Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Huettel, Duke University; Kip Coonley, Duke University; Michael Gustafson, Duke University; Jungsang Kim, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University; Leslie Collins, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

experience culminates in a five-week Integrated Design Challenge(IDC). To successfully complete the IDC, students have to go beyond the knowledge developedin previous weekly laboratory activities, assimilating new knowledge and using new sensors orprocessing data in new ways. The IDC is structured to not only emphasize technicalaccomplishments, but also to promote the development of project management, teamorganization, and communication skills.This paper elaborates on the philosophy behind the design of the laboratory experience, describesspecific laboratory activities (including the IDC), and provides an assessment of the course basedon data from several semesters. These data indicate that the more integrative, design-oriented,sensor-based

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hartman, Lehigh University; Gregory Tonkay, Lehigh University

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Industrial Engineering

partnered with the “management engineering” department of a large,local health care system. The department will sponsor unpaid internships and guide studentsthrough a semester long project. While this still requires faculty oversight, the workload for thefaculty member is clearly not the same as a typical lecture course or in-house project course.Furthermore, this valuable experience will clearly provide an edge to a student interested inworking in the health care field.ConclusionsThe field of industrial engineering caters to many occupational sectors, including manufacturing,logistics, health care, and finance. While the basic tools for solving problems in these realms arethe same, learning about specific applications in each area may be

Conference Session

The Critical First Year in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Lindsley, Arizona State University; Veronica Burrows, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

online interactive text. Since this chapter dealt with making decisions on a ‘timed process’, itrequired the use of charts (such as a Gantt chart) or graphs (for example, a bar graph) to look atthe process with respect to time. The students had spent time on these methods, both in aclassroom lecture and as part of their final project; however, they did learn things from thischapter that they had not previously considered. Some student comments on their learningincluded: “Throughout this whole chapter I have learned many valuable lessons. Firstly I have learned as to how we approach a specific problem. This chapter has taught me all the key concepts we need to keep in or mind while solving a problem. This chapter also

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manuel Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Ana Nieves, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Cristina Pomales-Garcia, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Nayda Santiago Santiago, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; José Vega, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Vilma Lopez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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Educational Research and Methods

the program top high schools students from all over theisland.Engineering programs at the UPRM are five years long. In the CE program, the first two yearsare primarily devoted to mathematics, science, humanities, Spanish, English, and economycourses. In years three and four, the basis of CE is built with core courses in the areas ofsoftware, hardware, and communications. In the fifth year, students take mostly technicalelective courses. The program is structured to fulfill both breadth and depth of knowledge andconcludes in the fifth year with a major design experience through a capstone course identifiedas the “Design Project in Computer Engineering”.The particular academic setting where participating students were chosen included four

Conference Session

Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Uchechukwu Abanulo; Ananth Iyer; John Helferty, College of Engineering, Temple University; Joseph Fischgrund, The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

taught for about a decade tofreshmen at the Temple University college of Engineering. The objectives of this project range fromeliminating existing boundaries of engineering education to increasing the anticipation of successamongst the physically impaired. A prior breakthrough in the extension of engineering educationbeyond assumed “limits” was achieved when a young man who was both sight and hearing impairedearned a bachelors degree with honors from the Electrical Engineering department at TempleUniversity. Since then, several outreach programs have been run to increase engineering awarenessin the community, and this project was carried out with the same perspective in mind. In this paper,an overview of the idea of engineering education for

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Dale Bremmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-delivered “window” on digital resources for Indiana middle school teachers of science,mathematics, (pre)-engineering, and technology (STEM). The project is hosted at Rose-HulmanInstitute of Technology. Opened in September 2003, with funding from the Lilly Endowment[27], PRISM (Portal Resources for Indiana Science and Mathematics) was recently selected byT.H.E. (Journal of Technology Horizons in Education) as one of the top 15 educationalinnovators for K-12 in the nation.Clearly we are not alone in using the concept of an Internet portal to provide resources forteachers. Simultaneous with PRISM’s development over the last three years, other collections(many of them highly eclectic and predominately text-based) have appeared, and several havegarnered

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leyla Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

interdisciplinary research project. Detaileddescriptions of research projects conducted by the STEP-UP teachers last summer (typical ofthose from previous years) are given below. On the last day of the program the participantspresent their research projects orally to an audience of faculty and graduate student mentors, andschool system science coordinators.Determination of pre/post process surface roughness and comparison with copper film adhesionon multiple polymer substrates: Development of System-On-Package (SOP) technology dependson the use of thin film layers that serve the functions of multiple components embedded in asingle chip. Adhesion between layers depends on a mixture of mechanical and chemicalmechanisms. This project analyzed the roughening

