Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Technology Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad Mustafa, Savannah State University; Lin Shinemin, Savannah State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

nature, extensive use of the Internet andWeb software tools, and a team-teaching format. As the main project of this course, small teamsof students design, build, program, and test an autonomous mobile robot using LEGO® parts,sensors, and the Robotic Command eXplorer (RCX) controller 3. A study conducted at ColoradoSchool of Mines reports on the long-term results of a two-year experiment in which a group of“average” engineering students was recruited for a first-year program that integrated curriculaand fostered a learning community. Students who participated in the Connections programgraduated at a significantly higher rate than their peers and reflected retrospectively that theprogram had a strong positive effect on their college careers 4

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josue Njock-Libii, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Mathematics

ofthe motion at hand. Our experiments suggest that this is due to the fact that the coefficient ofviscous damping is a dynamic variable rather than a fixed parameter that solely reflects theinteraction among the viscosity of the fluid, the geometry of the oscillating mass and its surfacecondition.Finally, in addition to their use to check the validity of the solution of the differential equationshown in Eq.(1), the data included in this paper (Table 2) could also be used in class byinstructors to demonstrate the process of fitting an exponential function to experimental data as apractical use of natural logarithms in physics and engineering.References 1. Lalanne, Michel, and Guy Ferraris, Rotordynamics Prediction in Engineering

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Harris, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Minorities in Engineering

92% 2004 90% 2.831 TBD 2005 95% 2.939 TBD 2006 93% 2.877 TBD 2007 100% 2.986 TBD 2008 TBD TBD TBD Page 14.1095.12This graph reflects those students who came through the 2003 Summer Bridge Programexperience and have completed their degree requirements and have selected to go to graduateschool and/or enter the engineering work force. 2008 Graduates of 2003 Summer Bridge Program First Status – 5 years later as Last Name Name Gender Major Degree Class of 2008

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Immanuel Edinbarough, University of Texas, Brownsville; Jesus Martinez, University of Texas, Brownsville

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Engineering Technology

technology. He is planning for a career in engineering industry. Page 14.1361.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Web Based Control for Mechatronics Laboratory ExperimentsAbstractMechatronics programs all over the country are gaining popularity and the student base isincreasing everyday. This field of engineering brings a multi disciplinary approach toengineering education reflecting the complex nature of common products that we come across indaily life such as cell phones, airbags and myriad of appliances. In other words, mechatronicproducts are the fusion of mechanical devices, sensors, actuators and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Teresa Wolcott, Rochester Institute of Technology; Maureen Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

% of the female students in the Engineering Technology departments. It wasfound they are most interested in participating in the following types of activities: havingquarterly departmental luncheons or socials (88%), developing a Girl Scout Badge kit (72%),having a mentor in industry (69%) and touring local companies (66%). At the social where thesurvey was presented, a faculty member spoke to the students about developing a Girl Scoutbadge workshop. Because the Girl Scout program was discussed, a higher interest level in thisoutreach activity was indicated versus other outreach activities on the survey (tutoring and teamprojects with local schools). Through the survey, the students expressed the need for programsthat reflect what women want

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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Graduate Studies

for professional graduateengineering education that enables continued growth of graduate engineers in industry and governmentservice throughout their entire professional careers ─ from entry-level through the highest levels ofprofessional engineering leadership for innovation and creative practice. This model reflects the mannerby which practicing engineers recognize real-world needs, understand the issues involved, learn theexisting state-of-the art of technology through self-directed and experiential learning, identify andformulate realistic specifications required for effective solution, direct scientific research efforts to gain abetter understanding of phenomena involved, and actually create, develop, and innovate new ‘ideas

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Braun, Western Washington University

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Engineering Technology

questions of the test were changed to reflect this new content and expanded to18 multiple choice questions. The main course learning objectives did not change, however, and Page 14.1278.3Table 1 addresses how the test questions aligned with these objectives for each term.Corresponding post-course tests were then administered at the end of the terms to determine ifthe course learning objectives were being met. Assessment such as this is an importantresponsibility of the faculty member in the continuous improvement process1. Learning Objective Term 1 Term 2 Description of Changes Understand the emissions of 4 7 Term 2

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arnaldo Mazzei, Kettering University; Richard Scott, University of Michigan

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Mechanical Engineering

Optimal when no furtherPareto improvement can be made. This is the sense of “optimum” used here.The actual computation of the optimum is another, separate, issue. A common approach is tominimize the scalar (“weighted sum method”): f ? ν1 f1 − ν2 f 2 (4) Page 14.811.4where ν1 , ν2 are so-called “weight functions”, essentially reflecting user design preferences (“isweight more important than stress?”). Rather than work with equation ( 4 ) a normalized versionis introduced, following Kim and deWech 5 (see

