Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joan Barth, Univerity of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Dee Goldston, University of Alabama; R.E. Guadagno, University of Alabama

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

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International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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International

AC 2010-1075: THE PERFORMANCE OF U.S. EXCHANGE STUDENTS ABROAD,A LONGITUDINAL STUDYJoerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering Page 15.1250.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Performance of U.S. Exchange Students Abroad, A Longitudinal StudyAbstractThe Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) and the University of Applied Sciences Lübeck/Germany (FHL) have a well-established, dual-accredited, bi-directional exchange program inElectrical Engineering that is completely integrated into the curricula of both institutions. Thebasic layout of this tuition-neutral exchange program is shown in Figure 1. MSOE and

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

objectives, with emphasis added tothe action verbs are:After successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Describe the components of a fuel cell and explain the purpose of each one. 2. Apply appropriate principles (e.g., Conservation of Energy, Conservation of Mass, etc.) to fuel cells to derive relevant model equations. 3. Develop and debug a nonlinear dynamic fuel cell simulation model in Matlab Simulink. 4. Explain and analyze dynamic fuel cell behavior. 5. Conduct repeatable fuel cell experiments and analyze experimental data to characterize fuel cell operation and performance. 6. Critically analyze the potential for fuel cells to improve efficiency and reduce pollution by assimilating social

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Fitzpatrick, Drexel University; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University; Eli Fromm, Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

‟ knowledge of everyday physicalphenomena and awareness of the engineering discipline.Inquiry and design-based activities have been promoted in the National Research Council‟s Page 15.1316.2National Science Education Standards (NSES), and have garnered favorable support in themiddle and high school settings 1-4. While pure discovery methods of inquiry for learning suchas constructivism have been met with criticism 5-6, inquiry-based activities that provide sufficientsupport, or scaffolding, afford students an opportunity to explore topics that would otherwise betoo complex for their abilities 7-8. As multiple science topics may be supported by a

Conference Session

Potpourri of First-Year Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rod Paton, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland

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First-Year Programs

fellow student. In this way the students alsocontribute to the development of generic skills within their peer-group.Student learning experiencesOverall, the goal of the University of Auckland’s first-year engineering courses is to showstudents the ‘way into’ engineering via lectures, tutorials, assignments and projects. Electricaland Digital Systems, based on its high student success rate, would appear to be largelyachieving this goal: in 2009, 93% of enrolled students passed the course, with 2% droppingout and 5% not achieving sufficiently well in the assessments. The key findings are modelledin Figure 1 below, showing how first-year engineering students are engaged in active, self-directed and peer learning. These learning modes are described

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, the Far East, and Central Asia

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Junqiu Wang, Purdue University; Nathan McNeill, Purdue University; Sensen Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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International

of key historicalevents and discusses how a range of political, social, and economic conditions likely influencedthe formation of a new engineering education system during this period. This paper reports onthree main research themes: 1) How were engineers trained immediately prior to the formation ofa modern engineering education system in China? 2) What were the driving forces that initiatedthe reformation of the engineering education system? and 3) How was a Westernizedengineering education system fused with a long tradition of Confucian-dominated education?The paper concludes with some reflections about how the legacy of this transformation lives onin the contemporary context of Chinese engineering and engineering

Conference Session

Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanja Magoc, University of Texas at El Paso; Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Francois Modave, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

in computer science tocomputational sciences courses and stimulate their interest in continuing study of computation. Toachieve these goals, besides teaching students the basics of programming, CompSE aims atattaining two other learning objectives: 1. Students will examine and understand the basis of analytical techniques that they have probably seen and memorized in mathematics or science courses but have frequently not been comprehended deeply enough to be able to apply them to real-life problems, thus enabling students to use analytical techniques in real-life problems that they have not seen before. 2. Students will learn how computation can be used to analyze problems that are difficult or

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Olaleye, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Emmanuel Abiodun, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Joseph Olusina, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Francis Derby, Pennsylvania State University-Lehman

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International

that upon approval by the University the new geomatics engineering program willempower graduates to meet the needs of the geospatial data user community.References1. American Society of Civil Engineers. (1985). Definition of the Term "Engineering Surveying". Journal of Surveying Engineering. IN(2), 16 - 164.2. Buckner, R.B. 1981). Does the Surveying Profession have Future Goals and Directions? Surveying and Mapping, 411(4), 391-398. Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy. (1988). CASLE in the 1990s. CASLE. 10p3. Dracup, J. 1995. History of geodetic surveying. ACSM Bulletin 154:15.4. Hollwey, J. R., Bancroft, A. D. and Longdin, W. S. (1969). The Future of the Land Surveyor. Chartered Surveyor No. 1

