Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Clinton Dancey, Virginia Tech; Doug Nelson, Virginia Tech; Michael Ellis, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Dennis Hong, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

Egnineering at Virginia Tech. His research interests include: Applications of Fuel Cell Systems for Building Cogeneration, Solid Sorption Heat Pump Modeling, Modeling and Analysis of Building Energy Consumption, Analysis of Energy Uses in Industrial Processes, Fuel Cell Performance Modeling, and Optimal Design of Hybrid Gas/Electric Chilled Water SystemsDennis Hong, Virginia Tech Dennis Hong is an Assistant Professor and the Director of RoMeLa(Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory) of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. His research expertise lie in the area of autonomous robots, design and analysis of mechanical systems, kinematics, and dynamics. Dr. Hong won the NSF

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lanny Griffin, California Polytechnic State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

: Menu items and tool bars for the VCAOptimaS software showing the important items for this laboratory. We found that it was useful to include an image which shows the correct starting position for the syringe tip before conducing the lab (Figure 9). Figure 9: Image of the tip. The “meat” of the lab is to create a sessile drop on the surface. It is imperative to note that the contact angle measurement technique samples approximately 3-20 Å of the surface and so students should wear gloves and keep your specimens clean as the oils, dirt, etc, from your fingers will affect measurements. Note too that static electricity can adversely affect results. We found that dispensing 0.25 µl drop

Conference Session

Product Innovation And Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Johnson, Valparaiso University; Kathleen Sevener, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Will, Valparaiso University

/Indiana Conference (2005).4. D. Tougaw and M. Barrett, “Determination of Individual Performance on a Team,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Illinois/Indiana Conference, 124-127 (2002). Page 12.302.75. R. H. King, T. E. Parker, T. P. Grover, J. P. Goshink, and N. T. Middleton, “A Multidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory Course,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 88, no. 3, 1999, pp. 311-317.6. R. L. Miller, R. L., and B. M. Olds, “A Model Curriculum for a Capstone Course in Multidisciplinary Engineering Design,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 83, no. 4, 1994, pp. 311- 316.7

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Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

the University of Louisville. He serves as the coordinator of engineering graphics, a service unit for all Speed School departments. Matthews is credited for the development of the CADD program and its laboratories at Speed School. He is published nationally and internationally in areas of teaching methodology. During his tenure at the University of Louisville he has generated in excess of 2.2 million dollars in grants and gifts in kind. He founded and was the first manager of the AutoCAD Training Center at the University of Louisville. Matthews’ research activity evolves around innovative teaching methods, techniques and creative activity. Academic computing initiative involving web-assisted

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; Kurt Rosentrator, USDA

http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/education/k-12/curricula/use/index.htmBiography Page 12.975.10Appendix A Several resources exist to aid teachers in curriculum design. Below is a list of agencies withestablished programs that could assist in developing renewable energy curriculum in conjunctionwith the installation of solar or wind power systems:WebsitesThe National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is a Department of Energy lab involved inwind, solar, and other renewable energy field. Their web site has excellent information regardingthe various renewable energy sources and an educational resource page athttp://www.nrel.gov

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Sullivan, The College of New Jersey; Stephen O'Brien, The College of New Jersey

OverdriveStudent comments on their FVC experience.My Experience in a FVC Team By Marissa ScalzoI have learned many things from being in a FVCteam. I have learned specifically about robots: howthey work, how to build them, and how to drive them.I have learned team-building skills, how to organizebrainstorming using House of Quality and Fishbonediagrams, how to keep a laboratory notebook, andhow to work within a team. But my favorite thingthat I learned is Project Management. I used Microsoft Projects to keep up a Gantt chartfor my team’s schedule. A couple of my team’s mentors helped me use MicrosoftProjects, and gave me some pointers as I went along. I had so much fun! I also learnedthings while at competitions. I learned even more things about

Conference Session

Mechanical Design and Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Sam Ramrattan, Western Michigan University; Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University

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Engineering Technology

data collection to take place. Additionally, the proposed procedurecollects data (e.g., shear strength, mass degradation) that is useful in the task of predicting behaviorof sand-binder combinations.The protocol consists of four major steps5, with all specimens being prepared and tested in acontrolled laboratory environment (Temperature is controlled at 23.9±1.1C (75±2F), and relativehumidity is controlled at 50±3%). The steps are: 1. Preparation of disc specimen 2. Disc transverse strength testing 3. Scratch hardness testing of specimen 4. Thermal distortion testing at specified loads for 3 minutes

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State University; Glen Thorncroft, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

1997, with a research emphasis in Boiling Heat Transfer. His current activities focus on improvement of undergraduate laboratory education, including new experiments, instrumentation, and pedagogy in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, as well as introducing Uncertainty Analysis into the undergraduate curriculum. Page 12.432.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Curricular Assessment Using Existing On-Campus Information DatabasesAbstractAssessment of engineering program success is critical for continual improvement. While thisassessment can take

