Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Bowman, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

essential to engineering in a problem-solving environment 2. To provide a context for considering the interactions and synergistic relations between properties in engineering systemsThe proposed course outline for the first offering is given in Table 3. Because there is no text forthe course the first two years of offerings will be used to generate an extensive set of coursenotes and examples based on the best available demonstrations of a computational context forfoundational engineering courses. In cooperation with colleagues from the ENE curriculum a Page 11.993.7series of integrated and evaluated on-line modules are

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

. The course is taught every semester and is a core course in the engineeringtechnology curriculum. The self-guided activity is and will remain an active part of thecourse. Page 11.413.6The following case study discusses and explains how a group of students designed theirown thermodynamic experiment based on the implemented PBL approach.Case Study: Household RefrigeratorAs part of the thermodynamic course in the Department of Engineering Technology andIndustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University, students learned the laws ofthermodynamics for closed and open systems. They also learned specific applications ofthose laws like in the case of power and

Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Hsiung, Old Dominion University; Jeff Willis, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

2006-386: A NEW APPROACH IN MICROPROCESSOR/MICROCONTROLLERCOURSES/LABORATORIES MATERIAL DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENTSteve Hsiung, Old Dominion University STEVE C. HSIUNG Steve Hsiung is an associate professor of electrical engineering technology at Old Dominion University. Prior to his current position, Dr. Hsiung had worked for Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., Seagate Technology, Inc., and Lam Research Corp., all in Silicon Valley, CA. Dr. Hsiung also taught at Utah State University and California University of Pennsylvania. He earned his BS degree from National Kauhsiung Normal University in 1980, MS degrees from University of North Dakota in 1986 and Kansas State University in 1988, and a PhD

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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JoDell Steuver, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

to maintain fiscal accountability, integrity and generosity.Not only are the current demands for assistance from non-profits in the United States of Americaat an all-time high, but they are under increased scrutiny from the media and the public.Students interning with non-profit organizations are learning the reality of these challenges asour country recovers from unprecedented natural disasters.The new non-profit is quickly developing into a new organization. It no longer resemblesmunicipal government or the for-profit organization, although it is rooted in both. The legalenvironment is also evolving for non-profits. The Internal Revenue Service is taking a hard lookat many organizations in response to scrutiny in the media.Many information

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radha Balamuralikrishna, Northern Illinois University; Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

planning instructional methods in their discipline.However, undergraduate students in engineering and technology rarely have an opportunity tosolve real world problems that require integration across several disciplinary branches ofengineering and those outside of engineering. This makes it difficult for students to make thetransition from academia to industry especially in an era where the principles of concurrentengineering are employed in new product design and development. Therefore, there is a strongneed to bring challenging, industry involved problems into our classrooms today.The case study approach has long been used in business education but only recently made itsentry into engineering education but with significant momentum. Nationwide

Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College; David Lieberman, Queensborough Community College; Don Engelberg, Queensborough Community College; Alex Flamholz, Queensborough Community College; Paul Marchese, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, Queensborough Community College Tak David Cheung is a Professor of Physics at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York. His research interests include bio-physics, astronomy, and education. He also serves as PI on a CUNY grant in bio-physics. Page 11.1268.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The design of an ABET accredited laser technology program and its relationships with engineering programsAbstractAn ABET accredited laser technology program was designed for an AAS degree curriculum aswell as for a smooth transition to a 4-yr engineering program. Important issues such as calculuspreparation, instruction level, and

Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Callahan; John Gardner, Boise State University; Amy Moll, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

from University of Illinois, Urbana. Her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering from University of California at Berkeley in 1992 and 1994. Following graduate school, Amy worked for Hewlett Packard in San Jose, CA and in Colorado Springs, CO. Amy’s research interests include microelectronic packaging, particularly 3-D integration and ceramic MEMS devices.Pat Pyke, Boise State University Patricia Pyke is Director of Special Programs for the College of Engineering at Boise State University. She oversees projects in freshman curriculum development, retention, math support, mentoring, and women’s programs. She earned a B.S.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

elements of their previous education and focus only on what they assume to beimportant at the time. Within engineering, the areas of mathematics, chemistry, and physics willhold a greater place than the written document or the grammatical correctness of that document.Students will need to be continuously reminded of the importance of writing and speaking in aprofessional manner. If those reminders are performed on a regular basis by faculty who reallydo influence the lives of the students, then communication will be integrated into the life of theengineer and never be forgotten.In an earlier paper I wrote the following words. When considering a diverse group of individuals and the issues that are most often discussed in regard to their

