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Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas at Austin; Elmira Popova, University of Texas; Kendra Foltz-Biegalski, University of Texas; Steven Biegalski, University of Texas at Austin; Michael Krause, University of Texas

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AC 2008-1572: DEVELOPMENT OF A NUCLEAR CERTIFICATE FOR NUCLEARSAFETY, NUCLEAR SECURITY, AND NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTION WITHIN A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTSheldon Landsberger, University of Texas at Austin Dr. Landsberger is Coordinator of the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program and has primarily involved in the determination of heavy metals in environmental samples using nuclear analytical methods. In particular he has developed improved nuclear techniques to better determine the elements of critical importance in identifying regional sources of airborne particles, and characterizing solid waste leaching dynamics. His current research interests include low-level counting of

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Chih-Hao Wu; Kim Troboy; Tracy Cole; Loretta Cochran; David Roach

2of assessment and compares the ratings between sophomore and senior class levels as well as theratings between disciplines.Background Both the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and theAccreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) have added a requirement that anyaccredited program should be composed of learning experiences aimed at the development of“ethical understanding and reasoning abilities”2 (p. 15). Business and engineering schools haveresponded by adding ethics courses and integrating ethics education into existing courses. Inaddition, Schwartz3 reported a widespread call for the need to implement corporate codes ofethics as a result of scandals such as Enron and WorldCom. However, there

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STEM Pipeline: Pre-College to Post-Baccalaureate

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Venetia Dover, Howard University; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Dawn Williams, Howard University; Viara Quinones, Howard University

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Educational Research and Methods

Career Theory to Explore Factors Influencing the Post Baccalaureate Decisions of High Achieving Black Engineering StudentsAbstractThe literature indicates that the representation of minority science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) professionals is significantly disproportionate to minority representation inthe U.S. general population and workforce, thereby impacting the current pool of primarilyWhite male STEM professionals’ ability to meet the rapidly changing demands facing theengineering industry. The need to increase the numbers of science and engineering degreesconferred to ethnic minorities at the baccalaureate level and beyond is evident. This paper sharesdata from the first phase of

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Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harry Franz, University of Houston-Downtown

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

projects by using mnemonics in the Visual Basicsoftware and by using functional blocks in the LabVIEW software. Finally the students use theindustrial software in the lab. The overall object of the virtual lab is to allow the students to bothgain theoretical knowledge and experience the creation of electrical power systems. In the virtuallab the students also gain experience in the use and operation of software used in industry. Page 13.310.3BackgroundThe electrical power systems course EET- 3334 of Engineering Technology department contains“basic principles and applications of electrical power systems, power generation, transmissionand

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Design: Content and Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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,increasing as well as radically different expectations from employers, progressively higherquality of students, evolving technology etc. This factor of continuous evolution is extremelyimportant in the context of this methodology being applied specifically to engineering coursedesign for the sake of this paper. The general field of engineering is highly applied in nature andas such graduates of quality engineering problems tend to exhibit two principal characteristics: • Be readily employable under sound economic conditions • Be able to contribute productively to the existing knowledge base in order to enhance and further the theory as well as practice of engineering.It needs to be noted that continuous evolution is somewhat different

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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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AC 2008-258: THE TRANSITION FROM HIGH-SCHOOL PHYSICS TOFIRST-YEAR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING: HOW WELL PREPARED AREOUR STUDENTS?Chris Smaill, University of Auckland Chris Smaill holds a Ph.D. in engineering education from Curtin University of Technology, Australia, and degrees in physics, mathematics and philosophy from the University of Auckland. For 27 years he taught physics and mathematics at high school level, most recently as Head of Physics at Rangitoto College, New Zealand's largest secondary school. This period also saw him setting and marking national examinations, training high-school teachers, and publishing several physics texts. Since the start of 2002 he has lectured in the Department of

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International CIase Studies: Collabs, Exchanges & Interactions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmen Villa, Texas A&M; Jennifer Sandlin, Arizona State University

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that impede high school female students frompursuing careers in engineering and other technical fields, such as lack of support from familyand teachers, limited guidance for taking advanced prerequisite courses, and limited hands-onexperiences with science and technology.4, 5A recurring problem in engineering education is the high rate of attrition, or the rate at whichstudents withdraw from higher education institutions without finishing a program.6 Statisticsshow that the total attrition from engineering has always been very high.7,8 Research on womenin science and engineering has also helped determine the factors that contribute to female studentattrition, such as the lack of female faculty and role models especially in engineering colleges

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Inter- and Multidisciplinary Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Sharfstein, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Blanca Barquera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Michael Hanna, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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relationshipsultimately culminated in the first author requesting a joint appointment in the Department ofBiology. Figure 4: Teaching microscope with digital camera. Microscope images are shown on the computer screen.Extensions of paradigmRensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized technological institute where engineeringpredominates. Approximately 50% of the undergraduate students are engineers. With this strongengineering focus, it is often easier for resources to be obtained if they meet the needs ofengineering students. One possible extension of this shared instructional paradigm is the Page 13.254.12development of a physiology laboratory for