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Miller, Saint Cloud State University

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Mechanical Engineering

graphs, as shown in figures 6 and 7. Page 12.140.9Figure 5 - NIST12 Property Selection Figure 7 - Sample NIST12 PlotFigure 6 - NIST12 Unit selectionOne related link available at NIST is http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/fluid/ . This is asimplified calculator for find point properties for a large number of fluids.The author has copies of the first three packages and uses GPCalcs® and TEST in teachingthermodynamics and a related thermal sciences laboratory course. One of the primary advantagesin these two programs (and EES) is the ease of creating a cycle using the relationships betweenvarious

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Saeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Tim Lin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Electrical and Computer

that produces the interrupts required fortiming and running your model, either on our hardware target or on a simulator 8. Figure 2. Student experiment on the lab Page 12.943.43. Lab ContentsWeekly laboratory assignments are provided enhancement on Discrete time signal and systemlab. A brief description of the some topics covered and the use of exercises are given below.3.1 Analog/Digital ConversionIn many continuous time signal applications, it is getting more attractive to convert a continuous-time signal into a digital-time signal. Sampling and quantization determine the accuracy of thedigital signal. The ideal

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Manufacturing

facilities. Johnson etal.[5] describe lean laboratory exercises that combine two methods of discovery-based learning:learning by exploring and simulation-based learning, based on a physical simulation of a clockassembly. Other games available to highlight important points in lean manufacturing include:airplane manufacturing exercises (Billington[1]), the Lean Leap Logistics game (Holweg andBicheno[4]), classroom simulations (Prusak[7], Verma[9], or production projects simulating anassembly production environment (Blust and Bates[2]).Simulations can significantly increase students knowledge on lean, as Verma et al.[9] proves itusing pre- and post-simulation surveys. A common important point for these games is, asChaneski3 emphasizes when describing a

Conference Session

Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramesh Prasad, University of New Brunswick-St. John; Ryan Munro, University of New Brunswick-St. John

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

experiment is carried out in a non-adiabaticsystem to allow a greater insight in this experiment and to enhance its pedagogical value. Thisexperimental system has been developed for an undergraduate laboratory in thermodynamics forMechanical/Chemical Engineering students.IntroductionThe heat of combustion1 of a fuel is the amount of heat generated by the complete combustionof a unit weight of fuel and it is expressed in Joules/kg (or other similar units such as BTU/Ib orcalories/gram). It is experimentally determined by combustion of an accurately weighed sampleof fuel in a calorimeter and measurement of the heat released. In this experimental system, anOxygen Bomb Calorimeter2 has been used. The temperature rise, T, resulting from the heatreleased

Conference Session

Design for the Environment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Graham Armitage, University of Calgary; Phillip du Plessix, University of Calgary; Kara Chomistek, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Clifton Johnston, University of Calgary; Mohamed Nazir, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Diane Douglas, University of Calgary; Brigit Knecht, University of Calgary

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Design in Engineering Education

farmers in a Village in Africa. Students weregiven two laboratory sessions (4 hours), over 2-5 days to complete the project and encouraged toresearch the environmental, social, and cultural characteristics of the region which their groupwas assigned (eg. Ghana, Zimbawae, Burkina Faso).Food for thoughtThroughout the entire “Food For Thought” project students were utilizing all the fundamentals ofengineering design (Conceptualization, Evaluation, Testing, and Redesign). This project provedto be extremely challenging for students given the time allotted for the project (8 hrs, over 4 lab Page 12.437.4sessions).This project was created by building

Conference Session

Computer Tools for Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jianyu Dong, California State University-Los Angeles; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University-Los Angeles

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Computers in Education

designs from different groups into more complex systems. After students havelearned the design process in class, they repeat the process in their collaborative term project,typically an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) designed using different modeling techniques.3) CPBL implementation in Microcomputer Programming (EE345)Due to the promising implementation results of CPBL in EE442 and EE347, we began to use itin EE345 staring from Fall 2006. Assembly language programming and microcontrollerinterfacing are often taught with a lab component or at least TA office hours. In lieu of those, wecan integrate simple hands-on exploratory and development projects into the lecture. Years ago,our microcomputer programming course was taught in a laboratory with

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Mark Nelms, Auburn University; Regina Halpin, Program Evaluation and Assessment

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

? Page 12.712.7 Figure 2. Advanced Scientific Process and Application Skills For the morning session of the second workshop day, the teachers were divided into twogroups. One group went to the Auburn University Solar House shown in Figure 3. This housewas constructed for the 2002 Solar Decathlon competition held in Washington D.C. by the USDepartment of Energy. The operation of the electrical system in the solar house was describedand related to the ideas and concepts presented on the first day of the workshop. The solar housewas utilized as a platform to discuss energy efficiency in the design and construction ofresidential dwellings. A second group convened in a computer laboratory to discuss weatherdata. A real-time