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Van Arsdale, Michigan Technological University; Anna Pereira, Michigan Technological University; Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; William Helton, Michigan Technological University

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Electrical and Computer

. Thequestions asked about the prior experience of the student in preschool, middle school,high school, and post-high school. These questions included both academic and non-academic experiences. The answer options range 1-4 for each question to indicate theamount of exposure with that particular experience. The questions for the PEQ weredeveloped in [2] as an instrument help predict spatial ability test scores. It was derivedfrom a much larger series of questions about spatial experiences (approximately 480) thatthrough a series of pilot studies, was pared down to approximately 312 questions aboutformal academic subjects, non-academic activities, and sports [2]. These 312 questionswere reduced to the 148 that were used in this study. The results of [2

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences; Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety

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International

American woman who has received the title “International Engineering Educator” of IGIP.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Engineering Education in Brazil: Some Considerations Claudio da Rocha Brito1, Melany M. Ciampi2 1 President of Council of Researches in Education and Sciences 2 President of Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and SafetyAbstractLately a lot of research has been done about education in Brazil and in all of areas of the humanknowledge. Brazil traditionally invests modestly in the education in all levels. However thanks tothe educators' efforts this has been moving forward so that even with all of the problems it

Conference Session

Design Projects across the Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ghulam Bham, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

engineeringbackground developed and implemented a design-focused research procedure for this study(Table 1).Table 1. Research Procedure and Associated Outcomes Research Procedure Outcomes Integrativity and its role in the restructuring of the instructional process Step 1. The instructor describes the major steps in Concept maps showing networking nodes the highway design process and their connection (concepts) and links (relationships) associated with concepts associated with basic and prerequisite with major highway design steps. knowledge. Step 2. Based on the breadth (number of nodes) and Horizontal Alignment was selected as the connectedness

Conference Session

Technical Papers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol La Russa, University of California, Davis; Karen Andrews, University of California, Davis

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Engineering Libraries

November 2008. A test batch wasdelivered to Internet Archive in early December, and the rest arrived at the IA site in SanFrancisco in mid-December. The digitization was completed by IA staff in June 2009,later than anticipated, partly due to scanning difficulties with some of the material. Thebooks were returned in July, and in fall 2009 a quality control review was undertaken bythe library. Some complications were identified and resolved.BackgroundTwo kinds of digitization projects are commonly seen. The first is the mass digitizationproject typified by the Google Books project, where minimal effort is made to ensurequality control, completeness and adequate cataloging (metadata) for individual works.1

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet; Jai Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

is open source and isaffordable in its implementation. The departmental faculty members, subscribing to the OpenSource Software philosophy have undertaken this task and have design the Course ContentServer from ground up using all the Open source Software and Open source Operating System.The subject Course Content Server (http://ecet.calumet.purdue.edu/), is currently being used forthe delivery of more than 20 undergraduate and graduate courses. The paper describes the threemain components of the Course Content Server, namely: 1) the Operating System - Linux, 2)the content management system - Drupal1 , an open source platform and 3) the relationaldatabase management system (RDBMS) - MySQL. All of these components are open source andhave no

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace and Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio da Rocha Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

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International

", "Dictionary of International Biography", "Men of Achievement" and others similar publications.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Port Engineering Graduation Program: Designed for Future Melany M. Ciampi1, Claudio da Rocha Brito2 1 President of Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety 2 President of Council of Researches in Education and SciencesAbstractBrazil has a large sea coast portion something around eight thousand Kilometers and the majorityof them of sand in full beaches however in some places there are natural harbors as the harbor ofSantos Sea Port . Such geographical conditions pushed by historical events and the

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose Hulman Institute Of Technology

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Civil Engineering

civil engineering curricula. Considering specifically the BOK2, acoordinated list of 24 outcomes is presented within three outcome categories: Foundational,Technical and Professional. The outcomes identify the desired level of achievement definedaccording to Bloom’s Taxonomy for the cognitive domain3,4. Additionally, the BOK2 hasrecommended outcome achievement targets for each portion of the fulfillment pathway: for thebaccalaureate degree (B), post-baccalaureate formal education (M/30), and pre-licensureexperience (E). The emphasis herein is on those outcomes and achievement targets for thebaccalaureate degree.The BOK2 Outcomes Rubric, using Bloom’s Taxonomy, is graphically presented in Figure 1.The reader is cautioned that this is a simple

