Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Crossdisciplinary Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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sasikumar naidu, University of Tennessee; Prasanna Venkateswara Rao, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Paul Frymier, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Spivey Douglas, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Gary Smith, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Masood Parang, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Rapinder Sawhney, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

property issues related to the content of both the undergraduate and graduatecourses. These lectures covered three relevant areas of law: 1) tort law, focusingparticularly on products liability law; 2) organizational structure on the issues involved inchoosing the best organizational entity for a business (partnership, LLC, corporation);and 3) The basic areas of intellectual property (trade secrets, patents, trademarks,copyrights), and provided the students with a framework for recognizing potentialintellectual property issues. A class segment on choice of entity, focusing on defining the comparativeattributes (taxation, governance, and third-party liability) of different forms of businessassociations, including partnerships

Conference Session

Building Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaochun Jiang, North Carolina A&T State University; Jerry Watson, North Carolina A&T State University; Marcia Williams, North Carolina A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

. Results indicated that there is a statistical significant relationship between the student’sintent to apply to graduate school and his/her research experience as well as his/her high schoolGPA. Findings from this research will provide lights on minority students’ decision to pursueadvanced degrees and may help recruit minority students to apply to graduate school.IntroductionThe shortage of minority master and doctorate students is very challenging [1]-[4]. The NorthCarolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NC-LSAMP), funded by the NationalScience Foundation, is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, undergraduate program designed toincrease substantially the quantity and quality of students, especially African American,Hispanic

Conference Session

Beyond the Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Veenstra, Engineering education consultant

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First-Year Programs

considered. In this study, Calculus I engineering students were compared to students inother fields of study (Pre-Med, non-engineering STEM students, and Non-STEM students) whoalso enrolled in Calculus I as their first math course in college. “STEM” refers to science,technology, engineering and math majors.From this study, the following research conclusions were made: 1. There was no significant difference in the grade distribution of the engineering students‟ Calculus I grade compared to students in other fields. 2. A significant difference in the distributions of the first-year GPA (grade point average) existed among the four student sectors with the engineering students showing the distribution with the lowest first-year GPA

Conference Session

Retention Tools and Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Veenstra, Engineering education consultant; Gary D. Herrin, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

engineer. In addition, Stevens et al.discussed that engineering students tend to develop a shared identification with other engineeringstudents in comparison to other student groups.8Some empirical studies support the theoretical need for developing the identity of an engineer forretention in engineering. The Astin and Astin study found that having a peer group ofengineering students was a significant factor for retention in engineering.1 This is consistent withStevens et al. findings.8 Levin and Wyckoff and Besterfield-Sacre et al. found that students who Page 14.499.3had a good impression of science and engineering showed a higher first-year

Conference Session

Design Methodology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Carla Gould, Ontario College of Art and Design; Casey Wong, Ontario College of Art and Design; Michael Helms, Georgia Institute of Technology; Djordje Zegarac, University of Calgary; Sean Gibbons, University of Montana; Carl Hastrich, Ontario College of Art and Design; Jeannette Yen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bruce Hinds, Ontario College of Art and Design; Denise DeLuca, Biomimicry Institute; jessica ching, Ontario College of Art and Design

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Design in Engineering Education

drawing projectshave been created.One of the key features of a design course isthat students study subjects in breadth ratherthan depth. In studying a wide variety ofsubjects, design courses employ a wider varietyof specialists and this facilitates a cross-linkingof cultures and perspectives. The conjoining ofpreviously unrelated ideas, thoughts and Figure 1: The Biomimicry Design Spiralconcepts is well recognized as a feature of Page 14.1365.2creative thinking. Introducing a full range of Figure 3: Student project based on frog’s feetsubjects allows students to

