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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Javad Hashemi, Texas Tech University; Sachin Kholamkar, Texas Tech University; Naveen Chandrashekar, Texas Tech University; Edward Anderson, Texas Tech University

at the Texas Tech University. The aim was to help undergraduate studentslearn more about the objectives and procedures of laboratory experiments in order to be betterprepared for performing their tasks during the physical experiment. The intention of this project was to assess the benefits of both web based training inperforming the actual experiments and in the learning of students. Furthermore, we wanted toassess the perceived effectiveness of the software as a function of the student learning style andGPA performance. Access to modules was given to several sections of Materials ScienceLaboratory Course. A pre-lab quiz was given to all students to test the students’ understanding ofobjectives, procedure and the anticipated results

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Biology in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Coppinger, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon Sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

the Director of Assessment at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where she designs and implements assessment activities for both small and large scale projects. She has presented her work at national psychology and assessment conferences and has published in the areas of political and social psychology. Shannon holds an MA degree in General Experimental Psychology. Page 11.921.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Meeting the learning styles of biomedical engineers in a mainstream genetics course: a biologist’s perspectiveIntroductionA primary goal of undergraduate

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Gukan Rajaram, North Carolina A&T State University; Ricky Lewis, Northeast Guilford High School; Oliver Lewis, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Jagannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

for most completecombustion of the fuel, which is one other way to control pollution levels. The students were alsoinvolved in a simple project to understand the working principle of the spectrometer, whereinthey built a simple opacity meter based on the spectrometer principle to measure the variation inthe light intensity for different emission conditions (See Appendix for details).Collecting DataDuring the opacity meter testing, the sensor diode was monitored by a multimeter set tomillivolts. Because the meter is very sensitive to changes in voltage within the diode, eachsample was tested three times to represent the full scope of the readings. Then the three differentnumbers were averaged for each sample for comparison. The following

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Design of Laboratory Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afshin Goharzadeh, The Petroleum Institute; Arman Molki, The Petroleum Institute; Michael Ohadi, The Petroleum Institute

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

of the sponsoringconsortium and the local oil companies. We also provide research and continuing educationservices to our sponsors, thus justifying the need for state of the art laboratories at bothundergraduate and graduate levels.Graduates from the Mechanical Engineering Department will work for the sponsoring companiesas field test engineers, laboratory test engineers, design engineers, development engineers,project management engineers, and research engineers. We must prepare the students with theability to undertake a variety of engineering tasks in the oil and gas industry. As a senior levelcourse, the Advanced Measurement Laboratory course is a technical elective in the MechanicalEngineering program. The objective of this course is to

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Civil Engineering in the Classroom

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Civil Engineering

students to make connections among ideas within the course and between the current course and other courses or the students’ experiences. Human Dimension goals increase students’ understanding of themselves and their interactions with others. Caring goals hope to create positive attitudes and feelings within students toward a particular course. Learning how to Learn goals help students become self-directed learners.In terms of Fink’s taxonomy, the goal of this project was to create new Teaching and LearningActivities and a new Feedback and Assessment tool. The Teaching and Learning Activities havebeen designed to address as many of the kinds of learning

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On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nobuyuki Kitashoji, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Eiichi Sentoku, Kanazawa Institute of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Page 11.719.7 - How to make good tasting coffee - A broom that collects dust well - How to cool body temperature using an electric fan - How to improve the ventilation of a room - How to prevent the temperature in a car from rising2.5 Approach to Improve the Effectiveness of Learning(1) Team-based ProjectsThe FLE courses involve a team-based project. The team-based learning experiencedevelops the students' cooperative and leadership capabilities and deepens theirunderstanding through collaborative work. Each team is composed of 5 or 6 students. Fig.2shows a scene of team-based experiment. Fig. 2 Team-based Experiment(2) Poster SessionIt is desirable for students to work on as many themes as possible in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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VISAR BERISHA, Arizona State University; HO-MIN KWON, Arizona State University; Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