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Student Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Rachel Reed, Calvin College; Crystal Bruxvoort, Calvin College; Neil Carlson, Calvin College

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Ph.D. in Political Science from Duke University in 2004. Research methods, technology and project management are central to his work, along with substantive interest in social capital, organizational politics and collective decision-making. The CSR recently completed data collection for the Kent County Congregations Study, a mixed-mode survey of the leaders of 583 local religious congregations. Page 13.522.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Engineer ing Student Retention: Development of a Validated, Quantitative Instr ument for Explor ing the Role of Per sonal and

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Design: Content and Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Melnyk, United States Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy

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AC 2008-263: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO GRADING A MECHANICALENGINEERING CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE AT THE UNITED STATESMILITARY ACADEMYRichard Melnyk, United States Military Academy Major Rich Melnyk graduated from West Point in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He earned a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2003 and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix in 2007. He served as an Instructor and Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at West Point from 2004 to 2007. During that time, Major Melnyk was the course director for two of the three courses in the

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New Trends in ECE Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew O'Fallon, Washington State University; Jack R Hagemeister, Washington State University; Clint Cole, Washington State University, Pullman; Joseph Harris, Digilent Inc.

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relatedstudies increases; whether the overall learning process was improved; whether students have abetter knowledge of modern technologies and development methods; and whether studentcomprehension of founding concepts improves.Introduction:Teaching microcontroller systems courses to undergraduate students present many challenges.These challenges include selecting appropriate microcontroller topics, microcontroller hardwareunits, and development software. Microcontroller courses comprise fundamental concepts fromelectrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science disciplines. Exploringelectrical characteristics of microcontrollers, computer architecture, and assembly languageprogramming are a few of these key concepts. Assortments of

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Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Natalia Kapli, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

, T., Jaspers, M., & Chapman, M. (2007). Integrating web-delivered problem-based learning scenarios to the curriculum. Active Learning in Higher Education. 4. Bordelon, T. D. & Phillips, I. (2006). Service learning: What students have to say. Active Learning in Higher Education. 7(1), 143-153. 5. Guertin, L. A., Zappe, S. E., & Kim, H. (2007). Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) exercises to engage students in an introductory-level dinosaur course. Journal of Science Education and Technology. 6, 507-514. 6. Cimbala, J. M., Pauley, L. L., Zappe, S. E., & Hsieh, M. (June, 2006). Experiential learning in fluid flow class. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Engineering

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Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas at Austin; Rose Stiffin, Flroida Memorial University; Dimitri Tamalis, Florida Memorial University; Michael elliott, Flroida Memorial University; Ayivi Huisso, Florida Memorial Univeristy

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AC 2008-1443: ESTABLISHMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE RADIOCHEMISTRYAT FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY: A COOPERATION WITH THENUCLEAR AND RADIATION ENGINEERING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITYOF TEXAS AT AUSTINSheldon Landsberger, University of Texas at Austin Dr. Sheldon Landsberger is Cordinator of the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program and facutly member in the Department of Nuclear Engineerig at the University of Texas at Austin.Rose Stiffin, Flroida Memorial University Dr. Rose Stiffin is the Dean of the School of Health and Natural Sciences at Florida Memorial University.Dimitri Tamalis, Florida Memorial University Dr. Dimitri Tamalis is a faculty member in the School of Health and Natural Sciences at

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Student Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elif Kongar, University of Bridgeport; Mahesh Baral, University of Bridgeport; Tarek Sobh, University of Bridgeport

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papers presented at various national and international conferences and published in their respective proceedings. She is a member of the Scientific Research Society, Sigma Xi, the Industrial Engineering Honor Society, Alpha Pi Mu, the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.Mahesh Baral, University of Bridgeport Mahesh Baral received his BS degree in Computer Engineering from Kathmandu University, Nepal in 2005. In August 2006, he started his MS degree in Technology Management (Advanced Database) at the School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, USA. He has been awarded a Graduate Assistantship by the same department since January 2007

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ECE Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Golanbari, University of the Pacific; Rick Garlikov, Garlikov.Com

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-544: EMPLOYING SOCRATIC PEDAGOGY TO IMPROVEENGINEERING STUDENTS’ CRITICAL REASONING SKILLS: TEACHING BYASKING INSTEAD OF BY TELLINGMichael Golanbari, University of the Pacific Michael Golanbari received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Davis, in 1999. From 2000 to 2003 he was a communications systems engineer on the technical staff of Alantro Communications Corporation and Texas Instruments (TI) Corporation, Santa Rosa, California. At Alantro and TI, he worked on wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver design and development (IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n, WiFi). Since 2003 he has been on the faculty of the Department of

