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Energy Curriculum Advancements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Andre Benard, Michigan State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Developing a Design Based Alternative Energy CourseIntroductionWith the rising cost of oil, the depletion of domestic natural gas supplies, and the documentedimpact of increased CO2 production on global warming, engineering students have developed arenewed interest in alternative energy technologies and careers. This renewed interest, coupledwith the initiation of state and federal sponsored programs to enhance alterative energy educationsuch as the Michigan NextEnergy program, has led to the establishment of a design basedalternative energy course in the mechanical engineering department at Michigan StateUniversity. This paper presents the development of the course, its evolution through

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Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bethany Jones

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International

2006-955: TAILORING THE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE UAE ANDTHE USABethany Oberst, United Arab Emirates University Bethany S. Oberst is Professor and Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the United Arab Emirates University. She is also, with Russel C. Jones, co-editor of the International Engineering Education Digest, distributed monthly to ASEE members. Page 11.1192.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Tailoring the International Experience in the UAE and the USAAbstractThe notion that engineering students need

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shashi Marikunte, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Frances Harackiewicz, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lizette Chevalier, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

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Graduate Studies

of presentations and discussions were one hour and wasfound to be adequate to maintain student attention.Table 1. Seminar Topics Fall 2005 1 Classroom / Engineering Ethics 2 Communication Skills: Speaking, Writing, and Student - Teacher Interaction 3 Principles of Effective Teaching and Learning 4 The Art of Resume Writing 5 Understanding Individual Differences in Learning Page 11.268.4 6 Intellectual Property, Technology, and E-CommerceAssessmentAssessing the effectiveness of the training seminar is critical for the continuation of thispilot project. Success of this project also depends on

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Energy Learning through Simulation and Analysis

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

2006-2344: A POWER SYSTEMS ANALYSIS PROJECTTimothy 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 systems, pulsed power systems

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Developing New Instrumentation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bobbie Meredith, Middle Tennessee State University; Saleh Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University; Jason Thurmond, Schneider Electric, Power Monitoring and Control

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Instrumentation

2006-2307: DESIGNING, BUILDING, AND TESTING AN ADVANCEDINDUSTRIAL-GRADE THREE-PHASE DIGITAL POWER METERBobbie Meredith, Middle Tennessee State University BOBBIE JO MEREDITH, Mrs. Meredith is currently a graduate student, Computer Engineering Technology major in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies at Middle Tennessee State University. She earned her BS degree in Computer Engineering Technology with minor in Computer Science from MTSU in 2005. She is currently working as an Electronics Test Engineer for Schneider Electric, Power Monitoring and Control Division. Her interests include the design, building, programming, and testing of microprocessor and microcontroller based

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Design Projects in Wind and Solar Energy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Lakeou, University of the District of Columbia; Esther Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Ben Latigo, University of the District of Columbia; George Karanja, University of the District of Columbia; Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Wilfried Oshumare, University of the District of Columbia

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Esther T. Ososanya is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia. During her career, Dr. Ososanya has worked for private industry as a circuit development engineer and as a software engineer, in addition to her academic activities. She received her education in the United Kingdom, where she achieved her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bradford in 1985. She was also a Visiting Professor at Michigan Technological University for five years, and a faculty member at Tennessee Technological University for 7 years prior to arriving at the University of the District of

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Student Teams and Design Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamara Moore, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

Heidi Diefes-Dux is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education (ENE) at Purdue University with a joint appointment in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE). She is the chair of the ENE Graduate Committee and she is a member of the Teaching Academy at Purdue. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. from ABE in 1997. Her research interests include open-ended problem solving, evaluation of education technology, and first-year and graduate curriculum development.P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University P.K. Imbrie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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José L. Torres; Vijendra Agarwal

,technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines has existed much longer than socialsciences and humanities. It is not surprising given the fact that faculty in STEM areas havebeen discussing ways to integrate UR as a capstone experience longer and found that URenhanced student learning, increase critical thinking skills and steered students into successfulSTEM related careers. It has also been relatively easier to provide UR experiences in sciencesand engineering because faculty typically have their research laboratories to fit in one or moreaspiring undergraduates. In the current global competitive environment and United Statesfacing a critical shortage of students majoring in STEM areas, it is more critical than everbefore that institutions

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Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Davis, University of Hartford

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Architectural

2006-397: COLLABORATING WITH INDUSTRY VIA YOUR ADVISORY BOARDDaniel Davis, University of Hartford Daniel Davis, AIA is a Professor of Architecture in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture at the University of Hartford, where he has taught for 12 years. He has more than 25 years of experience as a Design Architect and many of his projects have been published in professional journals and won design awards. He has also published a book and a number of journal articles. Davis is also an Associate with Fletcher-Thompson, Architects and Engineers where he is the Director of Design of their Hartford, CT office

