Conference Session

Two Year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons; Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge; Robert Alldredge, Allan Hancock College

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Two Year College Division

State and Federal curriculum projects, especially in the areas of technical education. Dr. Alfano has a B.S. in Chemistry, M.S. in Education/Counseling, and a Ph.D. from UCLA in Higher Education, Work, and Adult Development. She also directs the Cisco Academy Training Center (CATC) for California and Nevada.Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge Sharlene Katz is a co-Principal Investigator of CREATE and Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) where she has been for over 25 years. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with B.S. (1975), M.S. (1976), and Ph.D. (1986

Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles

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Mechanical Engineering

on top of the regular lab assignments. Both thestudents’ and instructor’s work load went up as compared to previous years. Additional tasksrequired of the instructor were license arrangements, practicing with the software, in-classdemonstrations, supplementing lab handouts, and grading assignments. Altogether the use ofFlowLab adds about 2-3 hours of work per week during the first year.The course is largely structured by two course projects. Hydrostatics, buoyancy, Bernoulli’sequation theory, and control volume analysis are followed by similitude analysis. The latterbecomes the basis of the first project, where students design and build model sail boats. Hulltests on the models are performed closer to the end of the semester, and predictions

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Architectural Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Hector Estrada, University of the Pacific

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Architectural

/mechanical systems, and construction. Finally, architecture isincluded into each curriculum with the minimal requirement for “understanding of architecturaldesign and history leading to architectural design that will permit communication, andinteraction, with the other design professionals in the execution of building projects.”For each of the programs, the curriculum was analyzed and each course was classified into oneof the following categories: • A: Communications –includes any course with the purpose of writing, public speaking, technical presentation, or a required English elective. This category was separated from general humanities electives because of the increased industry emphasis on producing graduates with

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wing Chan, Alabama A&M University; Peter Romine, Alabama A&M University

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Manufacturing

technical electives. In their junior year, they would replace“Natural/Physical Science w/Lab” with “Microbiology” (Bio 330 & Bio 330L). Also, they wouldtake “Fundamentals of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning” (MET 407) as their EETelective. During their senior year, students would be required to take elective course 2(Biotechnology) and elective course 4 (Biotechnology Manufacturing Laboratory) as their EETelectives. In their “Capstone Design Phase I and II” (EET 428 & EET 429), students would berequired to do their project in the area of Biotechnology Manufacturing or find an internship witha local biotechnology company in order to gain practical experience. Students selecting theproject will be evaluated by a professional

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 Mathematics Education with Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Diaz, Clemson University; Pam King, Clemson University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2007-3069: ADAPTING A POST-SECONDARY STEM INSTRUCTIONALMODEL TO K-5 MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTIONDonna Diaz, Clemson University Dr. Donna Diaz is Research Assistant Professor at Clemson University in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Her responsibilities include designing and delivering professional development for K-5 teachers in the content area of mathematics. She is a member of the Math Out of the Box curriculum development team, assisting in the design and delivery of teacher development and student curriculum materials. In addition she serves as Principal Investigator for teacher development projects funded by the National Science Foundation, Appalachian Regional Commission, and

Conference Session

Technology in the Physics Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Rothberg, Stevens Institute of Technology; Pavel Boytchev, Sofia University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

libraries. Mainstream languages like C, Java,etc. come only with some low-level graphical capabilities. The side effect is that Elica requiresless time to implement virtual models. 2. Elica has a dynamic support. This means that when there is need to change Elica to providenew functionality for the SoftLab project it is possible to make this change. And several timesElica was changed to accommodate it to SoftLab. The developers of other languages will nevermake such changes in their implementations unless this change will be beneficial for a largenumber of users. 3. Elica is free. Page 12.1284.6 SoftLab is not yet ready for distribution. Its

Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College; Jaime Hernandez, Texas State University-San Marcos; Rebecca Bates, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Robin Adams, Purdue University

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New Engineering Educators

studies linked to the ongoingscholarship in CAEE, created resources for dissemination, and refined leadership skills.The 2006 ISEE participants, or Scholars, were relatively new to engineering education researchwhen they began their ISEE year. Eighteen Scholars were selected from a competitive, nationalpool of candidates based on the strength of each Scholar’s application – including a proposedresearch project focusing on diversity issues – and the capacity of the proposed project to meetthe ISEE goals of 1) contributing to engineering education scholarship, 2) enhancing learningand local change, 3) facilitating coherence and expansion of the existing community, and 4)demonstrating engineering education scholarship as a professional endeavor

Conference Session

Introducing Active and Inductive Learning and Improving the Learning Curve in ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olga Pierrakos, Virginia Tech; John Charonko, Virginia Tech; Alicia Williams, Virginia Tech; Satyaprakash Karri, Virginia Tech; Kelley Stewart, Virginia Tech; Pavlos Vlachos, Virginia Tech