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Walters; Keisha Walters

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

delivery includedpresentations by the instructors, student presentations, group projects, and simple experiments.The three-week course schedule is shown in Table 1. Note that during the final week classes didnot meet on Friday, so the total number of class days was 14. Table 1. Course Schedule Day # Lecture Topics/Activities 1 Fluid Mechanics Introduction and Definitions Fluid and Flow Properties Intro to Statics and Dynamics Interest/Concept Inventory Pre-Assessment 2 Fluid Statics 3 Fluid Dynamics First Principles

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Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

-mass systems. The Helmholtzresonator1 is one such device. This is used in automotive mufflers in combination with simpleexpansion chambers. The theory of Helmholtz resonator is briefly discussed below. Figure 1. Schematic diagram of a Helmholtz Resonator: d = neck diameter; D = body diameter, l = neck length; h = body lengthIn the Helmholtz resonator (Figure 1) the volume of the air in the body functions as a spring andthe air in the neck as the mass. The mass of air in the neck is given by2 m = (l A) (τ), Where A = neck cross-sectional area, τ = density of air. The stiffness of the air spring is given by

Conference Session

Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

2003 Distinguished Teacher Award. In 2004, he was selected for a three-year term as a Senior Faculty Fellow of NYU-Poly’s Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. His scholarly activities have included two edited books, 4 chapters in edited books, 1 book review, 40 journal articles, and 90 conference papers. Moreover, he has mentored 67 high school students, 86 high school teachers, 21 undergraduate summer interns, and 11 undergraduate capstone-design teams, and graduated seven M.S. and four Ph.D. students. Page 15.1032.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Kristina Lawyer, Michigan Technological University; Meredith Berlin, University of Colorado - Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jonathan Wiggins, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

. Concurrently, the National Academy of Engineers (NAE) 1, 8 created theTechnology and Sustainable Development program, aimed at illuminating the relationshipbetween ecology, economic growth, and the environment. In 1994, the American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE) issued a statement recommending that “Engineering studentsshould learn about sustainable development and sustainability in the general educationcomponent of the curriculum as they are preparing for the major design experience” 9,10. Thebasis for these calls for “reformation” can be traced to Our Common Future, also known as theBrundtland Report, issued by the United Nations World Commission on Environment andDevelopment (WCED) in 1987. The Brundtland Report alerted the world to the

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

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International

course evaluations are conducted. Data from the survey and evaluations is thencollected and analyzed with help of statistical methods and software to discover scientificoutcomes. The data analysis results are used to evaluate student learning outcomes and measureeffectiveness of new teaching methods and student learning activities in this new courseframework. The results have confirmed that most of goals of this change have been reached.1. IntroductionA number of curriculum studies conducted by the author and other researchers find thatengineering students often focus on their specific academic areas throughout their four yearcollege study and even graduate study thereafter. However, rapidly changing global economyand dynamic working environment

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Winters, Virginia Tech; Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy

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Educational Research and Methods

faculty members.1 Aspart of the undergraduate education process, faculty guide students through thousands of hours inclassrooms and laboratories. To design better educational experiences for engineering students,faculty must understand how students perceive these interactions and how such interactionscontribute to engagement in learning. Using self-determination theory 2 and analyzinglongitudinal interview data, we explored students‟ perceptions of interactions with faculty andhow these interactions changed during their four undergraduate years.Literature ReviewSelf-determination theory (SDT) posits the importance of socio-contextual factors in humanmotivation.3, 4 In learning environments, socio-contextual factors include social aspects such

Conference Session

Student Engagement in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Rebeca Gonzalez, Chapin High School; Sarah Hug, University of Colorado; Alexandria Ogrey, University of Texas, El Paso; Mary Kay Roy, University of Texas, El Paso; Alan Siegel, NYU

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Electrical and Computer

ability to understand and apply foundational quantitative analysis skills and interest in pursuingSTEM studies. Our research plans include a longitudinal study of academic progress that examines thesuccess of students who pursue STEM studies after attending MPCT.Pedagogical Approach Our orientation is that programming techniques in early courses should be chosen to minimize cognitiveload while maximizing pedagogical value. The focusing of MPCT to introductory computation included asignificant reevaluation of the programming interfaces used to support coursework. The originalprogramming interface used the rich object oriented (OO) Java AWT toolbox exposed by the programmingframework of [1]. With this approach, even the design of extremely simple

