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Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; michael anderton, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

2006-1794: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY ATMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYSaeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. Saeed D. Foroudastan is the Associate Dean of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences and Professor of Engineering technology at Middle Tennessee State University. He received his B.S. in Civil Engineering (1980), his M.S. in Civil Engineering (1982), and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (1987) from Tennessee Technological University. Professor Foroudastan's employment vitae includes: Assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering for Tennessee Technological University, Senior Engineer, Advanced Development Department, Textron

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Improving ME education: Broad Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University; Andrew Davol, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Mello, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-1835: STUDENT COMPETITIONS - THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGESPeter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University Peter Schuster is interested in automotive safety, impact, biomechanics, finite element analysis, and design. He earned a Physics BA from Cornell University, MSME in design from Stanford University, and Ph.D. in biomechanics from Michigan Technological University. After ten years in body design and automotive safety at Ford Motor Company he joined the Mechanical Engineering department at Cal Poly. He teaches mechanics, design, stress analysis, and finite element analysis courses and serves as co-advisor to the student SAE chapter.Andrew Davol, California Polytechnic State

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Progress on Raising the Bar

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

2006-1197: PROGRESS ON RAISING THE BAR — NEW CE ACCREDITATIONCRITERIAStephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy Colonel Stephen J. Ressler is Professor and Vice Dean for Education at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY. He earned a B.S. degree from USMA in 1979 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University in 1989 and 1991. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. He serves as a member of the ASCE Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice (CAP^3) and as Vice Chairman of the CAP^3 Accreditation Committee. He is a former Chairman of the ASEE CE Division

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Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; Nosa Egiebor, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Arizona State University; Lisa Zidek, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Chalmers Sechrist, Florida Gulf Coast University; Sam Hulbert, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Osborn, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Roger Williams University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

2006-858: BLANK SLATE ENGINEERING AT FLORIDA GULF COASTUNIVERSITY – INNOVATIVE AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY FROM THEGROUND UPSusan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University SUSAN M. BLANCHARD joined FGCU as Founding Director of the School of Engineering in February 2005. She received the A.B. in Biology from Oberlin College in 1968 and the M.S. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University in 1980 and 1982, respectively. Before moving to FGCU, Dr. Blanchard was the Director of Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Programs at North Carolina State University and Professor in the joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and North Carolina

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Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Civil Engineering

students’ knowledge of the types of global and societal issues faced bycivil engineers. Analysis of the open-ended questions revealed increased breadth of awarenessafter completion of the lecture and discussion series. Student comments from the variouslectures included: “His openness about personal thoughts and beliefs helped me to realize what I should consider when it comes to where I should go from here. It's nice to hear something non- technical and non-academic.” “His statistics about children at the beginning of the talk were mind-blowing. He made me think a lot about how good we have it in the US” “Great things don't happen in your comfort zone!” “I have never looked at Civil Engineering in this way

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New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College; David Lieberman, Queensborough Community College; Don Engelberg, Queensborough Community College; Alex Flamholz, Queensborough Community College; Paul Marchese, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College

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Engineering Technology

attend school part time. In these cases it oftentakes many more years to complete the various 4-year degree programs. The laser programcourses are listed on the college website (www.qcc.cuny.edu).Our experience shows that the initial advisement and high school preparation is rather importantin order to properly place the transferring student into the correct program. Some students dochange their minds on their courses of study and join our programs later on. We have devisedplans to accommodate those students. The ABET accredited laser technology program containsa simplified calculus course that is not suitable for engineering programs. Fortunately, our laser

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ChE: Experimental Design & Error Analysis

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

2006-431: HANDS-ON EXPERIMENTAL ERROR! IMPROVING STUDENTS'UNDERSTANDING OF ERROR ANALYSISStephanie Farrell, Rowan University STEPHANIE FARRELL is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. She received her B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania, her MS from Stevens Institute of Technology, and her Ph.D. from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Rowan in September, 1998, she was a faculty member in Chemical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. Stephanie's current educational research focuses on the role of hands-on experiments in inductive learning

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Where are We Going? The Future of Civil Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Harichandran, Michigan State University

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Civil Engineering

2006-1207: CURRENT RESEARCH THRUSTS IN CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTALENGINEERING AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION: A BIG 10+PERSPECTIVERonald Harichandran, Michigan State University Ronald Harichandran is professor and chairperson of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU). He has been chairperson since 1995 and is a Fellow of ASCE. His department leads the largest engineering-based study abroad programs in the country. He currently serves on the ASCE Department Heads Council Executive Committee, the Accreditation Committee of the ASCE Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice, and the ASCE Body of Knowledge II Committee. He is the

