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Laboratories in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-108: INTEGRATED SIMULATION AND ASSESSMENT SOFTWAREFOR PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER LABORATORY INSTRUCTIONCarl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Carl J. Spezia is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology Program located in the Department of Technology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). He joined the program in1998 as a Visiting Assistant Professor. He worked as a power systems engineer for electric utilities for eight years prior to seeking a career in higher education. He is a licensed professional engineer in Illinois. His industrial assignments included power system modeling, power systems protection, and substation design. He

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

AC 2009-140: USING ENGINEERING THESES AND DISSERTATIONS TOINFORM COLLECTION-DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY IN CIVILENGINEERINGPatricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas Patricia Kirkwood is the Engineering and Mathematics Librarian at the University of Arkansas where she has been carefully adding civil engineering materials to the collection for 5 years. Patricia has over 20 years experience as a chemistry librarian and a science librarian, but 2004 marked the new career of Engineering Librarian. Page 14.1320.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009USING ENGINEERING THESES AND

Conference Session

Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2009-161: ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND RENEWABLE POWER DESIGNPROJECTS FROM A UNIVERSITY POWER GRIDCarl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Carl J. Spezia is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology Program located in the Department of Technology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). He joined the program in1998 as a Visiting Assistant Professor. He worked as a power systems engineer for electric utilities for eight years prior to seeking a career in higher education. He is a licensed professional engineer in Illinois. His industrial assignments included power system modeling, power systems protection, and substation design. He received his M.S. and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Holbert, Arizona State University; Jeffrey Goss, Arizona State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

Page 14.204.4courses prior to graduation, and still have enough courses remaining to complete the graduate-level certificate program. Furthermore, for those who do wish to pursue a graduate degree, theyare generally more inclined to pursue an advanced degree in the same discipline for which theyearned an undergraduate degree, and the credits earned for this graduate certificate could beapplied to, for instance, the 30 hours required for a Masters degree in their particular major fieldof study.It is important to note that these courses and the certificate program were designed not only to beaccessible by students in a variety of fields, but also for the purpose of retraining (mid-career)engineers whose experience in other industries could be

Conference Session

Applying What We Teach to IE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E. Delbert Horton, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Matthew Elam, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Ben Cranor, Texas A&M University, Commerce

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Industrial Engineering

agencies, by leaders in the military, and by the adult education community. He has received patents, conducted research, motivated, encouraged, and led others during his nearly four decades in education, government, and industrial management careers. Page 14.1193.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 The Development and Implementation of an Expanded Capstone Design Experience by Replacing an Internship CourseAbstractThe Industrial Engineering (IE) program at the authors' university receives continued feedbackfrom industry, the IE Program Industry Advisory Board (IAB), and student

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum and Practices in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Rainer Fink, Texas A&M University; Alex Fang, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education, Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, 143- 147, 1997. 3. ASA Section on Statistical Education Committee on Training of Statisticians for Industry, "Preparing Statisticians for Careers in Industry," The American Statistician, 34, 65-75, 1980. 4. Barton,R.R., Nowack, C.A., Bisgaard, S., Czitrom, V., Spurrier, J.D., Vardeman, S., “A One-Semester, Laboratory-Based Quality-Oriented Statistics Curriculum for Engineering Students,” The American Statistician, Vol. 52, 1998. 5. Bryce, G. R., “Data Driven Experiences in an Introductory Statistics Course for Engineers Using Student Collected Data,” Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education, American

Conference Session

Technical-Capacity Building & Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

AC 2009-199: CHASING THE POT OF GOLDRussel Jones, World Expertise LLC Russel Jones is Advisor to the Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He previously served as founding president of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in the UAE. His career in higher education in the United States included faculty member at MIT, department chair at Ohio State University, dean of engineering at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, academic vice president at Boston University, and President at University of Delaware. Page 14.318.1© American Society for

Conference Session

Freshman Experience in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

JungHun Choi, Ohio University; Wieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton; Kenneth Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton

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Engineering Technology

have not much idea about Engineering Technologies and what kinds ofprofessions they can pursue. Moreover, they do not know the scope of the various fields thateach of these disciplines contain and which fields they may be interested in. Of course studentswill explore their entire selected major as they become junior and senior students and they willfind and concentrate on their favorite fields. By introducing introduce the freshmen students to a broad knowledge of each venue ofboth majors, students will develop an early interest and it will directly affect their motivations ofknowledge achievement, and tracking down of their careers. Obviously, it is not possible tointroduce all aspects of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

become aroadblock to a career in engineering8.Computer-mediated instructional technologies, typically in Virtual Environments, hold greatpromise for use in educational settings in that they can increase students’ access to knowledgeand act as vehicles that may promote learning9. Traditional Virtual Environments only providesvisual and/or audio feedback. Recent advances in Virtual Reality and robotics enable the humantactual system to be stimulated in a controlled manner through 3-dimensional (3D) forcefeedback devices, a.k.a. haptic interfaces7. Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality (AR/VR)technologies have been used widely in the educational settings5. Graphics and audio contents areextensively used in these VR/AR educational applications, while