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods

significantly lessinclined to use students’ interests and backgrounds to shape classroom instruction. The primarychange attributable specifically to the intervention was the increased belief among newly mintedPLTW teachers that they were providing engineering instruction that effectively integratedscience and math concepts. While this is seen as desirable and in keeping with current educationefforts, the final section examines some of the challenges of implementing effective STEMintegration in high school classrooms.The Importance of Studying Teacher Beliefs about Engineering EducationAs U.S. high schools respond to calls for improving student learning in math, science and pre-college engineering 1 and the availability of increased funding

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University

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International

Page 15.595.2American educators, researchers and engineers in Rapid Technologies. The details and impact ofthe workshop are presented in this paper.Mutual International BenefitsThis workshop brings together two teams of researchers and educators, which would nototherwise, have the opportunity to work together, for the express purpose of finding commonground to work in an area that potentially can have dramatic economic impact for both counties.Figure 1 shows the organizers and presenters of the international workshop. Figure 1: A Group of Presenters and Attendees of the WorkshopThe session themes and presenters were carefully chosen since they represented major researchand development thrusts that will likely have dramatic impact

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Economy

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hartman, University of Florida; Jennifer Smith, University of Florida

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Engineering Economy

process for a given week of lectures (generally consisting of three): 1. Update lecture notes (slides) as deemed required. In this case, the instructor utilizes examples from current media, so the lecture notes (examples) were updated accordingly. 2. Forward notes to technical support team. Slides are “upgraded” with visuals for examples and background for online course “theme”. 3. Notes are returned to instructor for use in traditional class. Any errors (such as a miscalculation caught by students) are fixed and returned to technical team for final processing. (Steps 1-3 are repeated for all three lectures in a week.) 4. Instructor delivers three lectures in studio captured by video and synched with slide

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bin Wang, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Yong Pei, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

receiverusing Matlab simulations. We would like to take the educational concept one step further toenable students to experiment and build SDR based working systems in their coursework andtraining. Transmitter Software Based RF DAC Communication Frontend Transmitter Receiver Software Based RF ADC Communication Frontend Receiver Figure 1. Typical software radio block diagram.Preliminary Course

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History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

and at the same time remain currentwith the developments in the field.1 This approach is particularly suitable for emerging fields thatare being actively researched.2 Traditional courses that offer insight into these fields are oftenchallenging for instructors due to the inherent nature of the content. The textbooks and contentdeveloped for a course focusing on these frontier fields become quickly outdated. Applying thejournal club ideology to these courses can dramatically enhance the course content and lead to anengaging experience for the students. One such field is the research of nanomaterials formechanical, electrical, chemical, thermal and optical applications.The current progress in nanotechnology indicates its tremendous potential to

Conference Session

New Methods and Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Melissa Grunow, Lawrence Technological University; Katie Hayes, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

validation, a test-retest to ensuretemporal stability and internal consistency, and pilot testing in the second year componentLeadership Models and Practices course. The instrument was administered at the beginning andend of the semester to determine the shift in perception of their leadership/entrepreneurial skills.1. IntroductionEntrepreneurshipLawrence Technological University (LTU) has offered engineering students entrepreneurialeducation programs for many years. Recognizing that graduates entering industry will requirebusiness and entrepreneurial skills, the College of Engineering developed an entrepreneurialcertificate program and founded the Lear Entrepreneurial Center. The entrepreneurial certificateprogram develops student skills in

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Guenther, Wright State University; Bruce Rahn, Wright State University; Mark Falknor, Wright State University; Adam Kelly, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

in order to be successful. A. Project requirementsThe goal for our project was to receive live videos and record videos from three onboardcameras. A video switching circuit attached to the Basic Stamp would alternate between threecameras depending on the altitude. The video switching circuit has four buffered outputs inwhich one was connected to the video transmitter and another was connected to an onboardDVR. Below 40,000 ft above the sea level there would be a camera pointed straight down. From40,000 ft to 60,000 ft a camera pointed sideways could capture the horizon. Above 60,000 ftthere was a camera to capture the balloon rupturing. Flow Chart 1 shows the operatingconfiguration of the transmission system. GPS Basic

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Stein, University of Wisconsin; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Design™. We found that (1) more of theinstructor’s time was spent on class management (non-instructional) tasks—especiallycollecting and grading team project work—than on any other classroom activity, (2) agreater proportion of the total observed instruction time was devoted to skills than toconcepts, and (3) only a small fraction of instruction that linked math concepts toengineering coursework (science concepts were absent in these lessons) made those linksexplicit9.The Importance of Explicit Integration for TransferTransfer of learning or knowledge transfer refers to the ability of a learner to generalizewhat is learned from a particular instance and apply it to novel situations. Since it is notfeasible that students can be exposed to every