Conference Session

Laboratories in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Engineering Technology

representing industrial process components such asvalves, pumps and tanks. Symbol color changes indicate component on/off status changes. Stateequation models embedded in the program simulate the dynamic response of processes.The simulator connects to a PLC through a DAQ card installed in a PC and an external hardwareinterface. Fig. 1 shows the relationship of the software and hardware components. Analoginputs on the DAQ card link to output devices on the user interface screen such as indicatorlights, pump and valve symbols, and ladder diagram symbols. Process symbols were customized Fig. 1. Simulator Hardware and Software Structure.from existing LabVIEW™ digital indicators. The PLC applies a voltage to the analog inputthrough the

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xingguo Xiong, University of Bridgeport; Linfeng Zhang, University of Bridgeport; Junling Hu, University of Bridgeport; Lawrence Hmurcik, University of Bridgeport

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Electrical and Computer

CurriculumAbstractMEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems) and nanotechnology are believed to be theexciting drive to trigger the next wave of technology revolution. MEMS refer to systemsin micro scale (1 micron to 1 millimeter) that integrates mechanical components, sensors,actuators, and electronics on a common silicon substrate through micromachiningtechnology. Due to its low cost, small size, light weight and high resolution, MEMS hasbeen widely used in automobiles, medical health care, aerospace, consumer products andRF communications. Nanotechnology refers to a field of applied science and technologyabout materials and devices in the atomic and molecular scale, normally 1 to 100nanometers. It can offer better built, longer lasting, cleanser, safer and

Conference Session

New Research on Retention of URM Groups in STEM

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terrell Strayhorn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Minorities in Engineering

in research careers.1 In response to this trend, colleges and universities,along with the federal government, have invested enormous resources in programs that exposestudents to research careers and the scientific process. Undergraduate research programs (URPs),like Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) and the Ronald E. McNairPost baccalaureate Scholars Program, are examples of such interventions.2Theoretically speaking, URPs are designed to expose students to the realities of research careers,involve students in research with a faculty mentor, improve students’ perceptions of theirconfidence to conduct research (hereafter “research self-efficacy”) and, subsequently, increasethe number of students pursuing research

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch

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Mathematics

and because writing is aunique mode of learning, the authors hypothesize that requiring students to engage with thetopics in MATH 131 through writing will improve both (1) the professor’s delivery of instructionby alerting him to problems with students’ language mastery as well as their mathematicalthinking and (2) the students’ mastery of the MATH 131 concepts by requiring deeper and morediverse mental engagement with them.BackgroundThe university and students. Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCUQatar) is theflagship school of Education City, an innovative and expanding community of United Statesuniversities invited to operate branches in Doha, Qatar. Doha is the capital city of Qatar, apeninsula of 4,400 square miles (comparable

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

semester-long design project was a crane designproject called the “Hoistinator”, which was described in detail previously.9 Figure 1 shows the“base unit,” consisting of an I-beam, motor and stack of weights (up to 20 identical 70 lbweights). This base unit was constructed before the start of the semester and was used by allstudent teams. Teams of 4-5 students were challenged to design and build a truss, using thematerials summarized in Table 1. The truss would be attached to the base unit, allowing theweights to be lifted to a height of at least 36 inches. The teams were also required to build adigital timer circuit that would measure the time elapsed between when the weight left theground and when the weight reached a height of 36 inches

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning, and Engineering in Elementary School

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irene Mena, Purdue University; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

place in an urban elementary school setting (grades K-5) that houses 369 studentsand 26 teachers. The demographics included: 68% White, non-Hispanic, 26% Hispanic, 2%Black, non-Hispanic, and 1% Asian/Pacific Islander. Of these students, 43% have free lunch,12% reduced-price lunch, and 55% low-cost lunch.Within the school, three teachers (one from grade 3, 4, 5, respectively) were purposefullyselected9 to participate in this study. The three teachers attended a summer workshop onimplementing elementary engineering learning activities in their classrooms. The activitiesstressed knowledge of engineering and the work of engineers, the engineering design process,and science content knowledge specific to each individual activity. The teachers then

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Creese, West Virginia University; Deepak Gupta, Southeast Missouri State University

