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Global Engineering Education Initiatives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren Alexander, IAESTE United States; Cheryl Matherly, University of Tulsa; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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International

founding editor of ASEE’s Advances in Engineering Education and served as a Senior Associate Editor and an Editorial Review Board member for the Journal of Engineering Education. He has been principle or co-principle investigator on over twenty-five sponsored research projects from the National Science Foundation, the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE), Health and Human Services and the Department of Transportation. He was the Academic Dean for the Spring 2002 “Semester at Sea” voyage and is an ASEE Fellow. Page 13.795.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008

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Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer - II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jesse Huguet, University of Alabama; Keith Woodbury, University of Alabama; Robert Taylor, University of Alabama

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Mechanical Engineering

Page 13.431.10temperature ranges were written and tested. The values for the properties, specifically h, s, andv, were compared to the table values and were found to be within the relative error required bythe project. Therefore, the use of the polynomials at the lower temperatures was justified. Thereason for not using the Sonntag et al.4 equations alone will be explained when specific enthalpyis considered.In addition to specific heat, specific enthalpy, specific entropy, and specific internal energy arerequired to successfully duplicate the tables. From Cengel and Boles3 we know that specificenthalpy is the integral of specific heat or in the case of the temperature dependent: 決 潔

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Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Djafar Mynbaev, New York City College of Technology; Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology; Roman Kezerashvili, New York City College of Technology; Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology

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Engineering Technology

of the problems in engineering technology education is that the students do not correlateclosely engineering and science subjects and do not always transfer the knowledge they acquiredin physics and mathematics to their engineering-technology classes. This problem is addressedin our project by developing a close relationship among faculty teaching engineering-technologycourses and those teaching physics and mathematics. The goal of our approach is to providestudents with the ability to transfer readily the material studied in physics and mathematics to theengineering-technology courses. Simultaneously, an engineering-technology student studyingphysics and mathematics will have access to applications in the engineering-technology field.A two

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Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Michael Khoo, University of Southern California; Ellis Meng, University of Southern California; Joseph Cocozza, University of Southern California

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

program and experiencing a sense ofaccomplishment, which contributes to their science teaching efficacy.All BMERET projects were designed to demonstrate basic science knowledge,engineering principles and technology innovations for and with the teachers. TheBMERET teachers have been able to take what they learned and experienced in theirBME laboratory and make connections too specific grade-level standards in the life andphysical sciences. Emphasis was placed on the broader context of the BMERETparticipant’s project and its contribution to society. This ensured that the teacher’s newfound knowledge was translated into relevant classroom activities for their students.As an example, in addition to specific grade level standards, the investigative

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Engineering Accreditation Around the World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Gisela Coto Quintana; Jaime Salazar, Ibero-American Association of Engineering Education (ASIBEI); Jorge Ignacio Velez Munera, Universidad Sergio Arboleda, ACOFI

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International

Head of the Accreditation Taskforce of LACCEI. She also represents the SINAES in the technical committee for the development of procedures and criteria for the accreditation of Engineering degrees and has experience in researching on Accreditation for higher education in engineering degrees. She has also developed professional activities in project management for environmental and renewable energy sources projects, and she participated in implementation processes for system integration (quality, environment and occupational risks).Jaime Salazar Contreras, Ibero-American Association of Engineering Education (ASIBEI) Jaime Salazar Contreras is Executive Secretary of ASIBEI (the

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Re-Imagining the Higher Ed Classroom -- Tablet PCs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dewey Spangler, Virginia Western Community College; Kimberly Filer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Computers in Education

AC 2008-547: IMPLEMENTATION OF TABLET PC TECHNOLOGY IN ME 2024 -ENGINEERING DESIGN AND ECONOMICS AT VIRGINIA TECHDewey Spangler, Virginia Western Community College Dewey Spangler is an instructor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. Mr. Spangler holds an M.S. in Civil Engineering and a P.E. license in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He has served as faculty advisor to over two hundred mechanical engineering sophomores in the area of product design and has taught over the last nine years in the areas of physics, engineering mechanics, object oriented programming, geographical information systems, engineering economics, project management, product design, and contract law. His

