Conference Session

Electrical Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Andrew Arnott, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

significant advantage over object-oriented languages, such as Java, in that it allows for aninterpreted mode. Code can be edited directly on the target system over an ftp link and then runusing the ‘irb’ interpreter. The tedious steps of compiling and porting from the developmentsystem to the target system step can be eliminated, allowing for much quicker developmentcycles.The Development ProjectThe class project requires that students design and build a small autonomous robot. A typicaldesign from a previous class is shown below Page 12.1572.6Figure 1 Miniature autonomous robot, showing overall structure and camera. The computer platform is visible

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ioana Voiculescu, City College of the City University of New York; Benjamin Liaw, City College of the City University of New York

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Mechanical Engineering

teaching and research techniques, with emphasis on attracting underrepresented minorities and women. Through years he has published more than 70 refereed papers with funding support from NSF, NASA, ARPA, AFOSR, ARO, U.S. Army TACOM-TARDEC and ARDEC-Picatinny Arsenal, AT&T, Digital Equipment Corporation, Alliant Techsystems, Frontier Performance Polymers, NYS GRI and PSC CUNY. In addition to being active in research, he had also served as the ECSEL Project Director at CCNY in 1993-2001. The main charge of the NSF-funded ECSEL Coalition is to improve undergraduate engineering education through design for manufacturing across the curriculum

Conference Session

International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ian Robinson, Edge Hill University; Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; John Rowe, Sheffield Hallam University

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International

systems of work; risk analysis; thefinancial, economic, social and environmental factors of significance to engineering; therelevant legal, statutory and contractual obligations and the broader obligations of engineersin society’ 7.The impact of the professional and governmental bodies – personal skill developmentThe professional bodies acknowledged the need for the development of professional skills inthe engineering undergraduate curriculum, and had stated the requirement clearly withinSARTOR. This was routinely tested during accreditation visits throughout the 1990s.Universities adopted a variety of methods for embedding skill development within thecurriculum, typically within case study modules, within the assessment of final year projects

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Dale Palmgren, Arizona State University; Dennis Giever, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Mary Lynn Garcia, Sandia National Laboratories

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Liberal Education

assets from malevolent human attacks. Resources that can be focused onsecurity include hardware and technology, but, most importantly, they include the nation’shuman resources. Higher education contributes to the nation’s security, both through focusedresearch projects that develop hardware and technology and through the development ofeducational programs to produce a generation of leaders that can develop, articulate andimplement solutions to increasingly complex security problems. The availability of funding hasled to an extensive development of research capabilities within universities over the last fiveyears. However, the development of rigorous academic curricula and standards in the securityfield has lagged behind.Since September 2001

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Arbuckle, Western Kentucky University; Dale McDaniel, Western Kentucky University

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Engineering Technology

work that directly impacts the decision making process formanagers in business and industry with responsibility of securing materials, managing processes,assuring quality, implementing methods for continuous improvement while supporting thecompany's goal of competitiveness. The Master of Science in Technology Management programalso requires either a six semester-hour research project or a nine semester-hour research/thesisoption. (see Appendix B) Page 12.526.5Recommendation of Further ResearchThis master’s program has been implemented, and with minimal marketing efforts, currently hasenrollment sufficient to support the program. The authors

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Crown, University of Texas-Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas-Pan American

AC 2007-2888: WEB-BASED FORUMS FOR STUDENT LEARNING THROUGHTEACHINGStephen Crown, University of Texas-Pan AmericanArturo Fuentes, University of Texas-Pan American Page 12.1601.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Web-Based Forums for Student Learning Through Teaching Using Course Projects and HomeworkAbstractProviding opportunities for students to learn through teaching is becoming practical due to neweducational applications of commercial technology and may not only be advantageous to astudent’s own process of learning, but beneficial to other students. The media age has introducedpositive advances to education and several challenges

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Pickard, East Carolina University; Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University; Chip Popoviciu, Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Information Systems

, project management, and Cisco systems networking solutions. He holds a MBA from Wayland Baptist University. He also holds various industry certifications to include; A+, Network+, MCSE, MOUS, and CCNP.Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University Phil Lunsford received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University. He is a registered professional engineer and is currently an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University. His research interests include system simulation, telemedicine applications, and information assurance.Chip Popoviciu, Cisco Systems, Inc

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Scachitti, Purdue University-Calumet; Gregory Neff, Purdue University-Calumet; Christine Corum, Purdue University; James Higley, Purdue University, Calumet; Mohammad Zahraee, Purdue University-Calumet; Heather Cooper, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

