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Innovations in Materials Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Johnson, Central Washington University

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Materials

a quality issue (the quality of the sanditself) of interest.The videos were created over the spring and summer of 2009. The first opportunity to use thevideos was in a ‘Production Technology’ (MET345) course in the fall of 2009. The videos wereincluded into the existing curricula.During MET345 Production Technology (5), the foundry is used to cast metal propellers for toyaircraft. About 500 toys are made each year for the holidays. Each toy is made of donated woodand metal foundry parts. The ‘airplane’ has wood fuselage, wing, tail and wheels, with a castmetal propeller (advertising CWU and our Industrial and Engineering Technology Department).Major outcomes for this course are oriented toward production (e.g. production processes,process

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Conceptual Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill Brooks, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2010-1929: THE EFFECT OF PEER INSTRUCTION ON STUDENTS’CONSTRUCTION OF CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING INTHERMODYNAMICSBill Brooks, Oregon State University Bill Brooks is a PhD student in the School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. He is the primary programmer for the WISE learning tool. As an undergraduate student, he studied hardware engineering, software engineering, and chemical engineering. His thesis research involves investigating the interplay of content, pedagogy, and technology in student learning.Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He

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Software and Hardware for Educators I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad Hager, United States Air Force Academy; Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

. received the BS Electronic Engineering Technology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1979, the M.E.E.E. from the University of Idaho at Moscow in 1986, and the Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin in 1993. He was formally an active duty faculty member at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado and is now an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wyoming. He is a member of IEEE (senior) and Tau Beta Pi (chief faculty advisor). His research interests include digital and analog image processing, computer-assisted laser surgery, and embedded controller systems. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Wyoming and Colorado. He co-wrote

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Teaching Dynamics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Ruhala, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Mechanics

AC 2010-1069: FOUR FREE-VIBRATION LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS USINGTWO LUMPED MASS APPARATUSES WITH RESEARCH CALIBERACCELEROMETERS AND ANALYZERRichard Ruhala, Southern Polytechnic State University Richard Ruhala earned his BSME from Michigan State in 1991 and his PhD in Acoustics from The Pennsylvania State University in 1999. He has 3 years industrial experience at General Motors and 3 years at Lucent Technologies. He was an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Department at the University of Southern Indiana before joining the faculty at Southern Polytechnic State University in 2010 as an Associate Professor, where he also serves as director for their new mechanical engineering program. He has

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Troy Harding

69. Williams, Laurie and Kessler, Robert R., Experimenting with Industry’s “Pair-Programming” Model in theComputer Science Classroom, Computer Science Education, Vol. 11, No. 1, March, 2001.Biographical InformationTROY HARDINGAssociate ProfessorEngineering Technology DepartmentComputer Systems TechnologyKansas State University at Salina Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Christopher L. Reitsma

Reinvigorating Microcontroller Laboratories with Experiences and Applications of Common Devices Major Christopher L. Reitsma, Dept. of EE&CS, United States Military AcademyAbstractMany non-engineering Cadets at the United States Military Academy take a sequence of coursesin Electrical Engineering as part of their requirement to earn a Bachelor’s of Science. The finalcourse in the sequence incorporates the programming of a microcontroller, including theutilization of analog and digital circuits, and implementation of robotics as part of militaryelectronic systems. Because of the limited programming experience of these students, the courseuses the BOE-Bot containing a BASIC Stamp 2 microcontroller

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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James D. McGuffin-Cawley

“Relating the Increasing Scarcity of Mineral-Based Materials to the Materials ScienceCurriculum"James D. McGuffin-CawleyDepartment of Materials Science and EngineeringCase Western Reserve UniversityCleveland OH 44106-7204Abstract: A new course was developed and offering as a senior technical elective orbeginning graduate course with the title" Strategic Metals and Materials for the 21stCentury" with the stated objective of creating an understanding of the role of mineral-based materials in the modern economy focusing on how such knowledge can and shouldbe used in making strategic choices in an engineering context. The success at garneringstudent attention will be discussed. A novel aspect of this course is the use of currentliterature

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

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James D. McGuffin-Cawley

“Relating the Increasing Scarcity of Mineral-Based Materials to the Materials ScienceCurriculum"James D. McGuffin-CawleyDepartment of Materials Science and EngineeringCase Western Reserve UniversityCleveland OH 44106-7204Abstract: A new course was developed and offering as a senior technical elective orbeginning graduate course with the title" Strategic Metals and Materials for the 21stCentury" with the stated objective of creating an understanding of the role of mineral-based materials in the modern economy focusing on how such knowledge can and shouldbe used in making strategic choices in an engineering context. The success at garneringstudent attention will be discussed. A novel aspect of this course is the use of currentliterature