Conference Session

Hands-on Lean Manufacturing Simulation Workshop

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merwan Mehta, East Carolina University

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Manufacturing

industrial training room settings. Several consulting firms have also developedproducts of their own. One popular program [6] developed by the National Institute of Standardsand Technology (NIST) consists of using two circuit board assemblies to simulate two differentlines of products as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. Simulation Kit Developed By NISTSimulation using one of the readily available kits is usually carried out in three or four rounds.The general pattern that has been found most practical is to let the first round be completelychaotic to reflect manufacturing conditions in non-lean manufacturing companies. This isfollowed by a second simulation round wherein the participants are given the leeway to makeimprovements

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madiha Khurshid, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary

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Design in Engineering Education

TimeWeek Deliverables Lecture Lab (hr.) (hr.) Logbook Reflection Homelessness Facts 0.5 Root Causes Workshop 1.5 Research Questions 10 Year Plan 0.25 Welfare Workshop 0.5 1 Project Introduction 0.25 Homelessness Research 1 Affordable Housing 1.5 Research 2 Lab Contract

Conference Session

Laboratories in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

limit. A thermostatically controlled burner heats fluid for a predefinedtime. At the end of the time interval, the drain valve opens and the tank empties. The valve,pump, and pipeline symbols change color to reflect their on/off state. Tank fluid color changeson the display as the temperature changes. Strip charts record tank fluid level and fluidtemperature over time. The simulation implements hysteresis in the thermostat and level control.Hysteresis is a range of insensitivity in a control device that increases stability and decreasenoise. Contact symbols change for both level and temperature control to indicate contact state.Users modify simulation parameters through the control panel before starting the simulation andconduct “what if

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Olsen, Washington State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

mentioned earlier, of more value thanthe rating numbers are the written comments about different parts of the program. These datatogether with discussions between Harold Frank staff and the Advisory Board were used to eithereliminate portions of the program or to modify them extensively. Thus, the program is beingcontinuously evaluated and improved.The entire Frank Fellows program is submitted annually to the Advisory Board for feedback.These individuals all either are or have been active entrepreneurs and hence considered“experts.” Suggestions from them have included the establishment of the “People Issues”activity since more companies fail due to conflicts among principal employees than for any otherreason. Board members also reflected on the

Conference Session

Meeting the Needs of Engineering Faculty, Researchers, and Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

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Engineering Libraries

in many civil engineering fields,that the governmental resources are especially important to them. Perhaps the type of researchprojects undertaken by the master’s student more readily reflect the work of the civil engineeringin designing systems and processes that meet everyday needs. The work of doctorial studentsmay be more focused to more esoteric research as they prepare for teaching and researchobligations that are a part of faculty positions. Further research is needed to clarify these issues,as well as help today’s librarian make decisions about what resources they university or collegelibrary should collect.Civil Engineering ResourcesBelow is a listing of the organizations, government entities, and other resources of which alibrarian

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Mellodge, University of Hartford; Diane Folz, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

mostrecent empirical findings. This process of revision becomes even more crucial as the Universityof Hartford research team enters the project in the spring semester of their senior year. Since thecapstone project activities for the two collaborating teams are offset by a semester, new datagenerated by the team conducting the most critical aspects of testing will have a profound effecton the decision-making process of the Virginia Tech students. They will be involvedsimultaneously in the “reflective observation” and “abstract conceptualization” phases of thelearning cycle as they incorporate new information, expand their understanding of the empiricaldata and collaborate to generate a summary technical paper.The summer program will bring a new

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; William Heybruck, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Linda Thurman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Nabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

messaging and instant messaging in their conduct of daily life. Perhaps this is aself imposed barrier to keep work and personal matter separate, or it may be a reflection of thelack of integration of these tools into the business world. It is also encouraging that the studentsfeel able to make telephone calls to their sponsors to discuss issues, rather than filtering themthrough email.The sponsoring organizations are also doing a good job of making their communications timely,helpful and complete. Students in this program are required to keep project notebooks of the typenormally used to document work for a patent. This requirement was reinforced during a meeting

Conference Session

Robot Mania in Precollegiate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

robotics curricula in their classroom. Average responses for the six teacherswho implemented the robotics curricula and returned their students’ attitudes surveys changedslightly from 3.2 at the end of the training program to 3.0 at the end of the school year. Thissmall decrease is not significant and probably reflects the fact that not all teachers were able tocover all topics in the curricula. Page 14.1222.7 ASEE 2009StudentsUnfortunately because only six of the 20 teachers (two middle and four high school) returnedstudents’ pre- and post- attitude surveys the