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Impacts of Public Policy on Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Engineering and Public Policy

that the full panoply ofinstitution types merit NSF support with attention given not only to their research productivity,but their actual or potential contribution to the national science and engineering workforce.One strategy NSF has employed to make progress toward its goal of reaching “all sources” hasbeen the requirement of each individual who applies for an NSF grant to address a BroaderImpacts Criterion in their proposal’s project summary. Inspired by a 2004 report by theCommittee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE) that encouraged NSFto both improve its methods of holding grantees accountable for their actions related to thebroader impacts criterion and provide guidelines for the Principal Investigators (PIs) to

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STEM Pipeline: Pre-College to Post-Baccalaureate

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland

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Educational Research and Methods

decrease in the size of thewell-prepared school-leaver pool. For growth in graduate numbers to occur, it is recognizedthat a more diverse, potentially less-well-prepared student cohort will challenge engineeringeducators to respond effectively via curriculum, assessment and teaching methods to optimizesuccess and retention at first year.A preliminary evaluation of the first (2007) cycle of a two-cycle action-research project ispresented in this paper. This project aims to identify the level of preparedness the studentcohort brings to a year-one course in Electrical and Digital Systems, to determine key factorsthat lead to success in this course, to measure the effectiveness of remedial and supportmechanisms, and to audit the content and assessment

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Engineering for Nonengineers: Ideas & Results

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vince Bertsch, Santa Rosa Junior College

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

product or system, identify major functional components and trace the flow and/or conservation of energy, material and information.3. Employ systematic data collection methods to collect accurate measurements in a laboratory setting.4. Apply the fundamental principles of the scientific method and the engineering design process to the development and implementation of lab experiments and small design projects.5. Apply computer tools, standard report formats, and oral reporting methods to compile, graphically represent, and deliver experiment data and results as well as to document a design or construction process.6. Construct small design projects by applying basic scientific principles and engineering design processes.7. Compare and

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Fluid Mechanics Experiments and Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Calvin Hsieh, Portland State University; Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

in a Fluid Science Laboratory ClassAbstractTwo inquiry-based laboratory exercises are incorporated into a laboratory section of a fluidmechanics class for third year Civil Engineering and Mechanical engineering students. Thelaboratory section also involves four other conventional laboratory exercises. The inquiry-basedexercises are designed to confront student misconceptions and to develop the ability of studentsto use qualitative reasoning. Student learning gains and changes in attitude were assessed for 73of the 119 students in the class who volunteered to participate in the research project. The studygroup completed background surveys and surveys on attitudinal change during the academicterm in which the laboratory exercises were

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Course-Based Approaches to Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

core competencies of creativity through in-class activities and games, as well as assignedwork. In addition, the students study and implement various methodologies of creative problemsolving through various problems and product development assignments. Teamwork isemphasized and each student is given at least two opportunities to act as a team leader during aproblem solving or product development project. All students’ leadership skills are both self-assessed and assessed by each team member.On the first day of the course, the students were surveyed on their general perceptions ofcreativity, problem solving, teamwork , leadership, the role of creativity in engineering, and theirpersonal view on their own creativity. After the course, the same

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Inter- and Multidisciplinary Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Lakeou, University of the District of Columbia; Esther Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Fatou Mbengue, University of the District of Columbia; Bodjona Coboyo, University of the District of Columbia; Abdulaziz SIrag, University of the District of Columbia; Ben Latigo, University of the District of Columbia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

should be highly encouraged at the earliestlevel in engineering curricula. Solar energy is a major source of alternative energy and ispoised to reach more than 160 GW in the US by 2025. The scarcity of courses dedicatedsolely to renewable energy and particularly to solar energy in most undergraduatecurricula will weigh negatively on the preparation of undergraduate engineering andscience students to tackle the expected renewable energy boom in the 21st century. Theundergraduate research project started in the department of electrical engineering at UDCis intended to fill this gap. A thorough understanding of the solar cell theory as well as agood understanding of the ongoing worldwide research on solar cells will lay a goodground for meaningful