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Online and Web-based Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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HsinPiao Hsu, Kainan University; Hui-Ying Wu, Ching Yun University

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Computers in Education

Engineers and Computer Scientists, Hong Kong, pp 771-775.6. Engstrom, M., & Jewett, D. (2005). Collaborative learning the wiki way. TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, 49(6), 12-68.7. Hazzan, O. (2001). Aspects of a university course web site. College Teaching, 49(2), 55-61.8. Raman, M., Ryan, T., & Olfman, L. (2005). Designing knowledge management systems for teaching and learning with wiki technology. Journal of Information Systems Education, 16(3), 311-320.9. WSIS - World Submit on the Information Society (2006). Declaration of Principles- Building the Information Society: A Global Challenge in the New Millennium

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Sreeramachandra K. Mutya, Gannon University; Kirankumar Palthi, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

University Sreeramachandra K. Mutya received his Bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering from Bharath University, Chennai, India in 2007. He is pursuing a master's degree in electrical engineering at Gannon University, Erie, PA, where he currently works as a graduate research assistant. His research interests include wireless communications, computer communications, and real-time systems.Kirankumar Palthi , Gannon University Kirankumar Palthi received his Bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India in 2008. He is pursuing a master's degree in embedded software engineering at Gannon

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Elizabeth Birmingham, North Dakota State University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University; Roger Green, North Dakota State University

Advance FORWARD: Institutional Transformation at North Dakota State UniversityIn fall 2008, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded North Dakota State University(NDSU) a $3.71M ADVANCE grant. The purpose of the institutional transformation grant, nowawarded to 41 colleges and universities in the United States, is to recruit and retain more womenfaculty in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines. This essay describesNorth Dakota State University’s work and preparation for the grant, outlines key components inNDSU’s program, and provides initial feedback about some of its initiatives.Background – North Dakota State University’s Pursuit of the NSF ADVANCE grantIn 2002, a group of faculty and

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Instrumentation and Measurement Innovation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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Instrumentation

AC 2010-847: ELEVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM PROJECTDavid Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie David R. Loker is Associate Professor and Program Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He holds an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, data acquisition systems, and communications systems. Page 15.450.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Elevator Control System ProjectAbstractAs part of the requirements in a junior

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Duy K. Dao; Shankar Krishnan

DESIGN OF LAB EXPERIMENTS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING APPLIED TO SOLVING BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS Duy K. Dao, Shankar Krishnan Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA 02115Abstract--Several challenges are faced by the educators to train engineers for the next decadedue to fast pace of advancement in technology. One of the challenges is to introduce interestingmulti-disciplinary applications of engineering concepts and tools, especially at the junior level.Signal processing is an essential course in most engineering programs. Introducing to students abiomedical problem and applying relevant signal processing techniques to solve such a problemcan be an effective pedagogical approach

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Kara Cokeley; Claire Mockler; Min Feng Zheng; James Patrick Abulencia

cells Poor Excellent Biodiesel has been used in some countries but the potential for its production and futureapplication is much more. Even though biodiesel can be produced from numerous sourcesincluding multiple forms of vegetable oils (edible and waste oils) and animal fats, it can also beproduced by algae. Algae have a number of unique benefits in the production of biodiesel.Notably, it is an aquatic species and does not require arable land for cultivation and thus does notcompete with the agricultural market. [1] Many microalgae are rich in oil and can be convertedto biodiesel using existing technologies, which is extremely beneficial. It can be used directly asfuel, with some engine

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Homolka, Kansas State University, Salina; Greg Stephens, Kansas State University, Salina

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Mathematics

at Salina library. Salina. Kansas. July 12, 2009. http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathtrek_4_13_98.html27 Giacalone, David A. f/k/a…the archives….baseball haiku page. Ed Markowski April 18, 2005. Downloaded at K-State at Salina library. Salina, Kansas. March 17, 2009.http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/baseball-haiku- page/28 Adams, Robin et al. Storytelling in Engineering Education. ASEE 2007. Download at K-State at Salina library. Salina Kansas. March 21, 2010.29 Stephens, Greg. Using Storytelling to Meet the Technology and Information Literacy Needs of Millennial Page 15.107.14 Students. Midwest

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, USF

Engineering Education (ASEE) Archie Higdon Distinguished Mechanics Educator Award. His current scholarly interests include development of instructional technologies, integrating research in classroom, thermal stresses, computational mechanics, and mechanics of nonhomogeneous nanolayers.Ali Yalcin, USF Ali Yalcin received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Rutgers University, New Brunswick New Jersey in 1995, 1997 and 2000. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department, and an Associate Faculty member of the Center for Urban Transportation Research. His