[12] Berkeley TinyOS project http://webs.cs.berkeley.edu/tos/[13] Crossbow, “TinyOS Tutorial”, 2004[14] J. Thorn, “Deciphering TinyOS Serial Packets,” Octave Technology, Octave Tech Brief #5-01, March 2005[15] Java Technology http://java.sun.comAcknowledgment: This work has been sponsored in part by the ASU SenSIP cluster and byNSF DUE 0443137. Page 11.728.10

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Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Tito-Izquierdo, University of Houston-Downtown; Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown; Weining Feng, University of Houston; George Pincus, University of Houston-Downtown

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, Inc., 1999.[2] Feng, W., Gomez-Rivas, A., and Pincus, G., “An Experimental Approach for Evaluating Harmonic Frequenciesof a Flexible Beam”, ASEE 2005, Portland, Oregon.AcknowledgementThe authors acknowledge the support from Scholars Academy of the University of HoustonDowntown for supporting students participating in this project. Page 11.187.19

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FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mwarumba Mwavita, Oklahoma State University

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First-Year Programs

unprecedented level of national interest.The 2003 National Science Foundation report emphasized that Science and technology willcontinue to be the engines of the US economic growth and national security 1. The report furtherindicates serious problems lying ahead that may threaten U.S. long-term prosperity and nationalsecurity. Among various trends is a reduced domestic student interest in critical areas, such asengineering and the physical and mathematical sciences1. Future projections indicate thatemployment in engineering and science will increase by 51 percent or approximately 1.9 millionjobs by the year 2008. 2 Numerous studies have examined plausible explanations and factors contributing to dropoutrates among engineering students in many of the

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Faculty Development: Tenure & Promotion

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Findlay Edwards, University of Arkansas; Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas

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New Engineering Educators

directly result in your promotion and tenure, butthe contacts you make during committee meetings may. These committees provide youwith great opportunities for networking. The contacts you make may one day be yourexternal reviewers for your dossier or future collaborators on a research project. Innational organizations, committee membership takes times, so attend conferences early inyour academic career and begin forming those professional relationships early.External ReviewsUniversities typically require external review of your tenure dossier and the facultymember must provide a list of potential external reviewers to your department head. Theexternal reviewers evaluate your tenure dossier and in turn write a recommendation letterto your

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Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Barbara Eichler, DeVry University; John Morello, DeVry University

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Engineering Technology

composite materials can increase environmental problemsSelf-assembling and self-replicating nature In manufacturing area, many processes willof nanotechnological processes need to be redesigned embodying new principles, particularly relating to containment of active or waste products.Source: Meyer, M. (2001). Socio-Economic Research and Nanoscale Science andTechnology, Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NationalScience Foundation. pp. 224-225, Available online:http://www.wtec.org/loyola/nano/NSET.Societal.Implications/II. Society, Nanotechnology and EducationThe projected

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Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Materials

students were asked to think about the question on their own, then turn to aneighbor, explain their response, and try to come to a consensus. Students then individually“clicked in” their responses, which were projected in the form of a histogram for all to see.(Responses of specific students are available privately to the instructor, but student responsesremain anonymous on the display.) Thus, students’ collective thinking becomes visible to bothinstructor and students.The “clicker questions” that relied on application of the lever rule are shown in Table 2. Whilethe preparation assessment questions were more conceptual in nature or asked students to gleaninformation from the phase diagram, most clicker questions required the students to

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Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dawn Farver, University of Arkansas; Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas

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Women in Engineering

://www.asee.org/about/publications/profiles/upload/2004ProfileIntro2.pdf) Accessed 03/08/2006. 2. National Science Foundation. 2004. National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Science and Engineering Degrees: 1966-2001, NSF 04-311, Project Officers, Susan T. Hill and Jean M. Johnson, Arlington, VA. 3. Wadsworth, E.M. 2002. Giving Much/Gaining More: Mentoring for Success. Purdue Press, West Lafayette, Indiana. 4. Steele, J., J.B. James and R.C. Barnett. 2002. Learning in a man’s world: Examining the perceptions of undergraduate women in male-dominated academic areas. Psychology of Women Quarterly 26: 46-50. 5. Campbell, A. and G. Skoog. 2004. Preparing undergrad women for science

