Conference Session

MentorNet

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Jo Wellenstein, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Susannah Sandrin, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Karen Showers, Wisconsin Technical College System; Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Jennifer Chou-Green, MentorNet; Carol Muller, MentorNet; Laurie Mayberry, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ann Bloor, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Isla Yap, Maui Economic Development Board

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Women in Engineering

Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board Wilkins is Vice President of Maui Economic Development Board in Hawaii.Carol Muller, MentorNet Muller, PhD, is CEO and Founder of MentorNetJennifer Chou-Green, MentorNet Chou-Green is Director of Programs at MentorNet.Ann Bloor, Milwaukee School of Engineering Bloor is Director of Research Administration at MSOE.Laurie Mayberry, University of Wisconsin-Madison Mayberry is Assistant to the Provost University of Wisconsin-MadisonIsla Yap, Maui Economic Development Board Yap is Project Manager, Women in Technology Project Maui Economic Development Board. Page

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Teaching Emerging Energy Technologies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

) under the program called, AdvancedTechnology Education. One of the project goals is to develop curriculum in the field ofalternative energy technologies both for four-year and two-year degree seeking students whoare pursuing BS and AAS degrees respectively. The department of Electronic Systems atASU’s Polytechnic campus is in the process of launching a new degree concentrationbeginning fall 2007 within the existing TAC of ABET accredited BS degree program. Thispaper focuses on a new undergraduate course “Application of Nanotechnology forBatteries, Solar, and Fuel Cells”, one of the targeted courses that will be developed tohighlight the potential of nano-materials in the energy area. The Electronic Systems Department (ESD) recently

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; John Lloyd, Michigan State University

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International

second model consists of all of the topics covered by a single professor who is expert in theprime technology and has limited knowledge of the enabling topics. This situation is not optimal Page 12.1443.3as it is very rare to have a single person who is well versed in all of the necessary topics. Often,the result is incomplete information and training being passed on to the student.The INTEnD ModelThe INTEnD model integrates knowledge from the enabling disciplines into the key discipline.This integration of courses can be local or distance/virtual. We utilize industry-drivencollaborative projects to provide the focus of learning.The core discipline

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Technology Integration in the Classroom for Manufacturing II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

the development of userinterfaces for small inexpensive robots and fixed automation that is consistent with the userinterface approaches of major suppliers of industrial robots.Oregon Institute of Technology is also a university affiliate for Project Lead the Way (PLTW).PLTW is a pre-engineering program aimed at high schools and one module of the program isComputer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM). Currently the approved robots for the CIM modulerun about $10,000 to $15,000. One of the goals of Oregon Institute of Technology is to developequipment which will allow high schools in the region to participate in the CIM program at alower initial cost.RobotLynxmotion, Inc. 1specializes in small robots for the hobby and education market. They

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Experiential and Service Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Bland, John Brown University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

some areas of management where you attend management seminars, you don't know the next day what exactly you got from that seminar. You may not know for six months. It's tough to evaluate those seminars as to their value."Key Educational Content. The second independent variable that was analyzed indicated whatwas being learned and applied in a career for a successful transition from technologist to generalmanager. The results, shown in Table 2, reveal that there is a strong multidisciplinary learningcomponent that separates general management from technical. The learning categoriesconsistently noted from the research were: people skills, project management, finance,marketing/sales, operations, contract/procurement/legal, quality

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Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University; Demei Shen, University of Missouri; Kelly Rodgers, University of Missouri

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-86: THOSE THAT LEAVE — ASSESSING WHY STUDENTS LEAVEENGINEERINGRose Marra, University of Missouri ROSE M. MARRA is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri. She is PI of the NSF-funded Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE) and Assessing Women In Student Environments (AWISE) projects. Her research interests include gender equity issues, the epistemological development of college students, and promoting meaningful learning in web-based environments.Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University BARBARA BOGUE is Co-PI of AWE and AWISE and Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Women in

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Biology and Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramana Gosukonda, Fort Valley State University; Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University

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Biological & Agricultural

(problem-based, tool-based, cases) Pedagogical goals Targeted course Targeted student audience, Prerequisite(s) Lecture notes (e.g. slides). Reading materials for the instructor (e.g. list of references) set of exercises and/or projects Instructor solution manual for the provided exercises Evaluation of module for potential curriculum impact assessment rubricsFaculty Training

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FPD8 -- Introductory Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