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aly Tawfik, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Richard Goff, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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New Engineering Educators

projected to students’ satisfaction.In addition, the two measures are different from one another. This means that if the two measureswere to be compared to one another, with the objective of following a time-series sort of a trend,this will be of no practical meaning. The authors would have liked to investigate the trend ofstudents’ satisfaction throughout the semester, the same way the test scores were investigatedearlier. However, this is not possible with the available data. The authors have communicatedthis concern to the Department of Engineering Education, and new evaluations forms arecurrently being developed for this semester. Hence, the mentioned trend analysis will be possiblein future similar publications.Comparing students’ satisfaction

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nabil Lehlou, University of Arkansas; Nebil Buyurgan, University of Arkansas; Justin Chimka, University of Arkansas

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Computers in Education

devices are wrapped by EiAinterpreters, one software interface is enough to control them all.RFID Laboratory DevelopmentUntil at least a small portion of EiA is implemented and tested, it stays only a theory. We thuslydecide to test our concept in an application that is useful to the engineering world because we aremore likely to obtain support. In fact, we found interested students who want to work with us aswell as obtained funding from the NSF CCLI program. Our chosen project is developing alaboratory learning environment and the selected technology is RFID. RFID TechnologyRadio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a data collection technology that utilizes a wireless

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Engineering Student Involvement in K12 Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Althea Smith, North Carolina State University; Kate Caldwell, North Carolina State University; Jessica McCoy, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University in the summer of 2007. She was an NSF-GE Foundation RAMP-UP graduate fellow during the 2006-2007 academic year.Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State UniversityElizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University Elizabeth Parry received her B.S. in Engineering Management-Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1983. After working for IBM for 10 years, Mrs. Parry left to raise her children and start a science education business. Since 1999, she has directed two major grant programs for the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University. Currently, she is the engineering project director for RAMP-UP

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Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Liberal Education

glance at the professionals outside of engineering who do make good use of portfolios isuseful. These groups include such professional groups as Educators/Teachers, Consultants,Artists (and related areas), Entrepreneurs, Writers, and Communicators. In addition, numerousbusinesses have found that a portfolio of past projects for future clients is a useful contribution tocredibility. A web search on “portfolios” is useful as is a review of most Education departments,which usually require a teaching portfolio as part of the process of “teaching teachers.”Several warnings are relevant for professional portfolios – and these warnings are based onactual examples. A professional portfolio is NOT a scrapbook. The same level ofprofessionalism and best

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sherri Frizell, Prairie View A&M University; Felecia Nave, Prairie View A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

, the Department of Labor projects Information Technology(IT) job growth will exceed IT degree production for the current decade3.Current recruitment and retention efforts in STEM fields, particularly engineering andtechnology, must be examined with regard to their effectiveness on specific student populationsso that successful strategies can be expanded and replicated. A number of strategies have beenemployed to recruit and retain females and minorities in engineering and technology degreeprograms including innovative classroom pedagogies aimed at making course content andcurricula more attractive to students, summer bridge programs, mentoring programs, tutoringprograms, and scholarships. An examination of the current body of engineering

Conference Session

Metrology Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Sugg, Navy; John Fishell, STEP

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

ScientificInvestigation.STEP 3 Conference (November 1 and 2, 2002):The conference was expanded to a two day format allowing for up to 4,000 3rd to 8th gradestudents and their teachers to attend. The science show and expo remained a staple. Costs andtransportation for students and teachers and their schools were, and continue to be, borne bySTEP. The luncheon remained focused on partnering and support efforts. The luncheon keynote(and 3rd STEP Awardee) was Arnold Schwarzenegger. STEP financial support and communityinterest and support expanded greatly. The first teacher education segment was provided on aSaturday morning to train teachers in science and math and to provide tools and projects forteachers to take back to their classrooms. Continuing education units were