Conference Session

Issues of Diversity

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fonda Swimmer, Northern Arizona University; Karen Jarratt-Ziemski, Ft. Lewis College

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Women in Engineering

left out. Program content also varied, with someprograms focusing on activities such as job shadowing of professionals while others concentratedmore on hands-on project based learning. Page 12.956.11The goals for NAU’s STEP UP Engineering Camp were to stimulate and nurture interest in S &E careers through hands-on activities, providing multiple points of interaction with femaleengineering professionals who would be strong role models for participants, and allowingparticipants to get a glimpse of college life. Additionally, as Northern Arizona University islocated in Flagstaff, Arizona, adjacent to a number of Native American communities and

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Steven Thomas, Lockheed Martin Corporation

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Women in Engineering

the positive aspects included:Teamwork oriented; results driven culture; and high accountability.This study examined both the positive and negative roles that workplace environment and cultureplay in the career development of women in information technology. The literature has describedthe IT workplace culture as having certain characteristics that are unique to the industry andunique to White male culture. The IT culture has been described as largely white, maledominated, anti-social, individualistic, and competitive. Although many of these workplacecharacteristics were supported by this study, it was the collaborative and teamwork orientedaspect of their workplace environment and working together on projects and building closerelationships

Conference Session

Multimedia Tutorials and Web Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramin Sadeghi, Power & Water University of Technology; Ali Mehrabian, University of Central Florida; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

interaction occurs when the student has an opportunity to interactwith other student and/or moderators (leaders). Person-to-computer is preprogrammed interaction that occurs between student and asoftware program. Examples include web forms; on-line course outlines/notes; and on-linequizzes. The student interacts with a computer program and receives feedback from a computer.The student may or may not receive periodic feedback from a teacher. At this point, theinteraction moves beyond preprogrammed interaction. Person-to-person interaction bringsfamiliar features of the classroom to the Internet. Examples include conferences, chats, andonline group projects. Key features of person-to-person interaction are: 1. The users (students) interact

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy Thatcher, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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Environmental Engineering

with colleagues, the most commonly cited concern hasbeen that time devoted to active and cooperative learning will reduce the amount of material thatcan be covered in class. Since this type of introductory course typically has a large number oftopics that need to be covered, it can be difficult to see how “additional” activities can beincorporated. However, it has not been our experience that this concern is a significant issue.The time required for the activities was balanced by increased comprehension, less time neededfor repetition of ideas, better attentiveness during lecture periods, and an increase in preparationrequirements for students before lectures.This paper discusses a project which developed and implemented a series of active

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Sullivan, The College of New Jersey; Stephen O'Brien, The College of New Jersey

(FVC).[1] The FIRST Vex Challenge is modeled after the FRC but has greatlyreduced the cost and capital investment of the program by reducing the size of the robotand limiting its construction to a specified set of standardized components.This author has used the Vex design system[2] as a teaching tool within the TechnologyEducation/Pre-engineering teacher education program of The College of New Jersey.Through a series of projects the students are required to apply a consistent methodologywith regards to the design process. The Vex system allows for rapid prototyping andtesting of ideas as the students work up possible design approaches.The paper examines the students’ perception of the design process as both an abstractconcept and as a tool to

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Robert Houghtalen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, existing assignments did not produceexplicit evidence of achievement of the outcome. For example, one of our outcomes is “Anability to work effectively on teams”. One of the criteria under that outcome is “shareresponsibilities and duties”. If a team of students works together all term on a project, you cantell by the content of the report that the team must have shared responsibilities in order toaccomplish the work. However, the report itself is not explicit evidence that the team membersshared responsibilities and duties. Therefore, that submission of the report by the students wouldfail because the report itself was not direct evidence of sharing responsibilities and duties.The faculty discussed two options to make the data better reflect

Conference Session

Service Learning Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Maller, Purdue University; Tao Hong, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; Paul McDermott, University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-2677: NORMATIVE TYPOLOGIES OF EPICS STUDENTS ON ABET ECCRITERION 3: A MULTISTAGE CLUSTER ANALYSISSusan Maller, Purdue UniversityTao Hong, Purdue UniversityWilliam Oakes, Purdue UniversityCarla Zoltowski, Purdue UniversityPaul McDermott, University of Pennsylvania Page 12.1110.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Normative Typologies of EPICS Students on ABET EC Criterion 3: A Multistage Cluster Analysis Abstract Using state-of-the-art profile/cluster analysis technique, this study aimed to derivenormative profiles of the students in the Engineering Projects in Community Service(EPICS