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2102: USING FLUID MECHANICS RESEARCH EXAMPLES TOENHANCE AND STIMULATE UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERINGEDUCATION: PART IIOlga Pierrakos, Virginia Tech Olga Pierrakos is currently a National Academy of Engineering CASEE AGEP Postdoctoral Engineering Education Researcher (PEER) at Virginia Tech in the Department of Engineering Education. Dr. Pierrakos holds an M.S. in Engineering Mechanics and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Her Ph.D. work pertained to vortex dynamics in left ventricular flows. She has served as faculty advisor to over thirty mechanical engineering seniors involved in biomedical engineering design projects and taught several mechanical engineering fluid

Conference Session

Educational Software

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Rynne, University of Limerick; William Gaughran, University of Limerick

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Computers in Education

CAD pedagogy, sustainable design and engineering, which include environmental sustainability in schools and colleges. He is a research partner with the EU INTERREG IIIC/DQE project (Towards a Sustainable Region), and contributes to developing strategies, which inform environmental sustainability policy in EU states. He has undertaken substantial research projects in technologies education, including engineering design graphics, for the Irish National Department of Education and Science. He lectures in design for sustainability, and design and communication graphics across a number of courses in UL, and endeavours to link academic research with industry, through seminars and onsite

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helene Hilger, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Francis De Los Reyes, North Carolina State University; Warren DiBiase, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Len Holmes, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Siva Mandjiny, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Todd Steck, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Keith Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Environmental Engineering

Professor of Educational Research at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte. Dr. Wang teaches educational research and statistics courses. Dr. Wang received a master of applied statistics degree and a PhD degree in educational research from The Ohio State University. Page 12.1083.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 MULTI-CAMPUS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROBLEM-BASED-LEARNING COURSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY WITH INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNINGIntroductionThe project described here began with a civil engineering and biology laboratory

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Arunkumar Pennathur, University of Texas-El Paso

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Mechanical Engineering

Cincinnati, with specialization in human factors engineering. Dr. Pennathur's interests are in the science of learning in engineering education. Dr. Pennathur has considerable expertise in human behavioral research methods. He has developed human behavior and performance models in personnel skills and training for advanced electromechanical troubleshooting and fault-finding tasks, disability models in older adults (work funded by NIH), and modeling physical and mental workload for soldier safety and performance (work funded by the US Army Research Laboratory jointly with Fort Bliss and William Beaumont Army Medical Center). These projects have all included extensive instrumentation, calibration, and

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Shawn Addington, Virginia Military Institute

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-245: SIX YEARS AND THOUSANDS OF ASSIGNMENTS LATER: WHATHAVE THEY LEARNED, AND WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?J. Shawn Addington, Virginia Military Institute J. Shawn Addington is the Jamison-Payne Institute Professor and Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Virginia Military Institute. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He teaches courses, laboratories, and undergraduate research projects in the microelectronics and semiconductor fabrication areas; and, he remains active in curriculum development and engineering assessment. He is a registered professional engineer in the

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Rogers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Recep Goktas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ulas Tezel, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

Programs” 2 for the 2007-08accreditation cycle stipulating that an engineering master’s degree graduate should satisfybaccalaureate curriculum criteria and demonstrate mastery of a particular subject and a high levelof communication through completion of an engineering project or a research activity.(Common ABET baccalaureate curriculum criteria include proficiencies in performing statistics,conducting experiments, and critically analyzing data.) It is implied that an engineering doctoraldegree graduate should satisfy the master’s-level criteria and demonstrate expertise in a subjectthrough an advanced research activity. Considering the growing necessity of graduate-levelengineering education and, subsequently, the research aspect of graduate

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Biomedical

TOTAL 30 20 10 Page 12.1210.2 0 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2006 2000-2009 Projected Table 1: Recently Accredited Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Programs2 Next General Year Review (NGR) Accredited University

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Said Abubakr, Western Michigan University; Dewei Qi, Western Michigan University

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International

, engineering Page 12.534.3seminars, engineering field trips, student presentation and final written report and exam.All lectures, seminar, field trips, presentations and exam should be carried out at thehosting universities. A course Pack focused on the culture and language was developedand required reading by participants during pre-visit orientation.20 students participated in the program last year and we are planning to attract 20 WMU studentsto participate in this program in 2007.The program itinerary is given below.ImpactThis project will certainly enhance the international reputation of WMU in engineering teaching,learning and research. WMU

