Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Crossman, Old Dominion University; Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

. The Logistics of Teaching an Interactive Television Course to Remote Sites, Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 1649, Milwaukee, WI, June 1997. 2. Crossman, G. How Far Can We Go with Distance Learning?, Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration, Session ETD 443, Palm Springs, CA, February 1999. 3. Crossman, G. A CD-ROM Based Laboratory in Fluid Mechanics, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 2247, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001. 4. Lewis, V. and Kauffman, P. General Engineering Technology. A Broader Spectrum of Students Needs, Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 2247, Montreal, QB

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Recruiting, Retention and Diversity in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Blust, University of Dayton; Mark Patterson, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

to have certain questions relating to the subject eitherbefore or after the class. The questions indicate a good understanding of the topics discussed in class.Some additional aspects that were noticed were that the Chinese students learn by doing, are taskoriented, know how to get things done, and want to fully understand the theory before being asked toverify it in the laboratory. It was noticed in a few classes that the students didn’t want to start the labuntil they fully understood the theory behind the experiment. They often learn by watching theirclassmates around them, and then by doing. This helps to reinforce their knowledge. Theyparticipate in plant tours and are eager to always learn more.Challenging AspectsBased on the teaching

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kamesh Namuduri

are either currently offering or planning to offer Associate (2-year)degrees in the Information Assurance (IA) discipline in the near future. The mission of this consortium is“to promote security awareness within the region through collaboration with local communities,community colleges, private industry, and law enforcement agencies and to pursue education, training,and research activities in information assurance and security disciplines". The partnerships range fromsharing IA teaching materials and laboratory resources, to forming state-wide working groups andorganizing state-wide education and training workshops. This paper provides the details of the activitiesbeing pursued by Wichita State University to bring cybersecurity awareness in

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Abu Rashid; Joko Sutrisno; Scott Cooper; Alan Fuchs

advanced materials are useful in emerging applications including:energy, biomedical, and environmentalTo help with the development of a learner-centered module on the topic of supramolecular self-assembly, the schematic shown in Figure 3 was created. This figure presents the main elementsof the integration approach for teaching the concepts of macromolecular self-assembly. The“learner centered” ideas are characterized by the learning styles listed in the center of the figure.The learning elements include: in-class lectures / student presentations, laboratory experiences,textbook, and exam / homework content. Within the laboratory experience area, experimentsrelated to emulsion formation and phase separated membranes will be presented

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Experiments and Labs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Dekker, University of South Florida

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2007-410: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MECH LAB I AT THE UNIVERSITYOF SOUTH FLORIDADon Dekker, University of South Florida Don Dekker is currently an Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He is currently teaching Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I, and Capstone Design at USF. Before his retirement in 2001, Don taught at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He first joined ASEE in 1974 and some of his ASEE activities include Zone II Chairman (86-88), Chairman of DEED (89-90), and General Chair of FIE ‘87. His degrees are: PhD, Stanford University, 1973; MSME, University of New Mexico, 1963; and BSME, Rose Polytechnic Institute, 1961

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Experiments and Labs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Dawn Spencer, Colorado State University-Pueblo

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

., Wick, C., and Piper, G., “Teaching Robot Design: Student-Driven, Open-Ended Design Projects,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Session 2006-1905, 2006.19. Froyd, J., Li, X., Srinivasa, A., Bassichis, W., Hodge, J., and Maxwell, D., “How Do Students in a Project- Based First-Year Engineering Curriculum Perform in a Sophomore Engineering Mechanics Course?,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Session 2006-1117, 2006.20. Greenwald, L. and Kopena, J., “Mobile Robot Labs,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, vol. 10, No. 2, June 2003, pp. 25-32.21. http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4435, accessed on 17 January 2007.22. Isom, J., “Lessons from the Laboratory with Brian Davis: NXT

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Visser, South Dakota State University; Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS

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Engineering Technology

for residue streams resulting from biofuel manufacturing operations. He is formerly an assistant professor at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, in the Department of Technology. He received the Faculty of the Year award in 2002 sponsored by the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology. Page 12.1146.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Partnership in Undergraduate Research ExperiencePractical laboratory and work experience has been helpful in reinforcing the undergraduateeducational experience. With limited resources, individual organizations may struggle to give

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

grade students, 11 and 12 years old, who have completed Introductory FEMME) • Senior FEMME (8th and 9th grade students, 13 and 14 years old, who have completed FEMME Continuum)• Chemical Industry For Minorities in Engineering (CHIME, 7th and 8th grade students, 12 and 13 years old)• Upward Bound, Mathematics and Science Program (9th-12th grade Newark, NJ minority High school students, 14-17 years old)These K-12 programs have a strong emphasis on laboratory safety and “hands-on” learning with Bench Scale, Freshman Engineering Laboratory and SeniorChemical Engineering Pilot Plant scale experiments. The programs have beenvery successful over the years with approximately 80 percent of the K-12students enrolling as