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati; Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

professional careers. 1. Synthesizing knowledge from early courses 2. Starting from concept to production of a working prototype 3. Project management 4. Time management 5. Dealing with vendors 6. Oral communication with both technical and non-technical audiences Page 14.367.2 7. Writing a formal project reportSenior Capstone ProjectThe four-course senior project sequence consists of Senior Seminar, Senior Design Project I,Senior Design Project II, and Senior Communications. The first three courses are offered by theMET department, and the fourth is by the Humanities, Media and Cultural Studies (HMCS)department. This sequence

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati; Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati

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Design in Engineering Education

professional careers. 1. Synthesizing knowledge from early courses 2. Starting from concept to production of a working prototype 3. Project management 4. Time management 5. Dealing with vendors 6. Oral communication with both technical and non-technical audiences Page 14.368.2 7. Writing a formal project reportSenior Capstone ProjectThe four-course senior project sequence consists of Senior Seminar, Senior Design Project I,Senior Design Project II, and Senior Communications. The first three courses are offered by theMET department, and the fourth is by the Humanities, Media and Cultural Studies (HMCS)department. This sequence

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University; Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

started the project was to test if thecourses offered were preparing students adequately for their future career in industry.Interestingly enough, because of the fact that students often ended up addressing some of theproject’s challenges before taking the relevant course, when asked whether they felt their coursework prepared them adequately for the project they participated in, students suggested that it wasthe other way around. They saw participating in the project instrumental for them to succeed intheir course work, because it kept them more motivated and interested than they usually wouldhave been. Finally, by closely monitoring the unfolding of the project we noticed that we had nosystematic approach for addressing multidisciplinarity and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peyton Richmond, Lamar University; Daniel Chen, Lamar University; John Gossage, Lamar University; Qiang Xu, Lamar University; Kuyen Li, Lamar University

root causes using modern process IT tools such as data and alarmhistorian applications. We also feel that this is a good environment to teach students how towork in teams effectively. This skill will contribute to their future career success and is one ofthe criteria used by ABET in evaluating undergraduate engineering programs. Page 14.63.3Manufacturing EnvironmentAn Experion DCS system was purchased from Honeywell International with an initial license for1000 DCS tags.7 The Honeywell OPC interface software was also licensed and we plan to use P Pthis OPC-standard-based software interface to connect our dynamic

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

Collection

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

involved in (mostly)industry-sponsored enterprise projects, in one of twenty enterprises. For furtherinformation about the MTU Enterprise Program, consult the references available in theengineering education literature1-6.The core enterprise experience occurs in the project work courses. There is a differentcourse number that can be correlated to the appropriate semester of the student’sacademic career. The courses are ENT1960 (2nd Semester Freshman), ENT2950 (1stSemester Sophomore), ENT2960 (2nd Semester Sophomore), ENT3950 (1st SemesterJunior), ENT3960 (2nd Semester Junior), ENT4950 (1st Semester Senior), ENT4960 (2ndSemester Senior). All courses are one credit except for ENT4950 and ENT4960 whichare two credits. Project work credits beyond the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude D'Amours, University of Ottawa; Claude Laguë, University of Ottawa; Frank Mellor, University of Ottawa

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

innovation (Entrepreneurship Bridges Lecture Series) as well as two entrepreneurshipcompetitions for undergraduate and graduate students respectively. Page 14.580.3Option in engineering management and entrepreneurshipIn the 1970s, approximately two-thirds of all Canadian engineers occupied supervisory-management positions for more than half of their professional careers. In order to better prepareUniversity of Ottawa engineering students for this type of employment, an engineeringmanagement option was added to the curriculum at that time. Furthermore, a 5-year engineeringmanagement program was created in 1980.The option consisted of two management

Conference Session

Assessing the Efficacy of Nontraditional Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Baukal, John Zink Institute; Wes Bussman, John Zink Institute

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Continuing Professional Development

AC 2009-308: INCORPORATING LEARNING STYLES INTO CONTINUINGENGINEERING EDUCATION: A PROCESS HEATER CASE STUDYCharles Baukal, John Zink InstituteWes Bussman, John Zink Institute Page 14.721.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Incorporating Learning Styles into Continuing Engineering Education: A Process Heater Case StudyAbstractLifelong learning is critical to an engineer’s success over the course of their career. Some topicsare too specialized to be covered in the typical engineering program and need to be learned aftergraduation. One specific example considered here is process heaters used in the hydrocarbonand chemical processing