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Manufacturing Laboratory Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

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Manufacturing

2006-721: MANUFACTURING LABORATORY LEARNING MODULES ONCAD/CAM/CMM AND ROBOTICSR. Radharamanan, Mercer University Dr. R. Radharamanan is a Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. He has twenty-eight years of teaching, research, and consulting experiences. His previous administrative experiences include: President of International Society for Productivity Enhancement (ISPE), Acting Director of Industrial Engineering as well as Director of Advanced Manufacturing Center at Marquette University, and Research Director of CAM and Robotics Center at San Diego State University. His primary

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melinda Hess, University of South Florida; Autar Kaw, University of South Florida

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-944: ASSESSING TEACHING METHODS FOR A COURSE IN NUMERICALMETHODSAutar Kaw, University of South Florida Autar K Kaw is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher at the University of South Florida. With major funding from NSF, he is developing customized and holistic web-based modules for an undergraduate course in Numerical Methods (http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu). He has authored the textbook - Mechanics of Composite Materials, which is currently in its second edition. His scholarly interests include development of instructional technologies, integrating research in the classroom, thermal stresses, computational mechanics, and nanomechanics of

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharnnia Artis, Virginia Tech; Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech; Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

Training System Design CourseCourse Description and DesignThis course was initially designed to prepare engineering students to make effective training anddevelopment decisions within their organizations. Specifically, the course emphasizedconducting training-needs analysis, training design and development, training technology, andprocedures to evaluate training effectiveness. The course customarily began with an introductionof some fundamental principles of performance to help analyze the causes of performanceproblems. It then addressed topics of adult learning and training principles, and how to applythese topics to individuals, teams, and organizations.During the first classroom session of the revamped role-play designed course, the usual

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DB & Information Integration

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Glotzbach, Purdue University; Nathan Bingham, Purdue University; Meiqi Ren, Purdue University; Dorina Mordkovich, Purdue University

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Information Systems

2006-2586: E-STADIUM: REAL-TIME GAME STATISTICS, HIGHLIGHTS, ANDENTERTAINMENTRonald Glotzbach, Purdue University Ronald J. Glotzbach is an Assistant Professor for the Interactive Multimedia Development area in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus. He is also the Purdue football e-Stadium Project Manager for ITaP. Ronald’s research interests include leading-edge technologies that expand the boundaries of dynamic and interactive content delivered and collaborated on via the graphical communication tool that is the web. Related interests include web-enabling software, dynamic content delivery methods, programming graphics, and integration

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sunghoon Jang; Malgorzata Ciszkowska; Robert Russo; Hong Li

A New Approach to Glucose Monitoring Using a Non-Invasive OcularAmperometric Electro-Chemical Glucose Sensor for the Diabetics Sunghoon Jang+, Malgorzata Ciszkowska@, Robert Russo*, and Hong Li# + @ Department of Electrical Engineering Technology Department of Chemistry * Department of Vision Care Technology Brooklyn College of CUNY # Department of Computer Systems Technology 2900 Bedford Ave New York City College of Technology of CUNY Brooklyn, NY-11210 300 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY-11201 Abstract: A non-invasive

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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LeeRoy Bronner; JERRY-DARYL FLETCHER

) Argumentation-Based Design Rationale: What Use at What Cost? International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 40 (4): 603-652[2] Buckingham Shum S. (1996) Design Argumentation as Design Rationale. The Encyclopedia of Computer Science And Technology (Marcel Dekker Inc: NY), Vol. 35 Supp. 20, 95-128 "Proceedings of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education" 11[3] Buckingham Shum S.J, Selvin A.M, Sierhuis M, Conklin J, Haley C.B, Nuseibeh B (2005) Hypermedia Support for Argumentation-Based Rationale: 15 Years on

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Design Projects in Wind and Solar Energy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Recayi 'Reg' Pecen; Francis Praska, University of Northern Iowa; Ashraf Al-Qassab, University of Northern Iowa

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

2006-1476: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EDUCATIONAL AXIALFLUX WIND TURBINE/GENERATORRecayi Pecen, University of Northern Iowa Recayi Pecen holds a B.S.E.E. and an M.S. in Controls and Computer Engineering from the Istanbul Technical University, an M.S.E.E. from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wyoming (UW). He has served as faculty at the UW, and South Dakota State University. He is currently an associate professor and program coordinator of Electrical and Information Engineering Technology program in the Department of Industrial Technology at the University of Northern Iowa. His research interests and publications

