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Assessing the Efficacy of Non-traditional Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lanny Griffin; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Szlavik, California Polytechnic State University

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Continuing Professional Development

Materials Science and Engineering. He holds an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Dr. Crockett is a specialist in technology development and commercialization of advanced materials and manufacturing processes. Prior to joining Cal Poly, he was founder and President of Xeragen, Inc., a San Luis Obispo-based biotechnology startup company. He has also served as an Assistant Professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering and was employed by McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company, where he was a lead

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ERM Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Miller, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2008-93: "THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOOK" OR "WHY MY STUDENTSWANT TO BE CALLED BIG DRIPS"Amy Miller, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown Amy Miller is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. She earned a M.S. degree from University of Pittsburgh, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. She joined the faculty at UPJ in 1992 after 10 years with a leading manufacturer of railroad freight cars. During her time in industry, she served as a Design Engineer, Manager of Design Engineering, and Manager of Engineering

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Chang-Soo Kim; Steve E. Watkins

Graduate-level hands-on laboratory practices of microdevices for microoptic and biosensor applications Chang-Soo Kim 1,2, Steve E. Watkins 1 Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering 1 Department of Biological Sciences 2 Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USAAbstractWe present our experience in graduate-level, small enrollment size, hands-on laboratoryinstruction of microoptic and biosensor microdevices. Inherently, instructing the twomicrodevices types can be largely benefited by linking with microfabrication laboratory practicesto design, fabricate and characterize these devices in class. Based

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AEC Education: Instructional Strategies and Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kun-jung Hsu, Leader University; Shu-Chen Lin, National Taiwan University; Yi-Rong Lin, National Taiwan University; Szu-Yu Yeh, National Taiwan University

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Architectural

how it can be comprised across different kindsof value systems. In order to uncover the different value systems hidden in different disciplines,and to determine how it affects sustainable design judgment, an experimental exercise wasdesigned in the course of construction technology education. An urbanized eco-tourism hillpath design near Taipei 101 was designated as the exercise topic, and the team’s membersengaged in the exercise came from different disciplines included: landscape architecture, urbandesign, and civil engineering. Results of the exercise showed that there are two driving forcesrelated to the value judging base: recreation needs and ecological concerns of environmentalbio-diversity, which affected the engineering design

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FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kate Baxter, University of Southern California; Louise Yates, University of Southern California

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First-Year Programs

Wankat and Oreovicz2 discuss, small class sizes, hands onactive learning, and making connections between core classes and future engineering practices,are all key factors in increasing attrition. The Freshmen Academy Program was implemented inFall 2003 as a pilot program and continues today as a one semester, two credit hour seminarrequired for all freshmen engineering students. The Academies are divided into twelve sectionsin order to the keep the size of the actual section at no more than 35 students each. The FreshmenAcademies are designed to help freshmen learn about the overall importance of engineering, theethical implications of engineering decisions and understand how engineers affect society,technology, history and politics. They

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Design in the BME Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judy Cezeaux, Western New England College; Thomas Keyser, Western New England College; Eric Haffner, Western New England College; Anne Kaboray, Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc.; Carol Hasenjager, Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc.

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Biomedical

his Ph.D. degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, his M.S. degree from Illinois Institute of Technology and his B.Ed. from Keene State College. His research interests include engineering education, product realization, design methodologies, facility layout, and production system design.Anne Kaboray, Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc. Anne Kaboray is the Supervisor of Rehabilitation at Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc.Carol Hasenjager, Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc. Carol Hasenjager is the Program Director of Employment Support Services at Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc

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The Year of Dialogue: What We Have Learned So Far

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. P. Mohsen, University of Louisville; Ronald Barr, University of Texas at Austin

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Campus Representatives

in K-12 reform, since it impacts engineering educationat the college level. K-12 is the pipeline and lifeblood for what engineering educators do andhow it affects the technology base of this country. Indeed, ASEE has already begun to try andimpact K-12 through a number of initiatives including the all day seminar initiated at the pastthree national conferences. The YOD on the other hand was an attempt to get a handle on thevarious aspects of engineering education through research and to build on the momentum startedby such schools as Purdue and Virginia Tech, which have started engineering educationprograms. The RAGS report and the YOD events, as envisioned, were two very different things,but they were and are very much entwined and the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P K Raju, Auburn University

Raju, Auburn University Dr. P.K. Raju, Mechanical Engineering and Director, AETAP. He is a PI on three current NSF projects and directs the LITEE and the Auburn Engineering Technical Assistance Program (AETAP). The mission of AETAP is to provide technical assistance and technology transfer to industries and community in the State of Alabama using the resources from Auburn University and other research labs in Alabama. In addition to consulting for the United Nations and several industries, he has developed an excellent team in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering that is successfully conducting research in acoustics, non-destructive evaluation, and vibration. He is the recipient

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Anything New in Dynamics?

