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Manufacturing Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Yongha Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Manufacturing

mapping (VSM)techniques to identify the wastes, and improve the process using the Kaizen tools. Theexperimental manufacturing consists of three steps: 1) the open molding process, 2) theflash removal process, and 3) the packaging process. During the open molding process, aliquid pre-polyurethane is mixed with a curing agent and placed into silicone rubbermolds. Through a series of the manufacturing experiments, students developed the VSMof their processes and identify the wastes, which include the waiting time of polymercuring, movement for acquiring a mold release spray, etc. After the Kaizen session,students improved their process by changing the plant layout and improving their set-upand process parameters. According to the student feedback

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Ashutosh Upadhyay, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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International

1998. Theuniversity is a multi-campus affiliating university in Madhya Pradesh. It has campuses andaffiliated colleges at various cities across the state. The university is well known for its extensivetechnical range of courses and claims to be one of top amongst India's best universities. Thisinstitution was established as a common university for all the technical institutes, mainlyincluding Engineering and Science colleges in the state. 1, 2, 3The University of Florida (UF) is located in Gainesville, Florida and was founded in 1853,making it the oldest university in the state. UF currently offers more than fifty-twoundergraduate programs in a broad variety of instructional fields.4 The Department of CivilEngineering at UF was established in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting; Paul Flikkema, Northern Arizona University; Tom Weller, University of South Florida; Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Wendy Verrei-Berenback, University of Vermont; Wayne Shiroma, University of Hawaii, Manoa

AC 2009-246: THE ASSESSMENT OF A HYBRID ON-LINE/IN-CLASS COURSEDEVELOPED AT MULTIPLE UNIVERSITIESCarol Haden, Magnolia ConsultingPaul Flikkema, Northern Arizona UniversityTom Weller, University of South FloridaJeff Frolik, University of VermontWendy Verrei-Berenback, University of VermontWayne Shiroma, University of Hawaii, Manoa Page 14.1179.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 ASSESSMENT OF A HYBRID, ONLINE/IN-CLASS COURSE DEVELOPED AT MULTIPLE UNIVERSITIES C. Haden1, P. Flikkema2, T. Weller3, J. Frolik4, W. Verrei-Berenback4 and W. Shiroma5 1 Magnolia Consulting

Conference Session

Developing Tomorrow's Leaders through Co-op Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrian Millward-Sadler, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

as the final presentation of the software is English.During this first phase of PBL, English courses (General English 1 and General English 2) arespecifically designed to compliment the approach. General English 1 and 2 concentrate on refreshingstudents’ English skills and bringing them all to a defined level of language competence. In addition tothis it is also necessary to prepare the students for the previously mentioned project presentations anddocumentation writing. The first of the web based activities “webquesting” is intended to correspondwith the area of documentation writing required within the first phase of the PBL approach.The second phase of the PBL approach presents students with tasks, which relate to industry directly orare

Conference Session

Freshman Experience in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Meyer, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; H. Oner Yurtseven, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore Branoff, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

personalized instruction, reduced drop-out and re-enrollments in the same course, andreduction of course duplication and redundancy 1. In addition, well planned blended learningenvironments potentially may improve pedagogy, increase accessibility and flexibility, andincrease cost effectiveness 2. Blended learning also shifts the responsibility of learning from theinstructor to the student. It lets students engage difficult material when they are ready, for as longor as little as necessary. This allows faculty to focus on the application of knowledge duringface-to-face meetings 3.There are some concerns that must be addressed when using blended or hybrid instruction. Onemistake that many instructors make is taking the content from a face-to-face course

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Brian Benini, Case Western Reserve University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the tank. Page 14.37.4Test Apparatus:Figure 1 shows a schematic of the equipment for this laboratory exercise. Figure 2 is a picture ofthe actual apparatus used at PSB. The apparatus at PSU is similar. The key components arelisted below: • Pressure transducer to measure pressure at mounted location • Uniform diameter tank • Stepped tank (two diameter tank) • Power supply to supply power to the pressure transducer. • Data Acquisition Device (DAQ) for digitizing the pressure transducer output. • Computer to record and display the output from the pressure transducer

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Karen Peterman, Goodman Research Group, Inc.

