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ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Marlin, McMaster University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2007-80: TEACHING OPERABILITY IN UNDERGRADUATE CHEMICALENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATIONThomas Marlin, McMaster University Department of Chemical Engineering McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Tom Marlin joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, as NSERC Research Professor in Industrial Process Control in 1988. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in 1972; then, he practiced engineering for 15 years in the chemical and petroleum industries. In 1987, he served as the Visiting Fellow, for the Warren Centre Study located at the University of Sydney, Australia. During the one-year project, a

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Assessing Design Coursework I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University

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Design in Engineering Education

effectively.h) broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.j) a knowledge of contemporary issues.k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.The civil engineering faculty developed a list of course learning outcomes for thesenior design sequence. Each of the course learning outcomes was mapped to oneor more a-k program outcomes. The course learning outcomes and thecorresponding program outcomes for each, indicated within parentheses, are listedbelow.1. Identify the engineering problem that needs to be solved (e).2

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How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shashi Nambisan, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-1513: ENHANCING THE CAPSTONE DESIGN EXPERIENCE IN CIVILENGINEERINGShashi Nambisan, Iowa State University Shashi Nambisan, PhD, PE: Director of the Center for Transportation Research and Education and Professor of Civil Engineering at Iowa State University (ISU), Ames, Iowa. Prior to coming to ISU, Shashi was at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from July 1989 to January 2007. He enjoys working with students and he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the area of Transportation systems as well as the undergraduate capstone design course sequence. An active researcher, Shashi has led efforts on over 130 research projects that have addressed and responded to

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Tuesday Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Marc Lockard, Lockard and White, Inc

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

for Engineering Education, 2007 The Ethics, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship Seminar: Helping Students to Become LeadersAbstractRecently, the Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Technology (EET/TET)Programs at Texas A&M University have created a new undergraduate initiative in the area ofentrepreneurship. The goals of the Engineering Entrepreneurship Education Experience (E4) arethreefold: • Excite and motivate undergraduate students to take ownership of their education by giving them opportunities to develop and market their own intellectual property. • Retain the best and brightest undergraduate talent in the Brazos Valley region. • Use entrepreneurship to help

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Sustainability & Environmental Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Richter, Virginia Tech; Sean McGinnis, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2007-1826: ASSESSING AND IMPROVING A MULTIDISCIPLINARYENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS COURSEDavid Richter, Virginia Tech DAVID RICHTER is a graduate student currently pursuing a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is researching interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering and education. He also has interests in engineering design, outreach programs for youth, and communication in the engineering curriculum.Sean McGinnis, Virginia Tech SEAN McGINNIS is the Director of the Virginia Tech Green Engineering Program and a research faculty jointly appointed in Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Systems Engineering. Dr. McGinnis holds bachelor's degrees in

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Project-Based Education in Energy Conversion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

in Engineering Program (WE@RIT); ME Department Advocate for Engineering Honors Program; and Member of Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Leadership Team. Page 12.670.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Enhancing Life-Long Learning and Communication Abilities through a Unique Series of Projects in ThermodynamicsAbstractMechanical engineering courses in Thermodynamics typically provide a detailed treatment of thefirst and second laws of thermodynamics from a classical viewpoint in order to prepare studentsfor subsequent courses and ultimately, engineering practice. Therefore, thermodynamics

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Experiential and Service Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Bucks, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; Frank DeRego, Purdue University; Silvia Mah, University of California-San Diego

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

service-learning program enables each student team to maintain along-term relationship with its community partner and to successfully design and deliverproducts that have significant technical complexity and significant community impact. Theprogram is implemented as a track of courses, where a team corresponds to a division or labsection of the course. Each team is large – 8 to 20 students – and vertically integrated –composed of freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors. A student may be a member of a teamfor up to four years, registering for 1 to 2 credits each semester. When seniors graduate eachyear, returning students move up a year and new students are added to the team. Many teamshave developed formal training processes for new members

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Retention of STEM Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Morrison Obeng, Bethune-Cookman College; Xiaohe Wu, Bethune-Cookman College

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Minorities in Engineering

project. The results of the project: hardware, software and documentationare presented to the faculty in the form of a senior thesis. In completing their senior thesisprojects, the students get to interact with each other, with vendors and manufacturers of softwareand hardware components and spend a great deal of time on the internet searching forinformation on manufacturer specifications and the best components and vendors. For thecapstone project, the computer engineering students use the science, engineering and generaleducation backgrounds acquired over the four year period in the design and implementation. Thisexperience enhances the ability of the students to work on teams. It is hoped that the assessmentdata when collected and analyzed for