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Manufacturing

would be 90 for thatstudent. Four questionnaires were given to the students, one each time they handed in a report. Page 14.1065.3Each questionnaire used a scale of “1” to “5”, with “1” being “Completely Disagree” or“Definitely NO” and “5” being “Completely Agree” or “Definitely Yes”. The first threequestionnaires were strictly rating the degree of fulfillment of an activity, but the lastquestionnaire had open ended questions regarding the project and software. The firstquestionnaire and the average response values are presented in Table 1. In Assessment Questionnaire 1, questions A and B were to determine if the studentsopened

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Li Tan, Purdue University, North Central; Jean Jiang, DeVry University, Decatur, GA

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Engineering Technology

significant competency for theiremployment.To prepare engineering technology students for such an industrial trend, many undergraduateprograms in engineering technology not only offer a course to cover the fundamentals of DSP,but also provide a second elective DSP course in which real-time applications and correspondingadvanced topics such as multi-rate signal processing, adaptive filtering, and digital image andvideo processing 1, 9, 10 are introduced.In our engineering technology program, the second DSP elective course is designed for seniorstudents with a focus on real-time signal processing and multimedia applications. The courseprerequisite assumes that the students have already acquired working skills of the Laplacetransform, the Fourier

Conference Session

Sustainable-energy Education: Lessons Learned

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linfeng Zhang, University of Bridgeport; Xingguo Xiong, University of Bridgeport; Junling Hu, University of Bridgeport

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

levelcourse, Alternative Energy Technology. This course is related to chemistry, electronics, andmechanics and the graduate students are with different engineering background. The challengesin the teaching are addressed and the possible solutions are given in this paper. Moreover, theteaching experience in this course is helpful for the licensure application for a new M.S.program, Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) in the school of Engineering at UB.1. IntroductionThe world energy demand keeps increasing in recent years due to the rapidly rising livingstandards and expanding populations. However, the non-renewable energy resource, fossil fuels,is running out and the crude oil supply from Middle East is unstable1. Thus, the price of

Conference Session

Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida; Scott Shepard, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

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International

haveimposed special requirements on the control of industrial robots and caused a shift of emphasistowards the dynamic behavior of manipulators. This shift has led to the development of model-based control algorithms which incorporate the dynamic model of the manipulator in the controllaw in order to decouple the robot joints. The underlying principle is to: (1) design a nonlinearfeedback algorithm that will effectively linearize the dynamic behavior of the robot joints; and(2) synthesize linear controllers to specify the closed-loop response.The critical assumption in model-based control is that the robot dynamics are modeled accuratelybased upon precise knowledge of the kinematic and dynamic parameters of the manipulator.Unfortunately, this

Conference Session

International Aspects of Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Balling, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

programs concurrently. Aunique opportunity will be available in 2010, as Shanghai hosts the Shanghai World Expo duringthe time of the scheduled visit. The theme of the Expo will be "Better City, Better Life", and thefocus will be on planning cities for the future.College Educational Emphases and Program ObjectivesThe Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University makessignificant financial contributions towards the travel costs of each student in engineering studyabroad programs such as the China Mega-Structures program. For graduates to be competitivein the fast-changing global marketplace, the College has established five educational emphases,often referred to by the acronym "LIGHT": 1. Leadership 2

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Olsen, Washington State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

influenced byinteractions with programs at other academic institutions. More specifically, at least twoacademic programs have influenced the content and format of the Frank Fellows program. Thefirst is the Hinman CEO’s program at the University of Maryland [1, 2]. Of specific interest wasits living-learning community of entrepreneurs and the long term team based entrepreneurialprojects on which the students worked. While the Frank Fellows program does not have a longterm living-learning component, the students become quite close during the summer and work onthe same teams for the entire academic year. The second influence was the Mayfield Fellowsprogram of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program [3]. Of specific interest was the intenseinteractions

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Juliet Hurtig, Ohio Northern University