2006 semester are shown in Table 3.2.3 Course MaterialsThere is a significant number of textbooks on MATLAB for engineering students.12, 13, 14, 3, 15, 16Most of these texts are designed to provide a fairly comprehensive treatment of MATLAB’s ex-tensive capabilities, and are somewhat daunting to the student in a one-credit-hour course. As analternative, course specific materials have been developed and made available online through the Page 12.458.5Connexions Project. These materials include instruction in MATLAB programming concepts andstructures, drill exercises, sample problems with some solutions, and problems to be used in home

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Ann-Marie Vollstedt; Michael Robinson; Eric Wang

valuable tool to teach STEM at the middle school level since they provide hands onexperience that is fun for most students. The specific objectives of this project were to: • Obtain funds to purchase robotics equipment • Provide teacher training • Provide a semester long class to train teachers in using robotics to teach physics • Initiate an after-school program • Have teachers implement the robotics program in their classrooms • Compare in-class to Internet-based robotics experiences • Evaluate teacher and student progressEquipmentEquipment such as Robolab software, the Robotic Command eXplorer (RCX), and Mindstormsfor Schools were used in the research. The RCX is a programmable microcomputer embedded ina LEGO brick that

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Day W. Radebaugh

1 Complexity in Engineering: The Silent Killer Day W. Radebaugh Assistant Professor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy Wichita State University Wichita, Kansas 67260AbstractA review of the list of recent technological disasters suggests that the risk to society oflarge-scale engineering projects has grown in proportion to the complexity of thedesigned system. Illustrative cases include the Challenger explosion, the power gridblackouts of

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale; Seamus Freyne

• Class Project • Extra CreditEach of these folders contains information that would traditionally be distributed during classtime in hard copy. With the course information and handouts online, the students can access thisinformation at anytime and anyplace. This also reduces the amount of printing and copying bythe instructor prior to class time and enables the instructor to better prepare for class.Course InformationPertinent course information is uploaded into the course information folder. The courseinformation folder contains the following files: • Course Syllabus • Lecture/Laboratory Schedule • Other Handouts “Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Leroy R. Cox; Katie Grantham Lough

– in1997, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), expressed concerns that newly-hiredengineers could not communicate well, specifically in the areas of “Specification and ReportWriting”3, 9. Consider the following excerpt, taken from a student’s project report about aprocess improvement: I have viewed results that look promising and conclusive to a clean and safer power supply to the sensitive equipment used in the lab. If I can recover the wasted energy from the discharges of these power cells and inject them back into the main grid saving this company enormous revenue yearly. I project a payback interval as short as 4 years to recoup the cost of installation. If this would be implemented plant wide

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kamesh Namuduri

of this core body of knowledge,developing a set of core courses, enhancing the existing courses taught at community colleges by addingrelevant IA modules, and building a laboratory facility for student training. Depending on the uniquestrengths of the community colleges, community colleges will be encouraged to consider developing newcourses, and to enhance their existing courses. For each course in the core body of knowledge, we plan todevelop necessary classroom instruction materials, laboratory exercises and projects that provide hands-on training. In the following sections, the proposed courses with their overall objectives, the major topicsthat will be covered and development plans will be described.Information Assurance and Security

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Vincent Winstead

Automotive Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering and MechanicalEngineering program students. The two-course sequence includes one course in theory and anothercourse dedicated to applied project activities similar to a senior design project course such as hybridizinga conventional drive train vehicle, designing an efficient series power train solar vehicle having a smallICE, etc. This allows students from different departments to collaborate and bring their particularbackgrounds into a multi-disciplinary design project.Teaching MethodologiesHybrid vehicle systems can be characterized as having multiple power sources whose output can bemeasured in Watts of power. Mechanical and electrical systems alike can be described this way and so

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Elisabeth McGrath; Dawna Schultz

universities, offer opportunities to expand the impact of programs to new audiences, but require clarity of goals and synergy of mission. 4References1. Massachusetts Department of Education. Science and Engineering Technology Framework. Malden, MA. http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/scitech/2001/2. New Jersey Department of Education. New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJCCCS). Trenton, NJ. http://www.state.nj.us/njded/cccs3. Lowes, S., Sibuma, B. 2006. Evaluation of the Spring 2006 Implementation of the EOFNJ Project: The AWIM Pilot. Teachers College/Columbia University. http://www.stevens.edu/ciese/eofnj

