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SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 2

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Janice McCain, Howard University; Helen Chen, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

to collect data from forty students at each of the four institutions(n=160). In each of the first three years of the study, structured interviews and performance taskswere to be administered to thirty-two of those students at each of the four institutions (n=128),and unstructured interviews and ethnographic observations were to be conducted with theremaining eight students at each institution (n=32). The survey was administered to all studyparticipants either once or twice during each academic year. Sample sizes have changed duringthe first three years of the study as some students transferred out of their schools, the major,and/or the research project. In April 2007, a modified version of the survey was deployed to abroader, cross-sectional

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Innovations to Curriculum and Program

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

and whether or why it may or may not be likable,while the male students were more concerned with how much the field paid andthe likelihood of employment in comparison to other disciplines.The current diversity challenge to the field of environmental engineering is inattracting minorities to the discipline. It is recommended that recruitment effortsfor minority females provide adequate descriptions of the typical job tasks of anenvironmental engineer, including testimony from women practicing in the fieldregarding what they like about their jobs. Recruitment efforts targeting minoritymales should include information about salary ranges and projected nationalneeds for environmental engineers, in addition to describing the field.References1

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Potpourri II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Betsy Homsher, Kettering University; Janet Brelin-Fornari, Kettering University; Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

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Women in Engineering

Safety Facts, 1999.5. Transport Canada, Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics, 1999.6. Goodman, Irene F., et al. Final Report of the Women’s Experiences in College Engineering (WECE) Project. Goodman Research Group, Inc. April 2002. See p. 14 ff. Page 13.692.7

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The Academic Environment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Young, Syracuse University; John Tillotson, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

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Women in Engineering

Page 13.924.7undergraduate professors as work-study students or on independent study projects; theyconsidered these interactions to be key factors in their decision to enter graduate school. Onefemale faculty member said: I didn’t even really understand anything about grad school when I got here, and then after a couple of years people were encouraging me to think about grad school. I’m sure the research experience was why I continued to go to grad school.A male faculty member indicated similar positive mentoring based on his undergraduate researchexperience when he described his mentor’s suggestion to understand his own unique strengthsand position himself to capitalize on these unique strengths.Positive mentoring from

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Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glenn Ellis, Smith College; Mary Moriarty, Smith College; Gary Felder, Smith College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Baccalaureate Colleges from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.Mary Moriarty, Smith College Dr. Moriarty has over 15 years of research, evaluation, and project management experience. Her evaluation work has spanned the areas of science instruction, robotics, technology application, and disability in higher education. She has a doctorate in Educational Policy, Research, and Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and in 2004 was selected as 1 of 15 national participants in a National Science Foundation sponsored Evaluation Institute at Western Michigan University. Her background includes serving as Principal

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ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Crossman, Old Dominion University; Guido Lopez, Old Dominion University; Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

. Reception of such information and advertisement has been quite positive. At thewriting of this paper, enrollment projections for the Fall 2008 semester are encouraging.SummaryA bachelor’s level degree program in Motorsports Technology has been developed by OldDominion University for initial on-site delivery in Martinsville, VA. Important partners for thisprogram are Patrick Henry Community College and the New College Institute, both located inMartinsville, VA. Courses were initiated in Spring 2008 with small enrollment. A strongmarketing effort has been initiated by the ODU Motorsports Technology program director andour partner institutions to attract local, regional and national students. Expectations are that theprogram will grow substantially by

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NAFP Panel Discussion: NASA Administrator's Fellowship Program (NAFP); Panel Discussion and Fellow Presentations

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Alim, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

related.They can play a role by giving input concerning the state-of-the-art technologicalaspects of the curricula for the students who will be the potential employee in thegovernment institutions and private sectors.2. Research and State-of-the-art TechnologyA large portion of the time is spent on the research activities. Periodic (weekly ormonthly or quarterly) report to the team or group and divisional members allowsupdating the progress of the work. Mutual discussion via internal meetings isconducive to the project advancement. Participants/fellows have manyopportunities to present their research findings/results in nationalmeetings/conferences/symposia as well as in the research journals. Figures 1 and2 depict the style of benefits of the NASA

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DEED Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments; Greg Crouch, National Instruments; Reid Lee, National Instruments; Brian Johnson, National Instruments

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Design in Engineering Education

– first, debuggingsuch systems is difficult and cumbers mbersome. Second, learning the various intricacies of programming pro timed,heterogeneous, parallel embedded-sy systems and completing the project may not be possible possib in one or eventwo semesters for engineering studen students that are non-EE or CS majors. Hence, for the purpose pur of teachingdesign to non-EE and CS majors ajors aas well as freshmen

