Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alhaji Cherif, Cornell University; Gary Fleming, University of Maryland; Siaka Kroma, Cornell University

. The American Heritage: Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company (2004, 2000).4. Bretscher, Otto. (2005). Linear Algebra with Applications, 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.The following literatures were consulted before the project was undertaking5. Borasi, Raffaella, and Marjorie Siegel. (2000) Reading Counts: Expanding the Role of Reading in Mathematics Classroom. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. Page 12.1304.166. Edwina Michener. (1978) Understanding mathematics. Cognitive Science.7. Evan, J. (1999) Building Bridges: Reflections

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education - I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University; David Batts, East Carolina University; Lawrence Behr, LBA Group; Kenneth Dingle, Allvac

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

this type of hazard.The subject is mentioned within the topic of electromagnet radiation hazards; however, thesubject is not presented in great detail because of the lack of understandable material. i.e. forthose without a background in physics.Radio Frequency (sic) is a specialized part of OHS. An awareness level should be taught and ifthe practitioner (sic) needed more information then research would help them in their pursuitsWe offer an environmental engineering degree and teach design courses involvingwater/wastewater, air pollution, bioremediation, air chemistry, hydraulics, and public healthNortheastern State University's student section of the American Society of Safety Engineers dida large research project on this topic last year. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

students also completed the VARKlearning style diagnostic17 to help us determine if differences in learning or attitudes towards thesimulations can be attributed to differences in learning styles. We are also seeking to determineif differences in learning or attitudes can be attributed to differences in gender or ethnicity.In addition to evaluating the effectiveness of our first implementation of a simulation in the lab,assessment results are being used to improve the simulation and our ongoing development ofsimulations for other experiments and the next round of implementation scheduled for Fall 2007.Senior thesis projects are currently underway to develop simulations for a gas permeationmembrane unit and a fluid flow experiment.Preliminary

Conference Session

Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joachim Walther, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

learning activities interact with other influencessurrounding the curriculum to influence and form student competence in a complex fashion28.4.1 Contextual model of Accidental Competency formationOn the basis of the early data reported in Walther and Radcliffe15 a contextual model ofAccidental Competency formation was developed. Formal Assessment Curriculum 2. O ele men Exams Research projects

Conference Session

Using Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

[cited; Available from: http://www.qsrinternational.com/products/productoverview/N6.htm.33. Russell, M., A. Goldberg, and K. O'Connor, Computer-based testing and validity: a look back into the future. Assessment in Education, 2003. 10(3): p. 279-293.34. Kruhlak, R., et al. Online Practice and Assessment in First Year Physics. in Canadian Association of Physicists Congress. 2005. Vancouver, Canada.35. Gordijn, J. and W. Nijhof, Effects of complex feedback on computer-assisted modular instruction. Computers and Education, 2002. 39(2): p. 183-200.36. Chen, P.M., An automated feedback system for computer organization projects. IEEE Transactions on Education, 2004. 47(2): p. 232-240

Conference Session

IE Program Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manuel Morales, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

students).After the arrangement of these features twelve types of homogeneous groups were formed: • Public Spanish high school, • Transfer, • Private English high school • Private high school • Rural high school • Pre-basic • Academic difficulties, • Graduate in five years, • Coop, • Private English freshmen, • Public Spanish freshmen, and • Pre-basic freshmen.Fifty five students participated in this project. Twenty three were females and twenty two males,all of them were undergraduate students ranging from the freshmen to the fifth-plus year.Students’ were asked to complete a questionnaire regarding demographic and high school relatedfactors, such as the type of high school they attended, the language of instruction (English orSpanish or

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; David Meyer, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Page 12.719.2obtained, an important finding of this initial study was the fraction of each cohort that elected thenon-traditional option (and the rationale for doing so, based on exit survey results). A key, underlying goal of this project was to gain an understanding of how efficiently andeffectively students learn in hybrid course environments relative to those that are moretraditional. This outcome was evaluated by comparing scores on common exams. Another goalwas to accommodate a wider diversity of learning styles by offering students a choice betweentwo, very different course formats − based on the premise that being required to make a choiceforces students to think about how they learn and the environment in which they learn best