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

James Finne; John Carpinelli; William Barnes

demonstration board. The paper also discusses whywe chose an assembly language over a higher level programming language for the introductorycourse and the set of laboratory exercises that guide the student through the learning process in athird semester engineering technology course.Goal and SituationThe goal is to teach an Introduction to Microprocessors course to third semester EngineeringTechnology students in a way that will catch their interest and provide a background on whichsubsequent courses can build. At Middlesex County College, Introduction to Microprocessors isa 3 credit course taught in a 14 week semester. Classes meet for 2 lecture hours and 3 laboratoryhours each weekMCC previously used a lab manual developed by Prof. Steve Foster

Conference Session

Best Practices for Campus Representatives

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles McIntyre, North Dakota State University

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Campus Representatives

society and attend the annual Section meeting at which the cash prize and certificate are presented. The candidate’s contribution to the profession should include at least four of the following: 1. Participation in the development of courses or curricula; 2. Development of teaching equipment or development of a wider application of teaching equipment previously developed; 3. Contribution to the improvement of laboratories or other facilities; 4. Development or authorship of instructional materials or a text that enhances the student learning process; 5. Publication of original work, through any medium, that enhances the engineering education process

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Richard Newman, Arizona State University; Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan; Slobodan Petrovic, Arizona State University; Govindasamy Tamihzmani, Arizona State university

AC 2007-2028: ARIZONA-TEXAS CONSORTIUM FOR ALTERNATIVE ANDRENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIESLakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University Lakshmi Munukutla received her Ph.D. degree in Solid State Physics from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio and M.Sc and B.Sc degrees from Andhra University, India. She has been active in research and published several journal articles. She is the Chair of the Electronic Systems Department at Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus.Richard Newman, Arizona State University Richard L. Newman recently retired from the Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus as Director of Training Operations for the Microelectronics Teaching Factory. Prior to joining

Conference Session

Computer Tools for Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont

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Computers in Education

enhance both individual and team learning in these settings from both student andfaculty perspectives. The working premise was that Tablets have added benefit, in comparisonto laptops, since much engineering content consists of equations and diagrams, entry of which iscumbersome at best with a keyboard and/or mouse. A secondary objective was to ascertain howstudents would adopt and adapt to this new computing platform. Three distinct studies arediscussed in the following pages.Study 1: A First-Year Engineering Design LaboratorySince Spring 2005, Tablets have been utilized in the laboratory section of a first-year engineeringdesign course. This course is a requirement of our electrical and mechanical engineering majors.To date, ~250 students have

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Liaw, City College of the City University of New York; Ioana Voiculescu, City College of the City University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

materials, and (2) improving engineering education through innovative teaching and research techniques, with emphasis on attracting under-represented minorities and women. Through years he has published more than 70 refereed papers with funding support from NSF, NASA, ARPA, AFOSR, ARO, U.S. Army TACOM-TARDEC and ARDEC-Picatinny Arsenal, AT&T, Digital Equipment Corporation, Alliant Techsystems, Frontier Performance Polymers, NYS GRI and PSC CUNY. In addition to being active in research, he had also served as the ECSEL Project Director at CCNY in 1993-2001. The main charge of the NSF-funded ECSEL Coalition is to improve undergraduate engineering education through design across the

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Verstraete, University of Akron

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Biomedical

if each Course Outcome has been “tested”. It has also been our experiencethat the process is typically not completed until the beginning of the next term. This is not aproblem and typically necessary due to the need to review teaching evaluations which are notreturned to the faculty until early the following semester. The first time, the development ofFCARs also generated much confusion for the faculty, as does any new process. Severalrepetitions of this process were required after each semester (fall and spring) to develop thedesired result and the faculty all agreed that the process truly made them consider what they wereteaching, what they wanted the students to learn and whether the student were actually learningthe material sufficiently

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Graham Walker

process project.2 Background Several efforts have been made over the years to improve the experimental experience thatstudents obtain at the undergraduate level. With respect to teaching students about mathematical design ofexperiment concepts and statistical analysis Gleixner, et al.2 and Munson-McGee4 both introduced theseelements into a laboratory course in chemical engineering. Equally, Lyons, et al.3 has introduced theteaching of instrumentation and experimental practices into a mechanical engineering laboratory, whileCyr, et al.1 has exposed students to open ended experimental process projects to promote creativity andinnovation. However, there is no documented case of where all of the material and practices necessary toaddress a

Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles

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Mechanical Engineering

Students about Fluid Mechanics,” Proc. 2004 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June, Salt Lake City, Utah.5. Appanaboyina, S. and Aung, K., 2004, “Development of a VRML Application for Teaching Fluid Mechanics,” Proc. 2004 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June, Salt Lake City, Utah.6. Jia, R., Xu, S., Gao, S., Aziz, EL-S., Esche, S. and Chassapis, C., 2006, “A Virtual Laboratory on Fluid Mechanics,” Proc. 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June, Chicago, Illinois.7. LaRoche, R., Hutchings, B. and Muralikrishnan, R., 2002, “FlowLab: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Framework for Undergraduate Education,” Proc. 2002 ASEE/SEFI/TUB Colloquium.8. Munson, B., Young, D., and Okiishi, T., 2005

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FPD4 -- Hands-on & Real-World Studies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Menicucci, Montana State University; James Duffy, Montana State University; Betsy Palmer, Montana State University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2007-1748: HANDS-ON INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALENGINEERINGJoseph Menicucci, Montana State UniversityJames Duffy, Montana State UniversityBetsy Palmer, Montana State University Page 12.796.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Hands-On Introduction to Chemical and Biological EngineeringAbstractMontana State University has revised our freshman seminar course by modeling it afterRowan University’s exemplary Freshman Engineering Clinic which utilizes a hands-onlaboratory approach to introduce freshman students to engineering.In the first half of the course, innovative laboratory modules developed by faculty atMSU and Rowan were adapted and

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University

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New Engineering Educators

inthe material. They can also be so lost that it requires additional faculty time in getting thestudents acquainted with what they actually need to do. The faculty member should be preparedto edit computer code on-the-fly. On a more positive note, the faculty member can also enlist thehelp of current graduate students, who are more experienced at solving the problems but need todevelop their teaching skills. As a final comment, the assigning of computational projects canpromote student-student interactions within a team environment.Within the laboratory there are more teaching opportunities readily available. Some students arevery hands-on and some are very hands-off. Either student can be good with technical theory.Careful attention and

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Shari J. Klotzkin; Howard S. Kimmel

Using Working Model Simulations in a First Statics Course Shari J. Klotzkin (Cincinnati, Ohio) Howard S. Kimmel (NJIT, Newark, NJ)IntroductionIntegration of computer activities into the engineering classroom enables students to gain hand-on activelearning experiences without the expense of laboratory experiments. In addition, they can gain valuableexperience with exercises that are closer to practical real-world problems than those that can be solvedwith pencil, calculator and paper. These kinds of problems enhance the students’ understandingcomplement the textbook problems because students would focus on analysis and interpretation of theresults. Students feel

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Davis, University of Arkansas; Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Edgar Clausen, University of Arkansas

engineering faculty to improve teaching skillsand to increase the teachers’ use, understanding and application of selected laboratory exercises.The Partnership Program consists of three parts: classroom/laboratory instruction at theinstitutes using a number of hands-on activities that can and will be used in the classroom;follow-up activities at the middle school/junior high schools; and evaluation, both during andafter the summer institutes.Introduction The essence of the University of Arkansas Science Partnership Program (UASPP) is theword “partnership.” The genesis of this partnership occurred during discussions between facultywho work in vastly different areas of the campus. Despite their apparent dissimilarities, itbecame clear that there

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Leroy R. Cox; Katie Grantham Lough

on the mathematicalProceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 4substance of laboratory reports, without giving valuable feedback as to the writing style of thework.6Educational Activities to Improve Undergraduate Engineers’ Writing SkillsIf the charge of engineering educators is to produce tomorrow’s population of engineers who arefully competent in an ever-changing workplace, then means must be sought to help our studentsin this critical area. It is not simply enough to assign a writing assignment (or collection ofassignments) to teach students good writing skills. The majority of

Conference Session

Optical and Wireless Communication Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ernest Kim, University of San Diego

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Electrical and Computer

of concepts introduced in each course.Curricular design of both courses as well as assessments of concurrent registration in the coursesis presented. Specific laboratory design, fabrication, and measurement experiments conducted inthe RF and microwave engineering course that helps emphasize concepts introduced in theengineering electromagnetics course are outlined.IntroductionRadio frequency (RF) and microwave engineering courses are commonly taught as an electricalengineering elective in the senior or graduate years of study.1 Concepts introduced in RF andmicrowave courses benefit from a solid understanding of passive and active circuits, and time-varying electromagnetic field theory.2 With regard to electromagnetic fields, wave

