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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University; Cathy Mariotti Ezrailson, University of South Dakota; Ramesh Talreja, Texas A&M University

like economics, sociology,education, architecture, business, and others.7 The vision as stated would apply to a minor inEnergy Studies, which would be, in turn, quite aligned with a goal to stimulate research andtechnology development toward transformational energy solutions. A long term goal tostimulate research and technology development toward transformational energy solutions willbest be addressed not just by the College of Engineering, but by a campus wide effort.The rationale for RW-E came from students in the trial course in spring 2006 who said that theywere doing more writing in ENGR 101 than in a freshman writing course. When the coordinatorfor the standard freshman English course requirement was asked the question whether ENGR101

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Tools for Teaching

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyu Yon Lim, Pennsylvania State University; Roxanne Toto, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Hien Nguyen, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Mark Wharton, Pennsylvania State University; John Cimbala, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2008-616: IMPACT OF INSTRUCTORS’ USE OF THE TABLET PC ONSTUDENT LEARNING AND CLASSROOM ATTENDANCEKyu Yon Lim, Pennsylvania State University Kyu Yon Lim is a PhD candidate majoring in Instructional Systems with emphasis of instructional design with emerging technology. Her research interests relate to technology integration, generative learning, and problem-based learning. She can be contacted at kylim@psu.edu.Roxanne Toto, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Roxanne Toto is an Instructional Designer and e-Learning Support Specialist for the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at the Pennsylvania State University where she teaches faculty, teaching

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Innovations in ECE Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khalid Al-Olimat, Ohio Northern University

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Electrical and Computer

majoring in Electrical Engineering. The teaching tool is designed to optimizestudents’ performance through an instant observation of and among the parameters oftransformers, dc machines, ac machines and transmission line models. The information and datacollected from survey and questionnaires were analyzed and used for the evaluation of attitudestoward the use of this media based teaching tool. Students have responded favorably to andexpressed their satisfaction with the developed software tool.IntroductionIn recent years and due to the evolving technology and its attendant introduction of new materialinto the curriculum, most colleges face a demand to optimize their curriculum and increase thecontent of courses. This challenges educators to

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Mir M. Atiqullah

Effect of Defects on Mechanical Properties of Composites: Undergraduate Research on Materials Mir M. Atiqullah Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology Southern Polytechnic State University 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta GA 30060 matiqull@spsu.eduAbstractUndergraduate research in engineering and technology is gaining popularity as an added opportunity oflearning and a gateway to advanced studies. Many students find undergraduate research as a tryout forpotential graduate studies, as well as a way to establish relationship with research faculty

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Mir M. Atiqullah

Effect of Defects on Mechanical Properties of Composites: Undergraduate Research on Materials Mir M. Atiqullah Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology Southern Polytechnic State University 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta GA 30060 matiqull@spsu.eduAbstractUndergraduate research in engineering and technology is gaining popularity as an added opportunity oflearning and a gateway to advanced studies. Many students find undergraduate research as a tryout forpotential graduate studies, as well as a way to establish relationship with research faculty

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Mir M. Atiqullah

Effect of Defects on Mechanical Properties of Composites: Undergraduate Research on Materials Mir M. Atiqullah Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology Southern Polytechnic State University 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta GA 30060 matiqull@spsu.eduAbstractUndergraduate research in engineering and technology is gaining popularity as an added opportunity oflearning and a gateway to advanced studies. Many students find undergraduate research as a tryout forpotential graduate studies, as well as a way to establish relationship with research faculty

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Arthur Heinricher; Brian Savilonis; David Spanagel; Robert Traver; Kristin Wobbe

mission, and others build first-year seminars connecting students withfaculty research interests. (See Upcraft, et al, 2006.)WPI made project-based learning the core of its academic program in the early 1970’s when itdefined graduation requirements that included two major projects (Grogan, 1988). One is in themajor and is usually completed in the senior year. The second project is usually completed in thejunior year and challenges students to work on a problem at the interface of science, technology,and societal needs.Today, about half of WPI’s students (about 400 students each year) complete their junior-yearproject at one of 23 project centers around the world. For example, a team of three students (onechemical engineer, one civil engineer and