Conference Session

Diversity, Recruiting, and Retention in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Merwan Mehta, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

engineer, manufacturing engineer, manager, and consultant. His research interests are improving manufacturing productivity through lean principles and the pursuit of quality and variation control through six-sigma principles. He is a senior member of Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) & Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME), and is a member of the National Association for Industrial Technology (NAIT), American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE), and American Society for Quality (ASQ). He is a Certified Manufacturing Engineer through SME, and is an ASQ Certified Six-Sigma Black Belt. Page

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Emerging EM Areas

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Parden, Santa Clara University

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Engineering Management

2006-629: ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCYRobert Parden, Santa Clara University Chair and Professor Department of Engineering Management and Leadership Santa Clara University Page 11.975.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 2006-629: ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCYAbstractThe motivation of engineers, and other technical professionals, includes two significant factors:enhanced, personal career development, and, expanded responsibility in their firms. Leadershipof continuous improvement, in the search for productivity and organizational efficiency, cansupport these two ambitions. Organizational Efficiency is

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Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ana Ferreras, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida; Pamela McCauley-Bell, University of Central Florida; Edward Hampton, University of Central Florida

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Industrial Engineering

minds. Maybe the first sign that you have aleadership skill is that you can move others… and I don't believe you can be a real leader withoutpassion. I also don't believe you can be a real leader without risk taking"7. Considering the rapidadvances in technology that are occurring in today’s marketplace it is dismal to see thatengineering curriculums look similar to those of twenty years ago. Engineering curriculumsshould provide the education necessary to support nation’s security needs and interest.Successful managers must understand current technology to make the appropriate decisions, butsuccessful engineers are not adequately educated and trained to become leaders and manage theworkforce8. Therefore, the education gap identified between

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Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gul Kremer, Pennsylvania State University; Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanical Engineering

of undergraduate engineering education over the previous two decades, and thatuniversities were graduating great scientists but mediocre engineers.12,13 As a result there was apush towards providing both intellectual and physical activities (such as dissection) to anchor theknowledge and practice of engineering in the minds of students.10 Dissection provides hands-onactivities that apply engineering principles coupled with significant visual feedback.3 Since there-introduction of the first courses, numerous courses that include dissection activities have beendeveloped across the United States (for example see references 14-18). Dissection activities can provide concrete experiences as part of Kolb’s learning model.“Learning by doing

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Feedback and IT: Improving Student Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Civil Engineering

2006-1980: PEER REVIEW OF TEACHING: A MULTI-FACETED APPROACH TOIMPROVING STUDENT LEARNINGMatthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Platteville MATTHEW ROBERTS is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Roberts earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University in 1993 then spent four years in the U.S. Air Force as a civil engineering officer. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2002 and has been teaching structural engineering topics at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville since then. Page 11.989.1© American Society for

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Emerging EM Areas

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmen Zafft, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Maria A. Perez, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Stephanie Adams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Engineering Management

2006-2024: DEVELOPMENT OF A SCORING SYSTEM FOR THE TEAMEFFECTIVENESS QUESTIONNAIRE (TEQ)Maria A. Perez, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Maria A. Perez is a graduate student in Industrial Management Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is pursuing her masters in Engineering Management and her research interest is in teambuilding in engineering. Maria graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from EAFIT in Medellin, Colombia. She also has a specialist degree in Engineering Management from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB) in Medellin, Colombia.Stephanie Adams, University of Nebraska-LincolnCarmen Zafft, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Carmen Zafft is a

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Non-Technical Skills in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. David Dvorak, University of Maine-Orono; Ronald Fulle, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

2006-2050: ETHICS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND GLOBAL AWARENESS INTHE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUMS. David Dvorak, University of Maine-Orono David Dvorak is Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology and Director of the School of Engineering Technology at the University of Maine. He joined the UMaine faculty in 1988. From 1982 to 1988 he worked at GE aircraft engines in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Dvorak received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1981 and 1982 respectively, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Maine in 1998. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Maine and Ohio. Dr. Dvorak is active in ASME

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Civil Engineering in the Classroom

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Civil Engineering

2006-1331: SIGNIFICANT LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN THE FLUIDMECHANICS CLASSROOMPhilip Parker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Dr. Philip Parker (parkerp@uwplatt.edu) is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He received his B.S, M.S., and Ph.D. from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY. His teaching interests span the Environmental Engineering field. He is past Program Chair for the ASEE Environmental Engineering Division. Page 11.1129.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Significant Learning Experiences in the Fluid Mechanics

