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Pedagogy and Assessment III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

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Electrical and Computer

accumulate the results over time so that the statisticalanalysis of the results will become better reflective of the sample space, the student population atSanta Clara University.Finally, we have used the results to recommend alternate pedagogical methods for presenting thematerial in the Linear Systems course.In future work, we will analyze the SSCI DT Test results and compare with those of the SSCICT Tests in prior course. We will also track the performance of the students from the CT courseto the DT course.In summary, we met the goals of our study:(1) To determine how much conceptual understanding the students have developed by the end ofthe class (compared to the beginning of the class).(2) To correlate the performance on the end-of-term exam

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OMCED Topics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manhar Dhanak, Florida Atlantic University; Ronald Yeung, University of California, Berkeley; Spyros Kinnas, University of Texas, Austin

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Ocean and Marine

respectively directed at performance of single and multiple hulls and at the development of improved propulsion systems. • FAU/UT/UCB Faculty / CISD personnel campus visits and seminar programsSpecific emphasis of the program has evolved to reflect the thrust at CISD. For example, for2004 – 06, ship systems specific to development of the Seabasing concept and associatedtechnologies were considered. The Seabase is envisioned as a collection of mobile Navy ships atsea conducting operations that enable forces to mobilize ashore without a large logisticsfootprint. A Seabase has strategic advantages that include unconstrained maneuvering andreconfiguration, scalability to match operations, rapid deployment, reduced vulnerability toattack, local

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Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dietmar Moeller, University of Hamburg; Hamid Vakilzadian, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Electrical and Computer

student surveys show that this courseis more versatile than physical implementation type courses because it permits architecturalstudies for optimized implementations, performance and delay analyses, and hardware andsoftware partitioning easily.AcknowledgementThis work supported in part by the National Science Foundation, Directorate for Educationand Human Resources (EHR), Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) under GrantNumber CCLI-0737530. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theational Science Foundation. Fig. 10: Virtual prototyping through VHDL code – part 2

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1996 Annual Conference

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William P. Darby; Nancy Shields; H. Richard Grodsky

, calculus students felt they had learned more than the precalculus students as reflected in theadjusted least square means (ALS means) of 4.6 and 4.2, respectively. They were more likely to think that theamount of study time on campus was just right, (ALS means = 3.6 and 2.6); they spent less than half as muchtime studying off campus, (ALS means = 3.2 and 7.2); and they expected to receive much higher grades (ALSmeans = 3.6 and 2.9). The only statistically significant change that occurred over time was in the grade thestudent expected to receive. It dropped from an ALS mean of 3.5 at time 1 to 3.1 at time 2.Evaluation of Afternoon Activities All afternoon activities were evaluated on a daily basis by program participants. Evaluation forms

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1996 Annual Conference

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Robert M. Edwards; Kwang Y. Lee

searchproblem. The strings are converted to decimal equivalents of a candidate solution to a control problem. Thefitness of each candidate is tested in the environment and evaluated through an appropriate measure. Thealgorithm is driven towards maximizing this fitness measure. If a termination condition is not met, three geneticoperations of reproduction, crossover, and mutation are invoked to create a new population. In reproduction, aportion of the new population of strings are generated that reflect the fitness of the previous generation’s fitcharacteristics. In crossover, two strings are selected from the population at random and a random position inthe strings is replaced. In mutation, a random string is selected and a random bit position changed

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1996 Annual Conference

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Sheila C. Palmer; Pamela M. Norris

student evaluations. As indicated, a few studentsresented having a "GTA" teach part of the class. We believe that in classes where the intern's role and theteaching program were well-explained at the beginning of the course, the students were receptive to the Page 1.176.6 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings Session 3630intern and looked upon his/her presence as a benefit. This is reflected by student comments which refer tothe teaching intern as a "TA", obviously, the role of the intern was not fully

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1996 Annual Conference

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Sudeep Bhoja; Ku-Jei King; Krish Bandaru; David G. Meyer