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Nasser Saleh

(CEAB) requirement for teaching lifelong learning skill through thecurriculum as per clause 2.1.1 “The criteria are intended to identify those programs that developan individual’s ability to use appropriate knowledge and information to convert, utilize andmanage resources optimally through effective analysis, interpretation and decision-making. Thisability is essential to the design process that characterizes the practice of engineering”.6Information literacy sessions have been planned not to be a separate entity of most courses butthey were infused and integrated with regular course work. IL sessions are used to be a corerequirement for first year engineering project course, engineering communication, andengineering design courses. These

Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College; Adrienne Smith, Springfield Technical Community College

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Engineering Technology

in theUS. This is of great concern if you are convinced, as author Thomas Friedman is, that The Worldis Flat. One could probably make the case that this new world paradigm involving S&Eeducation will carry over to the AS or “Foundation” degrees awarded for technician level studywithout receiving a great deal of argument. Government policy setting organizations like theNSB have been busy attempting to advance the agenda of increased enrollment in S&E throughthe National Science Foundation (NSF). In particular, the NSF has become active in thepromotion of technology education through the Advanced Technology Education (ATE)program and its ATE Centers [3]. While many of the ATE projects and Centers tend to addressnew and emerging

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Dennis Gouran, Pennsylvania State University; Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

) Audience analysis skills.The Speech Communication course for engineers will aim to improve these competencies.Because we aim to make educational improvements, we will need to assess the effectiveness ofthose improvements. Therefore, the next step of the project was to find a valid and reliableinstrument to assess these oral communication skill sets. A review of pertinent literature did notreveal an instrument that focused on these four skill sets. Therefore, we developed our own,building on existing work, and piloted it with engineering co-op and internship students and theiremployers.Oral Communication Skills AssessmentTo develop an instrument for assessing oral communication skills, we examined existinginstruments in the fields of speech

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Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Lemons, NC A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-2552: ATTRACTING AND RETAINING MINORITIES INPROFESSORIAL RANKSAngela Lemons, NC A&T State University Angela Lemons is a full-time Instructor in the Department of Electronics, Computer, and Information Technology at North Carolina A&T State University. She is currently working on her Doctorate degree at Nova Southeastern University in Information Systems with a concentration in Information Security. She teaches Computer Hardware and Software, Information Technology Project Management, Network Security, and other courses within the Information Technology program. Her area of research/technology interest is security. Angela Lemons and colleague Ronnie Rollins started an

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Branco, Politecnico de Viseu; Odete Lopes, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

to 1998, she was a chemical technician and lab assistant at the Electrochemistry and Corrosion Laboratory in Coimbra. From 1998 to 2001, she was an industrial management lab assistant in the Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management Department of Instituto Politecnico de Viseu, Portugal. Since 2001 she is an assistant professor of Operations Management, Project Management and Quality Management at the Escola Superior de Tecnologia of the Polytechnic of Viseu, Portugal.Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu João Vinhas, MSc Professor of Physics and Mechanics; Assistant Professor since 1998; Director of the graduation in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management of the Escola Superior

Conference Session

Foster Excellence

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Mitchell, North Carolina State University; Angelitha Daniel, North Carolina State University

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Minorities in Engineering

out of engineering at a higher rate than their white and Asian peers4–7.African-Americans are only half as likely to graduate as their white counterparts8.For decades several programs at the national and local levels have been developed and attemptedto help meet the projected shortage anticipated in an ever-increasing high-technology work force.In 1998, Bowen and Bok published results of a comprehensive longitudinal study of one specific,significant thrust at addressing minority student success: affirmative action. Their study9provides defensible, concrete proof of the positive impact affirmative action has had not just onminority participants, but also on society as a whole. While such results are notable from ahistorical perspective, anyone

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in Student Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Peterson, Lamar University; David Cocke, Lamar University; Jewel Gomes, Lamar University; Hector Casillas, Lamar University; Morgan Reed, Lamar University; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Chemical Engineering

, it was expressed that the class as a whole wouldbe responsible for the content. The condition that must be satisfied in the course was thatconcepts were to be learned and employed that revolved around the three Process pillars ofChemical Engineering: Control; Design and Optimization. In doing so, the student body wasdivided into four groups: Power, Production, Environment and Corrosion. These groupsattempted to reasonably incorporate each individual’s inherent research interests, i.e. their areasof study and projects being used as theses topics. To further instill that basic concepts wereaddressed, each group had a member that was responsible for each of the concepts associatedwith: Electrochemstry; Electrochemical Engineering; Commercial