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

to hire entry-levelengineers that have been exposed to their products or processes, but also have already shown a significantlevel of personal interest in the company’s field or area of expertise. Many companies seek for personnelwilling to make their careers in specific technical areas that could help sustain their long-term strategicgoals. Page 14.121.4Informal and formal discussions on how each party can be beneficial to each otherOnce each party has had the opportunity to get to know each other, and to identify each other’s needs,informal and formal discussions start taking place to elaborate a collaboration plan. Informal

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Strategies in Engineering Graphics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Bedward, North Carolina State University; Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Lauren Madden, North Carolina State University; James Minogue, North Carolina State University; Mike Carter, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

(EiE), an NSF funded engineeringcurriculum project focused on integrating engineering, reading literacy and elementary sciencetopics2,3. Another engineering education initiative is Project Lead The Way (PLTW), whichpromotes technology education in the classroom for middle and high school students4. As well,the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) has provided guidelines for hands-on,standards-based, interdisciplinary engineering activities5, and the National Academy ofEngineering with their publication Technically Speaking encourages technological literacy6.These curriculum initiatives and publications promote engineering as a career choice. But thereare opportunities in elementary science education where engineering design and

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Creese, West Virginia University; M. Adithan, Vellore Institue of Technology

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International

Degree inEconomics in 1959 and was the first in his family to graduate from college. He then obtained anMA Degree in Economics from Loyola College in 1961 and a Bachelor of Law Degree in 1963from the University of Madras. He enjoyed his education and participated in debates in bothEnglish and Tamil throughout his college career. He is an eloquent speaker both in Tamil andEnglish, even now. He practiced law for three years, but he was very much interested in politics and waselected to parliament in 1967. He served for ten years and visited many countries as a Memberof Parliament. He later won an election to the state legislature for 1980-84 in Tamil Nadu andthis was when the goal of starting a university began. He worked with Prof. N

Conference Session

Design Cognition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Evans, MIT; Konstantinos Katsikopoulos, Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Chad Foster, MIT

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Design in Engineering Education

evaluating theperformance of alternative designs. This situation was created to favor the intuitivemethodology, and it was shown through student surveys that they were more accurate when inthe intuitive mode versus the analytic mode. On the other hand, there was a lack of consensusamong instructors about the performance difference when asked which mode would be moreeffective.Engineering curriculum should include aspects of intuition-based decisions and help studentsidentify situations where they are more effective rather than solely relying on analytical decision-making methods.BackgroundEngineers must make decisions repeatedly throughout their careers. They are confronted withmultiple design, material, or manufacturing alternatives and must decide

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Tim Katz, University of Brighton

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International

shown inappendix 1. The course description for these subjects in the curriculum does not exist andthe teaching material has been based on old notes that were translated from Russian tolocal languages, i.e. Pashto and Dari over thirty years ago. Furthermore, the curriculum isnot supported by any experimental work because of the lack of proper laboratory andequipment. This archaic curriculum is not compatible with the needs of the nation or thestudents’ career development. It has very limited or no balance between theoretical andexperimental knowledge and approaches, out of step with most universities across theworld, providing little context or practice into the learning. Furthermore, the level ofsome subjects in the curriculum may not be

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merwan Mehta, East Carolina University; Richard Monroe, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

2006-15: TEACHING LEAN MANUFACTURING ON A DISTANCE LEARNINGPLATFORM USING VIRTUAL SIMULATIONMerwan Mehta, East Carolina UniversityRichard Monroe, East Carolina University Richard W. Monroe is associate professor of Technology Systems focusing on Distribution and Logistics at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. He completed his Ph.D. at Old Dominion University in 1997 and completed his M.S. at Western New England College in 1990. His dissertation research was conducted at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. He has almost 20 years of industry experience in industrial engineering prior to his academic career. He is a member of ASEM, APICS, ASQ, and a senior member of IIE

Conference Session

Innovation in Teaching Engineering Economics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Cunha, University of Alberta

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Engineering Economy

risk analysis.The initial experience with the course indicated that economic and decision analysis tools caneffectively be used to create opportunities for students to solve actual engineering problemswhile developing deeper learning and preparedness for a career in the industry.The results presented in the individual projects indicated that students had acquired the skillsintended in the new course. However, in order to better support this conclusion, the effectivenessof the course needs to be assessed in future classes so as to have a more robust database. Thecourse is being taught again (Winter, 2006) but not on time to have its results published in thispaper.Bibliography1. Needy, K. L., Nachtmann, H., Lavelle, J. P., & Eschenbach, T