Conference Session

ChE: Departmental Issues and Integrating Freshmen into the ChE Program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pedro Arce, Tennessee Technological University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

ismixing them together, right?” Next, students broke off to small groups to discuss some of thethings they would need to concern themselves with, as chemical engineers. Following this, apiping and instrumentation diagram was provided for a system to complete this process (includingseparation). Then, each class in the ChE curriculum was described and it was discussed how thatclass would help in the analysis of the process. Such a procedure was done in an attempt to shownot only the integration of each class, but why they were chosen for the curriculum.In the second part of the class, we had any student having difficulty with their current math class

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Earley, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Figure 6 Figure 7ConclusionsThe preceding portfolio examples represent only a small sampling of the total scope and numberof course portfolio assignments, but do, however, serve to illustrate how an integrated approachto teaching a mechanisms course may easily be included within the course curriculum. Thepreceding figures and their related discussions help outline a more formalized approach for theinclusion of simple to use computer software in a mechanisms course.Limited course evaluation data is available. A review of student course evaluations for thespring of 2004 and 2005 shows, for the question: whether the students considered the courselaboratory and homework activities to be effective

Conference Session

ChE: Departmental Issues and Integrating Freshmen into the ChE Program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Follman, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University; Mica Hutchison, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

2006-1354: THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT: CATALYST ORINHIBITOR TO STUDENTS' CONFIDENCE IN SUCCESS?Deborah Follman, Purdue University Deborah K. Follman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 1994 and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University in 2000. Her research interests include engineering education and gender equity, specifically regarding self-efficacy, issues of gender on student cooperative learning teams, and curriculum development.George Bodner, Purdue University George M. Bodner is the Arthur E. Kelly Professor of Chemistry, Education

Conference Session

ChE: Departmental Issues and Integrating Freshmen into the ChE Program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Coronella, University of Nevada-Reno

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Chemical Engineering

. Page 11.1041.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Project-based learning in a first-year chemical engineering course: Evaporative CoolingAbstract The challenges of engaging first-year engineering students are well known. Manystudents come to an engineering curriculum poorly prepared and with substantialmisunderstanding of what engineers actually do. Too frequently, recent high-school graduatesare unprepared to make the commitment to do the hard work required to complete their degree infour years. Some students who might otherwise become successful engineers change their majorto one that has more immediate appeal, is an easier pathway to graduation, or is taught byinstructors who

Conference Session

Computing Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Price, DeVry University-Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

veracity of data needed to build a user model.Information acquisition and verification may be difficult if users are neither interested norwilling to provide the required information needed by an adaptive hypermedia system 26.The investigation attempts to offer a new approach for the autonomous computer-basedassessment of a user’s preferred cognitive style required for effective user modeling in adaptivehypermedia systems. The research bridges work in the fields of computer science, psychology,and information science in order to: • Make a contribution to the field of computer science by integrating cognitive style theory Page 11.251.5 and

Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Adams, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Paul Yanik, Western Carolina University; Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

has integrated the capability of displayingDSP omputation into a Simulink R block. In addition, DIP switches on the DSK board can beengaged to introduce different levels of noise. The student would have to write a Matlab Rprogram to generate different levels of noise, but would not have to be concerned with thecoding of interrupt hardware. Matlab R has integrated the interrupt handling capability into aSimulink R block of the DIP switches.Fig. 5. A/D conversion example using a sampling rate of 1 sample per second and an encoding resolution of 3 bits per sample.(a) Graph of the original signal, sample-and-hold output, and quantizer output. (b) Resulting output bits generated by the binaryencoder as a function of time.Application in a

Conference Session

Computing Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Kowalkowski, Knowledge Consultants; Gilbert Laware, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

Enterprise Analysis (Prentice – Hall, ISBN 0-13-282-3365) and over 70 papers. Frank has been the keynote speaker as well a conference chair at several conferences. He conducts frequent seminars nationally and internationally on a variety of business management and information technology topics.Gilbert Laware, Purdue University Gil Laware is an Associate Professor at Purdue University in Computer Information & Technology department. He has over 30 years of consulting and industry experience in projects that span world-wide data management and web/database solutions, business process and knowledge management, and enterprise application integration. He is the Vice President of Research

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roland Kempter, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College; Neil Cotter, University of Utah; Lee Brinton, Salt Lake Community College

Tagged Divisions

International

academicadvisory” position – similar to an international advisor - in all colleges across Utah. Ourresearch is a first step towards the goal of achieving unified engineering programs acrossinstitutions.I. Introduction Typically, student transfer in higher education occurs at the bachelor’s level,leading into a master’s or PhD degree. In addition, recently there has been a steadyincrease in student transfer at the undergraduate level from community colleges to stateuniversities in Utah. Naturally, curriculum development in higher education isapproached as an integral and challenging process, which needs to be constantly Page 11.316.3monitored, optimized and