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Design in Engineering Education

specificdecision points that provide more focus on team effort and improve the quality of decisionmaking. Figure 1 is a scan of a wallet-sized information card from Marathon PetroleumCompany that is distributed to all seniors, and that provides an outline of the MPMP Framework.By using the MPMP Framework, we guarantee that all senior design groups deal with anappropriate engineering standard that is common to all groups, regardless of the nature of theindividual project. Figure 1. The MPMP Framework Reference Card. [Reproduced by permission of Marathon Petroleum Company. All rights reserved.]The MPMP Framework is integrated into the senior design sequence as follows. In theconceptual phase, the department solicits project

Conference Session

Contemporary Practices in Engineering Management Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raymond Price, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Management

and multidisciplinaryfield that constitutes engineering in today’s global environment. Additionally, Manseur (2003) refers tothe need of a “broad education that goes beyond traditional engineering topics and includes areas such asethics, team work, oral communication, life-long learning, and an awareness of the impact of engineeringon society to name just a few” (p.1). Goldberg (2006) noted that preparing engineers for organizationaland people-related challenges assists them in being more effective throughout their careers. All theauthors mentioned above have brought attention to the human behavior related skills that engineers needin order to successfully apply their technical knowledge in today’s ever-changing and multidisciplinaryworld

Conference Session

Research and Project Initiatives in IT and IET

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheng Lin, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

be applied to all three material conditions (MaximumMaterial Condition, Least Material Condition, and Regardless of Feature Size.) and is easier for students tolearn and remember the formulas. A graphical demonstration using position control on two holes in anengineering drawing is applied to explain the approach.1. IntroductionTolerance stacks are used to describe the problem-solving process in calculating the effects of theaccumulated variation that is allowed by specified dimensions and tolerances, which are typically specifiedon an engineering drawing. Arithmetic tolerance stacks use the worst-case maximum or minimum values ofdimensions and tolerances to calculate the maximum and minimum distances between holes or between ahole and the

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

is toexamine how critical thinking actually occurs in practice. It is driven by the following tworesearch questions: 1. What are the processes students use to solve critical thinking problems? 2. What do students believe that critical thinking is?These questions are examined within the context of the theoretical framework of Mason. Asdescribed above there are a number of conceptualizations of critical thinking, each of whichemphasizes a different aspect. Mason1 has synthesized these different aspects into an overallconceptual framework. The components of his framework are (pp. 343-344): ≠ The skills of critical reasoning (such as the ability to assess reasons properly; ≠ A disposition, in the sense of: o A critical

Conference Session

Meeting the Needs of Engineering Faculty, Researchers, and Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

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Engineering Libraries

with information about the discovery tools that should be taught to newer students.Civil engineers, especially in the transportation and construction fields, use specialized resourcesand unique databases.Introduction:Citation studies, especially when using materials that require manually processingbibliographies, can be time consuming and cumbersome, but they help guide collectiondevelopment efforts with empirical information. Broadus [1] discussed this idea extensively as amethod to aid the non-subject specialist in building a collection. Dr. Smith [2] specifically notesthat citation analysis of theses and dissertations can help in both collection development and userservices development. Kriz’s [3] citation analysis of West Virginia

Conference Session

Computers and Software in Teaching Mathemathetics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Reba, Clemson University

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Mathematics

, attributable to a new instructional model and a new placement procedureimplemented by the Department of Mathematics in Fall 2006. All sections of Calculus I adopteda variation of the SCALE-UP active-learning instructional model which includes short lectures,student collaboration at round tables, and graded group activities.1 The placement procedure wasaltered so that more students had to enroll in "Long Calculus,” a one-year course interspersingAlgebra review into a slow-paced Calculus I. Performance statistics (like the 20% DFW ratecited above) indicate that these have been important improvements, but we have not stoppedthere in trying to address the needs of at-risk students. With a 2006 Hewlett-PackardTechnology for Teaching grant, we placed Tablet

