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Classroom Engagement

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Parikh, Stanford University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Kenneth Goodson, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 15.466.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Engagement in an Undergraduate Heat Transfer Course Outside of the ClassroomAbstractThis paper describes a curriculum and a course format for teaching assistant-led sessions aimingto foster student interest and increase engagement in an introductory undergraduate heat transfercourse. Evidence of engagement from records of participation in optional extra creditassignments and optional teaching assistant-led sessions are presented. These data indicate thatincreases in participation in optional activities are correlated with increases in courseperformance.IntroductionHeat transfer instruction is common to many undergraduate mechanical and

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Engaging Students in Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amir Salehpour, University of Cincinnati; Sam Antoline, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

Expo., Charlotte, USA (1999).10. McCreanor, P.T., Project based teaching: a case study from a hydraulics class. Proc. 2001 ASEE Annual Conf. and Expo., Albuquerque, USA (2001).11. Richardson, J., Corleto, C., Froyd, J., Imbrie, P.K., Parker, J. and Roedel, R., Freshman design projects in the Foundation Coalition. Proc. 1998 28th Annual FIE Conf,, Tempe, USA, 50-59 (1998).12. Wood, J.C. and Craft, E.L., Improving student retention: engaging students through integrated, problem-based courses. Proc. 2000 ASEE Annual Conf. and Expo., St. Louis, USA (2000).13. Wood, J.C., An interdisciplinary problem-based engineering technology freshman Curriculum. Proc. 1998 ASEE Annual Conf. and Expo., Seattle, USA (1998).14. Brown, B.F. and Brown

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International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

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International

95: Issue 94. http://www.greencareersguide.com/index.html5. http://Engineering.com/suitableEngineering/RenewableEnergyEngineering/solar.6. http://culturechange.org/Wind.html7. D.J Buenham, J.C Campbell etc, ‘Developing Wind Power Simulations and Laboratory Experiments forRenewable Energy System Courses’, proceedings of annual ASEE conference and expedition at Austin, Texas,during June 14-17, 2009.8. http:// www.Spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/wind floating -wind-turbines-to-be tested.9. http:/ www.nrel.gov/analysis/re_market_data_wind.html.10. Iana, El Chaar, ‘Integration of Renewable Energy in the Electrical Engineering Curriculum’, proceedings ofASEE conference and exposition at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, during June 22-25, 2008.11. http

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Frontiers in Engineering Management

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; Michael Parker, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Robert Bridges, B&W Y-12 Technical Services, LLC

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Engineering Management

Management Programs; and 4) Use the case of Bristol Tennessee Essential Services(BTES) to illustrate the framework and show positive results for the discontinuous changes thathave occurred. Throughout this discussion the authors strive to use the BTES experience as abenchmark for reinforcing the systematic approach to innovation suggested by the conceptualframework; and to suggest that the Engineering Management curriculum may need innovative Page 15.119.2changes to provide the skills necessary to excel.Enhanced competitiveness in the global arena requires both a commitment to quality/continuousimprovement and an expanded view of organizational

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Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

a local industry and observe dynamic balancing of multi-diskrotors that are used to produce corn flour for cattle feed.Helmholtz ResonatorThere are several mechanical systems or devices that undergo oscillatory motion and can bemodeled as spring-mass-damper systems. The damping in these could be seen as a separateentity as in the case of an automotive shock absorber or it could be an integral part of the systemsuch as the internal/external friction as in the case of a vibrating hack-saw blade, for example,mounted as a cantilever. It is not easy to find a pure spring-mass system because damping isalways present in some form. However, there are some devices in which the damping isnegligibly small and they can be approximated as pure spring

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Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheng Lin, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

operation, the air caneven be supplied by a bellow foot-air pump through a foot pedal, which can also be acted as thesingle actuating button. When an operator hits the foot pedal, the cover will be opened andremain in the opening position until the food pedal is hit the second time. The operation can berepeated.IntroductionThe course of Automation and Controls offered in the Mechanical Engineering TechnologyProgram of the Department of Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University has theobjective of teaching students: (1) Pneumatic components and pneumatic circuit designs. (2) Feedbacks from electrical sensors and related ladder diagrams. (3) Introduction to Programmable Logical Controllers (PLC) and PLC1,2 programs. (4) Integration of

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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

, University of California, San Diego Melissa Micou is a Lecturer with the Potential for Security of Employment in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego. Her interests include identifying novel strategies to integrate teaching and research and enhancing the recruitment and retention of underrepresented populations in engineering. Dr. Micou is the program director of an NSF-sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in Regenerative Medicine, Multi-Scale Bioengineering, and Systems Biology. Page 15.540.1© American Society for Engineering

