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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P K Raju, Auburn University

AC 2008-1155: U.S.-INDIA INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH, EDUCATION, ANDINDUSTRY EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS IN ACOUSTICS ANDNON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATIONChetan Sankar, Auburn University Dr. Chetan S. Sankar, Thomas Walter Professor in the Department of Management is an expert on IT and telecommunications management. He is also an expert on case study development and has developed more than 30 case studies, many of which have won awards for their ability to motivate and challenge students. He works closely with industries to write research-based case studies for use by engineering and business students. He has published more than 150 refereed papers in journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings.P K

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Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Enayat Mahajerin, Saginaw Valley State University; Anca Sala, Baker College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

: • Team members must be present during the experiment. • Team members must sign the cover page of the report indicating a fare share input (peer- review). • Team members are encouraged to use the University Writing Center. • Team members must submit the raw data and the compiled work to the instructor • Team members must be available to meet with the instructor for questions regarding the results and Academic Integrity.Due to space limitations in this paper, only a brief description of the results of the variousassessment tools is provided as follows.Midterm Exam:Four (4) problems were given on the midterm examination. A 70% or more score is consideredas satisfactory to meeting of the corresponding CLO. For

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SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Atman, University of Washington; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Christine Loucks-Jaret, University of Washington; Dennis Lund, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

of difficult concepts in engineering science.Christine Loucks-Jaret, University of Washington CHRISTINE LOUCKS-JARET is a Technical Communication Specialist with the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education at the University of Washington, providing technical writing and editing services to the CAEE team. Tina has an MS in Technical Communication from the University of Washington. She is currently a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and the Society for Technical Communication.Dennis Lund, University of Washington DENNIS LUND joined the CAEE team in 2003 and is currently the Assistant Director. Prior to joining CAEE, he worked in a variety

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy; Craig Steidle, US Naval Academy; Eric Johnson, US Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

question beliefs about which we feel strongly. It includes questioning the beliefs of our enterprise culture and any sub-culture to which we belong, and a willingness to express our views even when they are unpopular (with management, peers, subordinates or customers).• Intellectual empathy is awareness of the need to actively entertain views that differ from our own, especially those with which we strongly disagree. It entails accurately reconstructing others’ viewpoints and to self-consciously reason from premises, assumptions, and ideas other than our own.• Intellectual integrity consists in holding ourselves to the same intellectual standards you expect others to honor (no double standards

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauri Burke, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

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International

orientation to the political, socioeconomic, historical, cultural, geographicalperspective of Uganda. Undergraduates completed research and shared their findings with thegroup by providing presentations and fact sheets at the weekly meetings. The undergraduateswere exposed to library research, presentation delivery, and report writing skills in a contextwhich was aligned with their interests as well as the respective projects. During the initial six weeks of the program, the graduate scholarship recipients attendedseparate weekly meetings with the program director for task delegation, resource evaluation,information accumulation, and progress updates. Specifically, the water facility graduatescholarship recipients explored mapping software and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Collins, J.P. Morgan Chase; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; John Ochs, Lehigh University; Richard Weisman, Lehigh University; Vincent Munley, Lehigh University; Joseph Sterrett, Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

"dcemitqwpf" to complete the design. 2. Design a sports facility including the evaluation of considerations such as economics, ethics, societal, environmental impacts, and constructability. 3. Write a project report that is of a quality commonly found to be acceptable in the engineering profession. 4. Orally present the results of an engineering design project to a wide audience of students, faculty, staff, including coaches and student athletes, using a presentation package such as PowerPoint that is of a quality commonly found to be acceptable in the engineering profession.B. Project SelectionThe process of selecting feasible projects is especially crucial to the success of thecourse. They must present workable

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FPD9 - First Year Learning & Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Johnson, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University; Kenneth Leitch, Valparaiso University; Barbara Engerer, Valparaiso University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

andICE are turned in the next day at the start of the laboratory period. Students have access toinstructors and peer tutoring prior to submittal of the homework assignment so that they mayseek additional assistance with the new concepts if needed.The laboratory assignment further reinforces the module concepts by hands-on experience. Forthe fluid mechanics module, students learn to how to estimate the flow rate (volume per time) ofwater out of a hole. Three methods are utilized: 1) Bernoulli’s equation and flow rate, 2) volumeof water and elapsed time, and 3) particle dynamics and flow rate. Figures 3 and 4 depict aschematic of the test apparatus and a photograph of the test, respectively. Students are requiredto write a comprehensive laboratory