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byron Newberry, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts

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Mechanics

AC 2008-2227: INVESTIGATING IMPULSE LOADING USING MODELROCKETRYByron Newberry, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts Dr. Byron Newberry is Associate Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Oklahoma Christian University. He holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma Christian University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His interests include stress analysis, nonlinear dynamics, structural vibration, and engineering design. Page 13.813.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008

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Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University; Jay Laird, Metaversal Studios; Seth Sivak, Carnegie Mellon University; Mark Sivak, Northeastern University

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Manufacturing

Teach Environmentally Benign ManufacturingAbstractOver the past decade, both massively multiplayer games and simulation games have reached newlevels of sophistication and retained enormous mainstream audiences. Developments in digitaltechnology allow new opportunities to engage students in collaborative and active learning. Thedesire to address complex technological and social issues in an engaged manner inspired thedevelopment of a prototype board game created to raise the awareness of environmental issues inengineering. Designed for in-class play by undergraduate and graduate engineering students aswell as business students, the game structure is based on team competition of companies in theautomobile supply chain; the game objectives are to

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Design: Content and Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University; Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Samuel T Hunter, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

be defined in clearand unambiguous terms. After identifying the problem, we need to then analyze what theproblem demands. In other words, we need to gather pertinent information for the design, andresearch whether existing technologies can be incorporated into the design. A design engineer isexpected to be creative when generating new ideas that may solve the problem. There can beseveral solutions to the given problem by considering different aspects. After generating themultiple solutions, we need to analyze each solution against the selection criteria for theproblem in order to check whether it fits the requirements specified by the problem. After wehave selected the best possible solution, we need to test that particular solution. Since

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Information and Network Security

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Okechi Egekwu, James Madison University

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Information Systems

AC 2008-2843: A WORLD WHERE EVERYTHING IS AUTOMATED: THECHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE ROBUST RFIDINFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL MAKE IT A REALITYOkechi Egekwu, James Madison University Okechi Geoffrey Egekwu obtained his PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is currently a Full Professor in the Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT)program at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the manufacturing and technology management areas. He also teaches operations management at MBA programs at James Madison University (JMU) and Eastern Mennonite University. Professor Egekwu worked in industry

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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James A. Ejiwale

2008 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 4thinking and organizational leadership skills necessary to manage both personnel and materialsin the organization. Since people still hold the key to significant productivity improvements,attempts at improving productivity with primary focus on technological improvements should beextended to the improvement of people (Goetsch5, 1992, p. 429). What is of greater importanceis to know the people that work for you so as to as to be successful as a supervisor. Therefore, amanager should be well versed in different ways in which employees’ productivity can

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Cambron, Western Kentucky University; Walter Collett, Western Kentucky University; Stacy Wilson, Western Kentucky University

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Electrical and Computer

; and • Opportunity to interact with external organizations, such as Innovation and Commercialization Center (ICC).Project #3 Flue Gas ExtractionIn 2005, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Clean Air Mercury Rule,requiring phased-in reductions of mercury over the next several years7. In October of 2005,WKU engineering faculty met with Tennessee Technological University (TTU) electricalengineering faculty to discuss how they could work together to propose novel methods to helpmeet the EPA requirements. It was decided that WKU would work on a new method for mercury(and other toxic element) detection and quantification. The mercury detection and quantificationproject would involve sampling flue gas emissions from a power

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Educational Outreach Efforts Led by the US Navy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Barkyoumb, NSWC Carderock Division; Steven Ouimette, NSWC Carderock Division

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Ocean and Marine

systems• Vulnerability & Survivability Systems – ship vulnerability assessments, shock• Signature & Silencing Systems – acoustics, electromagnetic and magnetic signaturesWe place interns in projects involving all the Core Equities, but certainly placement into theCore Equities is not uniform. Two factors that effect the placement of interns into the Coreequities is the amount of Basic and Applied Research performed in the area and the traininglevel needed for the individual projects in a particular area. A larger cross section of theacademic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are representedamong the applicants. Certainly the hard sciences are mostly where we recruit for ourlaboratory. The most represented

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Re-Imagining the Higher Ed Classroom -- Tablet PCs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Camilla Saviz, University of the Pacific; Abel Fernandez, University of the Pacific; Ken Hughes, Unversity of the Pacific; Megan Kalend, University of the Pacific; Cherian Mathews, University of the Pacific

