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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Richard Newman, Arizona State University; Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan, Arizona State University; Slobodan Petrovich, Arizona State University; Govindasamy Tamizhmani, Arizona State University

AC 2008-1371: 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

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IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan, Arizona State University; Barbara Rempel, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Bert Valenzuela, Arizona State University

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Information Systems

planning theeStudio Laboratory was that it be as hardware free and easy to support as possible.In an effort to achieve the same outcome as the General Engineering Department’s Studio90 environment, the eStudio Laboratory Planning Committee creatively did more withless. First, the original look and feel of the space prior to renovation was stale andindustrial. It was not a collaborative space that students would choose to congregate in orstudy. The room’s white walls were painted yellow and the grey linoleum tile wasoverlaid by red and yellow carpet. The final product is a collaborative teaching spacethat is attractively decorated in Arizona State University’s colors. It promotes Universitypride, spirit, and is one of the most attractive rooms at

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Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown; Norman Voigt, Penn State, New Kensington

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Civil Engineering

their institution. In one Page 13.1257.8 recent case, a well-qualified Ph.D. student at a major research university was interested in teaching a hydraulics and hydrology course and two sections of laboratory as an adjunct faculty member at another institution. The compensation for the course and laboratory section, however, did not justify the time involved in preparation, travel and actual teaching, and as a result, the individual had to decline the position.Insights from Personal ExperiencesWhen discussing the role of adjunct faculty in engineering education, personalexperiences provide a sense of reference and add insights

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ying Wu, Iowa State University; Qingze Zou, Iowa State University; Stephanie Culter, Virginia Commonwealth University; Kam Leang, Virginia Commonwealth University; Gina Pannozzo, Virginia Commonwealth University; Santosh Devasia, University of Washington

created in thenano/bio-related field world wide2. Such growth of jobs and technologies will have a profoundimpact on all sectors of the economy (as well as society)3. To prepare the future work force withthe necessary skill set, this paper focuses on a collaborative approach which involves threeuniversities to develop, integrate, and assess a teaching module on smart actuators for threedifferent courses in the ME undergraduate curriculum: system dynamics and controls,mechatronics, and capstone design. The teaching module is specifically designed to address theimportant aspects of modeling, control, and design of smart actuator-based systems. In particular,the module consists of lecture and laboratory components, and each component can be

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Materials Education Perspectives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aaron Blicblau, Swinburne University of Technology

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Materials

AC 2008-1374: USING ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO REPOSITORIES AS ASTUDENT RESOURCE FOR MSE APPLICATIONSAaron Blicblau, Swinburne University of Technology "Aaron Blicblau graduated as materials engineer and worked in the manufacturing and steel industry for ten years. He then commenced lecturing at Swinburne University of Technology specialising in materials science and engineering to students ranging form first year to final year. . He has been involved in implementing novel teaching procedures to improve the learning aspects of students as well as his own teaching processes. Over the past few years he has adopted and implemented active learning measures including problem based and project based

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Computer ET Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Koontz, Rochester Institute of Technology; Chance Glenn, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mark Indelicato, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-937: INCORPORATION OF BROADBAND ACCESS TECHNOLOGY INA TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMWarren Koontz, Rochester Institute of Technology Warren is currently a professor in the College of Applied Science and Technology at RIT and chair of the Telecommunications Engineering Technology program. He joined RIT in December 2000 after retiring from Bell Laboratories. He began his thirty two year career at Bell Labs as a member of technical staff in the Electronic Switching Division in Naperville Illinois. He was involved in a variety of projects at a variety of Bell Labs locations, including international assignments in The Netherlands and Germany. At the time of his retirement, he

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Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phil Waldrop, Georgia Southern University

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Manufacturing

Professor of Engineering & Technology at Ohio University, and formerly taught at the University of North Texas. Currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology at Georgia Southern University, he teaches courses involving metal forming, plastics/composites, lean manufacturing, and industrial/environmental safety, along with a manufacturing enterprise simulation course for which he co-authored the text and was presented a 2004 Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education. He is faculty sponsor of student chapter S85 of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, has chaired two SME senior chapters and currently is a member of the

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Developing Communication/Teamwork Skills in ChEs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University; Loren Connell, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