Conference Session

Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ana Ferreras, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida; Pamela McCauley-Bell, University of Central Florida; Edward Hampton, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

effectiveness of experientiallearning is based on the fact that nothing is more relevant to us than our own reactions to,observations about, and understanding of an activity or idea”1.The Industrial Engineering and Management Systems (IEMS) department at the University ofCentral Florida (UCF) has a National Science Foundation supported research and developmentprogram aimed at producing a model for curriculum enhancements and instructional strategiesthat will increase student learning and preparation for future careers in Industrial Engineering,Re-engineering the Industrial Engineering Program. As a part of this activity, the department hasdeveloped an Engineering Leadership & Management Minor available to students majoring invarious disciplines of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Evans; Jerry Gabriel, Cornell University

constitute features or elements that areparticular to any single communicative performance; they are also applicable to all suchperformances possible across an engineering curriculum, even in the workplace. As a result, andunlike the skills metaphor that separates communication from the subject, discipline, orcommunity; understanding communication as performance, like understanding experimentationas performance in science, allows us to integrate those performances with the subject, discipline,or community, allows us to understand them as collections of practices that comprise what isparticular, perhaps even unique about that subject, discipline or community.Communication as Performance and Change in Communications CurriculaIn the recent and arguably

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidar Malki, University of Houston; Michael Gibson, University of Houston; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

proposing an interdisciplinary graduate programs in technology is tocapitalize on CoT resources to provide graduate degrees that integrate the different disciplineswithin the college. A secondary motivation is to elevate the research emphasis within the CoT.Establishing a CoT-wide graduate degree will provide a method of moving towards a doctoraldegree in Technology, consistent with the objectives of a Research 1 university. A fundamentalgraduate degree program proposal would include core courses Technology/leadership/Management, specialized tracks for various CoT disciplines (Concentrations), Practicum//internship, and thesis/project.Literature ReviewThere have been increasing efforts to establish new innovative and interdisciplinary

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravel Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines; Pankaj Sen, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

2006-489: AN UNDERGRADUATE POWER ENGINEERING CURRICULUM: AUNIQUE AND PRACTICAL APPROACH TO BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEENACADEMIA AND INDUSTRYRavel Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines Ravel F. Ammerman (Member IEEE) received his BS in Engineering in 1981 at Colorado School of Mines (CSM), Golden, Colorado. He also received his MS in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems and Control) at the University of Colorado in 1987. He has over 24 years combined teaching and industrial experience. Mr. Ammerman has coauthored and published several technical articles on Engineering Education, Curriculum Development, and Computer Applications related to Power Systems Engineering. Mr. Ammerman is an accomplished teacher

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Dolan, University of Wyoming; Larry Schmidt, University of Wyoming

, fundamentals of information literacy and learn to work inteam environments identified as “intellectual communities.” These objectives are similar to thecontinuing ABET a-k requirements as adopted by the departments within the College ofEngineering. Therefore, to avoid additional pressure on the number of credit hours required tosatisfy the University Studies Program, the College of Engineering adopted the UniversityStudies Requirements into an integrated first year program. This allowed an opportunity tointroduce global problem solving skills and introduce design early in the curriculum whilemeeting the university requirements.In the fall of 2005, the university introduced the Freshman READ (Read, Evaluate, Analyze, andDiscuss) program. The freshman

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Lillian B Bowles, Louisiana State University; Karen Powell, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University

2006-2483: INTEGRATING COMMUNICATION-INTENSIVE CLASSES ANDCOMMUNICATION STUDIOS INTO THE LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGWarren Hull, Louisiana State University Warren Hull is the Engineering Communications Coordinator at Louisiana State University. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University and an M.S. in Environmental Health from Harvard University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer with nearly 40 years engineering experience. Prior to joining LSU he was an engineering consultant. He is also a retired U.S. Air Force officer.Lillian B Bowles, Louisiana State University Lillian Bridwell-Bowles is a Professor of English at Louisiana State

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amit Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; GWEN EBERT, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, we collected and analyzed the data (step 5,from the TAR approach); this helped us to gauge the extent to which participants change attitudeimprove knowledge and increase skills as a result of participating in ESP (Level II – Learning,from the Kirkpatrick model). We recognized the need for systematic approach for evaluatingESP 2005, so we launched this pilot study with pre and post questionnaires.The figure 1 shows how we envisioned the interaction among the different courses. We were alsointerested in the three research questions mentioned below about the curriculum integrationprocess. a. Are real-life student design projects an effective means of integrating different courses? b. Did the real-life

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Collaborations and Interactions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