(technology-based or otherwise), it must be able to accommo-date (or, better yet, be able to adapt to) a wide variety of learning styles:2 for active learners, allow self-motivated pursuit of information. for reflective learners, provide the opportunity to investigate and understand inter-relationships of material. for sequential learners, provide the opportunity to review the flow of lecture material. for global learners, allow navigation of complete course material under individual direction, but present a coherent association of previous, current, related, and future material. Convincing arguments have also been made for increased use of visual media in engineering educa- 3,4tion. Since print dominates our environment and

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1996 Annual Conference

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Julie M. Grandzielwski; Juli L. Sherwood; James N. Petersen

mentoring program infostering Juli’s teaching skills is reflected in the results of the comprehensive teaching summary compiled bythe college from student course evaluations. On a scale from 1 to 5 Juli was given an overall rating of 4.34,compared to a college-wide average of 4.12. Another important, and unexpected, benefit to the mentoring program is the growth experienced by thementor. By helping another think through the process of teaching, of effectively presenting the material, andof assessing the student’s understanding, the mentor’s skills in these areas can also be improved. Additionally,enthusiasm is contagious, and interacting with young, energetic instructors can also help rejuvenate theattitudes of the mentor. In addition

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1996 Annual Conference

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Leevones Dubose; Jean Newman; Cecil Ramage; Burke Johnson; Brenda Litchfield; Edmund Tsang

identified as reflecting the profile of a first-year engineering student who will besuccessful in a college career8.IMPLEMENTAION PLAN Activities for ME125, "Introduction to Mechanical Engineering," aim toward achieving the followingobjectives for students:• Demonstrate the elements of a successful design• Identify with the engineering profession• Design an instructional module/workbook1. Role of Teacher Participants Recruitment and selection of teacher participants was carried out in October and November by theTeacher Coordinator of SECME (Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering) from the MobileCounty Public School Systems (MCPSS). Two-teacher teams from ten schools were selected with half theteacher teams serving as

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1996 Annual Conference

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Vipin Kumar; Miguel Torres; Jens Jorgensen; John Lamancusa

of technology x x x xgreen design xdesign for manufacture/assembly x x x xergonomics x x x xbusiness concerns, marketing x x xdesign process x x xcompetitive analysis x x x x2.5 Assessment of Student PerformanceStudent performance is measured by a variety of metrics including:• Dissection journals - a detailed record kept by each student of their dissection activities, sketches, reflections

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1996 Annual Conference

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W. Bernard Carlson; Karin Peterson

their descriptions, we lecture on the invention of clocks in late Medieval Europe andon how contemporary engineers can analyze the clock timer mechanism in terms of forces and torques.’7$ Wecover the second lecture topic not because we expect first-year students to be able to perform this sort of dynamicanalysis but rather to help them link the clock project to what they are learning in their engineering courses.Students find it quite stimulating at this point to reflect on how Medieval craftsmen were able to invent clockmechanisms and to compare a craft understanding of clocks with the mathematical analysis of modern engineers.Having struggled to build their own clock, the students become quite interested in how inventors and engineerssolved

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1996 Annual Conference

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Pieter A. Voss; James M. Tien; Anil K. Goyal

-.. .._ ?@zg> 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.JmlyL,’methQd~~or evaluating uncertainty and risk are typically relegated to one or two chapters at the end of theirbooks. Why has this been the case? We postulate three kcy reasons. First, as Lavelle8 notes, this approachconditions students to accept input data as given so that solution methodologies -- rather than data modelingtechniques -- can be emphasized. While such an approach is cer@inly expedient, it does not reflect reality.Second, engineering curricula have only recently included the tools for modeling and analyzing uncertainty (i.e.,probability and statistics) in their core courses; thus, an Engineering Economy course could not until

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1996 Annual Conference

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Benjamin 'Quincy' Cabell VI; Javed Alam; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