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Women in Engineering

encourage their interest in engineering, while others focused on providingfaculty training in gender equitable teaching. Other projects focused on developing curricular orrecruiting materials attractive to women and men. This paper will discuss the results and lessonslearned in the various programs.IntroductionDespite some progress toward equality in engineering, women remain underrepresented [1],especially in mechanical and electrical engineering, which are two of the largest disciplines. Onereason for the lack of women in these fields is that more women than men change their major toa non-engineering field after beginning college [1], and many students hold inaccurate views ofengineers and engineering [2] that discourage them from entering the

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Malcolm Drewery, National Academy of Engineering; Stefani A. Bjorklund, Rankin & Associates Consulting

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Educational Research and Methods

, and their willingness to administer the surveys college-wide. Tests of validity andreliability were conducted on both instruments. The instruments were then refined and shortenedbased on the psychometric properties of the items in the original instruments.Ultimately, we hope to make the instruments available to the national engineering educationcommunity so that they might improve the ways in which they teach tomorrow’s engineers. Thispaper will discuss the ongoing progress of both instruments as well as summarize resultsobtained from their administration.IntroductionEngagement has no universally accepted definition, although several researchers haveoperationalized it in many different ways. Chen, Lattuca, and Hamilton [1] defined

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Public Policy

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Engineering and Public Policy

engineering represents a legitimate career field than arethose who have not been exposed to such images. We seek to engage three sectors critical to thetesting of our hypothesis – writers, directors, and producers—in order to lay the foundation forthe conduct of a proper large-scale experiment. The potential broader impacts are increasedpublic attention to, interest in, and support of engineering as a profession in general and as acareer choice in particular.IntroductionAlthough engineers help to address basic human needs as well as broader societal objectives likeimproved health, quality of life, economy, and security, the general public has a distortedperception of engineers and the work they perform [1]. This distorted view exists despiteexpensive

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Taber, National Academy of Engineering; Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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New Engineering Educators

willevaluate the selected metrics. This paper summarizes the committee report.IntroductionScholarship of teaching [1] is often compared with the scholarships of discovery and synthesis.Shulman [2] further categorized the scholarship of teaching as discovery scholarship within theeducational domain [3] and scholarly teaching as teaching that (a) focuses on learning outcomesand teaching practices, (b) originates with knowledge of pedagogy and course content, and (c)includes self-reflection, discussions with peers, and participation in peer evaluation [4].When engineering faculty members attend to the different ways in which students learn, thestudents become more engaged and also learn more course content and connections betweenengineering concepts

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical and Power Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University; Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

problems were often AC, but the in-class examples were usually DC. Third,the labs were only slightly adjusted from the previous semester, such that only one of the ninelabs covered AC topics. ENTC 211 was left to cover the majority of AC labs, even though thematerial was covered in ENTC 210. Based on that experience, in Fall 2008 ENTC 210 resumed teaching DC first and ending thesemester with a few weeks on AC. By streamlining the DC material, students are able to followalong in the textbook and still cover all the topics. Adjustments to the labs are ongoing, with theexpectation that ending the semester with 1-3 labs on a single project with both AC and DCsubsystems may improve comprehensionMultiSIM, MATLAB and Virtual Laboratories In the

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Brower, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

that might not be used formonths or years in the future. Students typically do not realize that the report they writemight someday actually be used by others.These two activities provided a resource and experience for the students to use when theyneeded to measure the velocity exiting the nozzle used in their project.Project/Problem – Three 3-hour lab periods and three 1-hour class periodsThe project consisted of awater tower apparatus, shownin Fig. 1 and based on the Water tank holds 15 ~10 gallonsHydro Power Contest.Criteria for the project isgiven in Appendix II. Studentteams were to build a nozzlethat directed the water fromthe

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Electrical and Computer ET

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, Georgia Southern University

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Engineering Technology

successful and interesting projects, in its original format, the capstone course was tooshort and did not afford the students time to truly demonstrate their capabilities.Also, in order for the EET program to fullfill more strongly the ABET outcomes related todemonstrate that students are able to function on multi-disciplinary teams (outcome d), that theyshow a strong ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (outcome e) andare able to understand professional and ethical responsibility (outcome f). Based on these goals,the EET faculty and its Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) agreed to modify and expand the EETSenior Project Course into two courses. TEET4610 is a 1-credit course offered in the fallsemester, and a TEET4620 is a 2

Conference Session

Programs That Serve Industry and Academia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati; Timothy Keener, University of Cincinnati

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Continuing Professional Development

Education of Scientists and Engineers states “A world ofwork that has become more interdisciplinary, collaborative, and global requires that we produceyoung people who are adaptable and flexible, as well as technically proficient”1. Today’sengineers must be integrators of knowledge, able to innovate and collaborate in aninterdisciplinary environment. Major change in the engineering education system is necessary ifit is to meet the needs of the nation and the world in the coming century. Recent national reportson engineering education 1,2,3,4,5 stress the need for flexible graduate programs focusing onadvanced practice and the world of work of the future. Bordogna5 puts it this way “There is agrowing consensus that professional engineers need an