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonya Saddler, Northwestern University; Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

doctoral holders with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to be successful in thischanging environment12,13 . The preparation of doctoral students in research is one area said to be mismatched, withscholars contending that faculty members are still functioning as usual. That is, faculty membersare socializing (or cloning) doctoral students to be researchers like themselves14,15,1 . There isalso the assumption that doctoral students will assume faculty positions in programs and ininstitutions similar to the programs and institutions they were trained in11 . Another line ofresearch posits that doctoral students assist faculty members with research that further promotesthe faculty member’s research agenda but may not advance (or reflect

Conference Session

Issues of Persistence in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy Meszaros, Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

; andmatched samples of men. 13 They found negative experiences in SME classes as a majorcontributor to discouraging the continuation in SME majors. Characteristics such as poorteaching or organization of material, hard or confusing material, loss of confidence inability to do science, cut-throat competition in assessment systems or “weed out”philosophies, dull subject matter, and grading systems that did not reflect what studentsfelt they had accomplished were reasons given by females for leaving SME majors. Thecompetitive atmosphere, the grading system, and the dullness of subject matter was muchless troubling for males in the same study. These findings illustrate discouraging factorsfor retention related to classroom climate and activities and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weihang Zhu, Lamar University; Kendrick Aung, Lamar University; Jiang Zhou, Lamar University

with the new learning material in a lab session, instead of one-on-one teaching.Additionally, more judicious design of experiments and data analyses are necessary to reveal thepotential of haptics in an Engineering classroom.AcknowledgmentPartial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation's Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program under Award No. 0xxxxxx to Drs.Xxx xxxx. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.Reference[1] Bell, J.T., Fogler, H.S., Ten Steps to Developing Virtual Reality Applications for Engineering Education, American Society for

Conference Session

Freshman Experience in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Meyer, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; H. Oner Yurtseven, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

of developing purpose our pedagogy diverges. With the engineering sections ourgoals are to engage and excite students about engineering. There are different areas ofengineering but the field is not as broad from “an information about careers” perspective astechnology. In the technology sections while we likewise want to engage and excite them aboutthe technology majors, we offer a variety of different degree programs and need to include themall. In engineering we direct students to explore the web sites of the various engineeringprofessional societies and ask that they write a short reflection about what they found interesting.There are not the same types of opportunities for all of the technology majors. Finding careeropportunity

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore Branoff, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

graphics course was delivered in several formats. Flash videos of voiced-overPowerPoints (Figure 2), sketching demonstrations (Figure 3), and SolidWorks demonstrations(Figure 4) were created to deliver the textbook and CAD content for the course. SolidWorksvideos were updated during the summer of 2008 to reflect the current version of the software.Study guides were made available in a pdf format, and students were required each week tocomplete a 10-20 question WebCT Vista assessment (Figure 5).Students in all hybrid sections of the course were required to have a laptop computer withwireless capabilities. SolidWorks was installed on the students’ laptops, but the software onlyfunctioned if the computer was able to access a campus license server

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Daniel Crowl, Michigan Technological University; David Caspary, Michigan Technological University; Jeffrey Allen, Michigan Technological University; Dennis Meng, Michigan Technological University; Jeff Naber, Michigan Technological University; Abhijit Mukherjee, Michigan Technological University; John Lukowski, Michigan Technological University; Jay Meldrum, Michigan Technological University; Barry Solomon, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

students. Assessment of the other hydrogen energycourses will be provided in a future manuscript.Modules have been developed to bring fuel cell technology into the core chemicalengineering curriculum. They have been developed for most core chemical engineeringcourses. They are available online8 and can be used by anyone worldwide.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the United States Department of Energyunder Award No. DE-FG36-08GO18108. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not Page 14.678.10necessarily reflect the views of the United States

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

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Construction

madethe class more reflective of the real world engineering applications. It brought students closer towhat they would do in a real job situation. It is not a question of who the better instructor was butit is a question of who the students would have wanted to learn from. The inference is that thepracticing engineers turned clinical adjunct faculty can build student interest in the subject, andcan provide beneficial interests in terms of student learning. The departments that attract thesekinds of adjunct faculty also benefit because it builds their reputation.It is interesting to note that the Chronicle of Higher Education reported that “nearly half ofundergraduate courses are taught by non-tenure-track instructors.”1 The article goes on to