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Multidisciplinary Course Innovation II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Farison, Baylor University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

components - Homework and classroom tests (50%) Homework assignments 10% Midterm test 15% Final exam (comprehensive) 25% Page 13.747.5 Special grading components - Individual student project reports and presentations (50%) 1. Applied/practical - imaging systems and hardware 15% 2. Peer-reviewed image processing research material 15% 3. Student-formulated image processing “research” project

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FPD9 - First Year Learning & Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Guarino, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University; Randi Walters, Boise State University; Bill Clement, Boise State University

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First-Year Programs

is a Junior majoring in Geosciences at Boise State University. Ms. Walters is also a tutor and peer instructor for the Engineering with Precalculus class offered by the College of Engineering at Boise State University.Bill Clement, Boise State University Dr. Clement is an Associate Research Professor in the Center for the Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow Subsurface (CGISS), at Boise State University. Page 13.393.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Developing and Assessing Engineering-Based Modules for a Freshman Engineering ClassAbstractMost

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Mechanics and the Internet

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University

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Mechanics

Academic Development through Prescribed Undergraduate ProjectsAbstractIn this paper a methodology for enhancing the academic development of sophomore-levelengineering and engineering technology students using undergraduate projects is outlined anddiscussed. The specific sample project presented in the paper involves the development ofMATLAB script files and LabVIEW Virtual Instruments (VIs) for solving several EngineeringMechanics problems. The development of the solution for these problems involves theutilization of a number of valuable programming tools and powerful techniques. The selectedstudents will be guided to write a proposal to seek funding for the project through the CollegeOffice of Undergraduate Research (COUR

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New Trends in ECE Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Panchul, UTSA; David Akopian, UTSA

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Electrical and Computer

% send email on their phones, exchanging some 200 email messages eachweek. 66% email peers about classes; 44% email for studying. In contrast, only 43% email onPCs, exchanging an average of only 2 messages per week. Only 20% had used a PDA. 71% ofthe subjects preferred receiving educational materials on mobile phones rather than PCs. 93%felt that its valuable to use phones for teaching. In the UK it is estimated that 81% of 11-15 yearolds and 96% of 16-24 year olds have a mobile phone [7]. Similar projects have been establishedin Europe as well. An example of a pan-European research and development study with partnersin Italy, Sweden and the UK is the "m-learning" project [8]. Its aim is to use portabletechnologies to provide literacy and

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ERM Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Miller, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

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Educational Research and Methods

to think outside the book. Studentsare asked to find real life examples of the theories and equations learned throughout the courseand to present them to the class. For junior level courses, the topics are broad and oftensomething of personal interest. For senior level classes, the students are to talk to practicingengineers to find actual case studies. In all instances, the topics presented, utilize course theoriesand/or equations. Working in teams students prepare reports and “fun” presentations to be givento their peers. In a class wide competition, the winners are awarded a trophy and given theauspicious title of “The Big Drip” for Fluid Mechanics and “The Great Gear Head” for MachineDesign.IntroductionUpon graduation, young engineers

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Fostering and Assessing Effective Teaming

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University; Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University

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Educational Research and Methods

that don’t flyin a machine shop—at least the ones I’ve been in.” Cory also functioned as the informaltechnical expert, yet he easily accepted input from other members, incorporating good ideas intothe team’s solution. Cory used some humor during the assigned work. For example, whenplanning a repetitive task as part of a solution, Cory said they should write “Rinse and repeat—that’s what’s on shampoo bottles.” However, when time pressure mounted, the humorevaporated and the task became paramount. Cory also worked some with his team to buildconsensus and check group understanding, asking “Are we good with this [aspect of theproblem]?” Further, he gave positive feedback on other members’ work, noting when it was welldone.However, Cory was not

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Ronald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University; Tonya Nilsson, San Jose State; Jim O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

in Engineering Education – with a small “c”) teaching workshops. By 2005, ASCEreclaimed sponsorship of ETW, and the participants ever since have come from those civil,environmental, architectural and construction engineering and engineering technology programsthat the society supports. ASCE has offered two of these workshops per year ever since. At thetime of this writing, there have been 19 ETWs which have been attended by 449 participants Page 13.586.4from 203 different colleges and universities. International universities such as Durban Institute Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

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New Ideas for ChEs I (aka ChE Potpourri)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

. Therefore, while afreshman chemical engineering course must (obviously) contain information about thefield of chemical engineering, it should also find ways to address non-chemicalengineering related issues as well. Here, ample use of guest speakers in CounselingServices or similar offices on campus should be explored.In addition to what has been discussed above, other ideas in freshman chemicalengineering courses exist as well. Roberts discusses a course that focuses on, amongother areas, communication skills13. Worcester Polytechnic Institute looks to mix writingwith first-year engineering in a course taught shared by a ChE faculty and Writing facultymember14. Vanderbilt University describes a course where students are introduced tochemical