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Clearing up Student Misconceptions in Materials

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University; Keith Heinert, Arizona State University; Jessica Triplett, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

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Materials

AC 2010-1156: UNCOVERING AND REPAIRING ATOMIC BONDINGMISCONCEPTIONS WITH MULTIMODAL ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTUNDERSTANDING IN AN INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS COURSEJacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University Jacquelyn Kelley has an M.S. in Materials Science and is a Ph.D. student in the College of Education at Arizona State University. Her BS degree is in Physics and Chemistry. Her principle research areas are inquiry-based learning and development and assessment of inquiry-based modules in materials science and engineering. She teaches physics, chemistry and mathematics in a local arts high school.Keith Heinert, Arizona State University Keith Heinert is an

Conference Session

Issues and Solutions in Mathematics Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Grossfield, Vaughn College of Aeronautics

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Mathematics

immediately confronted by the students and should be treated as research.The engineering and technology communities who see declining enrollments may welcome anyimprovement in the conventional introduction of mathematics. The grade school students,teachers, and even parents might welcome having more understandable texts and activities. Themathematicians who seem to have spearheaded the last reforms are not going to surrender,easily, the verbiage and truths that they so painfully mastered in their graduate schools. Themathematicians have too large an investment in the art of proof and in the status quo. However,ultimately and unfortunately it is the mathematics faculty who select the textbooks. If we careabout increasing enrollments then we, the

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Bahar Zoghi Moghadam

design and Delivery” Hoboken, NJ:John Wiley, 2005 8. Levine, A.D., and T. Asano, “Recovering sustainable water from wastewater”, Environmental Science and Technology, 38,201A-208A,2004 9. Mihelcic,J.R and J.B.Zimmerman, Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, Sustainability and design, New York: John Wiley, 2008 10. Otterpohl, R., U.Braun, and M.Oldenburg, “Innovative technologies for decentralized water, wastewater and biowaste management in urban and peri-urban areas”, Water Science and Technology, 48, 23-32, 2003 11. P.T.Anastas and J.B.Zimmerman, the twelve principals of green building, Environmental science and Technology, 38, 94A-101A, 2003 12. U.S. Green Buildings Council, LEED Rating System

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

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Bahar Zoghi Moghadam

design and Delivery” Hoboken, NJ:John Wiley, 2005 8. Levine, A.D., and T. Asano, “Recovering sustainable water from wastewater”, Environmental Science and Technology, 38,201A-208A,2004 9. Mihelcic,J.R and J.B.Zimmerman, Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, Sustainability and design, New York: John Wiley, 2008 10. Otterpohl, R., U.Braun, and M.Oldenburg, “Innovative technologies for decentralized water, wastewater and biowaste management in urban and peri-urban areas”, Water Science and Technology, 48, 23-32, 2003 11. P.T.Anastas and J.B.Zimmerman, the twelve principals of green building, Environmental science and Technology, 38, 94A-101A, 2003 12. U.S. Green Buildings Council, LEED Rating System

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shane Cotter, Union College

AC 2010-1359: LABORATORY EXERCISES FOR AN UNDERGRADUATEBIOMETRIC SIGNAL PROCESSING COURSEShane Cotter, Union College Page 15.829.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Laboratory Exercises for an Undergraduate Biometric Signal Processing CourseIntroductionThe ability of investigators to analyze sound, image, and video data and to efficiently searchthrough large databases of biometric data such as fingerprints or facial images has revolutionizedthe field of forensics over the last couple of decades. These technologies are routinely used inpopular television shows such as Crime Scene Investigation and NCIS among others. Indeed, it

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Denny, University of Auckland; Beth Simon, University of California, San Diego; Melissa Micou, University of California, San Diego

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Biomedical

AC 2010-1321: EVALUATION OF PEERWISE AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FORBIOENGINEERSPaul Denny, University of Auckland Paul Denny is an instructor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. In addition to Computer Science Education, his research interests include collaborative student learning and he created the PeerWise tool to support this approach.Beth Simon, University of California, San Diego Beth Simon is a Lecturer with the Potential for Security of Employment in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of California, San Diego. Her research interests include educational technology and computer science education research.Melissa Micou

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Teaching Statics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Dollar; Paul Steif