, Inc. [10]. Java hasbeen tailored specifically for networked computing, such as that which takes place on the Internet. Languagessuch as C++, Pascal, and FORTRAN require extensive libraries and experienced programmers to achieve thesame degree of networked functionality. Any program that is written in Java can run on any computer as long asthe “Java Virtual Machine” is inside. The Java Virtual Machine is real standard for an imaginary machine. Thestandard reflects the basic capability of all computer platforms (all CPUS as well as all operating systems). WithJava, a programmer no longer writes code for a particular real platform but instead for this imaginary computer

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Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; Andrew Biaglow, United States Military Academy; David Chang, United States Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the vision of a multidisciplinary engineering study. The course modeldescribed in this report can be emulated elsewhere to pave partnerships between variousengineering departments and disciplines. Nevertheless, teaching an interdisciplinary courserequires a committed, motivated faculty who are creative and willing to change. Cultivating amultidisciplinary course such as Dynamic Modeling and Control is a growing experience for thefaculty as well as the students, but the rewards are worth the additional time required to make itinteresting and relevant to the students.AcknowledgementThe views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the position ofthe USMA.Bibliography

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yunjun Xu, University of Central Florida; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Charles Remeikas, University of Central Florida; Xiaojun Geng, California State University, Northridge; Sagar Chowdhury, University of Oklahoma; Chen Ling, University of Oklahoma

design and development. The team proceeds to develop detailed contentsof the courses selected and much attention has been paid to form a serial of questions andanswers for each course module. Such questions need to be designed and given to the students ina progressive manner, and answers should be flexible enough to reflect different thinking angles.Video clips are often used as hints in modules. Four different databases were identified and builtpreliminarily, which is flexible enough such that it can be easily used by all course modules. Inaddition to the development of the course modules, the assessment tools are under investigationas well, through which the GIVE system is expected to be evaluated in the coming fall semesterof 2009.This paper

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Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence Whitman, Wichita State University; Zulma Toro-Ramos, Wichita State University; Barbara Chaparro, Wichita State University; Veronica Hinkle, Wichita State University; Colin Davidson, Spirit Aerosystems; Chris Wilkinson, Spirit Aerosystems

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International

this case, the student Page 14.87.5 must prepare a two-page report outlining: ≠ Summary of previous experience, including dates and locations ≠ Description of the student experience (typically a reflective paper, though not restricted to this) ≠ Contact information of faculty/sponsors involved in the global learning experienceThe effort described in this paper directly applies to the “Global Learning” criterion of theEngineer of 2020 program. More details on the complete Engineer of 2020 program at WichitaState University can be found in11. IV. Linkage to ABET

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Dollar, Miami University; Paul Steif, Carnegie Mellon University

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Mechanics

, learning-intensiveclassroom activities can be chosen appropriately.2. DESCRIPTION OF OLI ENGINEERING STATICS COURSEAs judged for example by design instructors, students often fail to utilize Statics adequately inthe analysis and design of mechanical systems and structures, which they confront subsequently[15]. A detailed critique of traditional Statics instruction was presented by the authors [11],including the observation that mathematical analysis had come to overwhelm physical reasoningin Statics instruction. As a remedy, a more deliberate, sequential, object-centered, concept-driven approach to Statics was proposed [11]. This rather substantial reorganization ofinstruction in Statics was devised to reflect conceptual difficulties exhibited by

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynita Newswander, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

institutionalizing change21-24. Theseinclude barriers to faculty, students, and administrators25. According to Gumport andSnydman26, the organization of universities is both programmatic and bureaucratic. As they seeit, “…universities and colleges both reflect and reconstitute classifications of knowledge and inso doing establish categories of expertise and knowledge worth knowing”26. The popularity of anew idea may also be at issue, as innovations that are well-liked are more likely to be Page 14.683.3 2integrated27. The first step to overcoming

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Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University; John Harb, Brigham Young University; Spencer Magleby, Brigham Young University