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Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Felecia Nave, Prairie View A&M University; Michael Gyamerah, Prairie View A&M University; Irvin Osborne-Lee, Prairie View A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

2 2 1 1 -Finally, in 2006, the department was awarded the NSF Targeted Infusion Project to establish abioengineering concentration within the department. This grant provided the last integral piece inproviding the department of funding it needed in order to move forward. One component of thegrant focused on purchase of laboratory equipment and re-design of undergraduate chemicalengineering lab 1.Curriculum DevelopmentThe current Chemical Engineering curriculum is designed to prepare engineers who are wellqualified to design and operate chemical processes. The undergraduate baccalaureate degreerequires that students complete 138 hours, of which 20 hours of chemistry and 42 hours ofchemical engineering specific courses

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Curriculum Development and Applications

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hussein Abaza, Southern Polytechnic State University; Javier Irizarry, SPSU; Zuhair Itr, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

. The students’ response to this teaching method wasoutstanding, and the score of the Students’ Opinion of Instructors’ Survey (SOIS) for this coursewas the highest at the university level.IntroductionComputer Aided Design has become an integral part of any construction project. Traditionalpaper blueprints are quickly becoming too primitive to meet the needs of the current buildingindustry. Architects now share CAD drawings to expedite the design development and reviewcycles in order to increase construction productivity. In addition, researchers suggest that usingCAD increases the students’ creativity and problem solving [3].Familiarity with the development and exchange of CAD drawings is now a necessary skill inmost engineering fields in

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Innovations in Manufacturing Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

provided on the instructor’s resources compact disk (IRCD) for Callister’s textbook were shown and discussed. • Accessing the Internet to obtain freely-available materials information and simulation programs; e.g., MATTER project in UK (www.matter.org.uk). The web site contains information, property data, application notes, on-line experiments, and case studies on a number of industrially-significant aluminum and ferrous alloys. The students were asked to explore this website and subsequently take a quiz (also available on the same website) during one of the laboratory sessions. • Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing at Stanford University: How Everyday Things Are Made? (http

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Campbell, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc; Eann Patterson, Michigan State University; Ilene Busch-Vishniac, McMaster University; Tom Kibler, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc

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Mechanical Engineering

, England where he was also Director of Teaching and Learning for Engineering and later Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Currently, he is Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University.Ilene Busch-Vishniac, McMaster University Ilene Busch-Vishniac is the Provost and Vice President (Academic) of McMaster University, the institution credited with the creation of problem-based learning. She has led a project to revamp the curriculum in mechanical engineering programs in order to attract and retain a more diverse community of students while maintaining or enhancing technical rigor. In addition, Dr. Busch-Vishniac is known for her work in acoustics

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Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Arnold, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aman Yadav, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gregory Shaver, Purdue University; Eric Nauman, Purdue University

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Mechanical Engineering

Program at Purdue University. In addition to his PhD in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology, Dr. Yadav also has Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering. Dr. Yadav has undertaken both quantitative and qualitative research projects and has a strong familiarity with both types of analyses. His research includes the use of case-based instruction in STEM disciplines.Gregory Shaver, Purdue University Greg Shaver is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He is also a graduate of Purdue University's School of Mechanical Engineering, having obtained a Bachelor's degree with highest distinction. He holds a Masters

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Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Blessing, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Kristen Mekemson, Kern Family Foundation; David Pistrui, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Prior to his academic career, has worked for three Fortune 500 companies and has owned and operated two small businesses.Kristen Mekemson, Kern Family Foundation Kristen Mekemson joined the Kern Family Foundation in April 2007. She works with senior program staff to oversee, monitor, and evaluate grants and projects. She also conducts program research, site visits, and other investigative activities in support of program development, program exploration, and grant making. Kristen received a B.A. in Writing-Intensive English and French and M.A. in British and American Literature from Marquette University. She was on the development staff at Lawrence University for two years. Prior to her

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Innovations in Biological/Agricultural Education-I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ernest Tollner, University of Georgia-Athens