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Manufacturing

AC 2007-2822: LAMPSHADE GAME FOR TEACHING LEAN MANUFACTURINGErtunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Ertunga C. Ozelkan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management and the Associate Director of the Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Before joining academia, Dr. Ozelkan worked for i2 Technologies, a leading supply chain software vendor in the capacity of a Customer Service and Global Curriculum Manager and a Consultant. He also worked as a project manager and a consultant for Tefen Consulting in the area of productivity improvement for Hitech firms. Dr. Ozelkan holds a Ph.D. degree in Systems and

Conference Session

Engineering in Middle Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Richards, University of Virginia; Christine Schnittka, University of Virginia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

offerings of the course, over 170fourth year students have participated in developing engineering teaching kits. Graduatestudents from the Curry School of Education and undergraduates from other engineeringdepartments (Civil, Biomedical, and Electrical) also participate under a separate coursenumber (ENGR 591/592). These courses are now being offered for the sixth time; 35 newstudents are enrolled and six ETK teams have developed their lesson plans. They are now(Spring 2007) testing their ETKs in local middle schools.At the start of each new academic year, we review all the existing ETKs and analyze whysome succeeded and others did not. We work through a few ETKs as a class. Studentshave the option of improving on prior projects, or developing new

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Williams, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Butera, Georgia Institute of Technology; Selcuk Uluagac, Georgia Institute of Technology; Matthew Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology; Andy Deck, National Instruments; Michael Torba, National Instruments; Steven Trahan, National Instruments

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

design projects.2,5 In our background investigation weidentified 23 universities and colleges using LEGO robotics, from both the US and the rest of theworld, with 11 of them offering freshmen-level courses.Thus, in choosing to base our course on LEGO robotics, we had several examples from which todraw. However, at least two facets of our course are unique. First, we chose to use the newLEGO MINDSTORMS NXT system, the newest generation of LEGO robotics. Second, GeorgiaTech faculty members received significant help in developing this course from engineers whohelped to design the NXT kit and its LabVIEW-based graphical programming environment. Page

Conference Session

Advice from the Experts for NEEs at Small Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Diane Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2007-606: PERSPECTIVES FROM NEW FACULTY IN A NON-TRADITIONALENGINEERING SETTINGClaude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University CLAUDE VILLIERS is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Materials and Construction from the University of Florida in 2004. Previously Dr. Villiers was an Assistant Professor at The City College of New York. Prior to this position, he was employed by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) as a research engineer. Dr. Villiers also was employed by The University of Florida and worked on several projects sponsored by the FDOT and the Federal

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Tarek Abdel-Salam; Mohammed Faruqi, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

for maintaining a datalog book and the group was responsible for the formal reports. Each experiment waswritten in data ledgers (composition book) kept by each individual in the lab. Thelogbook was filled out as the experiment was conducted. Each experiment was reportedin the following order; • Title of experiment • Objective of experiment • Date performed • Members in group Page 12.981.7 • Projected procedure • Equipment used • Data and tables • Observations made during experimentsThe formal reports were broken down into four sections. Each person in the group wasresponsible for

Conference Session

Technology in the Physics Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitat Berlin; Thomas Richter, Technische Universitat Berlin; Harald Scheel, Technische Universitat Berlin; Christian Thomsen

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

virtual knowledge spaces, and on the design of intelligent data analysis and validation schemes.Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitat Berlin Olivier Pfeiffer received his M.Sc. in Mathematics at the Berlin University of Technology in 2002. His thesis in numerical mathematics investigated “Error Control using Adaptive Methods for Elliptic Control Problems in Matlab”. He has been working in several eLearning projects at the Berlin University of Technology, beginning as a student assistant in the Mumie project - a platform using new pedagogical concepts to support teaching of mathematics for mathematicians, engineers and natural scientists - at the Berlin University of Technology in

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Hsiung, Old Dominion University; John Hackworth, Old Dominion University; Richard Jones, Old Dominion University; June Ritchie, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

-onexperience that educates students with real experimental approach projects and lab exercises.2The wide availability of the internet and computers makes the delivery of educational materialsbeyond the limits of the traditional classroom teaching format easily available to a large pool ofnon traditional students.Distance learning is a curriculum delivery technique that has been widely implemented for manyyears to meet the increasing demands of those students who are not able to attend conventionalon-campus classroom or laboratory courses. Most distance learning courses focus on web basedstatic material presentation and "question & answer" format. 3,4 Other distance learningimplementations contain software simulations and virtual laboratories. 5

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Bradley Jenkins, St. Petersburg College

Florida.Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College ERIC A. ROE is the Director of FL-ATE, an NSF Regional Center of Excellence in Manufacturing Education. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Florida (USF). During his time at USF, he has researched fluidized bed drying, been a consultant to the Citrus Industry, worked on Florida Department of Citrus research projects, and the High School Technology Initiative - funded by NSF. Prior to USF, he was employed as a technologist in Research and Development at Tropicana Products, Inc. with process and product development responsibilities. His research interests are food engineering, fluidized bed drying