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Computers in Education

AC 2008-2895: FACULTY AND STUDENT USE OF TABLET PCS:PERSPECTIVES ON THEIR PEDAGOGICAL EFFECTIVENESSCamilla Saviz, University of the Pacific Camilla M. Saviz is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of the Pacific. She received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University, an M.B.A. from the New York Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Davis. She joined the University of the Pacific in 1999 and is a registered Professional Engineer in California.Abel Fernandez, University of the Pacific Abel A. Fernandez is Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Engineering

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Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Ulrich Schwabe, Rowan University; Andrew Hak, Rowan University

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Electrical and Computer

for Engineering Education, 2008Medium Voltage Switchgear, Transformer and Interconnection Specification in an ECE ClinicI. AbstractWorking on real world engineering technology projects with industry is a key component ofRowan University’s engineering clinics. Our College of Engineering has Industrial affiliates whoregularly act as sponsors of the ECE curriculum by bringing important and diverse real worldengineering design challenges to ECE students. This paper discusses how undergraduate ECEstudents were called upon to first learn about the proposed renewable energy system (in this casea 3MW photovoltaic system – the largest of its kind east of Arizona in the U.S.) optimize thearray field and the DC wiring, and then

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Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Experiences,” AAAS, Science, Vol. 316, pp.548-549.4. Russell S. H., Nov. 2005, “Evaluation of NSF support for Undergraduate Research Opportunities: Survey of STEM graduates,” Contributors C. Ailes, M. Hancock, J. McCullough, J. D. Roessner, and C. Storey. (Draft Final Report to the NSF.) Menlo Park, CA: SRI International. Retrieved 3/17/07 from http://www.sri.com/policy/csted/reports/.5. 2003-2004 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Baltimore, MD, 2002.6. Bjorklund Stefani and Norman L. Fortenberry, August 2005, “Final Report: Measuring Student and Faculty Engagement in Engineering Education,” Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE), National

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FPD8 - Early Intervention & Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas at Tyler; David Beams, University of Texas at Tyler; Sagun Shrestha, University of Texas at Tyler

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First-Year Programs

AC 2008-190: THE BACK-TO-BASICS PEER TUTORING PROGRAM: RESULTSAND EXPERIENCESMukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas at Tyler MUKUL SHIRVAIKAR received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Tennessee in 1993. He is currently the Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler. He has also held positions at Texas Instruments and the University of West Florida. His research interests include real-time imaging, embedded systems, pattern recognition, and dual-core processor architectures. At the University of Texas he has started a new real-time systems lab using dual-core processor technology. He is also

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Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phil Waldrop, Georgia Southern University

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Manufacturing

Professor of Engineering & Technology at Ohio University, and formerly taught at the University of North Texas. Currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology at Georgia Southern University, he teaches courses involving metal forming, plastics/composites, lean manufacturing, and industrial/environmental safety, along with a manufacturing enterprise simulation course for which he co-authored the text and was presented a 2004 Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education. He is faculty sponsor of student chapter S85 of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, has chaired two SME senior chapters and currently is a member of the

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

endeavor,whether graduate studies or engineering practice. Clearly, this outcome goal is entirely desirable. The challenge in developing realistic education outcome goals has become increasingly difficult asthe body of knowledge required to be conversant, much less master, a field has grown at an increasingrate over the past century.3 To illustrate, the fields of geotechnical engineering, electrical engineering,environmental engineering, and biological engineering, to name a few, were all created in the past 90years. In addition to new fields of endeavor, the introduction of technology, especially the personalcomputer, has greatly expanded the opportunities for exploration, testing, and publishing in all fields ofscience, technology

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

endeavor,whether graduate studies or engineering practice. Clearly, this outcome goal is entirely desirable. The challenge in developing realistic education outcome goals has become increasingly difficult asthe body of knowledge required to be conversant, much less master, a field has grown at an increasingrate over the past century.3 To illustrate, the fields of geotechnical engineering, electrical engineering,environmental engineering, and biological engineering, to name a few, were all created in the past 90years. In addition to new fields of endeavor, the introduction of technology, especially the personalcomputer, has greatly expanded the opportunities for exploration, testing, and publishing in all fields ofscience, technology

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

endeavor,whether graduate studies or engineering practice. Clearly, this outcome goal is entirely desirable. The challenge in developing realistic education outcome goals has become increasingly difficult asthe body of knowledge required to be conversant, much less master, a field has grown at an increasingrate over the past century.3 To illustrate, the fields of geotechnical engineering, electrical engineering,environmental engineering, and biological engineering, to name a few, were all created in the past 90years. In addition to new fields of endeavor, the introduction of technology, especially the personalcomputer, has greatly expanded the opportunities for exploration, testing, and publishing in all fields ofscience, technology