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Arthur Heinricher; Brian Savilonis; David Spanagel; Robert Traver; Kristin Wobbe

mission, and others build first-year seminars connecting students withfaculty research interests. (See Upcraft, et al, 2006.)WPI made project-based learning the core of its academic program in the early 1970’s when itdefined graduation requirements that included two major projects (Grogan, 1988). One is in themajor and is usually completed in the senior year. The second project is usually completed in thejunior year and challenges students to work on a problem at the interface of science, technology,and societal needs.Today, about half of WPI’s students (about 400 students each year) complete their junior-yearproject at one of 23 project centers around the world. For example, a team of three students (onechemical engineer, one civil engineer and

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Arthur Heinricher; Brian Savilonis; David Spanagel; Robert Traver; Kristin Wobbe

mission, and others build first-year seminars connecting students withfaculty research interests. (See Upcraft, et al, 2006.)WPI made project-based learning the core of its academic program in the early 1970’s when itdefined graduation requirements that included two major projects (Grogan, 1988). One is in themajor and is usually completed in the senior year. The second project is usually completed in thejunior year and challenges students to work on a problem at the interface of science, technology,and societal needs.Today, about half of WPI’s students (about 400 students each year) complete their junior-yearproject at one of 23 project centers around the world. For example, a team of three students (onechemical engineer, one civil engineer and

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Mechanics and the Internet

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Siamak Faridani, University of Oklahoma; Kurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanics

browser plug-in to enhance the interactivity of the web pages. Anumber of different technologies have been used to develop the interactive content and deliverMEMS animations and simulations to the web; however, students only need a web browser inorder to use the content and there is no need to install high-end engineering packages on theircomputers. Page 13.948.3 Figure 1 Examples of Simulations, Videos, and Graphics Used to Demonstrate MEMSOver the last several years, MEMS has become important in industry and thus an increased needto introduce MEMS into undergraduate courses. However it is well known that most engineeringprograms do not have

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Professional Practice and AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University; Anthony Mutai, Bowling Green State University

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Architectural

evaluated. They further stated that “a BIM-based approachsupports ‘on demand’ generation of documents (e.g., drawings, lists, tables, and 3D renderings)from a consistent Building Information Model” 19. The GSA’s interest in greater coordination inthe AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry was supported by research. A2004 National Institute of Standards and Technology study found incompatible information coststhe capital facilities industry at least $15.8 billion a year. More importantly, these costs wereattributed to all aspects of project design and delivery, including architecture, engineering,construction, and building owners 5.A central feature of the GSA mandate is interoperability. While the GSA CAD standards utilizethe

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Learning about Electric Energy Conversion

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Rubaai, Howard University; Ramesh Chawla, Howard University; Joseph Cannon

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

increasing number of universities have introduced laboratory courseswhich utilize state of the art technology tools to solve relevant real world problems. Many of the Page 13.836.2undergraduate courses in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Dutch UniversityTechnische Universiteit Eindhoven, place great emphasis on the modeling of control systems7.Most of the Master of Science students at the Department of Automatic Control at the LundInstitute of Technology in Sweden are required to complete a basic control course and lab thatutilize mobile desktop processors. The Institute is known as a pioneer in the teaching of real-time programming and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Kasprzak, Milliken Research Associates; Kevin Hulme, University at Buffalo - SUNY; Deborah Moore-Russo, Suny - Buffalo; Kenneth English, University at Buffalo - SUNY; Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo - SUNY

taught as a process8, so can engineering. However, Felder, Woods, Stice, andRugarcia9 claim that engineering classrooms typically have an instructor at the front of the room,imparting information, while students take notes. This type of instruction does not capitalize onthe challenge and creativity that should be inherent in the study of any subject, especially onelike engineering, nor does this traditional instruction align with Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) requirements for teaching communication and teamwork10.Williams11 states that engineering education has “been scrutinized and found inadequate toprepare its students for technical work in the twenty-first century” (p. 149) and claims thatABET's new accreditation