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Curriculum in Electrical Power Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shiyoung Lee, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Engineering Technology

motor – are introduced. The characteristics of these motors and applicationmethods are emphasized in the classes and labs.Programming with an industrial control trainer (ICT) from Bytronic Inc. is the second exercise.The purpose of this exercise is to become familiar with various motion control components suchas the permanent magnet dc motor (PMDC) and linear and rotary solenoids3. The experiments Page 15.400.2with the proximity sensors, both capacitive and inductive types, and the photo sensors are alsoincluded in this laboratory exercise. The ICT lab provides numerous topics that students couldapply to real world problem solving. The topics

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Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Olaleye, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Emmanuel Abiodun, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Joseph Olusina, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Francis Derby, Pennsylvania State University-Lehman

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International

paper proposes a need to rediscover the surveying profession in the context of today’stechnological and geospatial needs. The authors contend that the surveyor’s work does not end atthe point of submitting map data, rather where data is turned into information to support decisionmaking.With the aim of modernizing the surveying curriculum to meet market needs, this paperexamines legal, educational and professional strategies in support of the proposal. An outline ofthe curriculum for the proposed Geomatics Engineering program at the Department of Surveyingand Geoinformatics at the University of Lagos, Nigeria is also presented.Current Status of SurveyingTraditional surveying curricula are designed to enable graduate surveyors to precisely

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Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angkee Sripakagorn, Chulalongkorn University; Kuntinee Maneeratana, Chulalongkorn University

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Mechanical Engineering

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK as well as a B.Ed. in Educational Measurement and Evaluation from Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand. Her area of expertise is computational mechanics. Page 15.351.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Design as the Priority for Engineering Education: An Implementation in a Senior Project CourseBACKGROUNDThis work originated from a restructuring effort at the Mechanical Engineering Department,Chulalongkorn University, Thailand to revise the curriculum in the face of challenges from thetransformation of the status of

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Students' Abilities and Attitudes

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geoff Wright; Peter Rich, Brigham Young University; Keith Leatham, Brigham Young University

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Mathematics

Email Address Abstract: Many high schools nation-wide recognize the need, and are showing interest in engineering education, however, only a small percentage of those schools have been able to fully integrate an engineering component into their curriculum. The reasons for this are: lack of infrastructure, lack of training, lack of appropriate and sustainable curriculum, and lack of student interest. Paradoxically, many schools have maintained or increased the teaching of programming in their schools (Dewar, 2008). Strangely there has been little effort to correlate these two activities. Prensky (2008) stated that one of the stated core skills today’s engineer need is: an understanding of

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Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ECET: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; Shonda Bernadin, GSU

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Engineering Technology

modern tools including computer systems and software. Page 15.172.23. be able to integrate theoretical and practical knowledge in the completion of assigned tasks.4. be able to communicate effectively in spoken and written form.5. be adaptive to a changing environments and new technologies.6. exhibit an ability to assist others and contribute to multi-disciplinary teams.7. have an awareness of contemporary professional, ethical, societal, and global issues.Similarly, the program outcomes have been defined according to the ABET Criteria forAccrediting Engineering Technology Programs1, as “statements that describe what units ofknowledge or

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Pedagogical Developments in BME

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sara Koehler, Northwestern University; Wendy Murray, Northwestern University

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Biomedical

(9 sophomores, 15 juniors,and 3 seniors), 41 students were enrolled in W09 (1 freshman, 14 sophomores, 21 juniors, and 5seniors), and 43 students were enrolled in W10 (17 sophomores, 18 juniors, and 8 seniors). Eachclass was comprised of mostly BME majors. Course prerequisites included experience withvector analysis, differentiation, integration, Newtonian mechanics, and free-body diagrams.Most students satisfied these prerequisites through a departmental course sequence titledEngineering Analysis.2.1. Adaptive Learning Technology System: Vector Analysis TutorialAt the beginning of each quarter (W08, W09, and W10), students completed an online vectoranalysis tutorial developed by the VaNTH ERC1. At the beginning of the tutorial, students

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Keisha Walters, Mississippi State University; Priscilla Hill, Mississippi State University; Carlen Hennington, Mississippi State University

instructionalmodules for use in existing courses.Four core chemical engineering courses are targeted: fluid flow operations, heattransfer operations, mass transfer operations, and chemical reactor design. Overthe three-year CCLI project, activities/modules will be developed andincorporated into each of these courses, with each activity/module focusing on aparticular element from the process intensification spectrum and designed to alsoenhance vertical concept integration. This poster presentation will focus on theactivities and modules developed in Year 1.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUNDThe chemical industry faces numerous challenges in the coming years due todecreasing availability of raw material and energy resources. Thus, existingprocesses must operate in an

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Elif Kongar; Kurt A. Rosentrater