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Programs for High School Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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June Marshall, St. Joseph's College; John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the University’s automated cell lab projects on a smaller scale. Page 11.260.3The design and fabrication of the modules purchased by the high schools were college-based class activities in electronics and material processing courses. The only expensesto the high schools were the cost of the components. The secondary educators have beenthrilled to have “plug and play” modules that genuinely turned-on their students. This isdefinitely one of those win/win initiatives that can provide an enjoyable, meaningful classproject, and at the same time establish a pipeline for recruiting talented incoming majors!OutcomesIn fifteen years of teaching experience, the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Cox, Purdue University; Alene Harris, Purdue University

rating standards were calculated across the eleven content experts andacross the twenty vignettes.78) (The professor is talking about pressures in the heart.)PROF: I want to focus today in particular on what’s happening with the pressure.PROF: So that’s this middle, yellow band (refers to projected graphic).PROF: But of course it’s very closely- in fact, inescapably linked to what’s happening in the very top band,and that’s the electrocardiogram.PROF: But again, and down here, what goes on down here (gestures to lower part of image) is also closelyrelated to the volume issues here (gestures to middle part of image).PROF: I want to look here at the pressures.To what extent are the following HPL elements present in the highlighted segment

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Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Walid Elshorbagy, United Arab Emirates University; Mir Azam, Chuden_Cti; Kouichi Taguchi, Chuden-Cti; Tetsuya Ichikawa, Chuden_Cti; tomohiko terasawa, Chuden_Cti

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Ocean and Marine

transports most of the world traded oil. Understandingits water dynamics is therefore a necessary component for any environmentalstudies, coastal development projects, and oil pollution prediction models to beundertaken in the region. The current paper reports major findings of recent fieldobservations and hydrodynamic modeling effort conducted in the Arabian Gulf.The field observations were obtained during a hydrographic survey conducted tomeasure the salinity and temperature in the southern shelf of the Gulf in summerand winter seasons. Salinity and temperature fields were developed tocomplement the physical data established from earlier studies. Hydrodynamicsimulation of the Arabian Gulf was made using a three dimension rectilinear gridsystem

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Digital Communications Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Dunne, Grand Valley State University

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Electrical and Computer

, Portland, Oregon.6. D. Silage, "Augmenting Hardware Experiments with Simulation in Digital Communications," Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee.7. Internet URL http://www.qpsk.com/8. K.A. Kramer and D.R. Maxwell, "Projects with Applications to Wireless Communications - An Innovative Approach to the Digital Design Course," Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah.9. J.Z. Zhang, K. Burbank and R. Adams, "A Systems Approach to Teaching "Introduction to Electronic Communications" for ECET Students," Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah.10. R.P. Ramachandran, L.M. Head, S.A. Mandayam, J.L

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Leadership and Administration in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wael Ibrahim, ECPI College of Technology; Rasha Morsi, Norfolk State University

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Engineering Technology

Sciences - Physics, Chemistry, etc. 6-18 Management - Total Quality Management, Quality Control, Production Planning and Control, Industrial Supervision, Industrial Finance and Accounting, Industrial Safety Management, Facilities Layout and Materials Handling, Industrial Ergonomics and Time 12-24 Study, Industrial Communications, Business Law, Marketing, Leadership, Project Management, International Business, and Teaming, etc. Technical - Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Computer Aided Design, Electronics, Materials Testing, Computer Technology, Packaging, Construction, Manufacturing 24-36 Processes, etc. Electives