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Global Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Hoernecke, Iowa State University; Thad Gillispie, Iowa State University; Benjamin Anderson, Iowa State University; Thomas Daniels, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

environment in a malicious manner. If a student intentionally gains access to a systemwithout authorization, they could be held accountable under U.S. Law. This means pranksagainst a business or the university could result in federal charges against the student carrying upto 5 years in prison for the smallest infraction and up to 20 years for a more egregious violation.Perhaps the greatest potential risk of teaching IW would be of training professionalcybercriminals. The use of computers for identity theft, phishing and spam has resulted in astrong criminal economy. According to an FBI projection cybercrime robs U.S. businesses of$67.2 billion a year, and over the past two years U.S. consumers lost more than $8 billion toviruses, spyware and online

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Oakley, Oakland University; Lorenzo Smith, Oakland University; Yin-ping (Daniel) Chang, Oakland University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

. He was also a new-engine development project manager working with GM, Delphi, Siemens, and Lotus. Dr. Chang later studied transportation, specifically in FEM, computational solid mechanics, and vehicle/tire dynamics fields. Later working in the Vehicle Simulation Research Center, Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, the Pennsylvania State University since fall 1999, Dr. Chang was doing research focused on both physical vehicle crash tests and virtual simulations. He was awarded a Graduate Teaching Fellowship and became an instructor of the undergraduate courses Machine Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University. He received his

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Baibak, Kettering University; Rajeev Agrawal, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Games. Future Play, 2005, URL: http://www.futureplay.org/papers/paper-184_becker.pdf9. Jimenez-Peris, R., Khuri, S., and Patino-Martinez, M. Adding Breadth to CS1 and CS2 Courses Through Visual and Interactive Programming Projects. The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education, 1999, pp. 252-256.10. Reidel, J. The Learning Game. The View, 2003, URL: http://www.uvm.edu/theview/article.php?id=96011. Lewis, C. and Repenning, A. Playing a Game: The Ecology of Designing, Building, and Testing Games as Educational Activities. Trails, URL: http://www.trails- project.org/resources/papers/Colorado_EdMedia_paper.pdf12. XNA: http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/XNA/default.aspx13. Developing Games on

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ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Richard Felder, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

appropriate use of interpersonal skills. Team members are helped to develop skills required for high-performance teamwork, including leadership, communication, time management, project management, and conflict resolution. 5. Regular self-assessment of team performance. The members periodically reflect on what they are doing well as a team, what they need to improve, and what if anything they will do differently in the future.Detailed information about cooperative learning strategies and the research base that supports theeffectiveness of this method is provided by Smith et al.,8 Felder & Brent,9,10 and Oakley et al.11 Primarily because some students normally drop CBE 205 in the first few weeks of thecourse, we made

Conference Session

Engineering and Sustainability

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

responsibility,” which holdsmanufacturers responsible for the fate of products that are no longer useful,47 accentuates end-of-life. The “ecological footprint” approach, however, looks at a shared consumer-producerresponsibility.48 The electronics industry has an enormous ecological footprint, requiring,according to 2003 United Nations University data, the following resources for the production of asingle PC: 240 kilos of fossil fuels, 22 kilos of chemicals, 1.5 tons of water.5 Surely suchinordinate consumption cannot continue indefinitely, and our future engineers may someday holdpositions with the power to effect positive change.Classroom ActivitiesWith a projected half a billion obsolete computers in the US alone by the end of 2007,24 theissues

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lari Garrison, University of Washington; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Portia Sabin, University of Washington; Andrew Jocuns, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

research projects and jobs inthe field (both on campus and off) as being factors in one’s chance of being admitted. Of all ofthese, however, grades seemed to be what most students thought was given the greatest weight inthe decision about their futures in engineering. This is not surprising, given that much of the Page 12.428.9assessments given by advisors relied heavily upon GPA. The other things, like activities played asupporting role. They were things used to bolster or prop up one’s chances, if one’s GPA was notbelieved to be strong enough.The students who were most confident in their chances, like Joe and Renee, talked very little, ifat all

Conference Session

Applied Mathematics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S.K. Sen, Florida Institute of Technology; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

. This age is estimated to be about 13.7 × 109 years = 13.7billion years. According to the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe project of NASA, theestimated age of the universe is between 13.5 and 13.9 billion years. Thus to obtain the optimalglobal minimal path for a TSP of only 26 cities, the fastest available computer of 2006 wouldneed about 5 × 1017 years compared to which even the estimated age of the universe is anumerical zero. Even if a TSP solution is given, its verification is also intractable. This isbecause the TSP is an NP (nondeterministic polynomial time)-hard problem. Designing apolynomial-time deterministic algorithm for a TSP is and has been an open problem forcenturies. We, therefore, attempt to solve a symmetric TSP by