Conference Session

Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Gregory Feierfeil, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Innovation Laboratory where students involved inindustry sponsored projects and entrepreneurial projects will develop and prototype theirinventions.Program Evaluation PlanTo assess the success of the proposed project, the team has devised a comprehensiveassessment and program evaluation plan that includes periodic collection of quantitativeand qualitative data. The evaluation plan consists of two primary components; 1) overallevaluation of the program and individual program components by various constituents(students, faculty, alumni, and industry), and 2) assessment of student learning andgraduate capability to perform published program learning outcomes.Program EvaluationThe proposed program has five goals for enacting our vision for

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bronzini, George Mason University; John Matusik, The Engineering Groupe

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-502: USING THE SENIOR DESIGN JURY TO DIRECTLY ASSESSPROGRAM OUTCOMESMichael Bronzini, George Mason University Michael S. Bronzini currently holds the Dewberry Chair in Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering (CEIE) in the Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and is also the Chair of the CEIE Department. Prior positions include Director of the Center for Transportation Analysis at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at Penn State University, and Director of the Transportation Center and Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Dr

Conference Session

Engineering Economy: Beyond the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Remer, Harvey Mudd College; Karen Ahle, Raytheon; Kevin Alley, Southwest Research Institute; John Silny, Raytheon; Karen Hsin, Accenture; Elijah Kwitman, Harvey Mudd College; Allison Hutchings, Harvey Mudd College

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Engineering Economy

cost estimation and related topics at Universities such as UCLA, Caltech, Page 12.411.5University of California at Riverside, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. These shortcourses have also been presented at over 25 companies, national laboratories, and governmentagencies. Many of these engineers and managers have strongly felt this topic should be introducedinto the engineering undergraduate curriculum. To prepare our graduates at Harvey MuddCollege for the challenges they will be facing in their careers in the complex global economy, wehave introduced an elective course on cost estimation for our engineering majors. This

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific Univ; Donald Peter

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New Engineering Educators

homework seems toincorporate that principle in a manner agreeable to both students and faculty.References 1. A.W. Chickering and Z.F. Gamson, “Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education,” American Ass. For Higher Education Bulletin, 29 (1987), 3-7. 2. E. F. Redish, J. M. Saul, and R. N. Steinberg, "On the effectiveness of active-engagement microcomputer- based laboratories”, American Journal Physics, 65 (1997), 45-54. 3. McGraw Hill Homework Manager home page. 4. Wiley Higher Education home page (link to Technology Solutions and Wiley Plus). 5. A. Bright, R. Wang, E102 Advanced Systems Engineering syllabus home page. Harvey Mudd College. 6. S. Servetto, ECE 562, Fundamental

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; Michael Flaman, Portland Community College

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Manufacturing

materials so the students can explorethe subjects further with reading. Second, demonstration or hands-on laboratory of FRPmachining processes would give the students better insight on the subject. Third, a newcourse assessment can be taken to allow the students to make comments on specificcourse topics.4. SummaryMachining of FRP composites is one of the most difficult and least understood areas inmanufacturing technology. Thus, it is necessary to include machining and tool regimes ofFRP composites into the manufacturing curricula, especially at the schools in the regionsof the country where major aerospace industry exist. The Machine ManufacturingProgram at Portland Community College offers the machine tool course with FRPcomposite machining

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

Engineering from the University of 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

Conference Session

Developing Programs for Adult Learners

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Robertson, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.

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Continuing Professional Development

supply chain is determined by the system integrators. The delivery consortium hasfive major companies in that category so our solution is a serious top-down attempt totackle root-cause features and allow the benefits to flow to the wider economy.Process to collect informationHighly networked systems pose a significant educational challenge. The basic conceptsof systems design are taught in most engineering programs. However, the operationalknow-how to create and sustain the large complex systems that are our concern onlyexists in the business world. The scale and concentration of resources are far beyond thecapabilities of any university. The laboratory to study next-generation systemcharacteristics therefore has to be within the industry sector

Conference Session

Advice from the Experts for NEEs at Small Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Diane Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger

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New Engineering Educators

betterunderstanding of the teaching pedagogy which includes multi-disciplinary teaching andintegrated lecture laboratory of the U.A. Whitaker School of Engineering at FGCU. While ourprimary focus was on student learning, we also conducted surveys to understand the student’sperspective of the WSOE teaching approach. We also had the opportunity to workcollaboratively and learn from other faculty’s teaching style. Although our teaching willincrease, the information gathered through development and teaching of this course will impactour future classes and our engineering career thereafter.ServicesGiven our nascent program, it is not surprising that there is currently only a small number offaculty in the U.A. Whitaker School of Engineering with 8 total faculty