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Innovations in Manufacturing Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University; Dominic Dalbello, Allan Hancock College

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Manufacturing

an electronic device;• exercise project management skills and use the Gantt chart;• exercise communication skills through preparing a proposal, writing a final report, and presenting in class. Page 13.90.4Details of ProjectIME 157 Electronics Manufacturing is a lower-division engineering course and has no pre-requisite. The lecture meets twice per week for fifty minutes each and the lab meets twice perweek for three hours each over the ten weeks of a quarter. We believe that laboratory work isvery important component in engineering education and Cal Poly’s teaching philosophy is“learning-by-doing”.Each student will work on two projects

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Educating for Results: Tools used in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Terri Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University; Joshua Killey, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Elizabeth Wager, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).Joshua Killey, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Joshua Killey is Director for the Office of Career Services and Professional Development in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).Elizabeth Wager, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Elizabeth Wager is a Lecturer of Technical Writing in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), where she is also pursuing a master's degree in applied communication

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Approaches to Active Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yim, University of Pennsylvania; Katherine Kuchenbecker, University of Pennsylvania; Paulo Arratia, University of Pennsylvania; Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania; John Bassani, University of Pennsylvania; Jonathan Fiene, University of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Lukes, University of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

, instrumentation, fabrication,information retrieval, technical writing, and the scientific process can be taught progressivelyover four years. Skills build on each other from one year to the next, enabling students todevelop independence and ultimately acquire a sense of engineering empowerment.PIC follows a progression that is loosely metaphorical to human growth. Just as a human childultimately learns the ability to survive in a world independent from his or her parents, we striveto enable students to learn concepts and applications to the point where they can apply them inan unstructured environment outside the classroom. • Freshman year. Like toddlers learning new words, following simple instructions, and exploring the world, freshmen are

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ChE Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Krantz, National University of Singapore

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Chemical Engineering

whom English is not their first language. As such, many of these students are more reticentand less outgoing than typical U.S. students. Interestingly, components of effective publicspeaking such as maintaining good eye contact, lightening up a talk with humor, or ‘dressing forthe occasion’ can be difficult to implement for students from some cultures.In writing this paper the author had some difficulty in deciding in which voice to write the paper;that is, whether to consider the reader to be a student, who might be taking this Workshop, or aneducator, who might be faced with coordinating a similar workshop. The end result was acompromise between the choices. Hence, parts of this paper that deal with the creation of thewebsite for this

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

NADIYE O. ERDIL; KOENRAAD E. GIESKES

AN EVALUATION OF A LEARNING COMMUNITY PROGRAM FOR FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENTSNADIYE O. ERDIL, Binghamton UniversityKOENRAAD E. GIESKES, Binghamton UniversityAbstractThis paper discusses a pilot program for a freshman engineering learning community at BinghamtonUniversity. The engineering learning community program is an integration of three courses, anintroduction to engineering course, a technical writing course, and a calculus course, for students whoreside in the same campus residence hall. The main objectives of the program are to improve studentretention, to increase faculty/teaching assistants/student/residential staff interaction, and to encouragestudent engagement and interest.This paper focuses on the

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Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Harpal Dhillon, Excelsior College

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Engineering Technology

the faculty • Course Assessment (Exams, projects, discussions, quizzes, etc.) • Grading Policy (weights and Excelsior grading scale) • Course Policies (e.g. honesty, plagiarism, late submissions, effective writing, etc.) • Other Course Instructions (WebCT Institutional bookmark: Excelsior College Virtual Library, Electronic Peer Network, Bookstore, etc.)Assessment of Quality of the On-line Nanotechnology Course: A Key IssueFor assessing the quality of subject matter content of each on-line course offered by theExcelsior College’s School of Business and Technology (SBT), the “Quality Matters”Rubric developed by the Quality Matters Organization is used. This rubric is shown inTable 1. As shown in Table 1, course attributes

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Rinehart, Rice University; Sherry Woods, University of Texas at Austin; Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Rice University

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Graduate Studies

candidates had in terms of considering afuture academic career. Many institutions, including top Table 3: Fears about Academic Careerranked Research 1 schools, find that women consistently turn o Balancing work and family o Writing grants and getting fundingdown academic job offers at a far higher rate than male o Getting tenurecandidates.3 Understanding the concerns of under- o Failingrepresented graduate students and postdoctoral scholars will o Getting the right offer o Making an

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Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University-Athens

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Mechanical Engineering

Quality Issues with the UG Program SEV OCC Inadequate quality of service courses will cause problems for students Other departments stop offering classes we need Other departments teach required classes poorly Two departments offering the ET courses they vary What if poor instruction of fundamental courses continues Inadequate teaching of technical writing Lack of control over critical core courses taught by others Courses like Statics acting as "discouragers" to qualified ME students Issues with courses will lead to some students not meeting outcomes Use of equipment by graduate students (negative impact on Ugrad labs) Lack of individual flexibility in Senior Design