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University; Michael Golla, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

laboratory. The list may contain laboratory equipment, computers, furniture, and allother items necessary to be to have a complete and functional laboratory. Depending on the agreement,some of the resources may come from the university, and others will either be donated by industrypartners, or purchased by using the interest generated by the established endowment. A critical phase ofthe laboratory development is the selection of equipment that reflects the needs of the students andindustry partners. A significant effort is put on identifying the most relevant hardware and laboratoryexercises to make sure the students get the most up to date equipment and training. Proper coordination isrequired to make sure the hardware arrives in timely fashion and

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Chen; Carlos Pomalaza-Ráez; Ma Oo

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

example,according to an electromagnetic signal attenuation test performed at the U.S. National Institute ofStandards and Technology (NIST)’s Gaithersburg laboratories, the signal attenuation for ½ inchdrywall and plywood is below 1dB around 2GHz frequency band.10 However, if a house is builtusing steel frames or with a concrete structure (e.g., high-rise apartment buildings and hurricane-resistant houses), the 802.15.4 transmission performance is expected to experience greaterdegradation by the house structure than from the nearby wireless signal interference, especiallywhen the 802.15.4 signal needs to be transmitted over a long range and pass through walls. Thisis because steel frames partly reflect radio signals and create multipath

Conference Session

Meeting the Needs of Engineering Faculty, Researchers, and Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Baer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lisha Li, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

university experience.Literature reviewMany studies have been done on information usage over several decades. As the technologieschange, the processes and patterns of information-seeking behavior change as well. Thesechanges have been reflected in recent literature on the topic. Brown provides a sketch ofinformation seeking behavior of scientists, and indicates that the “ultimate preferred source forinformation was … the printed journal article.”1 Hallmark presents a snapshot of academicresearchers and their information needs in one area, and proves that “…journal articles, whetherprinted or electronic, continue to be their ultimate textual resource.”2 Kwasitsu samplesengineers in information use and discovers a “significant relationship between

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Chen, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Carlos Pomalaza-Ráez, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Scott Hendershot, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Ma Oo, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Adam Hilton, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Design in Engineering Education

over z-axis has been below -1.5g and a range of ±2g was setautomatically for those values. Since the jumping movement is mainly in the vertical axis, theacceleration over z-axis depicts the pattern more clearly. We also calculated the normalizedmagnitude value (Anorm) using Equation (1) and setting T=0.5sec. The change of Anorm over timeis plotted in Figure 7(b), showing that Anorm does reflect the level of activity. For example, Anormis higher during the jumps, but lower while standing.We also tested an abnormal movement where a person falls on the ground. The accelerationmeasurements over three axes are depicted in Figure 8(a). The change of Anorm over time isplotted in Figure 8(b), where Anorm is calculated using Equation (1) and setting T

Conference Session

High-School Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Debra Brockway, Stevens Institute of Technology; Beth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Henry Harms, Stevens Insititue of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology; David Janosz, NJTEA

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

industrialsoftware to collaborate on the design; practice inventive thinking and problem-solving to developdesigns; collaborate in class-based and worldwide teams; and develop and present a finalproduct. Students are introduced to a systems-thinking approach that encourages them to seetheir design effort in a larger context. They have to reflect on the problem they are trying tosolve, the resources that are available, and assess the desirable as well as potentially undesirableimpacts their design will have in its intended environment. Local as well as worldwidecollaboration fosters teamwork, innovation and invention, effective communication, and other21st century workforce skills.Over the course of three years, this project will develop, pilot, and

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Maixner, United States Air Force Academy; James Baughn, UC Davis

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

strictly as a classroom demo.ACKNOLEDGEMENTSpecial thanks are due Mr. Rob Lotz, technician in the Department of Engineering Mechanics at USAFA,for his superior craftsmanship, expertise, and common sense in the fabrication of this laboratoryapparatus.DISCLAIMERThe views expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the U.S.Air Force, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.NOMENCLATURE Symbol Meaning A Area (m2) D Diameter (m) h Average convective heat transfer coefficient (W/m2·K) k Thermal conductivity (W/m·K) L Fin length (m

Conference Session

Civil ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Tito-Izquierdo, University of Houston-Downtown; Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown; George Pincus, University of Houston-Downtown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

allowed to take the Fundamental Engineering (FE)examination as the first step to become a Professional Engineer in Texas. The Departmentencourages students to apply for the FE exam and offers a tutoring class, free of charge, forinterested students.ConclusionsThe Structural Analysis and Design program offers a modern and effective method of teachingengineering technology courses, reflecting current wishes of engineering and construction firms.Moreover, it combines theory, computer software, and laboratory work to maximize studentunderstanding of theory and integrate theory with real-life practical applications. This approachincreases enrollment in the program, reinforces the understanding of engineering principles, andimproves job opportunities