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Walter O. Craig

advisory board can serve as a powerful tool to help the school or department in theaccreditation process. The board can also serve as a fund raising mechanism by having itsindustrial partner give grants for scholarships for incoming freshman, or monies to help purchaseequipment and supplies to maintain a laboratory of the department. The industry advisory boardmembers can also serve as mentors on an industry sponsored project. Another important purposeis to advise the department in the area of curriculum development. Industry participation incurriculum development will ensure that ET students are taking the necessary classes to givethem the industry skills to compete globally with other engineering technology graduates.The Industry advisory board

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Christopher Cotting, Virginia Tech; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Wayne Durham, Virginia Tech

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Aerospace

® has served as an important teaching tool allowing the students to visualizedata during the flight test and recognize the impact of changing a given parameter on the aircraftduring a test. An example of IADS® displays used in this course can be found in Figure 2. Page 12.1442.4 Page 12.1442.5Figure 2 Examples of IADS DisplaysCourse OverviewIn the spring of 2006, the Flight Test Techniques class met twice weekly for 75 minute sessions.This time was split into a two week rotation, where the first week was spent in classroominstruction and the second week was spent in simulation testing. Two optional laboratory

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle Camacho, University of San Diego

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Women in Engineering

AC 2007-1964: WHY PEDAGOGY MATTERS: FACULTY NARRATIVESSusan Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. She is currently Associate Professor and Coordinator of Electrical Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her teaching and research interests include electronics, optoelectronics, materials science, first year engineering courses, as well as feminist and liberative pedagogies. Dr. Lord served as General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education Conference. She has been awarded an NSF CAREER and ILI grants. Dr. Lord’s industrial experience includes AT&T Bell Laboratories, General Motors

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Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Clase, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

knowledge of life-science-based products and processes.There have been numerous reports of current and projected shortages of human resourcespossessing the required knowledge in the growing industry.4A need exists to prepare students for a global working environment and characteristicssuch as creativity, the ability to work on an interdisciplinary team and transfer newknowledge in innovative ways are necessary. But how do you teach students creativityand innovation? How do you teach students to work effectively and collaborate indiverse groups to solve interdisciplinary problems that tend to be ill-defined? In order tobegin addressing some of these questions, an existing, introductory biotechnology coursewas adapted as an entrepreneurial option for

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Ogden, University of Arizona; Gregory Ogden, University of Arizona

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

industrial mentor provides an introduction to the industrial basedapplication. Student mentors are responsible for teaching day-to-day laboratory techniques. Theparticipants learn how to plan experiments, how to obtain statistically significant data, how toanalyze and graph data, and how to present research results and draw conclusions. Typically 2/3of the time is spent on research either in the field or laboratory, and the rest of time is devoted topedagogy and relating lessons learned to core curricula used by the district.Every research experience begins with a laboratory safety class. Participants are introduced tolaboratory safety through video and lecture and are given an exam at the end of the class. Thefocus is chemical safety and hazardous

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mohamed Chouikha, Howard University; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

,physicists recognize problems of river currents and problems of headwinds and tailwinds inairplanes as involving similar mathematical principles, such as relative velocities.4 Gone are thedays when students were ham radio operators, played with Erector/LEGO sets, tinkered withelectronic kits or simply taken things apart for fun. As a result, students have less “gut intuition”and expert skills than prior generations possessed when entering the job market.5STUDIO PEDAGOGY The defining characteristics of studio classes are an integrated lecture-laboratory format, areduced amount of time allotted to lecture; a technology-enhanced learning environment,collaborative group work and a high level of faculty-student interaction. The studio

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mohamed Chouikha, Howard University

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Instrumentation

,physicists recognize problems of river currents and problems of headwinds and tailwinds inairplanes as involving similar mathematical principles, such as relative velocities.4 Gone are thedays when students were ham radio operators, played with Erector/LEGO sets, tinkered withelectronic kits or simply taken things apart for fun. As a result, students have less “gut intuition”and expert skills than prior generations possessed when entering the job market.5STUDIO PEDAGOGY The defining characteristics of studio classes are an integrated lecture-laboratory format, areduced amount of time allotted to lecture; a technology-enhanced learning environment,collaborative group work and a high level of faculty-student interaction. The studio

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William Eccles, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bruce Ferguson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Terry Schumacher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark Yoder, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

transplanted middle westerner, having spent her childhood in Norfolk, Virginia. She came to Rose-Hulman early in her teaching career and has taught a wide variety of courses over the past three decades. Pat has held a number of American Society for Engineering Education summer fellowships that have taken her to NASA-Goddard, NASA-Langley, the Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland, and NASA’s Classroom of the Future in Wheeling, WV. She was on loan to the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory from 1989 to 1995, managing a project to transition advanced instructional technologies to ten different middle schools located in five states. She is on the editorial board of three