Conference Session

Electrical ET Projects and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Perry, Bloomsburg University; Michael Williams, Bloomsburg University; Scott Eckert, Bloomsburg University; Biswajit Ray, Bloomsburg University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

extended to at least five weeks instead of the currently allocated four weeks.Qualitative feedback from students is presented below through their comments. X Liked working with software and hardware integration X Enjoyed working with partner X Applying classroom knowledge to real-world situations was interesting X Just getting to do a self-developed lab project was fun X Very interesting course……making me lean towards computer-based automation career Ü Reliance on partner was a problem Ü Allocate more time to the coverage of interface electronics design Ü Include some biomedical measurements applicationSummaryExperience with student-initiated projects within the instrumentation and data acquisition courseis

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Innovation and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

turbulence in the liquid metals leading to failures of several kinds, including porosity, hot tearing or failure by cracking in service. Dr. Gregory Hildeman (Alcoa) presented an overview of the growth of the aluminum industry, evolution of Alcoa and examples how aluminum is used in products and applications. From a career view point, key attributes of what makes a good materials and manufacturing engineer in the aluminum industry were also discussed. • Drs. Jacobson and Frollini from Carnegie Mellon University delivered a hands-on course where students conducted several experiments with polymers. The students shrunk polymer sheets to half their original size in a kitchen toaster, made toys

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Michael Miller, Michigan Technological University; Kirk Opella, Michigan Technological University; Julia King, Michigan Technological University; Jay Meldrum, Michigan Technological University; Chris Green, Michigan Technological University; Geoff Gwaltney, Michigan Technological University; Scott Bradley, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

progress through their academic career. The experience culminates whenstudents sign up for 2 credits of project work per semester during their senior year. Atthis time these students are often expected to take a leadership role within their respectiveenterprise. The seniors are also expected to work twice as long on the project. Projectwork credits beyond the 6 or 7 listed in Table 1 are optional.It is noted that the courses listed in Table 2 are co-listed in other departments at theUniversity. Courses are taught by • faculty with affiliations in the School of Business and Economics • engineering faculty who also advise engineering enterprises • instructors in the Engineering Fundamentals department who focus only on

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Education Through Outreach and Collaboration

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Val Hawks, Brigham Young University; Michael Miles, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

include elements of globalization.The faculty of the Manufacturing Engineering Technology program at BYU have implementedchanges and improvements in course and curriculum to further address the issues ofglobalization and leadership. It is clear that in order to help students make sense of thechallenges and opportunities of engineering and technology careers in a global marketplace, thefaculty must have a grasp of these issues. Nearly every course now has some level of discussionand some assignments which require students to consider international impact in the context oftheir class subject. These can include assignments which require students to investigate, specify,and cost products and processes which are sourced from companies in foreign

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Maixner, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Computers in Education

diagrams for water is provided, along with suggested tutorial questions for students and recommendations for additional applications. Feedback comments are provided from seniors who used the Mollier and T-s diagrams, and from juniors who used a similar application which provided a tutorial on p-v and T-v diagrams. Several screen shots of the worksheets are provided. The spreadsheet files are available from the author via email.IntroductionTo the budding thermodynamics student, nothing can be quite as daunting as the initial exposureto the property tables for gases and (even more so) two-phase fluids. Many undergraduates, evenat the end of their careers as mechanical engineering degree candidates, are uncertain of

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Suckarieh, University of Cincinnati; Kathleen Ossman, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the college.In another instance, the Honors Independent Study course was used by two students, onesenior classman and one junior classman in Construction Management. The studentsdeveloped a substantially complete electronic portfolio that reflected on their entirecollege career. The portfolios reflected on their cooperative work experience and onseveral course sequences in their coursework [12] [13]. The electronic portfoliodevelopment was part of a study undertaken by several faculty members forimplementing e-portfolios for all technology programs in the college.7. Honors Cooperative ExperienceThis option for earning Honors credits is relatively new, and has not been yet used bytechnology students. It is created to enrich the cooperative

Conference Session

Digital System Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sin Ming Loo, Boise State University; Arlen Planting, Boise State University; Matt Murdock, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

qualified to obtained advanced careers. One may argue thatthe use of discrete components and wiring skills learned are highly important and desirable in the real-world engineering environment. However, such skills are usually not the concentration of any four-yeardegree program. It is strength in design capability and design debugging that makes a good engineer, notprototype wiring. The use of discrete components in real-world engineering problems is very limited. Ifsuch use is so limited, should this be the only technology used in the students’ learning environment?One solution to this dilemma is using a combination of mature technology and the latest technology in thelearning laboratory. The truth is that basic TTL components are wonderful tools