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Biological & Agricultural

pointsof convergence/discharge and they typically do not.SolutionSsegane (2007) was doing watershed assessment work in Africa and project requirements wereto develop an erosion sensitivity map. Although the thrust of the project was to use advancedGIS techniques, we also wanted to develop a quick, back-of-the-envelope approach usingapproaches such as GoogleEarth. He developed a methodology for making area and lengthmeasurements with good success. Elevation measurements were also made. The Google TM EarthPro coordinates were translated using three dimensional (3D) modeling software to generate vectordiagram depicting runoff direction, site contour map, and a three dimensional representation of thewatershed. The vector map was overlaid over the

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Javier Paez Saavedra; Lina Margarita Prada Angarita

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International

summer courses; increasingknowledge of others cultures through exchange programs, lectures, special lectures and othermulti-cultural activities.The Universidad del Norte has a special interest in achieving international accreditation2 withone of the agencies of the US. For this reason it has advanced the respective contacts and theinternal preparation. Particularly in the Engineering College, the strategy of internationalizationgoes back to 1993, when seeking to have international projection, the college looked for theABET accreditation (Substantially equivalent that was offered to the programs of engineeringout of the US) which was achieved in 1996, and it was renewed in 1999. Unfortunately, thetravel warning for Colombia mentioned by the

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Instructional Innovations in AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University; Pallab Dasgupta, Texas A&M University

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Architectural

AC 2008-325: AN ARCHITECTURAL WALKTHROUGH USING 3D GAMEENGINEMohammed Haque, Texas A&M University Dr. Mohammed E. Haque is a professor and holder of the Cecil O. Windsor, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Construction Science at Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas. He has over twenty years of professional experience in analysis, design, and investigation of building, bridges and tunnel structural projects of various city and state governments and private sectors. Dr. Haque is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and members of ASEE, ASCE, and ACI. Dr. Haque received a BSCE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, a MSCE and

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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James A. Ejiwale

performance and virtual performance is still somewhat limited. It is easy to send data by e-mail and other electrical means, but it is harder to send “parts of your heart” and to motivate team members. • Regardless of the specific means of communication used in virtual teams, the use of good, sound, basic project management techniques can provide a means to clarify the objectives, milestones, plans, and progress toward the objective. Virtual teams by their nature involve very little face-to-face time; therefore, fundamental project management techniques can minimize stress and clarify the process in what is already an extremely challenging environment

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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R. Asmatulu; W. Khan; M.B. Yildirim

, nanoparticles, nanofibers, nanofilms, nanotubes, nanocompositesfabrication techniques, and their applications were taught in detail. There were 35 students in thespring 2007 class, most of whom were engineering students. Homework sets involved theevaluation of recently published nanotechnology papers. In the term project, the studentsprepared reports on applications of nanomaterials and devices, such as nanocompositemanufacturing for aircraft industry, nanoelectromechanical systems, microelectromechanicalsystems, and nanotechnology applications for fuel and solar cells.In the second nanotechnology course, which is offered in Fall 2007, the similar topics werecovered at introductory level. There were homeworks, term projects, exams and

Conference Session

At The Institutional Level

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judy Loveless-Morris, University of Washington; Priti Mody-Pan; Robert Embrey, Highline Community College; Kali Kuwada, Seattle Central Community College; Marisela Mendoza, Columbia Basin College; Robert Olsen, Washington State University; Eve Riskin, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

Community College Robert Embrey is the Project Manager for the NW Engineering Talent Expansion Partnership at Highline Community College.Kali Kuwada, Seattle Central Community College Kali Kuwada is a Counselor for engineering at Seattle Central Community College.Marisela Mendoza, Columbia Basin College Marisela Mendoza is the NW Engineering Talent Expansion Site Coordinator at Columbia Basin College.Robert Olsen, Washington State University Dr. Robert Olsen is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Student Services and Boeing Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering within the College of Engineering and Architecture at Washington State University. He is a principal