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Mechanics

USING A DIGITAL DASHBOARD FOR LEARNING TO BLEND INTERACTIVE, WEB-BASED COURSEWARE INTO AN INSTRUCTOR-LED STATICS COURSE1. BACKGROUND1.1 Need for Improving Assessment-Feedback LoopsIn response to an increasing appreciation that instruction should be learner-centered [1], variouslearner-centered instructional approaches have been pursued. These have included bothleveraging computer technology in effective ways and establishing more interactive classrooms.Still, many engineering subjects continue to be taught in a traditional, top-down fashion, withone-way communication from the lecturer, and textbook homework problems that are solvedoutside of class, on which delayed and minimal useful feedback, if any, is

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching and Assessment Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Willis, University of Houston; Susan Miertschin, University of Houston

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Educational Research and Methods

, post-secondary, undergraduate, and graduate levels.Susan Miertschin, University of Houston Susan L. Miertschin is an Associate Professor in Computer Information Systems at the University of Houston. She began her career in higher education teaching applied mathematics for engineering technology students. She demonstrated consistent interest in the application of information and communication technologies to instruction. This interest plus demonstrated depth of knowledge of computer applications and systems caused her to change her teaching focus to computer information systems in 2000. Recently, she has completed graduate coursework in the area of Medical Informatics in order to deepen and

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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M Nazrul Islam

numberof malicious activities in the computer network. Also the topic is getting more involved into theengineering curriculum in order to prepare the future engineers and scientists to efficientlyhandle the emerging security threats. One of the most important objectives of informationsecurity systems is to secure the confidential information, which includes personal identificationnumber, personal data, as well as graphical information like photo, fingerprint. Securinginformation can only be done through the use of cryptography technology, which involvesencryption of the information before transmission and then successful reproduction of theinformation at the receiving end. Traditional encryption schemes suffer from poor securitybecause a random

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Musa Jouaneh, University of Rhode Island; William Palm, University of Rhode Island

. Special thanksto Jim Byrnes for his help with the detail design of the hardware interface board.References Page 15.1157.131. Evaluating and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, M. Fox and N. Hackerman, Editors, National Research Council, The National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2003.2. T. Scott, ‘Two “take home” experiments in fluid mechanics,” In Proceedings of the 2000 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, St. Louis, MO, 2000, pp. 6451-6458.3. W. Berg, and M. Boughton, “Enhanced suitcases for upper division electronics laboratories,” In Proceedings of the

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Instructional Strategies in AE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Betz, State University of New York

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Architectural

AC 2010-673: MOTIVATING STUDENTS TO LEARN MORE: A CASE STUDY INARCHITECTURAL EDUCATIONJoseph Betz, State University of New York Joseph A. Betz is an architect and Professor in the Department of Architecture & Construction Management at the State University of New York College of Technology at Farmingdale. He received his undergraduate and professional degrees in architecture from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his post-professional degree in architecture from Columbia University. A recipient of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, he has served as both national Program Chair and Division Chair of the Architectural Engineering Division of the American

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ing-Chang Jong; William T. Springer; Rick J. Couvillion

distributed force, and uniformly distributed moment) somewhere on the beam.For starters, one must know that a working proficiency in the rudiments of singularity functionsis a prerequisite to using the method of model formulas. To benefit a wider readership, whichmay have different specialties in mechanics, and to avoid or minimize any possible misunders-tanding, this paper includes summaries of the rudiments of singularity functions and the signconventions for beams. Readers, who are familiar with these topics, may skip the summaries. Anexcerpt from the method of model formulas is needed and shown in Fig. 1, courtesy of IJEE.1 Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joanna DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University; Colin Neill, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2010-26: IMPROVING TEAM PERFORMANCE: THE COGNITIVE STYLEFACTORJoanna DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University Joanna F. DeFranco is an Engineering faculty member at Penn State University. She earned her B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Math from Penn State, M.S. in Computer Engineering from Villanova, and earned her Ph.D. in Computer and Information science from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Previous to entering academia, Dr. DeFranco held a number of positions in industry and government, including software engineer for Motorola in Horsham, PA and an Electronics Engineer for the Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, PA. She has published a number of articles in journals and

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daphene Koch, Purdue University; Rajeswari Sundararajan, Purdue University; Greg Lasker, Purdue University

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Construction

AC 2010-178: ENERGY PRACTICES IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS: A GLOBALLOOKDaphene Koch, Purdue University Daphene Koch, PhD is an assistant professor at Purdue University in the Building Construction Management Department. Daphene has over 10 years of college teaching experience and over 10 years of construction industry experience. Her construction experience included mechanical construction and industrial petrochemical projects in Indiana , Texas and East Malaysia.Rajeswari Sundararajan, Purdue University Raji Sundararajan is an Associate Professor at Purdue University in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology. She currently serves at president of t he Electrostatics