) provides a“snapshot” at ten year intervals. Purdue University Calumet’s parent campus, Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, for example uses the NCA PEAQ. In fact, only 174 predominantly small andmiddle sized colleges and universities of the 1307 NCA accredited institutions use AQIP. BothAQIP and PEAQ accreditation models depend on the same NCA accreditation criteria. Bycomparison, about 3500 institutions are accredited by the six regional accrediting agenciesnationally.Every college or university participating in AQIP continuously works on at least three actionprojects. If an institution completes a project, AQIP assumes it will begin a new one, using theknowledge and skills gained from its earlier projects to select, shape, and scope thereplacements

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tarek El Doker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; David Lanning, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Justin Gigliotti, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Computers in Education

around the senior design project. While the Aerospace Engineeringdepartment has been active in increasing design and laboratory content throughout thecurriculum, certain courses have changed little over the many years they have been taught. SolidMechanics is one of these courses.Solid Mechanics, typically taken during the second semester of the sophomore year byengineering students, has been taught to aspiring mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineers fornumerous decades, and the course content has changed little over that period of time. SolidMechanics may be considered the first course in engineering structures (perhaps this could beargued, depending on how one views the prerequisite course Statics), and involves computingthe stresses and

Conference Session

Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Carolyn Parker, George Washington University; bruce jarrell, University of Maryland-School of Medicine; John Raczek, University of Maryland; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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Biomedical

a web-based tutorial that teach about the engineering designprocess and principles of engineering, such as mass transfer and fluid flow, that are essential tohemodialysis systems. Next, the students are issued a challenge to design, build and operatetheir own hemodialysis systems via another video segment. Before moving into the actualdesign project, students have access to a web-based simulation that allows them to adjustparameters (such as flow velocity, flow direction, membrane pore size and surface area) toobserve how each affects the efficiency and cost of a hemodialysis system. After the studentssuccessfully complete the computer simulation, the patient and doctor (via video segment)discuss their visions of hemodialysis for the future

Conference Session

Optical and Wireless Communication Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mustafa Guvench, University of Southern Maine

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Electrical and Computer

photoreceptor cells in the human retina dueto their excessive intensity and blue content. (See, Reference [10] by G.R.Davies [10])4. Conclusions and RemarksThe experiments were integrated into a senior level Optoelectronics course delivered at theUniversity of Southern Maine. The course was originally offered as a lecture-only course. Theseexperiments were introduced in the second offering as add-on semester projects. Students did theexperiments with great enthuasim and presented their results in final reports in written form anddelivered them as oral power point presentations. As a matter of fact, most of the data used inthis paper are from experiments conducted by the students. The author wants to take thisopportunity to praise the enthusim

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Villeneuve, University of Maine

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

accept the tuningconstants. Today’s single loop controllers have many features and proper configurationis time consuming for the students and doesn’t enhance student learning. Since there aremany different models of controllers and various other types of systems, it wasdetermined that it would be more efficient to have the instructor set the tuning parametersfor the students. The students are required to determine the appropriate tuning constantsand provide them to the instructor.Future ModificationsThe use of readily available equipment permits further expansion of the project. Severalmagnetic flow meters have been procured which can be used to perform predictivetuning. Further, the water in the vessel can also be controlled for temperature

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benson Tongue, University of California-Berkeley

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Educational Research and Methods

climate of reduced resources and support infrastructure,where will students find their answers? Advising by faculty advisors is a catch as catch canproposition and is notorious for its uneven level of quality. Beyond the simple question ofexpertise, there is the problem of actually finding an advisor when needed.Our solution to this problem is an electronically available resource that’s accessible 24 hoursa day (assuming no network server failures, of course). Electronic learning has been an objectof steadily growing interest [1], [2], [3], [11], [12], and the present project falls within thisgeneral area - an expandable program that enables learning to progress at the user’s paceand convenience.The concern over education of this sort isn’t

Conference Session

Partnerships in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Rezak

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Nuclear and Radiological

, affordable, reliable electric energy for their customers and the 20% of the economy thatthey support.Cost Accurate cost and schedule projections will be necessary in order for utilities to undertakenuclear power plant construction projects in the future. This should be a realistic expectancy,since the federal licensing process has been reformed. These reforms will allow the NRC licensing process to continue to provide effectiveregulation of construction and operation of plants; and will preclude the uncertainties utilitiesfaced on construction projects in the 1970s and ‘80s. Congress has also enacted legislation thatcalls for NRC issuance of a single license prior to construction to provide for both constructionand operation of plants

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ramesh V. Narang

, linearity, impact of R&R onprocess capability, measurement uncertainty, inspection of size, form and orientation tolerancesusing 1994 GD&T standard. The course includes a written report and oral presentation ofstudent projects showing application of the measurement principles and practices.The course has nine laboratory experiments that students perform hands-on in groups. Theseexperiments are: (1) determining gage R &R of vernier calipers, (2) determining gage R&R ofoutside vernier micrometers. In both these labs students use short and long form methods, drawaverage and range charts for the measurements taken by them, (3) calculating bias and linearity Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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J. Collins