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David LaGraffe, Air Force Institute of Technology; James Petrosky, Air Force Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the nearly 100 PSM degreeprograms. The Council of Graduate Schools is addressing this variation and is currentlydeveloping a template for PSM programs. 9 PSM programs are currently offered by manypremier institutions such as Stanford, Case Western, Rice, Michigan State and BostonUniversity. Although each PSM program is individually designed to meet specific goals, thecommon themes are: ‚ An inter- or multi-disciplinary nature to course work. ‚ Certificates, within or in addition, are a common element ‚ Allows “focusing” or “specialization” within latter portions of program ‚ Uses a “cohort” model for students to develop teamwork ‚ The use of case studies and group projects ‚ A few are “entrepreneurial” in

Conference Session

Issues of Diversity

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Mariga, Purdue University; Alka Harriger, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Science Foundation's recent publication describing211 projects designed to attract and retain women and girls in science, engineering, andtechnology-related disciplines. More than more $90 million has been poured into these projects,and still the numbers of women are declining.6Male/female attitudes toward science and technology begin to diverge as early as elementary andmiddle school and continue into high school. It is during this period that girls develop anunderstanding of what social roles are appropriate for them.7 They have reservations about the Page 12.68.2seemingly male “computer culture” as they watch boys utilizing computers for

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Shawn Addington, Virginia Military Institute; Wilbur Dale, Virginia Military Institute; Isaac Putnam, Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-1139: ELECTRONS, HOLES, AND THE HALL EFFECTJ. Shawn Addington, Virginia Military Institute J. Shawn Addington is the Jamison-Payne Institute Professor and Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Virginia Military Institute. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He teaches courses, laboratories, and undergraduate research projects in the microelectronics and semiconductor fabrication areas; and, he remains active in curriculum development and engineering assessment. He is a registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is a member of ASEE

Conference Session

Innovative Instruction Strategies in Calculus

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elton Graves, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

also intended to helpstudents who received a “U” on the homework assignment to see the problems theymissed done correctly.Special ProjectsIn addition to their regular homework students are given four group projects during thecourse. These projects are to be done by groups of from three to five students withoutany aid from the counselors, the faculty, or members outside their group. The groupprojects are graded on the same scale as the homework problems. If a group gets a U onthe project, they must fix their mistakes and resubmit the project.TestingDuring the course students are given a test each Friday, after the problem session. One of Page

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Bell, University of Illinois-Chicago; Thomas Moher, University of Illinois-Chicago

alternative, in whichcomponents are designed to fall into place by themselves, under the influence of attractive andrepulsive forces, ( generally hydrodynamics and/or some geometrical configurations. ) One Page 12.56.2example of this is the pixels on a common LCD computer screen. This latter application is animportant bridge in this project, providing a crucial connection between macroscopic,microscopic, and nanoscopic environments.Learning ProgressionIt has been found that students often have difficulty learning new material if they do not haveany pre-existing frame of reference upon which to relate the new content 1. Diving straight intototally new

Conference Session

Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Welker, Villanova University; Lance Kenney, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

independentproject based on their experience of Irish history and culture. The resident director guidesstudents through these independent projects and evaluates them at the end of the semester for aVillanova grade. Students also enroll in a full-time course load at NUI, Galway and are able tovolunteer at various community organizations there to more fully immerse themselves into theIrish environment. With a Villanova faculty member onsite, students facing any academic or Page 12.1327.4other challenges can immediately consult with the resident director to quickly and effectivelyaddress the issue.Villanova also offers a semester-long study abroad opportunity

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Tuesday Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Marc Lockard, Lockard and White, Inc

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

the Electronics and Telecommunications Programs. He received the BS degree in electrical engineering (1987), the MS degree in physics (1989), and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering (1993) from Texas A&M University.Marc Lockard, Lockard and White, Inc MARC LOCKARD is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Lockard and White, Inc. in Houston, TX. Lockard and White is a telecommunications project management and engineering firm with over 25 years of experience in providing telcommunications solutions for the utilities, petrochemical and railroad industries. Page 12.1424.1© American Society

Conference Session

Laboratory and Internship Innovations in IT/IS

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bailey, Brigham Young University; Michael Moore, Brigham Young University; Joseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

imaging systems, this approachrequires no additional capital hardware or administration load on the department, and alsodoesn’t require download latency before beginning to work on an assignment. Finally, portabledrives allow students to learn through completely administering their own systems, unlikeoperating system-level virtual servers.ObjectivesGoing in to this project, there were several development objectives that we strove to meet. Theseobjectives were determined by the associated web development course, but the researchperformed has a much broader applicability. Page 12.878.3One of the most challenging aspects of developing a software