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ramazan Asmatulu; Mehmet B. Yildirim; Waseem Khan; Adebayo Adeniji; Humphrey Wamocha

industry, nanoelectromechanical systems,microelectromechanical systems and nanotechnology applications for fuel and solar cells. In the Introduction to Nanotechnology course which is offered in Fall 2007, the similartopics will be covered at introduction level. There will be homework, term project, exams andlaboratory sessions. A nanotechnology laboratory is being developed in the Department ofMechanical Engineering at Wichita State University, and dedicated to do a number ofnanotechnology experiments for students. We plan to have undergraduate students work on theelectrospinning method in the nanotechnology laboratory. Students will produce nanofibersusing the described electrospinning method and then characterize properties such as

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Br. Henry Chaya

. The motivation of the students is the most important reason for this. This project hasdemonstrated that it is quite feasible to give undergraduate students the benefit of expert teaching skillsthat are otherwise unavailable to them. It is indeed the author feels privileged to have had thisopportunity.AcknowledgementsThe author wishes to thank Dr Saleem Zoughbi, coordinator for the CAIS program for giving him theopportunity to offer this course, and the support of Dr Gordon Silverman and Dr Richard Heist for theirencouragement and the released time to prepare this course.Br Henry Chaya is a De La Salle Christian Brother and an Associate Professor of Computer and ElectricalEngineering at Manhattan College. From fall 2003 to spring 2004 he was

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Slobodan Petrovic, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; John Robertson, Arizona State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Darveaux, and Govindasamy Tamizhmani, “Graduate Education with Industry Relevance”, Journal of Engineering Technology, Vol. 22, number 2, p 34-9, Fall 2005. 2. United Nations, “Long-range world population projections” – based on the 1998 revision; Energy Projections: “Global energy perspectives” ITASA/WEC 3. European Renewable Energy Council (EREC), “Energy Revolution: A Sustainable World Energy Outlook”, January 2007. Page 12.715.9

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramin Sadeghi, Power & Water University of Technology; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford; Mark Rajai, Northern Kentucky University; Robert Matthews, University of Louisville

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Engineering Technology

designed,implemented and supported properly. Although this article cannot go into depthregarding all the issues that need to be taken into account, the following list highlights themajor issues that need to be addressed. 1) Establish a team of individuals to create a strategic plan for the design, implementation and evaluation of the e-Health network. This team will oversee and managing the initial rollout of the project (includes everything listed below, plus manage the budget). 2) Review the previous e-Health activities that have occurred in your region, country and other similar locations. Learn from their successes and mistakes. 3) Conduct a resource inventory. This includes an inventory of any current e-Health

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Miller, Saint Cloud State University

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Mechanical Engineering

using tables or software. The decision on how toteach vapor properties is up to the individual instructor in most cases. Furthermore, it was foundthat there is rarely a consensus within the department. Opinions ranged from making students usetables only to using software and covering tables just enough so students can pass the FEexamination.Of the twenty-five mechanical engineering departments surveyed, only six have an explicitpolicy. In four cases, students use tables only during their first thermodynamics course and areintroduced to software tools in subsequent courses. In the other cases, the course syllabussuggests the use of software to check homework and work projects. Of the remaining schools,professors in six make no explicit mention

Conference Session

Laboratory and Internship Innovations in IT/IS

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ed Crowley, University of Houston

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Information Systems

create their own projects. Several students have extendedthe class activities to demonstrate other software such as TrueCrypt. As the class evolves,our anticipation is that it the utilization of Open Source Software will contribute to theclass becoming more project orientated.Bibliographic Information1. Dark, M, Morales, L, Justice, C, A Methodology for Developing and Disseminating Curriculum Resource material in Information Security, CISSE 2005.2. FIPS PUB 140-2: Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules, National Institute of Standards and Technology, May 25 20013. Kar, D, Teaching Cryptography in an Applied Computing Program, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 2006.4. Mel, H, Baker, D, Cryptography, Decrypted

Conference Session

Engineering Economy: Beyond the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeannette Russ, Union University; Doanh Van, Union University

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Engineering Economy

aspects of a project. • Occasionally, the content of the article is restricted to a certain area related to some aspect of class, most commonly the class project. It is helpful for students to see how much diversity exists even within a restricted content area, and it is easier for the professor to manage the discussion in a way that promotes understanding of specific course material or assignments. However, student enthusiasm noticeably diminishes as content restrictions increase. • Occasionally, students are instructed to find an article in a technical journal (in print) rather than on the internet. Along with many other institutions,3,4 we have found that students automatically go to the internet

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Murphy; Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University

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International

scholarship: Any creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge transfer, or to develop new materials useful for teaching and learning, or to add to the stock of creative works and includes applied, oriented and basic research, consultancy and experimental development.This definition is used because it is broad and inclusive. It covers thecategories of research (including basic or applied); professional andcreative practice (including architecture, design, consultancy, etc.) andknowledge and technology transfer (including development projects andother forms of innovation).There are other relevant definitions of research and scholarly activity, forexample that

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cuneyt Sert, Middle East Technical University; Gunes Nakiboglu, ROKETSAN Missiles Industries Inc.