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International Division Poster Session / Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education / International Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley State College; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley State College

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AC 2008-1902: A COMPARISON OF EMBEDDED SYSTEMS EDUCATION IN THEUNITED STATES, EUROPEAN, AND FAR EASTERN COUNTRIESAfsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley State CollegeReza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley State College Page 13.19.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Comparison of Embedded Systems Education in the United States, European, and Far Eastern CountriesAbstractWorldwide, institutions of higher education share many of the same concerns with respect toembedded systems education. Some of these concerns involve curriculum design, offeringproper courses, development of laboratories and appropriate experiences for the students. Thispaper will compare and contrast

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SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mia Clark, Stanford University; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Cynthia Atman, University of Washington; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota

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AC 2008-906: ACADEMIC PATHWAYS STUDY: PROCESSES AND REALITIESMia Clark, Stanford UniversitySheri Sheppard, Stanford UniversityCynthia Atman, University of WashingtonLorraine Fleming, Howard UniversityRonald Miller, Colorado School of MinesReed Stevens, University of WashingtonRuth Streveler, Purdue UniversityKarl Smith, University of Minnesota Page 13.137.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008Academic Pathways Study: Processes and Realities Page 13.137.2AbstractAmid concerns that U.S. educational institutions are not attracting and graduating sufficientnumbers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics

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SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 2

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington

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context of science,technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, some qualitative studies about Page 13.1391.6teacher decisions in higher education do exist. In the United Kingdom, Young and Irvinginterviewed 46 faculty who taught social policy to undergraduates about their teachingapproaches and methods27. They found that while the majority of the faculty participating in thestudy spent a significant amount of time thinking about teaching and preparing to teach, theyrelied primarily on “tacit knowledge based on their experiences as students and couched in termsused by colleagues.” They made little use of specialized or technical

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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) Welcome to Education (Linda Shadiow, Director, Office of Faculty Development)8:50 – 9:30 Don Carter, Director of e-Learning at NAU, Three Emerging Technologies in Higher Coconino Education9:30 – 9:45 Coffee Break (Hallway) & Sponsor Displays (Kaibab)9:45– 11:45 Concurrent Session Presentations Kaibab Recruitment, Retention, & Related Laboratory & Modeling Innovations Canyon Moderator: Walt Loscutoff Moderator: David Scott • Elizabeth Brauer, et al., STEP UP: • Porbaha, Ali et al., Development of a Summer Engineering Camp for High Friction Pendulum

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Innovations in Laboratory Studies

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Walk, Old Dominion University

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AC 2008-441: LONG ON STUDENTS AND SHORT ON EQUIPMENT: ANEFFECTIVE AND WELL RECEIVED METHOD TO IMPROVE LABORATORYOUTCOMESSteven Walk, Old Dominion University Steven R. Walk is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology in the Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University. In addition to his focus on issues in undergraduate engineering education, Mr. Walk’s research interests include technology and innovation management, and technological forecasting and social change. He is owner and founder of Technology Intelligence, a management consulting company in Norfolk, Virginia. Mr. Walk earned BSEET and MSEE degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, where

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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William R. Peterson

Academe and Industry - Where Is the Disconnect? Dr. William R. Peterson Assistant Professor Department of Technology Management College of Technology and Innovation Arizona State University Technology Center 6075 S. WMS Campus Loop W Mesa, AZ 85212 480-727-1582 (office) 480-727-1684 (fax) AbstractIndustry still reports that the new engineering

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LabVIEW and Mindstorms Based Experiments

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University

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AC 2008-1149: LABORATORIES ENHANCEMENT WITH LABVIEW-BASEDGRAPHICAL DEVELOPMENT TOOLSSuxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Suxia Cui is an assistant professor in the department of Engineering Technology at Prairie View A&M University. She received her BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Beijing Polytechnic University in 1997 and 1999 respectively. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Mississippi State University in 2003. Her research interests include digital signal processing, data compression, image processing, video coding, and wavelets.Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Yonghui Wang received the B.S. degree in technical physics from Xidian

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Lawrence Whitman; Zulma Toro-Ramos; Dan Allison; Colin Davidson; Martha Shawver; Shelly Belles; Chris Wilkinson

A Global Design Competition Lawrence Whitman, Zulma Toro-Ramos, Dan Allison, Colin Davidson, Martha Shawver, Shelly Belles and Chris Wilkinson Wichita State University Spirit AeroSystemsAbstractIndustry has made it clear that engineering graduates should be more prepared tointeract in an integrated product team with colleagues around the world. WichitaState University has initiated the Spirit Global Design Challenge mainly due toindustry and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)and the College of Engineering’s Engineering 2020 program which have stressedthe need for engineering graduates to function on multi-disciplinary teams and ina