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Developing New Instrumentation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian Belu, Wayne State University

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Instrumentation

skills and knowledge thancan be provided at the artisan level. Prospective employees, as well as employees alreadyon the job, need supplementary training to exploit new technologies, measurement,automation, and control systems. The use of I&M can be classified to three applicationschemes: 1) monitoring of processes and operations; 2) control of processes andoperations; and 3) experimental engineering analysis. The first application ischaracterized as having only a monitoring function, while in the second the instrumentserves as a component of an automatic control system. The third is for engineeringproblems that often require very extensive experimental studies. Industry now requiresengineers who can compete in an environment characterized

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Issues in Computer Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hasasn Rajaei, Bowling Green State University; Mohammad Dadfar, Bowling Green State University

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Computers in Education

2006-1737: COMPARISON OF BACKFILLING ALGORITHMS FOR JOBSCHEDULING IN DISTRIBUTED MEMORY PARALLEL SYSTEMHasasn Rajaei, Bowling Green State University Hassan Rajaei is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at Bowling Green State University. His research interests include computer simulation, distributed and parallel simulation, performance evaluation of communication networks, wireless communications, distributed and parallel processing. Dr. Rajaei received his Ph.D. from Royal Institute of Technologies, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden and he holds an MSE from U. of Utah.Mohammad Dadfar, Bowling Green State University

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Energy Learning through Simulation and Analysis

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David McDonald, Lake Superior State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

2006-1957: SIMULATION LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN ENERGYCONVERSION WITH SIMULINK AND SIM POWER SYSTEMSDavid McDonald, Lake Superior State University David McDonald has over thirty years of teaching experience in electrical engineering and engineering technology. Recent teaching has been in electrical machines, signal processing, and control systems. Page 11.1131.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 SIMULATION LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN ENERGY CONVERSION WITH SIMULINK AND SIMPOWERSYSTEMSAbstractThe paper discusses introducing simulation into

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Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Landon Gray, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

2006-545: COGNITIVE SUPPORT FOR LEARNING PLC PROGRAMMING:COMPUTER-BASED CASE STUDIESSheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University Sheng-Jen (“Tony”) Hsieh is an Associate Professor and member of the Graduate Faculty at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering and is a Halliburton Faculty Fellow for 2005-2006. His research interests include intelligent manufacturing system design, virtual instrumentation, thermal profiling for process and product characterization, and simulation and modeling. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation Laboratory, a state-of

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Computing Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akram Al-Rawi, Zayed University; Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University; Faouzi Bouslama, Zayed University

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Information Systems

Azzedine received a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1992. From 1992-1998, he was a senior researcher at MANTECH, NC. He joined Zayed University in August 1998. Currently he is an assistant professor of Information systems. His research interests include systems model-ing, educational technology and curriculum design in Information Systems. His teaching interests include instructional technology and statistical modeling.Faouzi Bouslama, Zayed University Faouzi received a PhD in Electronics Engineering from Shizuoka University, Japan, in 1992. From 1992-1994, he was a researcher at Toshiba Co., Tokyo. From 1994-2000, he was Associate Professor of

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Joseph J. Rencis; Hartley T. Grandin; William O. Jolley

softwaredeveloped for the user has become very easy to use. It has become more important thanever to insure that the analyst, in his/her search for the best modeling method, correctlyuses the tools available.What Type of Education is Required to Carry Out a Proper Element Analysis?When FEM first appeared in the 1960's it was introduced into the engineering curriculumat the graduate level. As the method and computer technology matured, FEM wasintroduced at the undergraduate level in engineering and engineering technologyprograms, even in some two-year technology programs. Graphical user-friendlyinterfaces (GUI) have significantly reduced the complexities of the actual application ofFEM software such that engineers with education equal to or less than the

Conference Session

Faculty Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc.; Richard Felder, North Carolina State University; Sarah Rajala, North Carolina State University

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Educational Research and Methods

2006-637: PREPARING NEW FACULTY MEMBERS TO BE SUCCESSFUL: ANO-BRAINER AND YET A RADICAL CONCEPTRebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc. REBECCA BRENT, Ed.D. (rbrent@mindspring.com) is President of Education Designs, Inc., a consulting firm in Cary, North Carolina. Her interests include faculty development in the sciences and engineering, support programs for new faculty members, preparation of alternative licensure teachers, and applications of technology in the K-12 classroom. She was formerly an associate professor of education at East Carolina University. She is co-director of the ASEE National Effective Teaching Institute.Richard Felder, North Carolina State University RICHARD M