, especially for entry-level positions.There are various studies in the literature focusing on embedding sustainability issues into thecurricula. In one of the relevant studies, Segalas et al. [6] reported that sustainabilitydevelopment courses at technological universities should (i) focus their content on the social andinstitutional aspects of sustainable development, and (ii) apply a constructive and community-oriented pedagogical approach. Fox et al. [7] discussed sustainability, globalization, and differentcultures and their integration into the engineering and engineering technology curriculum via aninternational collaboration. Hokanson [8] also investigated the topic from an internationalperspective and described the integration of

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Design Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

AC 2010-219: A HANDS-ON COURSE CURRICULUM FOR SUPPORTINGDESIGN EDUCATION FOR MANUFACTURING STUDENTSPriya Manohar, Robert Morris University Dr. Priyadarshan Manohar is an Assistant Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA. He has a Ph. D. in Materials Engineering (1998) and Graduate Diploma in Computer Science (1999) from University of Wollongong, Australia and holds Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgical Engineering) degree from Pune University, India (1985). He has worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (2001 – 2003) and BHP Institute for Steel Processing and Products, Australia (1998 – 2001). Dr. Manohar held the

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Case Studies, Engineering Education and Outcome Assessment Around the Globe

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alongkorn Pimpin, Chulalongkorn University; Kuntinee Maneeratana, Chulalongkorn University

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International

credit portion for general education. Hence, the total credits of core coursesare forced to decrease, and only slight changes in the curriculum can be made. With newoutcome-based demands, the mechanical engineering program committee tailors the revisedcurriculum by integrating design and experiment skills across course series. The implementationis divided into short and long terms. The short-term procedure involves restructuring andintegrating courses for specific competencies while the intensive quality assurance is consideredin long term.I IntroductionChulalongkorn University was established as the first university in Thailand in 1917 with theFaculty of Engineering as one of the four founding faculties. The Department of MechanicalEngineering

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Student Attitudes and Perceptions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin Micomonaco, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

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Educational Research and Methods

extracurricular activities, informal conversations inthe residence hall and social events.20 These types of activities combine to cultivate membership in a community for thestudent.21 The degree of integration in the community impacts the student’s commitment torelated goals and persistence in that domain. For example, students who participate inengineering-related events outside of class are more likely to feel connected to the community ofengineers and see more value in persisting to degree completion. In addition to the structuralobstacles of curriculum and pedagogy, Seymour and Hewitt noted that a lack of identificationwith STEM careers was an additional factor influencing students’ decisions to leave thediscipline.22 This is an element that

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Sustainable Construction Practice

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Soller, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Daphene Koch, Purdue University

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Construction

Technology department, past chairman of the education committee for AGC/Indiana, a registered Professional Engineer in Indiana and Ohio, and a Certified Professional Constructor within AIC. Mr. Soller was awarded the Associate Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award in 2000.Daphene 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

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International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

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International

laid out a solid foundationfor additional course improvements and experiments in a larger student population in the future.High quality of student team projects and activities can help engineering students master certainsoft skills that are crucial in their future professional career. This experiment also sets up a modelfor any closely related academic discipline in engineering education. It is feasible to selectproper soft skill trainings and build these trainings into student team projects and activities foranother engineering course, curriculum or academic program.Bibliography 1. Myszka, Dave, Schneider, Scott, Segalewitz, Scott, “Integrating Chinese Students into an American Classroom: Lessons Learned”, AC 2007-2225, in

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Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rupa Iyer, University of Houston

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

environment to support the biotech industry through training, research and best practice sharing. 4. Engage in high impact research with an emphasis on environmental biotechnology.The first initiative of the center was to establish a new undergraduate major in biotechnology.This new degree program was developed in collaboration with industry and academic partnersand offers two tracks, one in bioinformatics and the other in bioprocessing. The laboratorycurriculum is a research -based curriculum and uses a pesticide degrading bacteria as a model totrain students on techniques and applications of biotechnology. In summer, we offer outreachprograms to train high school teachers and students. For local incumbent biotech workers, weoffer workforce

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharon Johnson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Venkat Allada, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Susan Pariseau, Merrimack College

AC 2010-1870: INTEGRATING HANDS-ON DISCOVERY OF LEAN PRINCIPLESINTO OPERATIONS, INDUSTRIAL, AND MANUFACTURING CURRICULASharon Johnson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Sharon A. Johnson is an associate professor of operations and industrial engineering in the Department of Management at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She teaches courses in process management, facility layout and design, and operations management. Dr. Johnson received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering in 1989. Dr. Johnson’s research interests include lean manufacturing and operations design, process modeling, and improving health care delivery processes. Her work has appeared