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics, Academic Integrity

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Melvin, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Ethics

epidemicat universities across the United States. In a recent study, 75% of students surveyed admitted tocheating at least once while in college (1). Another study showed that there has been a four-foldincrease in the past 30 years (from 11% to 49%) in the number of students who admitted tocollaborating on assignments when the instructor asked for individual work (2). Multiple studieshave revealed that the incidence of cheating varies substantially across disciplines (2,3,4,5), withmajors such as business and engineering having the highest reported instances. Passow andcolleagues (5) found that older students (4th and 5th year undergraduates) cheat significantly morethan first year students on exams, while second year students tend to cheat more on

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peyton Richmond, Lamar University; Daniel Chen, Lamar University; John Gossage, Lamar University; Qiang Xu, Lamar University; Kuyen Li, Lamar University

idealenvironment for chemical engineering Problem-Based Learning (PBL) problems by providing arealistic simulated modern manufacturing control room. Research has established theeffectiveness of PBL techniques over more traditional lecture based delivery systems.1 By P Pmeans of these PBL problems, we want students to learn the capabilities of the DCS system andits role in chemical manufacturing, since this knowledge is central to understanding modernautomated manufacturing systems. The specific chemical manufacturing process controlled byour DCS system will depend on the desired educational objectives. PBL type problems havebeen pioneered for the chemical engineering discipline in the area of problem solving.2,3 This

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Daniel Crowl, Michigan Technological University; David Caspary, Michigan Technological University; Jeffrey Allen, Michigan Technological University; Dennis Meng, Michigan Technological University; Jeff Naber, Michigan Technological University; Abhijit Mukherjee, Michigan Technological University; John Lukowski, Michigan Technological University; Jay Meldrum, Michigan Technological University; Barry Solomon, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

traditional and alternative energy sources, with an added emphasis on generation of hydrogen for use in fuel cell applications. Hydrogen policy issues will also be addressed. o Hydrogen Laboratory: This is a laboratory course with hydrogen safety training, hydrogen measurements, fuel cell operation and analysis, and investigation of other hydrogen-related technologies. o Fuel Cells: There are two courses in this topic area [CM 3974 Fuel Cell Fundamentals (1 credit) and MEEM 4990/5990 Fuel Cell Technology (3 credits)] which introduce the basics of fuel cells and calculation of important parameters for fuel cell operation

Conference Session

Projects and Problems in First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

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First-Year Programs

.) Page 14.44.4Project Learning Outcomes and How They Relate to Course Learning OutcomesThe learning outcomes were identified separately for the course and the Lego RobotProject. Before introducing concept maps, the instructor identified how the projectoutcomes would serve the course learning outcomes. Table 1 summarizes the courselearning outcomes listed on the course syllabus and the project activities and learningoutcomes that meet these course objectives.Table 1. Project Learning Outcomes and Corresponding Course Learning Outcomes RELEVANT RELATEDCOURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES PROJECT LEARNING OUTCOMES a. Use and demonstrate creativity1. Describe

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erdogan Sener, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; D. Tom Iseley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Construction

over the same time period. According to a C.J.Driscoll & Associates study 5, the commercial telematics market, also known as mobile resourcemanagement (MRM), is expected to expand to 5.8 million units by 2009, with revenues growingto more than $2 billion. For many fleet operators and telematics is a very promising technology.Currently, more than 2.5 million units are in service, managing fleet vehicles, mobile workers,trailers, heavy equipment, and other assets. However, with more than 20 million fleet vehicles,nearly 5 million trailers, and more than 1 million pieces of heavy construction equipment inservice in the U.S., most of telematics’ potential remains untapped. More than three out of fourconstruction equipment manufacturers in

Conference Session

Innovation in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

working collaboratively with other professionals.PBL can address all three areas. However, the pedagogical technique used in this study is acombination of both PBL and traditional lectures. The students are given the basic theory inclass; however, the students understand the theory by solving real-world problems that arerelevant to the theory.IntroductionThe advanced transportation engineering is taught in the senior year as an elective course for allcivil engineering (CE) students. The course provides an in depth learning of various physicalelements of transportation engineering. The course (Table 1) included six topics, 1) Simplesignalized intersection; 2) two-way stop control; 3) all-way stop control; 4) multi-lane highway;5) ramps and weaving