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the practice of modern security and safety engineering programs, including the use of information technology and supporting software applications. 7. Apply a global mindset to security and safety issues related to people and assets. 8. Assess the impact of security and safety issues for the operation of corporations and businesses and develop appropriate action plans through detailed engineering analyses and design. 9. Integrate tools and techniques, resources, organizational systems, and decision- making processes for the successful implementation of security and safety plans.Possess the knowledge necessary to become certified as a safety (CSP) and security professional(CPP) and pass FEMA Certifications

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Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Constantin Ciocanel, University of Toledo; K Cyril Masiulaniec, University of Toledo; Douglas Oliver, University of Toledo

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2198: LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT: A STUDENT PROJECT TODEVELOP INITIATIVE AND INNOVATION AS A PERMANENT STATE OFMINDSorin Cioc, University of Toledo Sorin Cioc is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME), College of Engineering, University of Toledo. He received a Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania, and a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Toledo. His main research and publishing area is tribology. He is a past recipient of the Wilbur Deutsch Memorial Award for the best paper on the practical aspects of lubrication

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Mohammad Amin

combined increases of productivity and flexibilitywill improve the connectivity and quality of life for users. According to British BroadcastingCorporation News (BBC News, Wednesday, 2 March, 2005), the total revenue from full-trackmusic downloads using mobile phones9 will be almost $1.8 billion in 2009. Motorola's Razr V3phone was noted in 2005 for its sleek design and especially for its ability to download audio andvideo from wireless LAN. Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference Copyright © 2007, American Society for Engineering EducationThe Impact of Wireless Technologies on USA EconomyRecently, market research conducted by Telecommunications Industry

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Development of Undergraduate Distance Education Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology; Hamid Hadim, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Robert Ubell, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Continuing Professional Development

design work at the graduate level is minimal. However, it is ourhypothesis that these intensive hands-on types of experience may not be as critical to the types ofnon-traditional students who have significant exposure to engineering in their professionalcareers, such that these students already “know what engineering is”. (By comparison, we feelthat it is unlikely that a fully online program would be optimal for the traditional college-ageundergraduate student who lacks such exposure to engineering; such students would likely needthe benefits, supports, and interactions best provided by the traditional undergraduateexperience.) Obviously this hypothesis warrants detailed assessment and evaluation as the onlineprogram is developed.Specifically

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Successful Professional Development Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Becker, Utah State University

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Continuing Professional Development

not enough that the standards are published. To have an impact, theymust influence what happens in every K-12 classroom in America.”Technology education shares engineering education’s desire to emphasize open-endedproblem solving and the design process. For example, Standard 8 delineates design stepsvery similar to those introduced to engineering students. In order to recognize theattributes of design, students in grades 9-12 should learn that the design process includes: • defining a problem, • brainstorming, researching and generating ideas, • identifying criteria and specifying constraints, • exploring possibilities, • selecting an approach, • developing a design proposal, • making a model or prototype, • testing and

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale; Seamus Freyne

engineering practice. This provides anopportunity for students to research engineering projects and determine what w/c is frequentlyused for certain structures (bridge beams, highway pavements, sidewalks, etc…).Concrete Curing ExperimentThe concrete curing experiment is a laboratory exercise in which four different curing treatmentsfor concrete are analyzed. The curing regiments used for this experiment include: Moisture curing in a water filled tank, Dry curing in the laboratory, Ambient curing outside the laboratory, and Box curing with insulation.Students cast thirty-six – 4”x8” concrete cylinders to be used to determine the compressivestrength. Each curing regiment consists of nine cylinders, of which three cylinders are

Conference Session

MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tremayne Waller, Virginia Tech; Sharnnia Artis, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

-Americans. In2004, Caucasian men composed of 69.3% of the science and engineering degrees whereasAfrican-American men accounted for 5.9%.1 African-American men are still disproportionatelyrepresented in the engineering and science fields. In order to address this need, Virginia Tech’sCollege of Engineering has developed The VT PACT, a retention program for first-year African-American men in engineering. The purpose of this paper is two-fold: 1) to discuss how the booktitled, The Pact, written by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt was used asa framework to develop the The VT PACT and 2) to discuss the impact of The VT PACT for the2005-2006 academic year and the 2006 fall semester.2 The researchers provide brief backgroundon

Conference Session

Innovative Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Morgan, Texas A&M University; Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University