, awareness, and demonstration of knowledge Information literacy: the performance of secondary research to retrieve, synthesize and explain high-quality information Negotiation and consensus building among team membersCollaborating faculty in this study found the concept of distributed cognition useful todescribe their observations, after gathering and examining students’ communicationmaterials. Although our chemistry and technical writing courses were not discipline-specific in our college programs, (and could not capture students’ constructions of“emerging communities of practice”) we believe that distributed cognition describesvirtual interactions leading to the goals of our project. These are: control, awareness anddemonstration

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

-week experimental studies in the area of fluid dynamicsand heat transfer with a written report and an oral presentation required. EXPERIMENTAL OBJECTIVES Each of the previously mentioned K-12 programs has a specific curriculumappropriate to the level of education of the participants. Students in all of theabove programs are exposed to experimental, “hands on” projects and, as thecapstone portion of the experience, a written report and an oral presentation.These oral presentations may be to other students, in the case of the K-12programs or to peer review panels in program competitions as in the case of theundergraduate research programs. The main goal of each of these programs is togive students an exposure to

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Rei Marzoughi

inquiry and uses the City of Hamilton as a case study to allowthe exploration of civic and public issues through an inquiry project. Additionally, students workon different assignments that teach them to use community and university resources in research.E&S 2Y03 – Case Studies in the History of Technology – Year 2This course brings in guest lecturers each week for the purpose of exploring different topics inthe history and philosophy of technology. Students are exposed to a number of different readingsthat emphasize the impact of technology on culture. At the end of the term, each studentconducts a paper and presentation that focuses on a topic in the history of technology.E&S 3Y03 – The Culture of Technology – Year 3This course explores

Conference Session

New Models for Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno, Ryerson University; Mary Frances Stewart

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Educational Research and Methods

Learning Styles Malgorzata S. Zywno and Mary F. Stewart Ryerson UniversityAbstractThis is last in a series of three papers reporting on the results of a research project looking intodifferences in interactions of engineering students with a learning object. The object in questionwas a set of interactive online tutorials in introductory Process Control. The research projectinvestigated the effectiveness of this learning tool and identified behavior patterns of engineeringstudents with different learning styles that may affect their learning. The first paper in the seriesdescribed a collaborative effort involved in developing the award-winning set of online tutorials.The second paper

Conference Session

Redefining the Boundaries of Engineering and Liberal Education: Contributions to the Year of Dialogue

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Grimson, Dublin Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

particular group, community,or class of persons”6. This definition would be identified with, probably, by any engineer incharge of virtually any large project such as, for example, the building of a large hydro-schemein a hitherto untouched and rural valley or building a nuclear power station close to a largeconurbation. In these cases the various classes of persons involved most certainly have differentrealities and society has progressively provided more legislation for the articulation of thoserealities. Engineers have to and indeed do deal with these realities, sometimes much to theirfrustration and that of the sponsor.A few words about deconstructionism which has been controversial, to say the least, withinacademic communities. The underlying

Conference Session

Building Knowledge Based Economies: the Role of Industry-University-Government Partnerships

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Clement Sankat, University of the West Indies; Roberto Loran, Universidad del Turabo

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International

Level 4: management Predictable Managed process Quantitative Level 3: management Standard, Defined consistent process Engineering Level 2: management Disciplined Repeatable process Project Level 1: management Initial Figure 1: The Five Stages or Maturity Levels of the Capability Maturity Model9Except for Level 1, each maturity level has the internal structure shown in Figure 2. A maturitylevel indicates

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pat Pyke; John Gardner; Marcia Belcheir; Janet Callahan; Amy Moll; Cheryl Schrader

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First-Year Programs

AC  2007-­‐1266:  AN  INNOVATIVE  METHOD  TO  REALISTICALLY  TRACK  ENGINEERING  STUDENT  RETENTION  AND  ACADEMIC  PROGRESS    Pat  Pyke,  Boise  State  University     Patricia  A.  Pyke  is  the  Director  of  Education  Research  for  the  College  of  Engineering  at  Boise  State   University.  She  oversees  projects  in  freshman  programs,  math  support,  mentoring,  outreach,  and   women’s  programs.  She  earned  a  B.S.E.  degree  in  Mechanical  Engineering  from  Duke  University   and  a  master’s  degree  in  journalism  from  the  University  of  California  at  Berkeley.    John  Gardner,  Boise  State  University   John  F.  Gardner  is  Chair  of  the  Mechanical  and