Conference Session

Issues of Persistence in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech; Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

journal articles and scholarly book chapters. Page 14.645.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Gender Differences in In-Class and Out-of Class Experiences that Influence the Intent to Complete an Engineering Degree and to Pursue Engineering as a Career Page 14.645.2 Engineers contribute to national interests in business and industry, allowing the U.S. tomaintain economic competitiveness 1. Due to the contributions made by the engineeringworkforce to the national economy, undergraduates’ career goals as

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Rubaai, Howard University; Ramesh Chawla, Howard University

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Electrical and Computer

EXPERIMENTATION AND REAL-TIME COMPUTING: AN INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTABSTRACTThis paper presents an integrated environment for rapid control prototyping that allows rapidrealization of novel designs, from the initial design phase until the final steps of code generation.It uses a collection of tools that include both software (MATLAB/Simulink) and an off-the-shelfhardware (dSPACE DSP DS1104). The integrated environment presented in this paper has manyeducational advantages as compared to multi-environment settings. The main features of thisenvironment are: 1) controller code can be generated automatically for hardwareimplementation; 2) different languages can be used to describe different parts of the system. Inparticular, Simulink block diagrams

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Farison, Baylor University; Zhuocheng Yang, Baylor University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

programs. This new role is administered by the ASEEAccreditation Activities Committee under the authority of the ASEE Board of Directors. Theaccreditation assignment has been defined by ABET to mean those programs with names ofEngineering, Engineering Physics, Engineering Science and General Engineering (plus a fewminor variations).Following a brief overview of the background history, this paper presents a current report of thatdevelopment and features information about the numbers and trends of the accreditedmultidisciplinary engineering programs and the variety of institutions that host them. The paperincludes extensive information in text and tables, as of the current 2008-09 cycle, about: 1) the ASEE organizational structure that has been

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University

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Manufacturing

closed between industry’s manufacturing workforce needs and current educational programs.The four competency gaps include 1) a specific manufacturing process, 2) business knowledge, 3)oral and written communication, and 4) teamwork. In the PB-ACL approach, students formvarious project teams with three or four students on each team. Each student is assigneddifferent responsibilities. Each team works on a semester-long manufacturing project thatincludes three well-integrated tasks. A representative example of student projects is given toshow how the PB-ACL approach works. A Likert-type and open-ended questionnaire wasdeveloped to assess student learning outcomes. Assessment results showed that more than 80%of the surveyed students gained positive

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

have developed courses in this discipline.These courses include Biofluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Tissue Mechanics, andBiomechanical Design. Additionally, students involved in undergraduate research inBiomedical Engineering may take the department’s independent study course. Also,there are also several biomedical engineering courses offered by other departments thatmay be used. The requirements for the Biomechanical Engineering concentration for theBSME are shown in Figure 1.The second approach, the focus of this paper, which has been implemented, involves theutilization of biomedical engineering projects in a traditional thermal design course. Thispaper continues with a brief description of the ME 416 course. This is followed bydetailed

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude D'Amours, University of Ottawa; Claude Laguë, University of Ottawa; Frank Mellor, University of Ottawa

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

staff members)school that offers undergraduate and graduate programs in a number of engineering disciplines(biomedical, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, mechanical, software) and incomputer science. Because of the bilingual nature of the University of Ottawa, students canchoose to complete their studies in either one, or both, of Canada’s official languages. At theundergraduate level, the Faculty offers an option in engineering management andentrepreneurship in six (6) of its eight (8) engineering programs. In 2006, the Faculty establishedthe $2-M Entrepreneurship and Innovation Endowment Fund (EIEF), thanks to an initial $1-Mdonation from an anonymous alumnus. Operating under the guidance of an expert AdvisoryBoard, the

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Max Rabiee, University of Cincinnati

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

cooperation of Duke Energy and others in the field, the College of Applied Science hasalready started providing a path for the next generation of utility industry professionals [1].Our efforts have been recognized by segments of Duke Energy already and there is more work todo.CAS currently has the following energy related programs: Ü Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology with a Power Systems Focus Ü Certificate Program in Stationary Engineering Ü Certificate Program in Power Systems Technology Ü Journeyman Electrician Certificate Program Ü Master Electrician Certificate Program Ü Plant Maintenance Craftsmanship Program

Conference Session

Design Communications

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Colin McDonald, University of Calgary

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Design in Engineering Education

Conference Session

Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Wayne Blanding, York College of Pennsylvania

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Page 14.805.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 1 T Introducing High Voltage Direct Current Transmission into an Undergraduate Power Systems Course Kala Meah,, and Wayne Blanding Electrical and Computer Engineering York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA, USAAbstractHigh voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems have shown steady growth in capacityaddition for the past three to four decades. More than 100,000 MW of HVDC transmissioncapacity is