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Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debbie Mullins, Texas Space Grant Consortium; Wallace Fowler, University of Texas at Austin

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Aerospace

research • encouraging participation in science and math through space-science • using the broad appeal of space to foster programs and curricula in public schools • increasing the pool of high school graduates — with an emphasis on under- represented minorities and women — who enter college to study science, technology, mathematics, and engineering 9Program BackgroundThe Texas Space Grant Consortium Design Challenge Program has its roots in theNASA/USRA Advanced Design Program [NASA/USRA ADP] that existed from 1985 through1995 5. This program, administered for NASA by the Universities Space Research Association[USRA], promoted NASA-focused design efforts at forty universities across the United States,and provided the impetus for the

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Two Year College Tech Session II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Barbara Anderegg, Madison Area Technical College

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Two Year College Division

Outcomes from a Pilot ProjectAbstractScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) have become increasingly centralto U.S. economic competitiveness and growth. Long–term strategies to maintain and increaseliving standards and promote opportunity will require unprecedented coordinated efforts amongpublic, private, and not-for-profit entities to promote innovation and to prepare an adequatesupply of qualified STEM workers that are capable of translating knowledge and skills into newprocesses, products, and services.The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) programhas been improving the productivity of American industries by increasing the nation’s technicalworkforce and developing best practices in

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Two Year College Tech Session III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dorene Perez, Illinois Valley Community College; James Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College; Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College

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Two Year College Division

AC 2008-602: A LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR TECHNICAL STUDENTSDorene Perez, Illinois Valley Community CollegeJames Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College Jim Gibson, Program Director/Instructor of Electronics at IVCC, is co-Principal Investigator for NSF Grant #0501885. A former State Director of the Illinois Association of Electronics and Electrical Educators, he has extensive industrial experience. In 2005, he was named Outstanding Faculty by the National Association of Industrial Technology. He holds an M.S. and B.S. in Industrial Technology, minor in chemistry, from Illinois State University.Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College Rose Marie Lynch, communications instructor at IVCC, is co

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Bassem Alhalabi; M.K. Hamza; Ali Abu-El Humos

maintenance, student safety, and ample flexibility that may provide peoplewith disability the comfort of experimenting online with real physical setups and without having to leavetheir homes. In order to build a RLE experiment, specific hardware and software setup is required (see Figure1). For example, a typical remote lab experiment might include the following basic components or buildingblocks: 1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton Florida, 33431, alhalabi@fau.edu. 2 Professional Pedagogy & Educational Technology Leaderhsip, Lamar University, Texas, hamzamk@my.lamar.edu. 3 Department of Computer Science, Jackson State

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Bassem Alhalabi; M.K. Hamza; Ali Abu-El Humos

maintenance, student safety, and ample flexibility that may provide peoplewith disability the comfort of experimenting online with real physical setups and without having to leavetheir homes. In order to build a RLE experiment, specific hardware and software setup is required (see Figure1). For example, a typical remote lab experiment might include the following basic components or buildingblocks: 1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton Florida, 33431, alhalabi@fau.edu. 2 Professional Pedagogy & Educational Technology Leaderhsip, Lamar University, Texas, hamzamk@my.lamar.edu. 3 Department of Computer Science, Jackson State

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Bassem Alhalabi; M. K. Hamza; Ali Abu-El Humos

maintenance, student safety, and ample flexibility that may provide peoplewith disability the comfort of experimenting online with real physical setups and without having to leavetheir homes. In order to build a RLE experiment, specific hardware and software setup is required (see Figure1). For example, a typical remote lab experiment might include the following basic components or buildingblocks: 1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton Florida, 33431, alhalabi@fau.edu. 2 Professional Pedagogy & Educational Technology Leaderhsip, Lamar University, Texas, hamzamk@my.lamar.edu. 3 Department of Computer Science, Jackson State

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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B.M. Wright; C.W. Swan; D.M. Matson

Service learning as a catalyst for sustainable change in Ecuador B.M. Wright, C.W. Swan, and D.M. Matson Tufts UniversityAbstractThe student chapter of Engineers Without Borders at Tufts University allows students the opportunity ofservice learning while exploring sustainable solutions to real world problems. Interdisciplinary teamsresearch potential technologies and propose implementation strategies, conduct laboratory research at theuniversity on performance trade-offs, and then gain field experience by traveling to the target communityto develop personal relationships which support sustainable social change. One such investigation hasfocused on water quality