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Mobile Robots in Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Reed, Louisiana Tech University; Taylor Creekbaum, Louisiana Tech University; Matthew Elliott, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Davis Harbour, Louisiana Tech University

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Computers in Education

University majoring in biomedical engineering. He graduated from a high school in Arkansas and plans to pursue a career in industry after graduating.David Hall, Louisiana Tech University David Hall is the James F. Naylor, Jr. Endowed Professor and the Program Chair for Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. He received his B.S. from Louisiana Tech and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Georgia Tech. His research interests include trenchless technology and engineering education.Davis Harbour, Louisiana Tech University Davis Harbour is a Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. He received his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Oklahoma and his Ph.D. from the

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ashraf Ghaly; Megan Ferry

Western-influenced modern development. That is, the belief in the power of scienceand technology over nature.COURSE THEMESThe instructors that co-teach the New Wall of China course are an engineer and a liberal artist. Coursethemes are equally divided between the two. Although the engineering faculty used, in addition to the3GD, examples of several other mega dams from all over the world, the liberal arts faculty concentratedon China and on the basin of the Yangtze River. The rich heritage and long history of this area provideabundant sources of information to demonstrate the closely-knit and inter-woven relationships betweenthe people and the river.Engineering and Environmental ThemesGeneral background on dams: Dams are massive structures

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ashraf Ghaly; Megan Ferry

Western-influenced modern development. That is, the belief in the power of scienceand technology over nature.COURSE THEMESThe instructors that co-teach the New Wall of China course are an engineer and a liberal artist. Coursethemes are equally divided between the two. Although the engineering faculty used, in addition to the3GD, examples of several other mega dams from all over the world, the liberal arts faculty concentratedon China and on the basin of the Yangtze River. The rich heritage and long history of this area provideabundant sources of information to demonstrate the closely-knit and inter-woven relationships betweenthe people and the river.Engineering and Environmental ThemesGeneral background on dams: Dams are massive structures

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Enhancing Mechanics Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gangbing Song, University of Houston; Mithun Singla, University of Houston; Christy Chang, University of Houston; Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Mechanics

Education.” Journal of College Science Teaching, 1993, Vol. 23, Issue 5, pp. 286-290.8. Olmi, C., G. Song, and Y. L. Mo. “An Innovative and Multi-Functional Smart Vibration Platform,” Smart Materials and Structures, 2007, Vol. 16, pp. 1302-13099. Song, G. and P. Lam, “Improve Teaching of System Dynamics and Response Using Smart Material Experiment,” Journal of Science Mathematic Engineering Technology Education: Innovations and Research, 2/3&4, September-December, 2001, pp. 11-18.10. Song, G., M. Zeng, and P. Lam, “A Simple but Effective Experiment to Illustrate Second Order Dynamic Systems,” Proceedings of National Educators’ Workshop (San Jose, CA) (NASA/CP-2003-212403), 2002, pp. 107-115

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Computer Education Management Tools I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Thomas Richter, University of Stuttgart

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Computers in Education

Media in Mathematics and Natural Sciences" and director of the MuLF Center (Multimedia Center for "New Media in Education and Research") at Berlin University of Technology (TU Berlin). Starting in 2001, her Berlin group has been a driving force behind the development of multimedia technologies at the university, implementing multimedia educational elements in the education of undergraduate students, in particular for engineering students. In May 2007, Sabina Jeschke has taken over a full professorship for "Information Technology Services" at the University of Stuttgart and is also acting as scientific and executive director (CEO) of the "Center of Information Technologies" of the