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Interdisciplinary Design Projects in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Otieno, Northern Illinois University; Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University; Radha Balamuralikrishna, Northern Illinois University

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Engineering Technology

education.Radha Balamuralikrishna, Northern Illinois University DR. RADHA BALAMURALIKRISHNA joined the Department of Technology at NIU in August 1997. His undergraduate degree is in Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding from Cochin University, India. Dr. Bala has worked in a shipyard for three years and has taught engineering design graphics and CAD at the University level for over 10 years. He received his M. S. Eng. from Florida Atlantic University and Ph.D. from Iowa State University. Page 11.126.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A STUDENT PROJECT EMERGING FROM A TRIPARTITE

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The Senior Experience: Capstone and Beyond

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Large Seagrave

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Civil Engineering

2006-1438: COMMUNICATION IS ENGINEERING: RESPONDING TO NEEDS OFINDUSTRY IN A CAPSTONE COURSEJennifer Large, University of Utah Jennifer Large works as a Written Communication Consultant in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department through the CLEAR program at University of Utah's Center for Engineering Leadership. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in English Literature at University of Utah, and teaches Communication and Literature at University of Phoenix, Utah Campus. Page 11.334.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Communication IS Engineering

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Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua Vaughan, Georgia Institute of Technology; William Singhose, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-1791: ARLISS: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXTRACURRICULAR DESIGNPROJECT FOR UNDERGRADUATESJoshua Vaughan, Georgia Institute of Technology Joshua is a Ph.D. student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in May of 2004. He received a B.S. from Hampden-Sydney College in 2002, double majoring in Physics and Applied Mathematics. Josh was a 2004-2005 NSF STEP Fellow, where he worked at Cedar Grove High School. His Ph.D. research focuses on command generation for flexible machines.William Singhose, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. William Singhose is an Associate Professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of

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Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raghvinder Sangwan, Pennsylvania State University; Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University-Great Valley; Matt Bass, Siemens Corporate Research; Dan Paulish, Siemens Corporate Research

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Engineering Management

2006-580: ASYNCHRONOUS COLLABORATION: ACHIEVING SHAREDUNDERSTANDING BEYOND THE FIRST 100 METERSRaghvinder Sangwan, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Raghvinder S. Sangwan is an Assistant Professor of Information Science in the School of Graduate Professional Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. He currently teaches software engineering to professional graduate students from Fortune 500 companies such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Merck, Siemens, and Unisys. Dr. Sangwan is a Consulting Member of Technical Staff at Siemens Corporate Research, with over seven years of experience in software engineering research and development. Formerly, he was a lead architect at Siemens Medical, where

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TC2K Methods and Models

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

2006-1920: TRIANGULATING TC2K ASSESSMENT RESULTS BY USINGSTUDENT SURVEYSTimothy Skvarenina, Purdue University Dr. Skvarenina received the BSEE and MSEE degrees from the Illinois Institute of Technology and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Purdue University. He served 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, in a variety of engineering and teaching positions. In the fall of 1991, he joined the faculty of the College of Technology at Purdue University where he currently holds the rank of Professor and teaches undergraduate courses in electrical machines and power systems and serves as the department assessment coordinator. He has authored or coauthored over 30 papers in the areas of power

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Physical Models and Other Interactive Tools

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Cleary, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

2006-180: ENHANCING A REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN COURSE BYLINKING THEORY AND PHYSICAL TESTINGDouglas Cleary, Rowan University Douglas Cleary is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engingeering at Rowan University. He is a registered professional engineering and serves on two committees withing the American Concrete Institute including E802-Teaching Methods and Education Materials. He received his BSCE, MSCE, and Ph.D degrees from Purdue Univeristy in 1987, 1988, and 1992, respectively. Page 11.582.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Enhancing a Reinforced

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Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Riley, Smith College; Ida Ngambeki, Smith College; Lionel Claris, Smith College

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Engineering Ethics

engineering curriculum.” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2004, p 14165-14179. 5. Vygotsky, L.S. Mind in Society: The development of higher psychological processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1978. 6. Bandura, A. Social Foundations of Thought and Action. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986. 7. Riley, D., Claris, L., Paul-Schultz, N. and Ngambeki, I. Learning/Assessment: A tool for assessing liberative pedagogies in engineering education. ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2006 (in press). 8. Harris, C. E., Pritchard, M.S. and Rabins, M.J. Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases Stamford, CT: Thomson Wadsworth, 2005