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Hurricane Katrina

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clay Bolton, University of South Carolina; Charles Pierce, University of South Carolina

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Ocean and Marine

only six students, or less than 6%, wereenrolled in the College of Engineering and Information Technology. This means that almost allof the student participants were pursuing non-engineering degrees. It is this fact that was mostintriguing and challenging from an engineering outreach perspective. In other words, how cannon-engineering students learn about the engineering implications of this disaster through theirservice experience?The 105 students were divided into five work groups of 21 students. Each group was assigned toa staff member who was responsible for supervising the daily work schedule and monitoring thestudents. The five staff members included the Director of the Russell House University Union,the Director of Housing and Residence

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramachandran Venkatasubramanian, Arizona State University; Guillermo G. Mendez, Arizona State University; Brian Skromme, Arizona State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-1739: DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF INTERACTIVESPREADSHEET SOFTWARE FOR THE TEACHING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICE THEORYRamachandran Venkatasubramanian, Arizona State University RAMACHANDRAN VENKATASUBRAMANIAN recently graduated with an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University. He received his B.E. (Hons.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India. His research interests are in mixed-signal circuit design, computer architecture, semiconductor devices and software development for interactive semiconductor education.Guillermo G. Mendez, Arizona State University GUILLERMO G. MENDEZ is a M.S. student in the Mathematics

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Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Hayden, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Yi Cheng, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Tim Lin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Electrical and Computer

cutting-edgeNASA-related research into the undergraduate curriculum. Cal Poly Pomona chose toincorporate the Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) robotic technology research into theundergraduate curricula of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, theEngineering Technology Department, Mechanical Engineering Department, and the ComputerScience Department. We proposed to conduct an interdisciplinary project, "Deep SpaceExploration using Smart Robotic Rovers", and develop an autonomous robotic rover.During the last three years, students and faculty participating in this program have developed arobotic rover that has successfully accomplished the initial goals of the project: (1) semi-autonomous navigation systems for remote robots, (2

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geoffrey Wood, Southwest Tennessee Community College

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Two Year College Division

2006-789: A DISTRIBUTED LEARNING NETWORK UNITES THE MID-SOUTHGeoffrey Wood, Southwest Tennessee Community College Geoffrey A. Wood is the Program Coordinator of the Manufacturing program and an assistant professor in the Engineering Technologies department at Southwest TN Community College in Memphis Tennessee. Degrees include a M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering Technology and a M.A. in Technical Writing from the University of Memphis. Mr. Wood worked in the inspection and NDE field prior to joining the teaching staff at Southwest. In addition to his academic career, he maintains a regular consulting business. Mr. Wood was awarded the State of Tennessee's Innovations in Distance

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Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College; Ronald DeMara, University of Central Florida; Avelino Gonzalez, University of Central Florida; Marcella Kysilka, University of Central Florida; Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, University of Central Florida; Annie Wu, University of Central Florida; Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Florida Tech; Ingrid Russell; Jimmy Secretan, University of Central Florida

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Electrical and Computer

algorithms, machine learning, biological modeling, and visualization Page 11.234.1Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Florida Tech GEORGIOS ANAGNOSTOPOULOS is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology. His research interests lie in the areas of Neural Networks, Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Ingrid Russell, University of Hartford INGRID RUSSELL is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Hartford. Her research interests are in the areas of artificial neural networks

Conference Session

Energy Laboratory Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Reisel, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Kevin Renken, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Technology Lab, and the UWM Electro-Osmotic Technology Lab, as well as the co-Director of the UWM Energy Conversion Efficiency Lab. His research interests include computational and experimental methods in heat and mass transfer, radon entry dynamics, transport and innovative mitigation techniques, convection transport in porous media, multiphase flow and heat transfer, energy conversion, energy conservation, heat transfer augmentation, data acquisition and instrumentation, engineering education, aerosol science, indoor air quality and pollution control. Professor Renken is the recipient of the 1996 UWM College of Engineering and Applied Science Faculty Outstanding Research Award, the 1994 SAE

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Energy Resources, Efficiency, and Conservation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Riddell, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Harriett Benavidez, Rowan University; Julie Haynes, Rowan University; Dan Schowalter, Rowan University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, sustainable design and renewable energy technologies. He leads numerous Sophomore, Junior and Senior Engineering Clinic Teams in solving real world engineering problems each semester. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge, MSE from Rowan University and BSCE from MIT.Kevin Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D. from MIT and his B.S. from WPI. Among his areas of interest are computing and process simulation in the curriculum, and integrating economics and design throughout the curriculum. He has received the 2003 Joseph J. Martin Award and the 2002 PIC-III Award from ASEE.Harriett Benavidez