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Daniel Amos, University of Washington; Andrew Jocuns, University of Washington; Lari Garrison, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

discusses this in thecontext of how she plans to marry an engineer, so she can “stay with the kids until they go toschool” and then “work part-time until they get out of school.” For Maggie engineering allows aperson, in this case her imagined husband, to earn enough money to allow her, projected as anequally qualified professional engineer, to stay at home with children or work part-time. Theengineering-as-lifestyle perspective is differently shaded here, when compared to the unalloyedversions from Max and Jake, but our interpretation is that it is the same basic belief about theleading value of engineering—that it provides for a high salary and a comfortable lifestyle. Maggie: If I was married with children= Int: =You knew—You knew I was

Conference Session

Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Laughlin, University of Maryland; Scott Magids, University of Maryland; David Barbe, University of Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

University’s “social capital” on behalf of selected projects. Page 12.1520.4In summary, VA is designed to encourage and assist with the formation of new, purpose-builtcompanies around technological discovery and to then invest the social capital of the Universityon behalf of these select newly formed companies to mitigate their risk of failure in the delicateearly years. To make this system work, VA has built a process that takes substantial care in theselection of technologies and faculty and student participants that receive this benefit. Theprogram then provides an intense amount of assistance in the early days of company operation asdetailed in

Conference Session

New Models for Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margherita Landucci, Liceo Artistico Statale; Fabio Garganego, Municipality of Venice

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-1680: TEACHING CHEMISTRY AS A CROSS-CULTURAL SUBJECT : IT& LINGUISTICSMargherita Landucci, Liceo Artistico StataleFabio Garganego, Municipality of Venice Page 12.1349.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Teaching Chemistry as a Cross-cultural Subject IT & LinguisticsAbstractThe main theme of this paper is the language of chemical formulae rather than the languagethat explains chemistry; the focus of our interest is the code used in writing chemicalformulae.The paper describes the nature and scope of a research project started by an out-of-schoolmultidisciplinary team who set up in 1993 and concluded

Conference Session

Engineering Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina; Veronica Addison, University of South Carolina; Stephen Thompson, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

state all standards relating to the activity on thelesson plan in both the Science and Math content areas and also discuss them during the Institute.Another approach would be to discuss how these projects could involve both a math and scienceclass working together. An example of this could be the Rocket activity: a science class couldinvestigate effect of the water level and fins on the rockets, while a math class could focus on thealtimeter construction, measurements, and height calculations.Concluding RemarksThe outcomes of the GK-12 Institute for Teachers indicate that the primary goal of enhancingteacher’s abilities to use engineering related educational materials to teach science andmathematics is being met. Future Institutes may emphasize

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Sheridan, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Eve Fine, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jessica Winchell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Christine Pribbenow, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Molly Carnes, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jo Handelsman, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

must come from another source, such as a survey.The Study of Faculty Worklife at UW-Madison survey14,15 was conceived of in 2001, as anelement of the proposed ADVANCE project at UW-Madison. Development of the surveyinstrument began in 2002 with in-depth interviews of 26 women faculty in the biologicaland physical sciences. Their comments formed the basis of an instrument designed toinvestigate gender differences in workplace experiences of men and women faculty inbiological and physical sciences. In late 2003, just before the instrument was to befielded, the Office of the Provost requested that the survey be sent to all faculty in alldivisions, and funded the additional costs associated with the expansion of the survey.This survey was

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reem Nasr, Boston University; Steven Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Peter Garik, Boston University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

) and 12 ut (t)] are identical. S67: Right.Participant S66 similarly reasoned about the problem when asked to deduce the step response ofthe system, however, he arrived at a different answer. He concluded the step response, gs (t), to be Page 12.1317.9This response can be also ascribed to the invocation of the interval matching readout strategy.However, participant S66 appealed to the notion of extrapolation not in the sense of an extensionbut as a projection or replication of a given pattern. He argued that because the step function canbe obtained by extrapolating the scaled version of the input function 12 ut (t) as defined over0 ≤ t