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Diana Schwerha; Chang Liu; Sertac Ozercan; Tripura Vadlamani; Lev Neiman

undergrads and serves as a service course for other engineering and technology undergraduatestudents.The material taught in ISE 306 includes confidence intervals, types of error, statistical power, hypothesistesting, analysis of variance, and simple and multiple linear regression. Typically, a student’s grade iscomposed of some combination of in-class participation, homework assignments, quizzes, and tests.Although teachers direct the quality of in-class learning experiences, out-of-class experiences are largelyunregulated unless the student comes in during office hours. Students may choose to work with otherstudents or they may not. During the course of studying, students often do not have means for feedbackon their work. This can lead to

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Diana Schwerha; Chang Liu; Sertac Ozercan; Tripura Vadlamani; Lev Neiman

undergrads and serves as a service course for other engineering and technology undergraduatestudents.The material taught in ISE 306 includes confidence intervals, types of error, statistical power, hypothesistesting, analysis of variance, and simple and multiple linear regression. Typically, a student’s grade iscomposed of some combination of in-class participation, homework assignments, quizzes, and tests.Although teachers direct the quality of in-class learning experiences, out-of-class experiences are largelyunregulated unless the student comes in during office hours. Students may choose to work with otherstudents or they may not. During the course of studying, students often do not have means for feedbackon their work. This can lead to

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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found that by providing open-ended experiences,students become actively engaged, exhibit a high level of satisfaction with the course, and become awarehow important it is to enhance their practical skills and capabilities.IntroductionThe Engineer 2020 Report from the National Academy of Engineering outlines the key attributes thatengineers must have in order to succeed in the future1. The report states that engineers in 2020 must havestrong analytical skills, must exhibit practical ingenuity, must be creative, etc., amongst other attributes.Creativity is stated, will grow in importance due to the new challenges and new technologies in the 21stcentury. Creativity can be defined as being usefully innovative in diverse situations. Typical

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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found that by providing open-ended experiences,students become actively engaged, exhibit a high level of satisfaction with the course, and become awarehow important it is to enhance their practical skills and capabilities.IntroductionThe Engineer 2020 Report from the National Academy of Engineering outlines the key attributes thatengineers must have in order to succeed in the future1. The report states that engineers in 2020 must havestrong analytical skills, must exhibit practical ingenuity, must be creative, etc., amongst other attributes.Creativity is stated, will grow in importance due to the new challenges and new technologies in the 21stcentury. Creativity can be defined as being usefully innovative in diverse situations. Typical

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FPD5 - Teaming and Peer Performance

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon Carson, Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes-Barre

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First-Year Programs

theseteam skills should be part of the grading process. Combining the evaluation of the projectmeeting the stated criteria and the individual’s ability to apply team skills should allowassignment of individual grades in a group project.The course where these methods have been applied is a first year Engineering design andcommunications course taken by Associate and Baccalaureate degree students in a variety ofEngineering and Engineering Technology majors. In response to the student population, thecourse uses a series of projects that emphasis creation of documentation including formal reports,drawings, web pages, and other presentation methods. The projects take approximately twoweeks to complete with a total of four projects and a final project in

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Multidisciplinary and Capstone Experiences in Manufacturing Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Myers, Ohio University; Peter Klein, Ohio University

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Manufacturing

AC 2008-100: MANUFACTURING CENTRIC UNDERGRADUATE CAPSTONEEXPERIENCETodd Myers, Ohio University Todd D. Myers Ph.D, M.B.A. is a researcher in Center for Automatic Identification and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Technology at Ohio University. Dr. Myers has ten years of manufacturing experience in the supply side of the automotive industry. His responsibilities have included multi-plant materials management, ERP implementation, project management, and engineering management. His funded research has included RFID OEM capability studies, Barcode robustness studies, and Manufacturing Operations Studies. Dr. Myers is a certified GlobeRanger trainer and three-time recipient of the

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nabil Lehlou, University of Arkansas; Nebil Buyurgan, University of Arkansas; Justin Chimka, University of Arkansas