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Mechanical Engineering

Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey. He is currently involved with the Virtual Flow Lab project as a masters student in the same department. He is also working full time as a member of the Propulsion System Design Department of ROKETSAN Missiles Industries Inc., Ankara, Turkey. Page 12.1527.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in Teaching Fluid MechanicsAbstractComputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is a tool that allows the solution of fluid flow problemsnumerically by the use of computers. Its

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Sherrill Biggers, Clemson University; William Moss, Clemson University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue Engineering Education; Marisa Orr, Clemson University; Scott Schiff, Clemson University

Education, 2007 Adapting and Implementing the SCALE-UP Approach in Statics, Dynamics, and Multivariable CalculusAbstractThis study seeks to deliver and document more effective Statics and Dynamics instruction byimplementing the Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment University Programs(SCALE-UP) model, in which large studio classes are taught with an emphasis on learning byguided inquiry instead of on listening. The project is also examining the benefit of integrating thecontent of the two traditional sequential courses and the parallel content in multivariablecalculus. By tracking multiple sections taught using different approaches in differentdepartments, the project’s experimental design plans to

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Denton, Purdue University; Joseph Fuehne, Purdue University-Columbus; Henry Kraebber, Purdue University; Timothy Cooley, Purdue University-New Albany; Joseph Dues, Purdue University-New Albany

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Engineering Technology

, but the relatively smallnumbers involved makes this a manageable task. Surveys regarding ethics, lifelonglearning and other topics of current students will also continue on an annual basis.At the New Albany campus, three levels of assessment were defined for feedback on fiveprogram outcomes. Level 1 assessment is done within individual classes and use variousmeasures of student work related to Program Outcomes, including written reports, oralpresentations, homework and project assignments, and test questions. The instructordetermines the metric and compliance standard and is responsible for implementing allpotential improvements. Level 2 assessments evaluate student growth and overallcompliance with program outcomes using Core Learning

Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger; Kristine Csavina, The CORE Institute; Cindy Orndoff

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Civil Engineering

Lieutenant Colonel. Dr. O'Neill has been active as a Senior Mentor and instructor in Project ExCEEd for the American Society for Civil Engineering.R. Christopher Geiger, Florida Gulf Coast University R. Christopher Geiger is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering in the U.A. Whitaker School of Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. He received his M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1999 and 2003, respectively, and his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1996.Kristine Csavina, The CORE Institute Kristine R. Csavina will join the Department of Bioengineering in the U.A. Whitaker School of

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marty Fitzgerald, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

. This can required in the concept andfunding stages of many projects where you need to show something but the details of the projectare not yet complete. Using your existing modeling and texturing skills, you can generate thistype of imagery in a 3D program.There are an extremely flexible and not overly difficult set of tools for generating NPRrenderings available in Maya. Using these tools and your existing 3D skills, you can generate arange of different looks and styles from your 3D program that can rival traditional artists’concept sketches. These are a very enjoyable set of tools to work with as they are fairly easy tolearn, open to lots of different styles and workflows, and fast to render. And in comparison toother rendering techniques

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jeffrey Blessing, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Schmedeman, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical

includes curricular andextracurricular approaches. In the curricular approach, modules that introduce key concepts ofentrepreneurship would be strategically incorporated into the biomedical engineering designsequence. The long-term goal of the KEEN project is to develop 10 to 12 lectures and laboratoryactivities that can be incorporated into a design program, thus capitalizing on the four-yeardesign curriculum.The first four “entrepreneurship” modules have been developed for the freshman design course.Topics include intellectual property, IP protection, market and customer needs, andentrepreneurship. Future modules are still under development. A pre- and post-course studentassessment survey developed by the NCIIA KEEN project team will be

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ye, Polytechnic University; Roshan Abraham, Polytechnic University; Gunter Georgi, Polytechnic University

. E. Degrees from Columbia University. He is a registered Professional Engineer. He worked many years in the aerospace industry in design, analysis and management functions, including the Thermal Mission Analysis of the Lunar Module from Project Apollo. Page 12.765.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Freshman Lab Experiment: Citrus Powered Car David Ye, Roshan Abraham, and Gunter W. Georgi Polytechnic UniversityAbstract Recently, a number of institutions have taught the fundamentals of electro-chemical cellsusing lemons and citrus