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Mechanics

at least 2 possible designs and make a recommendation in their final report.This approach forces the students to think about the significance of their results, rather thanblindly crunching numbers.It is essential that the instructor balance the student need (or desire) for explicit instructions withthe learning which comes from struggling with: • Choosing the best approach/theory to tackle the problem; • Making appropriate assumptions; and • Evaluating (often conflicting) results.It also should be emphasized that the link between the theories and concepts presented in classand the real world projects is not obvious to the students! Some students fail to see anyconnection between the homework, exams & the projects even when

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler; Michael Robinson, Rose-Hulman Institute; Charles Glagola, University of Florida; James Nelson, University of Texas-Tyler

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Civil Engineering

Page 12.200.2 1 This paper is extracted from the ASCE report Development of Civil Engineering Curricula Supporting theBody of Knowledge for Professional Practice, 2006.to provide thoughts and strategies for institutions when they implement their own uniquecompliant programs.FUNDAMENTAL ASSUMPTIONS As the committee conducted its tasks, several assumptions were made about the nature ofcivil engineering curricula to focus the process and to provide boundaries within which thecommittee could have an impact on the overall development of a civil engineer. Theseassumptions also provided the philosophy by which the curricula would be developed. Discussedbelow are the primary assumptions made by the committee and the rationale for

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Benjamin Redekop

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Industrial Engineering

energy to produce or manufacture. In thismodule students will be introduced to environmental impact measures, industrialstandards and guidelines, and decision-making strategies that can be used for materialselection.Module 4: Process design and improvement - Another common challenge faced inindustry is to reduce the environmental impact of an existing manufacturing process.Students will be introduced to methods of identifying the most damaging part of theprocess flow through material and energy balances. Common practices for reducingenergy consumption and waste will be discussed. In addition, strategies for productpackaging and delivery will be presented.Module 5: End-of-use strategies - This module begins with a lecture on Green Chemistry.It

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Susan J. Masten; Robert V. Fleisig

, but also consideration of ethics, health and safety, economics, and impact on thecommunity. Among the design projects are a rain-water harvesting system and ceramic water filter for villagers inCambodia and a press for extracting oil and producing biodiesel fuel from seeds of the Jatropha shrub, which grows inWest Africa. The impact of this approach on student satisfaction and success is discussed.Index Terms – Cornerstone Design, Globalization. INTRODUCTIONA central focus of engineering education is the design process. Our goal as engineering educators is to ensure that graduatingengineers have the ability to “design effective solutions that meet societal needs” (1). Traditionally

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Micheal Dreznes, International Road Federation; James Ekberg, University of Florida

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International

, Gandolfo was askedby the American States Organization to serve as Technical Consultant of the PermanentSecretariat of the Pan-American Highway Congresses.In his private practice, he has participated in several studies, designs, and projects for highwaysand urban roads, as well as the area of road safety. These studies included a document that is Page 12.1464.10very important to the economic development of Peru titled, “The Integral Study of HighwayTraffic in Peru in the year 2000.” Gandolfo coordinated the management of consulting servicesfor the Ilo – Desaguadero Highway, which serves as the international connection between Peruand Bolivia. The

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IE Program Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University; Jacqueline Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Diane Schaub, University of Florida; Patrick Patterson, Iowa State University

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Industrial Engineering

12.211.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 An Industrial Engineering Body of Knowledge?AbstractCivil engineers have a defined Body of Knowledge. Mechanical engineering currently has aBody of Knowledge task force focused on the future of mechanical engineering education. Canwe agree on an industrial engineering Body of Knowledge, or at least agree on outcomes thatdistinguish industrial engineering (IE) from other engineering disciplines? The ABET programcriteria for industrial engineering state only that “The program must demonstrate that graduates have the ability to design, develop, implement, and improve integrated systems that include people, materials, information, equipment, and energy. The program

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Biezad, California Polytechnic State University; Joon Kim, Lockheed Aircraft Co

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Aerospace

practice of the techniques used in aircraft manufacturing and fabrication. They may include, but are not limited to, hands-on practice in working with aircraft materials and systems, seminar topics, field trips to aircraft designers, and reading aircraft plans and publications necessary for piloted flight. The primary purpose of the course is to compliment the capstone aircraft design sequence and give selected students significant exposure to aircraft fabrication techniques. By its nature this requires a team orientation, exposure to most if not all engineering disciplines as Page 12.918.3Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering

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Innovative Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Charles Farrar, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Mechanics

Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with a BS, MS and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and a member of ASEE, ASME and SEM. Page 12.1411.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Dynamics Summer School – A Unique Educational ProgramThe Los Alamos Dynamics Summer School (LADSS), which is funded by Los Alamos NationalLaboratory (LANL), is a unique nine-week program that was initiated in 2000 to focus a selectgroup of upper level undergraduate students and first year graduate students on the broad fieldsof engineering dynamics with specific

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Engineering in High Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sibel Uysal, Arizona State University; Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

as part of a university and high school collaborative program. Thismagnet program focused on the impact of the high school courses which were intended to teachengineering principles to help students better understand the design process. We were alsointerested in creating a rubric to help future teachers who want to introduce engineering to theirstudents as part of their educational curriculum. Page 12.902.3Theoretical Background of this ResearchSocio-constructivist theory provided the framework for this research. Sociocultural theoryoriginated in the work of Vygotsky and his Soviet colleagues in the early decades of thetwentieth century

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Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Nancy Clement, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

provides each student with the time and mentoring opportunities required to learn and Page 12.1438.4 practice different roles on the team, from trainee to design engineer to team leader. • Variable Credit Hours: An EPICS student earns one credit per semester as a freshman or sophomore. As juniors or seniors, they earn 1 or 2 credits per semester, with the choice being made by the student each semester. The doubling of credits available to juniors and seniors parallels their growing technical capabilities and organizational responsibilities. How the academic credit counts towards a student’s graduation requirements

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IE and EM Program Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kam Jugdev, Athabasca University

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Engineering Management

appropriateinfrastructure in place, and ensuring that faculty receive formal training in distance educationmethods and technology 20.Considerable research has focused on assessing distance education practices, and a number ofpublications have examined this topic in terms of what faculty can do to improve the educationalexperience for students: “What determines the success of distance teaching is the extent to whichthe institution and the individual instructor are able to provide the appropriate opportunity for,and quality of, dialogue between teacher and learner, as well as appropriately structured learningmaterials” 15, p. 6. However, tension can also exist between faculty and instructional designpersonnel. Whereas the ideal relationship would be one of

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Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Christina Curras, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Michael Penn, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Max Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Civil Engineering

his M.S and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1975 and 1980 respectively. His teaching responsibilities are in the environmental engineering area. He has conducted research on solid waste, surface water quality, teaching methodology, and curriculum development. He serves as a consultant on potable water system design, stormwater management, and on-site wastewater treatment. Page 12.213.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 An Innovative Infrastructure Curriculum for 21st Century Civil EngineeringAbstractA new curriculum has been developed by the

Conference Session

FPD4 -- Hands-on & Real-World Studies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Rice, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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First-Year Programs

the Practice of Chemical Engineering in the Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Department at UMBC, where she teaches, the Introduction to Engineering Design course, among other Chemical Engineering courses. Her research interests include engineering education and outreach. She is actively involved in developing curriculum to introduce engineering concepts to K-12 students.Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Gregory Russ graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2006 with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is currently pursuing a MS degree in Chemical Engineering with a focus on Engineering Education, also from UMBC. He is a member

Conference Session

Building Knowledge Based Economies: the Role of Industry-University-Government Partnerships

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Ramiro Jordan, ISTEC-ECE-UNM; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Javier Paez Saavedra

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International

; (2) Transnational mobility for engineering students, researchers, and professionals needs to become a priority; (3) Global engineering excellence depends critically on a mutual commitment to partnerships, especially those that link engineering education to professional practice; and (4) Research on engineering in a global context is urgently needed.These recommendations suggest that a very strong collaboration should exist among theacademia, the industry and the government to facilitate the best practices to educate world-classengineers2.The European Union has defined and facilitated multi-national educational experiencesimportant to capacity development in their area, but this has not been done for the WesternHemisphere

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Computer and Information Technology-Related Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Duane Fairfax, USMA; Kevin Huggins, USMA; Bryan Goda, USMA

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Engineering Technology

curriculums are fundamentally designed to build upon skills gained from previouscourses. Student success in those courses basically depends on their academic fortitude, selfconfidence, and effective teaching. This approach will concentrate on the latter by suggesting anapproach that deliberately integrates IT into the classroom which negates impacts that stiflesstudent learning.We propose a four step IT integration framework as a guide for all IT into course work. Thisapproach provides not only a deterministic model for adding technology to courses but alsoincludes an assessment vehicle that measures the effect of technology on students’ confidenceand their grades. We will use a required IT course, IT305 – Theory and Practice of IT Systems,as an