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Jenkins, University of Detroit Mercy

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Graduate Studies

Michael G. Jenkins is chair and professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Detroit Mercy where is specializes in materials, mechanics of materials, machine design and reliability/probability. He has been involved in pedagogy in higher education for the past 15 years and test engineering and R&D activities for the past 25 years. His post PhD positions include 12 years at University of Washington in Seattle, 5 years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and 1 year as a postdoctoral invited researcher at the University of Tokyo. Prior to his PhD he worked at PACCAR Technical Center for 2.5 years. He has authored or co-authored over 75 archival publications, over 100 proceedings

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

and projects. It wasdeveloped to allow students to survey the various engineering disciplines without great depthin any specific discipline. Goals of the course included learning design strategies and conceptswhile encouraging teamwork. The course consists of lectures (1hr/wk ), laboratory work Page 12.765.2(3hrs/wk ) and recitations (2hrs/wk ) for an academic semester. Course evaluation survey results clearly indicate that students prefer a competition labover a conventional lab. We believe the spirit of competition and the extra credit incentivesprovided a reward for the student teams’ efforts and encouraged learning. After the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mulchand Rathod, Wayne State University

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Manufacturing

associate professor (1979-87); Tuskegee University as assistant professor of mechanical engineering (1976-78), and Jackson Engineering Graduate Program as adjunct faculty (1975-76). Over the period 1980-85, he was employed in summers and academic years at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of California Institute of Technology and IBM. He worked in HVAC industry with B&B Consulting Engineers (1975-76). He earned his B.E. (Mechanical) degree from Sardar Patel University in India in 1970. Upon immigrating to USA, he earned his M.S. (1972) and his Ph.D. (1975), both in Mechanical Engineering from Mississippi State University. His specialty areas of interest include renewable energy, biomedical

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence Whitman, Wichita State University; James Steck, Wichita State University; David Koert, Wichita State University; Larry Paarmann, Wichita State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

., 2000, A multidisciplinary team project for electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science majors.8) Brockman, J., Batill, S., Renaud, J., Kantor, J., Kirkner, D., Kogge, P., and Stevenson, R., 1996, "Development of a multidisciplinary engineering design laboratory at the University of Notre Dame." Proc. of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.9) Otto, K., Bezdek, J., Wood, K., Jensen, D., and Murphy, M., 1998, "Building better mousetrap builders: Courses to incrementally and systematically teach design," Proc. of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.10) Garcia, M.A., and Patterson-McNeill, H., 2002, "Learn how to develop software using the toy Lego

Conference Session

Design Methodolgy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Cumbie, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

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Design in Engineering Education

theoretical background and system developmentmethodology used in development. Additionally an overview of the system is presentedfollowed by lessons learned from these efforts. By providing this information the authorshope to encourage the innovative application of IT in Capstone programs at otheruniversities.Background: Project OverviewThe Auburn Engineering Technical Assistance Program (ATAP) has used their fundingfrom the National Science Foundation (ENG#0332594) to marshal the diverse resourcesand interests of different (a) units of a state cooperative extension system, (b)departments of an academic institution, (c) research laboratories, (d) industrialdevelopment units of private corporations and government, and (e) manufacturingcompanies. The

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Michael Gregg, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech

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New Engineering Educators

, Page 12.1092.2based on a combination of the two aforementioned introductory engineering courses. Thisrecruitment effort was in its earliest formative stages in late fall 2001. The course, led by Goffand Gregg, was envisioned as an intensive, hands-on, four credit hour class combining twoweeks of classroom and laboratory work on the Virginia Tech campus with an equal duration atthe University’s Center for European Studies and Architecture (CESA) facility in Riva SanVitale, Switzerland. Teamwork issues associated with this venture were ad hoc. Academicissues were dealt with by the authors Goff and Gregg; however the difficulties of itinerary andlogistics were handled by a senior staff member from the Dean’s Office. This course

Conference Session

Continuous Improvement & Assessment of ET Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Guy Hembroff, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

achievement levels. However, the results of theassessment tools identified areas which might benefit from improvement. Based on thisassessment, recommendations are made for the purpose of continuous improvement. This paperprovides information on the Program Outcomes assessment process issues and challenges and willbe of benefit to engineering technology programs seeking accreditation or re-accreditation.1. IntroductionThe curriculum of the Electrical Engineering Technology program covers a broad basededucational experience that emphasizes practical, hands-on laboratory work, closely coordinatedwith theoretical classroom discussion. Students receive a solid foundation of coursework inelectric circuits, digital electronics, solid-state electronics