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Information Technologies Classroom Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Hansen, University of St. Thomas

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Information Systems

AC 2008-2323: EXTENDED ACTIVE LEARNING AS A MEANS TO LEARNSYNTAX IN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGESSteven Hansen, University of St. Thomas Page 13.599.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Extended Active Learning As A Means To Learn Syntax in Programming LanguagesAbstractActive learning is an education form that has gained much interest in recent years. Manyinstructors can come up with schemes that help students better learn algorithmdevelopment, program development, project management, and other aspects of neededskills in the computer sciences. In the past decade, I worked on the development of activelearning techniques to learn syntax. I find

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Computer Simulation and Animation I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Othoniel Rodriguez-Jimenez, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Carlos Pacheco, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Nelson Reyes-Aviles, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Marisol Mercado, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

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Computers in Education

in terms of performance criteria fordifferent outcomes allowing faculty to clearly identify what is expected from them in terms ofoutcomes assessment within a specific course. From the syllabi for the whole program one canextract lists of textbooks for the bookstore, or lists of bibliographic references for adquisition by thelibrary, or the short course descriptions for the catalog. All these issues point to the need for aflexible tool to support the creation, editing, maintenance, review, and publication of a program’ssyllabi in a uniform way.Unisyllabus is a tool originally developed as a Capstone project which incorporates all the abovefeatures and some more. It is a web application which allows the capture of all the informationcontained

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Engineering Economy -- The Introductory Course

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajkamal Kesharwani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Xiaomeng Chang, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; william sullivan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Engineering Economy

expect that they will remember, integrate, synthesize andassimilate topics that have been ‘poured into their heads’ over the prior 3-4 years as they take ona capstone design project. Faculty teaching capstone design may introduce or reinforce a varietyof topics, such as engineering economy, that will support the design process and other learningobjectives that have not been covered earlier in the curriculum. The review of topics inpreparation for the FE exam may also be a priority in the senior year.While there are a number of excellent textbooks1-5 on engineering economy, and authors makeevery effort to improve these textbooks over time with added examples and exercises and newways of conveying concepts, these updates come every few years and

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Professional Development in Materials Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Holt, MSE at VT

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Materials

-reviewed publication.IntroductionThe Journal of Undergraduate Materials Research (JUMR) was developed in 2004 by thedepartment of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at Virginia Tech. The primary purposeof this journal is to provide undergraduate students a chance to publish their research. Thesecondary purposes are to provide undergraduate and graduate students experience with the fullpublishing process.HistoryIn August of 2004, MSE graduate students at Virginia Tech formed the first editorial board forJUMR. The project was conceived after the department head received several publications fromother departments which had a wide variety of formats and various depths into materialsresearch. He discussed the possibilities of creating a

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Bridging and Freshman Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale Buechler, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Christa James-Byrnes, University of Wisconsin - Barboo/Sauk County

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Mathematics

comparing the average GPA of engineering graduates who tooktheir initial coursework at the UW-Colleges (3.17), versus those who took all their coursework atUW-Platteville (3.12) shows that the UW-Colleges provide quality foundation for engineeringstudents.We plan to communicate additional results from this on-going project as data becomes available. Page 13.1059.7ConclusionThe UW-Colleges still play an essential role in the education of future engineers. They provideopportunities for students who have deficiencies in their mathematics background. In general,they allow for an easier transition for students from high school to college offering

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ECE Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Golanbari, University of the Pacific; Rick Garlikov, Garlikov.Com

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Electrical and Computer

communications,and senior capstone design project courses, teaching laboratories and projects helpedimprove student participation, got the students actively involved and excited about theprojects and the material being taught, motivated the students to better master coursecontent and taught the students to learn to think and reason more clearly, accurately,relevantly, logically, rationally, ethically and responsibly.This paper discusses how the judicious, sensible and affable use of the Socratic Methodin the aforementioned educational settings facilitated the development of students whoare learning to possess the basic skills of thought and reasoning such as the ability to:identify, formulate and clarify questions; gather relevant data; identify key

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Programs that Serve Industry & Academia

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Carol Popovich, Corporate member, Microchip Technology Inc.; John McGrane, Microchip Technology Inc.

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Continuing Professional Development

design; and analog1Couple these statistics with students who wish to incorporate hands-on learning in theircurriculum, and you have an audience for 1-2 day workshops that address a market need forinstruction, due to rapid technology changes.IntroductionStudents entering college today will graduate to a different world. In an article in the winter 2006edition of Marquette, the magazine of Marquette University, author Barbara Abel writes aboutthis changing landscape. She cited a 2004 book, The Jobs Revolution: Changing How AmericaWorks, which projected that between 1991 and 2015, the number of U.S. jobs requiring skilledworkers would increase from 50% to 76%.2 “None of the top ten jobs that will exist in 2010existed today,” the book says quoting

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Educational Software

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Curtis, Microchip Technology Inc.