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Research and Education in Radiation and Radiologic

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitty Plummer, University of North Texas; Lee Peddicord, Texas A&M; Jerome Davis, University of North Texas; Charles Bittle, University of North Texas; John Poston, Texas A&M University

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Nuclear and Radiological

AC 2008-769: PREPARING FOR EXPANDING THE NUCLEAR WORK FORCE INTEXASMitty Plummer, University of North TexasLee Peddicord, Texas A&MJerome Davis, University of North Texas JEROME J. DAVIS is a lecturer in Nuclear Engineering Technology at the University of North Texas. He is a Registered PE in Illinois and Wisconsin. He has 14 years of nuclear power industry experience. He is a member of the American Nuclear Society and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. His NS and MS degrees are in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.Charles Bittle, University of North Texas CHARLES C. BITTLE has been a Lecturer at the University of North Texas since 1997. He earned his

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Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lingtao Zhang, Western Carolina University; Robert Adams, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University

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Graduate Studies

AC 2008-1298: GRADUATE LEARNING THROUGH TEACHING: DESIGN OF ADSSS SYSTEM FOR UNDERGRADUATE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSLABORATORYLingtao Zhang, Western Carolina UniversityRobert Adams, Western Carolina UniversityJames Zhang, Western Carolina University Page 13.652.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Graduate Learning through Teaching: Design of a DSSS System for Undergraduate Wireless Communications Laboratory Lingtao Zhang, Robert Adams, and James Z. Zhang Department of Engineering and Technology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723AbstractOver the past few years, wireless communications technology

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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John T. Tester; Perry G. Wood

instructionsfor use as teaching aids.A sampling of research in the use of RP in freshman engineering and technology classes givesinsight into how to use RP as a means of accomplishing educational objectives in the classroom. Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering EducationSeveral technology-oriented departments implemented RP as part of their design classes.3,4,5They had various primary educational objectives in their assessments, but they all noted animproved students’ enthusiasm towards the RP technology as well as towards their curriculumand careers. Other authors have noted the use of RP in the classroom as a

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Materials Education Perspectives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajiv Asthana, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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Materials

AC 2008-1455: WRITING A BOOK ON THE ROLE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE INMANUFACTURING FOR INSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH: LESSONS LEARNEDRajiv Asthana, University of Wisconsin-Stout RAJIV ASTHANA, Ph.D. (1991, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, materials engineering), is a professor of Engineering and Technology and author or coauthor of three books, Materials Science in Manufacturing (Elsevier, 2006), Solidification Processing of Reinforced Metals (Trans Tech, 1998), and Atlas of Cast Metal-Matrix Composite Structures (Motor Transport Institute, Warsaw, 2007). He is the co-editor of special issues of Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science and Materials Science and Engineering A, associate

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Innovations in Manufacturing Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Wells, North Dakota State University; Daniel Ewert, North Dakota State University

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Manufacturing

AC 2008-42: USING AN INNOVATION TEAM IN MANUFACTURINGEDUCATIONDavid Wells, North Dakota State University David L. Wells has been Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at North Dakota State University since January 2000. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in process engineering and production engineering systems design for conventional manufacturing, electronics assembly and micro-manufacturing. His active research lies in micro-assembly, micro-machining, micro-net-shape processing, PCB process engineering, printed electronics, applications of RFID technologies, quantitative manufacturing management and manufacturing engineering pedagogy. He is active in SME, ASEE

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Computer Education Management Tools II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger Hadgraft, The University of Melbourne

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Computers in Education

AC 2008-1332: COMPUTER-AIDED LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT: THENATURAL PARTNER FOR PROJECT-BASED LEARNINGRoger Hadgraft, The University of Melbourne Roger Hadgraft is a civil engineer with more than 15 years involvement in engineering education research. He has published many papers on engineering education, with a particular focus on problem/project-based learning and the use of technology to support learning in this way. He was instrumental in introducing a project-based curriculum into civil engineering at Monash University, commencing in 1998. From 2002-6, his work at RMIT was in curriculum renewal to embed graduate capabilities, specifically through a stream of project-based courses/subjects, one

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Caicedo, University of South Carolina; Joseph Flora, University of South Carolina; Charles Pierce, University of South Carolina; Andrew Nichols, Marshall University; Briana Timmerman, University of South Carolina; Wiley Graf, Midlands Technical College

AC 2008-1687: ENVIRONMENTS FOR FOSTERING EFFECTIVE CRITICALTHINKING (EFFECTS).Juan Caicedo, University of South Carolina Juan M. Caicedo is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Carolina. He received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Universidad del Valle in Colombia, South America and his M.S. and D.Sc. from Washington University in St. Louis. His research focus includes structural dynamics, model updating and engineering education. In the area of engineering education he is interested in the development of critical thinking and engineering judgment. He is also interested in the use of technology in the