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Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University; Christopher Bosso, Northeastern University; Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Engineering and Public Policy

current and projected workforce. To increase student awareness of thesocietal implications of this developing technology, the academic partners in the Center forHigh-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN), an NSF-sponsored Nanoscale Science and EngineeringCenter (NSEC), have created a team taught course entitled “Nanomanufacturing I”. Assessmentof engineering and science student performance is reported for the segment of the course thataddressed policy issues.1. IntroductionThe academic partners in the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN), an NSF-sponsored Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC), have created a team taughtcourse entitled “Nanomanufacturing I”. Faculty from all three core partner academicinstitutions, including Northeastern

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Innovative Laboratories in BME

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judy Cezeaux, Western New England College; Steven Schreiner, Western New England College; Diane Testa, Western New England College

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Biomedical

projects for developing world hospitals. Page 11.799.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Integration of Diverse Laboratory Experiences throughout the Biomedical Engineering CurriculumAbstractLaboratory instruction is crucial in bioengineering curricula to introduce biological andphysiological measurements as well as to foster an understanding of the complex nature ofbiological systems. Traditionally, stand-alone bioengineering laboratory courses providedstudents an opportunity to learn the function and operation of instrumentation as well as toanalyze data by applying theories learned

Conference Session

Questions of Identity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mike Graham, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Amy Wendt, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Paul Peercy, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Patrick Farrell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jay Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sarah Pfatteicher, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Liberal Education

leadershipskills in the areas of change management, creativity, and diversity with explicit attention to theapplication of these skills to the leadership and development of faculty, administrative staff, andstudents. Our goal was to assist engineering education leaders in enhancing their knowledge andskills in areas required for achieving the visions of the NAE report, The Engineer of 2020.”1Inaddition, each of the eight schools was required to identify three challenges faced by theirschool. Prior to attending the retreat, each of the teams was to have developed a plan foraddressing these challenges or a project to pursue.The EELI retreat was a remarkably effective means for the development of our task force, in partbecause of the ideas presented at the

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Virtual and Distance Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhanping You, Michigan Technological University; Qingli Dai, Michigan Technological University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

–Kingsville and Michigan Technological University.In Texas, five graduate students completed their master degree research projects using the Page 11.639.6discrete and finite element modeling simulation and online tools: o Microstructure modeling of asphalt mixture using finite elements o Asphalt mastic modulus prediction using discrete and finite element modeling technique o A simple asphalt pavement overlay model using discrete and finite element modeling technique o Identification of particle location for a discrete element model (EE department). o Development of online pavement

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Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saroj Biswas, Temple University; Musoke Sendaula, Temple University; Sesha Yeruva, Temple University; Krishana Priya Sannidhi, Temple University; Ravi Shankar Dwivedula, Temple University

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Computers in Education

Interface Module: Use of mathematical tools, such as, Matlab, is commonin engineering education. Although a full integration of Matlab core into IITS has been the goalof the project, currently, student’s answers for exercise problems are verified using a java-basedsmall linear algebra module. 3. Development of Interactive Tutoring System for ECE Circuits CoursesUsing the IITS shell, an interactive tutoring system is being developed for two electric circuitscourses for the Electrical Engineering curriculum. Several modules for various components ofthe electric circuits courses have been developed and deployed; further development is inprogress. The following is an index of various topics covered so far: 3.1 Course Topics EE161: Electrical

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Use of Technology in Teaching Mathematics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melinda Z. Kalainoff, U.S. Military Academy; Dawn E. Riegner, U.S. Military Academy; Matthew Deloia, U.S. Military Academy; Russ Lachance, U.S. Military Academy; Andrew Biaglow, U.S. Military Academy

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Mathematics

use SynchronEyes [5] Software to monitor progress, and to project work ontoa classroom screen. To monitor the progress of the study, the study group took the sameexams as the general course population, and certain problems were compared to gaugeunderstanding of key equilibrium concepts. We also administered a survey to determinestudent attitudes toward use of technology. Instructors for the general chemistry course typically come from various academicdisciplines, including chemistry, chemical engineering, and the life sciences. Threeinstructors with various academic experience and backgrounds were chosen for thisstudy. The experience and background of the instructors ranged from new instructor totwelve years teaching experience. Prior