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Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Valerie Fuchs, Michigan Technological University

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International

” Page 13.403.6criteria that are delivered through their major studies (ability to apply knowledge of mathematics,sciences, and engineering; ability to design and conduct experiments; ability to identify, formulate,and solve problems; and an ability to use techniques, skills, and tools necessary for practice). A recent 5comparison of ISD students to traditional senior design students illustrates this point. Whereas ISDstudents reported a 10% higher self-rating of technical writing and speaking abilities, ISD studentsdemonstrated an eleven-fold ability over their traditional senior design peers (87% correct versus 8%on a post-project quiz) to understand the global and societal context

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Multidisciplinary Course Innovation I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Rabb; David Chang, United States Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

4 engineering tools and techniques. [ABET Criterion 3 Outcomes (b) and (k)] 5. Communicate solutions clearly, both orally and in writing. [ABET Criterion 3 4 Outcome (g)] 6. Work effectively in diverse teams. [ABET Criterion 3 Outcome (d)] 3 7. Apply professional and ethical considerations to engineering problems. [ABET 3 Criterion 3 Outcome (f)] 8. Incorporate understanding and knowledge of societal, global and other contemporary issues in the development of engineering solutions that meet

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Information and Network Security

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Smith, U. of St. Thomas - St. Paul

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Information Systems

assesspossible vulnerabilities. They perform simple risk assessments in which they must balance theimpact of security measures against the potential reduction in risk. They also write security plansin which they describe the security measures that must be implemented to block specificweaknesses in a system.Each type of student work here is considered in the light of Bloom’s taxonomy for cognitivelearning objectives4. In Bloom’s taxonomy, there are six levels of cognitive learning objectives: Page 13.255.6 • 1. Knowledge • 2. Comprehension • 3. Application • 4. Analysis • 5. Synthesis • 6. EvaluationThe upper 3 are generally

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jeffrey J. Heys

entering material for otherstudents to note that they were doing so in the ‘discussion’ area of each page.We have found the wiki format to be useful for projects in a Mass and Energy Balances course,but this does not mean that this is a useful format for projects in other courses. For example, therigorous formatting requirements of a senior laboratory reports, such as flowsheets, equipmentdiagrams, and numerous chemical and mathematical formulas, would make the use of a wikidifficult. Also, if a project report is more than 10 pages, the wiki format may not be appropriatebecause it requires that the person preparing the report be actively connected to the internetduring the entire time they are writing. In summary, we tend to prefer using wikis in

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Bahram Nassersharif

classroom). Each projector screen will cover two of the flat screen LCD monitors when inuse. Therefore, the visual system in the room can be operated in one of three modes: 1. Four projectors 2. Two projectors and four LCD monitors 3. Eight LCD monitorsThe instructor station is an Intel Quadcore PC with a quad-port video board, 1 terabyte of disk storage,and 4 gigabytes of memory. The instructor station is also equipped with two WACOM pen screensallowing the instructor to write on the computer screen. We chose the Synchroneyes software to controlthe student workstations. With this software the instructor can broadcast their screen(s) to all studentscreens or project any student’s screen to their own screen.The technology environment for

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Michael Berry; Paul Russo; Joshua Wyrick

people and to promote better living standards for all walks of life.Anthropologic and Cultural Learning through Outreach EducationThe Ngonine, Senegal water distribution project is unique in how it led to a sense of cultural awarenessand global needs understanding on behalf of the participants influencing both their mindset and overalldemeanor. The event was an eye opening experience that truly touched our team’s lives. To see thisisolated and self sufficient community simply living, no more and no less, brought us back to humanity. Itwas as if we had peered through the modern fog of materialistic America into the essence of who we areas people, fundamentally human.Cultural and Social OutlookAlthough impoverished and afflicted with many ailments

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Bahram Nassersharif

classroom). Each projector screen will cover two of the flat screen LCD monitors when inuse. Therefore, the visual system in the room can be operated in one of three modes: 1. Four projectors 2. Two projectors and four LCD monitors 3. Eight LCD monitorsThe instructor station is an Intel Quadcore PC with a quad-port video board, 1 terabyte of disk storage,and 4 gigabytes of memory. The instructor station is also equipped with two WACOM pen screensallowing the instructor to write on the computer screen. We chose the Synchroneyes software to controlthe student workstations. With this software the instructor can broadcast their screen(s) to all studentscreens or project any student’s screen to their own screen.The technology environment for