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Assessment Methods

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harpal Dhillon, Excelsior College; Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-1399: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF ONLINEENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSES: A CASE STUDYHarpal Dhillon, Excelsior College Dr. Harpal Dhillon is currently the Dean of the School of Business and Technology at Excelsior College. In the past he has taught undergraduate and graduate Courses in Information Systems, Software Engineering, and Project Management at University of Maryland, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, and George Washington University. Dr. Dhillon worked as owner/senior executive in three systems engineering companies over a period of 20 years. His research interests are in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction, Quality Assurance, and Applications of IT in

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Meyer, Clarkson University; Dick Pratt, Clarkson University

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Liberal Education

and ethical dilemmas and problems in their future professional, civic and personallives.Professional Experience OutcomesThe professional requirement outcomes are intended to prepare the student along the way towardhis or her professional objectives. As a culminating experience, the professional experiencereinforces these outcomes through project based learning such as a co-op, internship or otherindependent work experience. For the professional experience to be meaningful we expectstudents to develop an appreciation of the need for self-motivated life-long learning asdemonstrated by understanding the need for continuously updating professional skills aftergraduation and learning effectively on their own. As part of the professional experience

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Retention Programs for Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kieran Sullivan, Santa Clara University; Ruth Davis, Santa Clara University

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Women in Engineering

to their abilities, while the women were more likely to attribute successto outside help.Consistent with this finding, much of the recent research suggests that women’s persistence inengineering is tied to their self-efficacy in the field. Self-efficacy “refers to beliefs in one’scapabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to produce givenattainments.”2 This includes dimensions of confidence in one’s abilities, commitment to a chosenpath, and positive feedback with respect to accomplishments. It is based on an individual’sperception, not always in agreement with an objective assessment, of one’s performance. Thewebsite of the Assessing Women in Engineering Project provides a wealth of references in thisarea

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MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tremayne Waller, Virginia Tech; Sharnnia Artis, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

opportunities are offered. The basicstructure of the organization consists of six committees addressing the following areas:(1) personal development, (2) service, (3) academic, (4) financial affairs, (5) spiritual-enrichment/ social, and (6) membership/public relations.The Black Man On Campus ProjectThe Black Man On Campus (BMOC) Project was initiated during the fall 2000 atBowling Green State University (BGSU). The program was intended to provide afoundation for the academic and social success of African American males at BGSUthrough mentoring relationships, a classroom environment that embraced there AfricanAmerican cultural legacy, and activates designed to promote a positive self-image. Theproposed impact of the BMOC Project on student success was

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

life? Forsome it is the internship that will provide the student the taste of what is to be an engineer. InCivil Engineer, the best way is also the internship at the building site if the choice of the student Page 12.954.8is to make constructions. The building site is the place where the student will get in touch withthe worker who will make the hard work. It is when the future engineer has the impact ofdifferent cultures in the working environment. It is may be one of the most valuable experiencefor those that will be involved in projects of building house, buildings, bridges or power plants. Itcan provide the students the dimension of

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University; Herbert Ginn, Mississippi State University; Stanislaw Grzybowski, Mississippi State University; Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Jimena Bastos, Mississippi State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Systems into Today’s Power Engineering Research ActivitiesAbstract:Electric power programs within Electrical and Computer Engineering departments at universitieshave traditionally relied on interactions with electric utilities and manufacturers as its customerbase for both students and research activities. With deregulation and changes within the electricutility business, research funds and projects with these organizations has been limited.In the last five to ten years, the Office of Naval Research has provided millions of researchdollars to universities to study many power system, power electronic and high voltageengineering challenges related to shipboard power systems. This research supports the future all-electric ship program that provides

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regena Scott, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University

management.Edie Schmidt, Purdue University Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of inventory management, distribution, logistics, and supply chain management. She has developed and taught undergraduate and graduate-level courses and has supervised graduate student projects, in these areas at the master’s level. Dr. Schmidt has worked with many Indiana companies to develop a Logistics training course, revise warehouse layouts, revise facility layouts, and other projects in the Logistics area. Page 12.669.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 ENHANCING

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Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Blessing, Milwaukee School of Engineering; John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Lawrence J. Schmedeman, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

conductedat both the start and end of the session, which provided evidence of its success. The details ofthe faculty seminar on entrepreneurship and a reporting of the results are addressed in anotherpaper submitted to this conference1.Pilot Program (addresses challenges #1 through #4)Realizing that it would be too large an undertaking to introduce entrepreneurship across allprograms, we decided to focus on one engineering program in order to develop a template for theothers. Biomedical Engineering (BE) was chosen as the pilot program because of the strongemphasis on integrating engineering design projects into multiple years of the curriculum.Virtually each term of the BE program has at least one design course that emphasizes innovationand design in