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Interdisciplinary Education in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radha Balamuralikrishna, Northern Illinois University; Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS

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Engineering Technology

verified in this study. We hope that thisarticle would inspire quality experts and instructional design experts to come together to work oncollaborative projects as well as motivate instructors using other methods to teach QFD to sharetheir insight. In a future article, the authors will elaborate on the remaining part of the studywhich includes the implementation of a parallel ten-item authentic assessment quiz and a fiveitem self-reported survey both following the introduction of case study. The combined results ofpre-test and post-test studies would shed some more light and provide for a more completepicture on this particular case study. Page

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Current Topics in IE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Jackson, Texas A&M University-Commerce; E. Delbert Horton; Mary Johnson, Texas A&M University-Commerce

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Industrial Engineering

) External Informal sources. This paper describes the processes used andcorresponding results of the ABET Site Visit completed in October. A sample of the graphicaltools used to identify, track, collect, analyze, and report various outcomes as they relate to recentgraduates of our new IE Program will also be provided.Background The Industrial Engineering program at Texas A&M University-Commerce wasestablished by the Texas Legislature with an effective operational date of August 2002. At thattime, the initial projection was to have 30 students enrolled in the IE program when classesbegan in the Fall. As it turned out, over 70 students enrolled for classes leading to a Bachelor ofScience degree in Industrial Engineering at TAMUC. In each of

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Visualization

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Norma Boersma, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Design Graphics

to learn and use 3-D solid modeling packages? In the fall of 2005, a study was undertaken at MichiganTechnological University to answer these questions. Two different tests were administered at thebeginning of an introductory engineering course to determine the students’ level of spatialability: the Purdue Spatial Visualizations Test: Rotations and the Mental Cutting Test. In theintroductory engineering course, students receive five class periods of instruction in engineeringgraphics (isometric sketching, orthographic projection, rotations, and other topics) and threeclass periods of instruction in a 3-D solid modeling package. Some of the students receivedinstruction in engineering graphics before learning 3-D modeling software, and some

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Innovative and Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne Johnson, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Alesia Ferguson, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Patrick Hager, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Aristide Sanou, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Daniel Shenoda, Armstrong Atlantic State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the varying environmental andpressure conditions will be determined using Reverse-Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography.A schematic of the apparatus is shown in Figure 1. The design consists of an inner and outer housing tomaintain the temperature and relative humidity conditions; pneumatic cylinders to apply the contactpressures; and various instruments and a data acquisition system to calibrate and record systemconditions. The undergraduate authors were heavily involved in the design and documentation(orthographic projection and 3-D CAD drawings) of the housing; sensor selection; and data collectionfor the calibration of the pneumatic system. In what follows we will further describe the instrumentationand data acquisition system, and

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Multimedia and Distance Learning in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vernon Lewis, Old Dominion University; June Ritchie, Old Dominion University; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

Learning Technologies in the Old Dominion University Office of Distance Learning. She joined the staff of Old Dominion University in 1999.Carol Considine, Old Dominion University Carol L. Considine is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University. She joined the faculty of Old Dominion University in fall 1999. She has fifteen years of industrial experience in construction estimating and project management. She received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and her M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Page

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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James McDonald; Mary A. Burke

Review, Volume 34 Number 1, July 2006, pp27-43.MARY A. BURKE is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Computer Studies at Ocean County College inToms River, NJ. She teaches courses in Computer Science and Mathematics.JAMES MCDONALD is an Associate Professor and Chair of Monmouth University’s Department of SoftwareEngineering in West Long Branch, NJ. He teaches courses and consults in the areas of software project managementand testing.Return to Main page Proceedings of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 9