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International

than one third of the world’s population, have become important players inglobal markets and technology development. Across the world, free trade barriers havedropped, and the influence of multi-national corporations has increased.3As a result of these changes, product design and manufacture often cut across nationalboundaries. It is not uncommon for companies to develop products with teams that includemembers located throughout the world. These teams may reflect high cultural and nationaldiversity. The products they design will often be for sale in numerous countries and thereforemust address customer needs in those countries. Products may be manufactured abroad, withraw materials or sub-assemblies coming from various parts of the world

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Computers and Software in Teaching Mathemathetics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University

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Mathematics

weekend, making such assignments challenging to complete. For thepurposes of this study, assignments due during the weekend (Friday or Saturday night) wereassigned early enough to permit students to complete them prior to leaving campus. Still, itwould be prudent to make weekend assignments due on Sunday evening so that commutingstudents or those who leave campus for the weekend are not penalized for lack of access to theinternet.The wiki, podcasts and blog again generated only a few, mixed comments, reflecting minimalstudent use.Based on this feedback, it appears that shifting the podcasts and assignment information toBlackboard, along with posting of grades on Blackboard, would be a smarter strategy forattempting to reach students with these

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Knowing Our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marisa Orr, Clemson University; Zahra Hazari, Clemson University; Philip Sadler, Science Education Department, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Gerhard Sonnert, Science Education Department, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Educational Research and Methods

order to examine the relationship between outcomeexpectations and occupational preference in more depth, the detail provided by Vroom’sExpectancy Theory3, specifically the valence model, is useful.Social Cognitive Career Theory2 can be used as a lens through which to examine which types ofoutcome expectations women and men have about an engineering career. According toBandura’s social cognitive theory4, outcome expectations are the anticipated consequences of acourse of action and can be physical, social, or self-evaluative. For example, a student mightexpect that the outcome of earning an engineering degree will be making money (physical),becoming well-known (social), or developing new knowledge (self-reflective). Lent, Brown,and Hackett used

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Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Tront, Virginia Tech; Rebecca Gunter, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Peed, Virginia Tech; Joseph Tront, Virginia Tech

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International

, reflecting their thoughts andexperiences while traveling. Another class was devoted to web page development. Classdiscussion was strongly encouraged. The topics covered were diverse and thought provoking.There were a number of assignments given throughout the semester. Each student was asked, forexample, to look into their personal national and racial background and tell the group about it.The students seem to genuinely enjoy reporting on their background and hearing about others.Student buy in for the travel portion of this class is crucial so groups of two were assigned one ofthe stops abroad and were charged with researching that town. The assignment read: Be the virtual tour guide for the class. Each group will present to the

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Assessing Design Course Work

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rhonda Young, University of Wyoming; April Heaney, University of Wyoming; James Kladianos, Wyoming Department of Transportation

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Design in Engineering Education

the report, focused mainly on the writing, account for 6% of the course grade.Seven percent of the course grade is based on the writing style, grammar, punctuation, andproper citation of references in the final report. This grade is determined from a final versionsubmitted at the end of the semester, reflecting the results of two separate reviews by the courseinstructor. A typical project report for a design group of three students is approximately 55pages long. Writing the report accounts for approximately 20 of the 100 hours put in by eachstudent during the fall portion of the course. Therefore, the amount of work done by the studentsin writing the final report is approximately proportional to the portion of the course grade

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International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bhushan Trivedi; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

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International

results in both courses.We compared results of the first test in both the subjects. We could have compared either thesecond test results or final results but first test results reflect better for the experiment for thefollowing reasons.1. Traditionally the first test in both classes is a strict test that is graded harshly, with no curving, with the aim of awakening those who are complaisant. Thus, results tend to be poor then the second test is traditionally easier to see that students get fair internal marks. Page 14.271.7 Most of the time the second test requires being lenient while examining and curve the result to some extent

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ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Gerry Galloway, University of Maryland; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers; James O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

