of the data, but as a database warehouse which creativelyintegrates all major areas of manufacturing know-hows in the product developing process.Design today includes not only the functional design, but also sensitive design

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention and Diversity in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Kansaku, Oregon Institute of Technology; Linda Kehr, Klamath County School District; Catherine Lanier, Oregon NASA Space Grant Consortium

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Engineering Technology

Camera Payloads Position Reporting Module(a) (b)Figure 1. (a) BalloonSat vehicle stack (b) Typical student payloadsThe recurring cost of a launch includes the costs of the balloon and the helium. The dollaramount is typically $60 for a 1000 gram latex balloon and $130 for the helium. So, a BalloonSat Page 12.1301.3launch can be performed for under $200. (There are hidden costs such as transportationexpenses.) The non-recurring costs are vested in the LaunchOIT program. (This is typically onthe order of $900-$1,000, not including the balloon. In addition, tracking

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Scott, The Petroleum Institute; Jamal Ahmad, The Petroleum Institute

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International

solvingcommunity and global engineering problems.The following outcomes, along with their relationship to ABET criteria, are listed below.At the end of STEPS II students should be able to demonstrate the following:1. Demonstrate competency in oral and written technical communication (g).2. Demonstrate understanding of the principles of project management (d).3. Demonstrate effective teamwork (d).4. Demonstrate ability to gather, analyze, and interpret data. (b)5. Apply engineering design process to solve an open ended project (b,c,e).6. Apply appropriate engineering practices to solve engineering problems (a,c)7. Demonstrate competency in graphics applications (k).8. Demonstrate awareness of professional ethics and codes of conduct (f)9

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

objectives. Also, great variation exists in thecorrelation between student performance on traditional problem solving exercises and studentability to master the course objectives. This work summarizes project results and studentperformance over eight years of course offerings.IntroductionAt Cal Poly, the majority of courses in electrical and computer engineering have laboratorycomponents to provide active learning opportunities and teach practical skills. Instructorsincreasingly use active and collaborative learning techniques to enhance the learning value oflecture sessions.1 This work seeks to augment active and collaborative learning to help studentslearn key electronics and integrated circuits concepts more deeply, namely, by finding a betterway