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International

Society forEngineering Education. Page 11.1071.2 Recruitment in Engineering and Technology Programs Integrating Home Schoolers, Women and International StudentsAbstractThere is an increasing need for a technically literate workforce for the United States to maintainits leadership in today’s interconnected global economy. Unfortunately, although the demand forengineering and technology graduates has increased the number of graduates has not increasedfor the last fifteen years. Because of phenomenon growth in emerging technologies andeconomic globalization it is rewarding to focus our whole hearted effort to recruitment. That iswhy the author has

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Amin Karim, DeVry University; Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Victor Rubanchik, Don State Technical University (DSTU), Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

2006-2119: INTEGRATION OF INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS AND VIRTUALEXPERIMENTS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS COURSES FOR ONSITE, ONLINEAND HYBRID DELIVERYYakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC Dr. Yakov E. Cherner, a Founder and President of ATEL, LLC, combines 20+ years of research and teaching practice with extensive experience in writing curricula and developing educational software. He is the author of an innovative concept of multi-layered simulation-based conceptual teaching of science and technology. This instructional approach uses real-world objects, processes and learning situations that are familiar to students as the context for virtual science and technology investigations. To facilitate this methodology for

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin Campbell, TechnicalMastery.com Corp.; Faycal Saffih, UAE University; Khaled Nigim, University of Waterloo

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

2006-2649: IMPROVE LEARNING EFFICIENCY WITH INTEGRATED MATHAND CIRCUIT SIMULATION TOOLS IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTERENGINEERING COURSESColin Campbell, TechnicalMastery.com Corp. Colin Campbell works with professors in Engineering at the University of Waterloo assisting them integrate mathematical software into their courses for the purpose of design and simulation. Colin graduated from Waterloo's "Co-op Applied Math with Engineering Electives" programme in 1982. Colin is the owner of TechnicalMastery.com Corporation which develops on-line video-based training courses, with an engineering leaning, for mathematical software such as MATLAB, Mathcad and Maple.Faycal Saffih, McMaster

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

2006-412: USE OF GRAPHICS IN MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTIONALMATERIALS: RESEARCH-BASED DESIGN GUIDELINESEric Wiebe, North Carolina State University ERIC N. WIEBE, Ph.D. Dr. Wiebe is an Associate Professor in the Graphic Communications Program at NC State University. He has authored or co-authored four texts on technical graphics and has been involved in Computer-Aided Design (CAD)/3-D modeling development and use since 1986. He has also worked on the integration of scientific visualization concepts and techniques into both secondary and post-secondary education. Dr. Wiebe has been a member of the EDG Division of ASEE since 1989

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Soda, U.S. Air Force Academy; Gregory Toussaint, U.S. Air Force Academy; Albert Batten, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

2006-1483: AN UNDERGRADUATE CAPSTONE DESIGN EXPERIENCEUTILIZING STUDENT ENGINEER - STUDENT MANAGER TEAMSKenneth Soda, U.S. Air Force Academy KENNETH J. SODA. Dr. Soda is the first permanent civilian faculty member of the USAF Academy’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, appointed in 1993. His areas of interest include electronics, circuit and very large integrated circuit design. He holds an advanced degree from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Soda is the recipient of the Tau Beta Pi Teacher of the Year Award (Colorado Zeta Chapter) and the USAF Academy Outstanding Educator Award.Gregory Toussaint, U.S. Air Force Academy GREGORY J. TOUSSAINT. Major Toussaint is

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Kilduff, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Jong-In Han, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

EnvironmentalBiotechnology satisfies an urgent need in terms of professional preparation, and is timelyas biology becomes more integrated into the engineering curriculum. The proposedenvironmental biotechnology course will develop in environmental engineers anawareness of the most relevant, often diverse, aspects of the subject, together withcommunication skills and teamwork. RPI’s current emphasis on biotechnology makes thepresent integrated and interdisciplinary curriculum possible.II. The CurriculumA. Details of Course CoverageThe proposed course combines elements of several courses offered in a typical BiologicalSciences curriculum. It will combine elements of Introduction to Biology; Introductionto Cell and Molecular Biology (cellular biochemistry, metabolism

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay Porter, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

become an integral part of the educational curriculum with a long-term, vested interest increating such an educational experience. One example where this methodology is beingemployed is at Brown University.3 Another more recent example, and the focus of this paper,involves the faculty and students of the Mobile Integrated Solutions Laboratory (MISL) at TexasA&M University where they have undertaken the Engineering Entrepreneurship Educational Page 11.560.2Experience (E4) initiative. This initiative includes a partnership between MISL and a newlyformed, locally-based company. For purposes of this paper, this company will be calledNEWCO. The