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Computers in Education

and engineering shortcuts necessary toaccomplish miracles in engineering productivity. Then, in an engineering rite of passage, theywould graduate to handling their own projects and become a full partner in the engineeringbrotherhood. In time, their experience would transform them into the older more-experiencedengineers that had mentored them, and they would in turn pass their wisdom on to the nextgeneration of new college graduates.Unfortunately, in today’s embedded microcontroller job market, this ancient and beneficentbrotherhood of engineering is long gone. Engineers seldom spend more than 3-5 years with asingle company, so employers are reluctant to invest a year’s salary in mentoring. The older,more-experienced engineers that once

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Edward J. Smaglik

Integrating Traffic Engineering Field Hardware and Research Methodologies into Transportation Engineering Education Edward J. Smaglik Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZAbstractThe limited coordination between design and implementation is a significant challengethat must be overcome when implementing a traffic engineering project. Manyengineers, particularly recent graduates, may be well versed in traffic theory but may nothave the experience to understand the challenges and issues that arise during fieldimplementation. Furthermore, the tools typically used for analysis and design may notprovide a complete picture of the range of operational issues that may be

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Thomas W. Cairns

termVelPaper5.nb 3where the magnitude of the drag is .5rACD v2 and so is a function of the square of the speed. Now introduce y(t) asthe position so that v'(t) = y"(t) and evaluate .5 rA/m = .0825. Then the one dimensional equation becomes y "=-.0825CD »y'» y'-9.8Even if CD were constant, it would seem futile to search for an analytic solution to this differential equation. As itis, CD is known only from experimental data.Drag coefficient for a volleyballTo determine CD experimentally Beatrice Hahn and David McCulloch, two students at The University ofMichigan, did a wind tunnel study in 1999 to determine the drag on a non-spinning volleyball as a senior project inaeronautical engineering under the

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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James A. Ejiwale

solving, critical thinking, public speaking, andinterpersonal skills. Particularly, the implementation of learning communities in service learninghelped to refine communication, team building and leadership skills through effective feedback.AcknowledgementsThis work is made possible through resources provided by the Jackson State University Divisionof Student Life 2007/2008 Faculty and Student Service Learning Handbook.Bibliography1 Bonnette, Roy. (2006). Out of the Classroom and into the Community: Service Learning Reinforces Classroom Instruction. The Technology Teacher, 65(5), 6-11. Bradford, M. (2005). Motivating Students Through Project-Based Service Learning. T H E Journal, 32(6), 29-30.2 Cross, P

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ryan Eckl; Christopher Johnson; Shawn Shields; Brad Cullipher; Wayne Helmer

of the 2008 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2 Figure 1. Typical Engine Head Flow Test Data .[2].The primary focus of this project was to design, build and test a flow-bench for use in amechanical engineering laboratory while keeping the system within reasonable financial limitswithout sacrificing experimental performance. Standard components of a flow-bench are: testpiece, air-flow measuring device, air temperature measuring device, flow control mechanismand a device to measure the pressure drop across the test piece [3]. The unit should also be safefor the experimenters and the

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Creep Response of Asphalt Mixture and Pavement Rutting Estimates, American Society for Testing and Materials, STP 1147, pp 329-347, Philadelphia, 1992.(8) Robert Brooks (a/k/a: James Matthews) and S.Jahanian, A Pedagogical Strategy for gradual Enhancement of Creative Performance of the Students, European Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 24, No. 1, 1999.(9) S.Jahanian and Robert Brooks (a/k/a James Matthews), Multidisciplinary Project-A Tool for Learning the Subject, Journal of American Society of Engineering Education, April 1999, pp 153-162. 78910

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Harry Knickle; Don Gray

friction factorwith hand valves and now are using digital signal controlled solenoid valves. Dataacquisition includes pressure drop and flow. The design for this project includedselection of the proper devices for the correct range of variables. Our second examplewas a laboratory cooling tower used to cool hot water with ambient air. Similar conceptswere introduced for this experiment. Our intentions are to automate other seniorlaboratory experiments. Each of these labs lasts 4-6 3 hour sessions (up to two weeks).To help prepare the students for these experiments we may give mini-lectures or havediscussions with the teams.In addition to the below listed experiments the students may spend time on a largedistillation column or a dual stage