Conference Session

Modeling Student Data

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kazuhiro Shin-ike, Maizuru National College of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Active Engagement: From the New Engineering Librarian's Perspective

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Jane Dooley, Dalhousie University

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Engineering Libraries

, andinclude: Biological Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, FoodScience, and Petroleum Engineering. Her liaison duties include reference, research, collections,information literacy, and more recently, coordinating promotion and outreach activities for thelibrary.Collaboration“Alliance, partnership, networking, relationship, teamwork, collaboration, coordination,cooperation, liaison, building bridges-no matter what you call it, these words describe creatingconnections with the rest of the campus community.”1 Cook goes on to describe collaboration as a more structured relationship that is created to solve a common problem. Collaboration

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Tang, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; Lawrence Chatman, Camden County College

this evolution, especially at the undergraduate level [2]. In fact,today’s electrical and computer engineering and computer science departments deliver either classicalVLSI designers or computer specialists [1]. Therefore, there is a critical shortage of a new breed of SoCengineers that is capable of bridging the architectural and physical gaps in SoC design to meet theindustry’s workforce demands in the years ahead [1]. As also indicated in [1], the best training for SoCarchitects must be oriented to problem solving through vertically integrated and multidisciplinary projectcomponents, evolving from analysis to open-ended product design at both the undergraduate and thegraduate levels. As pointed out by the National Academy of Engineering

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Holbert, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

literature. Thispaper details the results of the quest to find support for the STATEMENT. This is not the firstinvestigation into the source of these numbers, as a literature search reveals that Molendaessentially debunked these numbers in 2004 1.The STATEMENT in LiteratureIn this section, some of the sources of the STATEMENT are examined as well as a brief genealogy Page 14.1274.2depicting its propagation through archival literature. The first occurrence of the STATEMENTseems to appear in a 1967 trade magazine article 2 by Treichler, who was affiliated with theSocony-Vacuum Oil Co. (note that Socony is an abbreviation for Standard Oil Company of NewYork

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Mellodge, University of Hartford; Diane Folz, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

betweengroups of seniors.There are two primary goals for this collaboration, one technical and one pedagogical: 1. To develop a microwave curing process for polymer coatings on instrument woods. 2. To establish a collaborative effort between research programs at Virginia Tech and the University of Hartford.Project DevelopmentThe technical project was initiated in 2005. Based on the expertise of the faculty members in theuse of microwave energy for materials processing and their personal interests in guitar building,the concept of replacing conventional heat treatments with microwave techniques wasdeveloped. It wasn’t until 2007 that they acted on their ideas, visiting four manufacturers overthe following year, ranging from small production

Conference Session

Topics in Engineering Ethics IV

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Nelson, Northern Arizona University

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Engineering Ethics

attitudes amongundergraduate engineers enrolled in a course specifically focused on BID.MethodsThe BID class used in this study was an undergraduate multidisciplinary special topics course,cross-listed in biology, polymer textile and fiber engineering, industrial and systems engineering,materials science and engineering, and mechanical engineering. The distribution of engineeringstudents in the class was 1 electrical, 13 biomedical, 8 industrial and systems, 13 mechanical,and 3 materials science. There were also 7 biology students, but they were not part of the studydescribed here.The beginning portion of the course consisted of general introductory lectures on BID, designmethodology, and tools and techniques specific to BID, as well as class

Conference Session

Starting the Last Day with New Ideas

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natarajan Gautam, Texas A&M University

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Industrial Engineering

of office hours the students should be encouragedto ask questions in class or via email. Email responses can be copied to the entire class making itan excellent mode of communication outside class. In this era students are expected to know toeffectively communicate technical material via email and such opportunities are excellent tofoster these skills.Doing away with office hours appears to be a strategy that deserves some testing for obviousreasons. The only course we experimented with having office hours and doing away with it wasa graduate course on stochastic models for queues. For this course, in the first offering there wereoffice hours regularly scheduled and the second offering there were none. Table 1 summarizesthe mean and standard