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Computers in Education

AC 2008-1827: AN "EIA" APPROACH TO SUPPORT LABORATORY LEARNINGENVIRONMENTSNabil Lehlou, University of ArkansasNebil Buyurgan, University of ArkansasJustin Chimka, University of Arkansas Page 13.169.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 An EiA Approach to Support Laboratory Learning EnvironmentsAbstractWhen developing or expanding hands-on laboratory environments that rely on technology, onefaces various challenges. Such inconvenience varies from expensive technological renovations tothe reliance of devices on human intervention, to the non-standardized communication betweennetworked objects that use different native programming languages. To overcome these

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Developing New Instrumentation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Liping Guo, Northern Illinois University; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen

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Instrumentation

AC 2008-2550: STUDENT DESIGN PROJECTS IN A PROGRAMMABLE LOGICCONTROLLER (PLC) COURSELiping Guo, Northern Illinois UniversityRecayi "Reg" Pecen, University of Northern Iowa Page 13.1106.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Design Projects in a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Course in Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbstractA Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) is a specialized computer used for the controland operation of manufacturing process and machinery. A junior/senior level PLC coursein a four-year electrical engineering technology institution mainly covers the followingtopics: PLC hardware components, developing fundamental PLC

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Enhancing Mechanics Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary L. Gray, Pennsylvania State University; Francesco Costanzo, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanics

amount of material that can be taught and that the students’ interest in the material isenhanced.IntroductionTo maintain and enhance our nation’s ability to be on the forefront of technology development,colleges and universities have been called to adopt the most effective teaching practices of Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses as well as to provide undergraduateswith opportunities to study STEM “as practiced by scientists and engineers as early in theiracademic careers as possible”.1 In fact, the practice of engineering today requires that graduatesbe prepared in a large variety of ways, which are reflected in ABET criteria as well as other recentstudies.2, 3 In addition, as supported by a wide body of literature

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Assessing the Efficacy of Non-traditional Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific Univ; Donald Peter, Seattle Pacific University; Steven Parsons, Seattle Pacific University; Brad Gjerding, Seattle Pacific University

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Continuing Professional Development

personally painful. So far our students(both on-campus and remote) are very appreciative of this resource. All agree, though, that novirtual experience can fully replace hands-on learning: it must be retained. We also recognize thevalue of occasional face-to-face interaction for effective problem solving and clarification ofmisunderstandings on the material, etc. The key idea is that we can retain these clearly desirableelements as per a traditional class while at the same time leveraging the resources offered by thetechnology to ease the burden on the student without sacrificing quality.Since we are still new to the technology that enables the VSC, there will likely be otherunforeseen applications that will benefit engineering education. For

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ECE Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

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Electrical and Computer

these are shown in Figure 1.The focus of this paper is on the Advanced DSP courses in the area of Speech: 1. ELEN 421 (Speech Coding I) (2 units) 2. ELEN 422 (Speech Coding II) (2 units) 3. ELEN 423 (Voice-over-IP) (2 units) Figure 1 : Some courses in the Graduate MSEE DSP Emphasis area Page 13.967.5The Speech Coding CoursesMany universities, including ours, continually strive to improve their programs by assessing itsimpact and learning outcomes and modifying, changing or deleting, adding courses based onacademic and industrial technology trends. This is actually required by the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering Technology

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Information and Network Security

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peng Li, East Carolina University; Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University; Lee Toderick, East Carolina University; Chengcheng Li, East Carolina University; Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University

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Information Systems

AC 2008-1682: A PORTABLE VIRTUAL NETWORKING LAB FOR IT SECURITYINSTRUCTIONPeng Li, East Carolina UniversityTijjani Mohammed, East Carolina UniversityLee Toderick, East Carolina UniversityChengcheng Li, East Carolina UniversityPhilip Lunsford, East Carolina University Page 13.80.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Portable Virtual Networking Lab for IT Security InstructionAbstractInformation and computer technology programs are facing several challenges such as rapiddevelopments of technologies, outdated lab equipment and materials, and increasing demands forremote labs from on-campus and distance education (DE) students. The purpose of this paper