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

Page 12.1335.6 subject areas; e.g., fluid mechanics exam results might be applied to an outcome relating to proficiency in hydraulic engineering. In general aggregate FE exam pass rates are not useful for outcomes assessment, with the possible exception of outcomes associated with preparation for professional practice.• Direct ratings from outside experts. Many programs invite members of industry or local professional societies to observe student performance, especially on capstone designs or independent study projects. Such evaluations are credible because they are free of faculty bias and are typically provided by outside experts who have a vested interest in seeing well-educated engineers

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II / Design for Special Services

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conry, Clarkson University

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Design in Engineering Education

, there were some additional features desired by the clientand some of the images and activities did not “go over” as the students expected. Others (whichthe students thought were sort of silly) went over enormously well – the political humor injectedinto one of the activities was particularly appreciated. Cycle 2 was an exercise in maintenancemode and further enhancement with a final demonstration to the client carried out in distance-mode. At the conclusion of the project, the occupational therapists were given administratoraccess to the system so that they could enroll patients and use the activities as they desired. Page 12.622.6Significant

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin O'Connor, University of Rochester; Daniel Amos, University of Washington; Tori Bailey, Stanford University; Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Lari Garrison, University of Washington; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Marcus Jones, Howard University; Derek Seward, University of Rochester; Lisa Perhamus, University of Rochester; Reed Stevens, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

influenced by aspects of the socialcontext through processes of socialization, it is seen as essentially a psychological phenomenonand an individual possession. In contrast, we draw on anthropological and other socioculturalapproaches that see identity not as a relatively stable possession of an individual, but as anongoing project of construction by a given individual together with the others with whom shecomes into contact. Thus, who an individual is—that is, her identity—depends upon how sheactively identifies herself and is actively identified by others within the various social fields inwhich she acts: friendships, a families, universities, professions, etc. In this view, identity is“double-sided,” 8 meaning that identity is both something

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris, Arizona State University; Frederick Meyers, The Ohio State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

called the"father of computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM)." His program was anumerical control programming tool.xThe 1960's: CAD is launchedThree years later (1960) the project "Sketchpad" was produced by Ivan Sutherland with a TX-2computer as a part of his Ph.D. dissertation. This MIT Lincoln Laboratory project is considered amilestone to the launch of the computer-aided design (CAD) industry, and Sketchpad isconsidered the world's first CAD software. 10,xiMcDonnell Douglas Automation Company (McAuto), founded in 1960, played a significant rolein the development of CAD. Initially the earliest CAD programs began with two-dimensionalsimple algorithms displaying patterns of lines, which were then transformed into 3D.Vector display

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University; Michael Raymer, Wright State University; David Reynolds, Wright State University; Richard Mercer, Wright State University; Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Brian Randolph, University of Toledo

. He is a Co-PI on WSU's National Model for Engineering Mathematics Education. He conducts research in the area of electrical control systems, and is active in engineering education reform. He has been the recipient of the CECS Excellence in Teaching Award at Wright State University in both 1985 and 1992, and of the CECS Excellence in Service Award in 1991, 1996 and 2003.Michael Raymer, Wright State University Michael L. Raymer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Wright State University. He is a Co-PI on WSU's National Model for Engineering Mathematics Education, and has also led an NSF supported research project to develop the nation's

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

accessed by only a smallproportion of engineering academics. What is lacking in the literature is theinvestigation of strategies to lead and encourage research-focussed academics to gainexpertise in these matters. The overarching aim of this research project is to find themost effective strategies for encouraging such research-focussed (and occasionallyreluctant) academic staff to adopt theoretically based pedagogical approaches in theirteaching practice, to ensure verifiable graduate outcomes.IntroductionHow can academics in a research university be led to acquire, use and valuetheoretically based pedagogical practices, to ensure verifiable graduate outcomes?This question is especially relevant in engineering education where teaching haslargely

Conference Session

Educational Software

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Stephen Roberts, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

thestudents in learning about their discipline. However this engagement must be done in a way thatpermits multiple instructors and multiple sections to be taught to offer uniformity in computingexperiences. “Scale” is important at lower level classes simply due to the number of studentsand the limited teaching resources. During the second offering (Fall 2006), a formal anonymoussurvey by our director of assessment was performed to ascertain the impact of our approach (SeeAppendix A for the entire set of questions and results). The questionnaire represents a 90%return from both sections. The questions were designed to ask their confidence with Excel andVBA, opinions of the class, course components as well as homework and project assignments. Afew

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students, Part 2

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Korte, University Of Minnesota; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Minnesota. He has co-written eight books including Cooperative learning: Increasing college faculty instructional productivity; Strategies for energizing large classes: From small groups to learning communities; and Teamwork and project management, 3rd Ed. Page 12.1162.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Portraying the Academic Experiences of Students in Engineering: Students’ Perceptions of their Educational Experiences and Career Aspirations in Engineering.AbstractUnderstanding better the experiences of students pursuing an engineering degree is an importantissue for the