Jul08, together with several visits Advocate changes to the licensing laws in each of the 56 to key state and industry leaders. CAP3,9. jurisdictions to reflect the NCEES model law and raise the 3, 5 2035 Conducted two “town hall” CGA bar for the licensure of engineers. meetings in NE in Oct08. Completed a four-day visit to LA

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Goal Specific First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Arash Salehi, Mississippi State University

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First-Year Programs

traditionally assessed in academe. However, this must beaccompanied by a meta-cognitive ability to reflect, assess and regulate one’s engagement inlearning. For a learner human agency constitutes a foundation upon which new knowledge isassembled and integrated into a framework for choosing and adequately performing vocationalpursuits. Our students bring these traits to bear upon their decisions when choosing a vocationand the requisite educational training/certification necessary to enter this vocation. Unquestionably, causal factors (e.g. prior knowledge, socio-economic factors, psychological―tenor‖) influence ―agency‖—thus our current study of these factors. The centrality of one’sbeliefs about individual capabilities to control events affecting his

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SE Curriculum and Course Management

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Francis Lutz, Monmouth University; James McDonald, Monmouth University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

in the US is growing. In 2007, therewere almost 2,000 students enrolled in software engineering programs and approximately 625bachelor’s degrees were awarded.Concomitantly, bachelor degree programs in Information Technology (IT) and InformationSciences (IS) are expanding more rapidly. The graduates of these programs will be an increasingproportion of the technical, professional labor force. Their backgrounds will be different fromthose hired with degrees in either computer science or engineering. They will seek out differentcontinuing professional development opportunities and aspire to different target positions. Theincreasing popularity of accredited IT, IS and SE programs is reflected in the data of Figure 1.Many influences affect the

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Issues and Opportunities in IE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marlin Thomas, Air Force Institute of Technology

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Industrial Engineering

. This also presents the greatest challenge for IE educators tomaintain a curricula core for the discipline and profession.End NotesThe views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the official positionof the Air Force, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.References1. ALDRICH, J.G., 1912. “The Present State of the Art of Industrial Management,” Trans. of the ASME, Vol. 34, Paper 1378, pp. 1182-11872. BILLINGS, C., J.J. Junguzza, D.F. Poirier, and S. Saeed, 2001. “The Role and Career of the Industrial Engineer in the Modern Organization,” Ch. 1.2, Maynard’s Industrial Engineering Handbook, Ed. K.B. Zandin, Ch. 1.2, pp. 1.21-1.373. EMERSON, H.P. and D.C.E. Naehring, 1988 , Orgins of

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OMCED Topics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Simpson, United States Coast Guard Academy

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Ocean and Marine

the fact that it is a groupproject and that the grade may only reflect the efforts on one or two members of a three or fourmember team.ConclusionThe sheet metal barge project has added a dimension of realism and practical experience in theShip Structures course at the Coast Guard Academy. It gives the students a challenging butachievable design, analysis, and construction task that requires integration of hull design,structural design, and construction planning. It gives direct correlation between theory andpractice. The students learn from firsthand experience the need for care in metal shipconstruction. They experience the ease with which single curvature can be used in metalconstruction and how difficult it is to use double curvature. In

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Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Wayne Blanding, York College of Pennsylvania

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

GammaFig. 14: Simulink/SPS model of the CIGRE HVDC Benchmark systemLecture 3Simulation: The HVDC system simulated in this study is modeled based on the CIGRE HVDCBenchmark system. For the simulation, a time-step of 50 µs is customarily chosen, which isslightly less than 1″ for a 50 Hz waveform. To implement the model with Simulink/SPS, a totalof 109 states; 37 inputs; 86 outputs; 31 switches were used. Matlab 7.6.0 (R2008a) was used toconduct the simulation. The normal operation of the HVDC system is affected by faults on theDC line, converters, or the AC system. The impact of a fault is reflected through the action ofconverter controls. In an AC system, relays and circuit breakers are used to detect and removefaults. On the other hand, the faults