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vincent Pizziconi, Arizona State University; Susan Haag, Arizona State University; Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Arizona State University; Lynn Cozort, Arkansas State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; B.L. Ramakrishna, Arizona State University; Deirdre Meldrum, Arizona State University; Brian Lunt, Arizona State University; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University; Albert Valdez, Arizona State University; Victoria Yarbrough, Arizona State University

the two institutions; b)leverage respective resources and collaboratively develop plans for institutionalization andsustainability.Goal 2 - Motivate and inform teachers and counselors: This was achieved by the followingobjectives: a) immerse K-12 teachers in an intense week-long summer workshop to experienceengineering design-based activities b) develop integrated curriculum that addresses the statestandards in partnership with teachers; c) organize a professional learning community (PLC) ofthe 8th grade teachers.Goal 3 - Increase the motivation of K-12 students by their discovery of the societal connection toengineering and teachers emphasizing the engineering relevance of STEM education: This wasaddressed by the following objectives: a

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Marie Planchard

adoption of eco-friendly vehicles. Doing so will not only foster continuedinnovation from academia and industry alike, but it will also fuel collaborative development ofsolutions to other global challenges. Moreover, it will further ignite the curiosity andcommitment of an increasing pool of qualified engineers around the world.Industry Partnerships in Sustainability to ContinueIndustry must play a vital role in teaching students to integrate LCA into product design.Through contests, posters, presentations, industry speakers, and classroom curriculum,fundamentals of sustainable engineering will bring about the skill sets students will need todevelop successful products that are developed by integrating Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)directly into the

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Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Courtney Bonuccelli, Washington State University; Denny Davis, Washington State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

mathematics and science classroom incorporate hands-ontesting, creative design, and relevance to real life. Consider the notorious question asked by astudent to a teacher: “When am I ever going to use this?” Because students are naturallyinquisitive, everyone benefits when we constructively use this trait in the learning environmentand help students to answer their own questions. The purpose of this paper is to describe a lessonthat engages high school mathematics and science students in an interactive relevant engineeringdesign problem. As part of the CREAM (Culturally Relevant Engineering Applications in Mathematics)program at Washington State University, graduate students developed a lesson that revealsscience and mathematics principles

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yunfeng Wang, The College of New Jersey; Christopher Ault, The College of New Jersey; Teresa Nakra, The College of New Jersey; Andrea Salgian, The College of New Jersey; Meredith Stone, Independent Evaluator

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Mechanical Engineering

Page 15.166.3practices: theme-based learning and student-centered pedagogy.3.1 Theme-based learningTheme-based learning “shifts the role of curriculum from mastery of disciplinary content to thecritical integration of multiple bodies of knowledge relative to a specific question.”1The theme of our course is to develop robotic and/or graphic conducting systems to direct anorchestra. In order to fulfill this theme, students need to learn related subjects from severaldisciplines instead of a single one. At the very least, they need to equip themselves with notionsof robotics from mechanical engineering, conducting theory and practice from music,abstract/multimedia animation from IMM, algorithms, data structures, and artificial intelligencefrom

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Design in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sami Khorbotly, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

efforts in developping educational modules for freshman level classes.Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University Ken Reid is the Director of Freshman Engineering and an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern University. He was the seventh person in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. He is active in engineering within K-12, serving on the JETS Board of Directors and 10 years on the IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee. He co-developed “The Tsunami Model Eliciting Activity” which was awarded Best Middle School Curriculum by the Engineering Education Service Center in 2009. His research interests include

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Multidisciplinary Capstone

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; P. Ruby Mawasha, Wright State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

of software, hardware,and mechanical design makes this platform an excellent choice for undergraduate studentprojects in both design and research aspects. Senior CS students have required programmingexperience to develop software programs, EE seniors have sufficient knowledge to understandthe basics of radio frequency, signal processing, and circuit design, and while ME seniors havesufficient knowledge to understand the basics of structural dynamics and thermodynamicanalysis. This integration of complex programming, electrical hardware, and mechanical systemdesign provides an excellent educational experience for undergraduate students. Also, this interdisciplinary platform is systematic and integrated that involves investigating acomplex

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Edward F. Glynn; Frank E. Falcone

Professional Practices in Engineering, An Introduction for Second Year Civil Engineering Students Edward F. Glynn and Frank E. Falcone Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Villanova Universityrecently introduced a new required course, Civil Engineering Fundamentals, inthe fall semester of the sophomore year of its civil engineering curriculum. Oneof the primary objectives in the course is to introduce students to the professionalpractice of civil engineering. This paper focuses on the professional practicescomponent of the course. In particular, the paper

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Wangping Sun

environment is difficult to manage and easy to cause chaos and confusion.E. Safety issuesSafety is always an important and sensitive issue that arises in the discussion of travel and the realizationof a global project9. Social stability, contagious deceases and travel safety in the abroad country must beconsidered before any international program can take place.VI. Efforts to build a sustainable global learning environmentA lot of universities are working hard to build a sustainable global learning environment for theengineering programs. These efforts are taken in the following seven directions.A. Curriculum changeSome universities are integrating global issues into all years of a student’s educational experience40.Global preparation is moved beyond