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Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelley Racicot, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-368: ASSESSING GROUP LEARNING USING WIKIS: AN APPLICATION TOCAPSTONE DESIGNKelley Racicot, Washington State UniversityCharles Pezeshki, Washington State University Page 11.237.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Assessing Group Learning Using Wikis: An Application to Capstone DesignAbstractIn this paper, we discuss the use of a wiki for documenting social knowledge in thecontext of an industrially-based capstone design course and for assessing group learning.Students create a knowledge management (KM) tool for the explicit purposes of sharinglessons learned with wider audiences and engaging in active group assessment, wherestudents actively develop

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A Serving Profession: Service Learning in Civil Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Robert Houghtalen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jesse Houghtalen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Zachary Johnson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew Lovell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Maria Van Houten, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

Trinidad. Page 11.976.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Our First Experience with International Senior Design Projects – Lessons LearnedAbstractThe advantages of international experiences for engineering students are well documented. Withthis in mind, we decided to take our 18-year-old, client-based, senior design class “on the road.”This foray into the realm of international projects did not come without some anxieties: • Could we properly manage such a long-distance project? • How much of a sacrifice would it be to forego a site visit? • Would codes and regulations be nonexistent

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ChE: Outreach Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sundararajan Madihally, Oklahoma State University; Eric Maase, Oklahoma State University

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Chemical Engineering

Engineering Education, Salt Lake City, UT7. Douglas J, Iversen E, and Kalyandurg C, “Engineering in the K-12 Classroom: An Analysis of Current Practices & Guidelines for the Future,” ASEE Engineering K12 Center, November 2004.8. Kolb DA. “Experiential learning: experience as the source of learning and development.” Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1984. Page 11.828.149. Honey P and Mumford A, “The Manual of Learning Styles” Maidenhead: Homey, 1986. 1310. Bransford J, Brown A. and Cooking R. “How people learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School.” National Academy Press, Washington DC

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Successful Grant Proposals

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2006 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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Engineering Technology

.” • An accounting student: “The engineering and electronics students won’t give me any numbers.” • A business student: “The electronics and CAD students had their minds already made up about what they’re going to do. They wouldn’t listen to us.” • An engineering student: “Those business students are hard to work with. Marketing students said we’d never be able to sell it. Two days later our instructor found something like it selling for 40 bucks. The accountants said our idea was no good – too complicated. We worked okay with the electronics guys.” • An electronics student: “I kind of understand the CAD students, but I don’t know what those business students are thinking with. Instead of

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Recruiting and Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Goodmann, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Engineering Technology

the high schoolyears, followed by a university education in engineering or technology, has nearly disappeared, itcan be restored. Students must be given opportunities to participate in interesting andentertaining construction projects, and a support system must be of like-minded students must bedeveloped. Instructors and more advanced students must be willing and able to offer advice andregarding design and construction techniques. Amateur radio projects and demonstrations ofamateur radio can be an important and useful way to do this.ResourcesHere is a list of useful resources for those who are interested in incorporating similar projectsinto their courses:The American Radio Relay League Inc. (ARRL), the national association for Amateur Radio

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Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Wedlick, The College of New Jersey; Shou Rei Chang, The College of New Jersey; Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-2037: A START UP MANUAL FOR USING "ANSYS" IN UNDERGRADUATEENGINEERING COURSESThomas Wedlick, The College of New Jersey Thomas Wedlick is a graduating mechanical engineering senior at The College of New Jersey. He presently serves as the president of TCNJ’s student ASME chapter. His current areas of interest are engineering pedagogy, PEM fuel cell analysis using computational fluid dynamics, and robotics. He will continue his research in graduate school.Shou Rei Chang, The College of New Jersey Shou-Rei Chang is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the College of New Jersey. Dr. Chang is an active member of SAE and has served as the Primary and Technical advisor of the Mini

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ChE: Departmental Issues and Integrating Freshmen into the ChE Program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Follman, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University; Mica Hutchison, Purdue University

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Chemical Engineering

2006-1354: THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT: CATALYST ORINHIBITOR TO STUDENTS' CONFIDENCE IN SUCCESS?Deborah Follman, Purdue University Deborah K. Follman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 1994 and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University in 2000. Her research interests include engineering education and gender equity, specifically regarding self-efficacy, issues of gender on student cooperative learning teams, and curriculum development.George Bodner, Purdue University George M. Bodner is the Arthur E. Kelly Professor of Chemistry, Education