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Creep Response of Asphalt Mixture and Pavement Rutting Estimates, American Society for Testing and Materials, STP 1147, pp 329-347, Philadelphia, 1992.(8) Robert Brooks (a/k/a: James Matthews) and S.Jahanian, A Pedagogical Strategy for gradual Enhancement of Creative Performance of the Students, European Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 24, No. 1, 1999.(9) S.Jahanian and Robert Brooks (a/k/a James Matthews), Multidisciplinary Project-A Tool for Learning the Subject, Journal of American Society of Engineering Education, April 1999, pp 153-162. 78910

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Harry Knickle; Don Gray

friction factorwith hand valves and now are using digital signal controlled solenoid valves. Dataacquisition includes pressure drop and flow. The design for this project includedselection of the proper devices for the correct range of variables. Our second examplewas a laboratory cooling tower used to cool hot water with ambient air. Similar conceptswere introduced for this experiment. Our intentions are to automate other seniorlaboratory experiments. Each of these labs lasts 4-6 3 hour sessions (up to two weeks).To help prepare the students for these experiments we may give mini-lectures or havediscussions with the teams.In addition to the below listed experiments the students may spend time on a largedistillation column or a dual stage

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Harry Knickle; Don Gray

friction factorwith hand valves and now are using digital signal controlled solenoid valves. Dataacquisition includes pressure drop and flow. The design for this project includedselection of the proper devices for the correct range of variables. Our second examplewas a laboratory cooling tower used to cool hot water with ambient air. Similar conceptswere introduced for this experiment. Our intentions are to automate other seniorlaboratory experiments. Each of these labs lasts 4-6 3 hour sessions (up to two weeks).To help prepare the students for these experiments we may give mini-lectures or havediscussions with the teams.In addition to the below listed experiments the students may spend time on a largedistillation column or a dual stage

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Creep Response of Asphalt Mixture and Pavement Rutting Estimates, American Society for Testing and Materials, STP 1147, pp 329-347, Philadelphia, 1992.(8) Robert Brooks (a/k/a: James Matthews) and S.Jahanian, A Pedagogical Strategy for gradual Enhancement of Creative Performance of the Students, European Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 24, No. 1, 1999.(9) S.Jahanian and Robert Brooks (a/k/a James Matthews), Multidisciplinary Project-A Tool for Learning the Subject, Journal of American Society of Engineering Education, April 1999, pp 153-162. 78910

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Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-1260: EFFECTIVE USE OF INTEGRATED LECTURE AND LAB TOTEACH CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALSClaude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University CLAUDE VILLIERS is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Materials and Construction from the University of Florida in 2004. Previously Dr. Villiers was an Assistant Professor at The City College of New York. Prior to this position, he was employed by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) as a research engineer. Dr. Villiers also was employed by The University of Florida and worked on several projects sponsored by the FDOT and the

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Trends in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Ashley Babcock, University of Georgia; David Gattie, University of Georgia-Athens

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Women in Engineering

individual faculty can change the learning environment in theirclassrooms. The following intervention approaches can be used in a single classroom, adepartment, or even the larger engineering community:1. Provide a supportive educational environment23Educators can encourage a supportive educational environment for the students by incorporatingcohorts or networks among peers and near peers in individual courses, across multiple courses, inundergraduate research projects, and across disciplines. Additionally, students can initiatecohorts through extracurricular activities related to engineering. By encouraging and supportingstudents in developing and maintaining peer cohorts, a more complex learning environment willeasily be realized. One way to

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Web-Based Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Olowokere, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Kayode P. Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University; Olutola Jonah; Temitope O. Ajayi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; O.O. Akinwunmi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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Computers in Education

. This interface allowed for loose coupling between experiment engineimplementations and the MSI-world.The general structure of the MSI lab interface is illustrated in Figure 5.VI. Students’ ResponseWhile the Flex OpLab has been completed (partly because the hardware had been previouslydeveloped for another project), the MSI lab is still under development. Despite this however, ithas been possible to assess students’ response and it has generally been positive. Page 13.1025.10 Figure 5: MSI Lab interface structureAs a simple test of the effectiveness of the Flex OpLab RLI, eleven students were grouped intotwo sets. One set was made to carry out the lab using the RLI interface, while the other

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Curriculum Development in Civil Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nirmal Das, Georgia Southern University

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Engineering Technology

component.Typically, laboratory assignments and group projects would require the use of this tool that isaccessible in a dedicated computer laboratory. The author is aware of certain limitations in theprogram developed, and plans to assign tasks of modifying segments of the program as groupexercises to the class.. Through these exercises, students would learn to write programs usingMathcad to find solutions to a variety of problems. Students are required to support their resultswith other manual calculations. If group projects are done using these tools, students are requiredto make presentations and share the experience with others in the class. It has been the author’sexperience that such in-class presentations not only help students sharpen their