69, 180.11. Norman, D. (1980). “What Goes on in the Mind of the Learner,” in McKeacie, W.J., ed. Learning, Cognition,and College Teaching, New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA.12. Biggs, J. and Moore, P.J. (1993). The Process of Learning, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.13. Newell, J.A. (2005). Survivor: classroom. A method of active learning that addresses four types of studentmotivation. Chem. Eng. Ed. 39, 228-231.14. Sommer, C.A. Silva, F.H., and Novo, M.R.M. (2004). Teaching molecular biology to undergraduate biologystudents. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Educ. 32, 7.15. Larkin, P.D. and Hartberg, Y. (2005). Development of a green fluorescent protein-based laboratory curriculum.Biochem. Mol. Biol. Educ. 33

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Reaching Students: Innovations to Curriculum in ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sofia Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Joseph Cecere, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

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Engineering Technology

potential benefits and challenges encountered by students and facultymembers at Penn State Harrisburg when using the tablet portable computers in themultifunctional classroom. This paper will also discuss some applications and functions thatimprove teaching, learning, and research initiatives through using tablet portable computers in aclassroom environment for both laboratory and lecture use.IntroductionTwo years ago, Penn State Harrisburg (PSH), which was an upper division and graduate college,expanded to offering lower level classes and started to accept freshman. This change waschallenging but exciting to the college. The college became a highly sought after campus withenrollment significantly growing which required offering more courses

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Embedded System Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daren Wilcox, Southern Polytechnic State University; Steve Wilson, Southern Polytechnic State University; Gerd Wöstenkühler

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Electrical and Computer

sophomore level. The key to teaching design isto step the students through the design process in varying degrees. By having three projects in asemester of increasing complexity, the students are given plenty of chances to learn through mistakes.The students must learn project management skills, interfacing skills, documentation skills, and theactual lecture material of the textbook. By the third project, the students know what to expect and aremore independent when designing. The USB ToolStick Starter Kit from Silicon Laboratories offers anexcellent design platform to accomplish the embedded design. The kit is economical and very studentfriendly.6. AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank Dan Pratt of Lattice Semiconductors for generous

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New Trends in ECE Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Mohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Paulik, University of Detroit Mercy

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Electrical and Computer

studentswith the focused knowledge they need to master in a single course. Currently, there are notenough ECE faculty to teach the CS students separate from the EE students.)3.2.3 Advanced Electronic Systems Page 13.421.7The Advanced Electronics Systems lecture and laboratory courses that students take in the Fallterm of the junior year are additional courses constructed to fulfill the philosophy of the spiral Figure 3: Final Project System Block Diagramcurriculum. In earlier courses in the spiral containing electronic circuit topical content, a mixeddevice-system treatment was adopted. Here a transition is made to a

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Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University; Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

, partition the designinto subcomponents, design, build, test, and verify that the system requirements have been met.The authors have enhanced and implemented three courses to develop system engineeringknowledge and skills that better prepare students for their senior design experience. This papergives an overview and lists the learning outcomes for each of these courses and includes someexamples of laboratory projects that are used to meet these learning outcomes.IntroductionIn the current global environment it is imperative that engineering graduates are prepared to enterthe workforce with the skills necessary to make immediate contributions. Today, companiesoften outsource engineering tasks and projects that could otherwise be done by entry

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Distance Learning in ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akram Hossain, Purdue University Calumet; Niaz Latif, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen powered automotives. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His interests are in the area of industrial transducer, industrial process control, wireless controls, statistical process control, computer aided design and fabrication of printed circuit board, programmable logic controllers, programmable logic devices and renewable energy related projects.Niaz Latif, Purdue University Niaz Latif, Purdue University Calumet Dr. Niaz

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anbu Elancheziyan, Drexel University; Jaudelice de Oliveira, Drexel University; Fernand Cohen, Drexel University; Fredricka Reisman, Drexel University

this paper, we detail the ongoing efforts at Drexel University, aimed at adapting the successesof previous experiences in teaching sensor networks at the undergraduate level1-6, to create a newlaboratory-based undergraduate course in sensor networks, and to make extensive use of the newlaboratory’s modular experiments in other courses and disciplines. The project is funded by NSFCCLI program of the Division of Undergraduate Education.Sensor networks as a pedagogical toolWe believe that sensor network experiments can be very pedagogical in illustrating manyabstract concepts in other courses/disciplines. For example, medium access and routing protocolscan be used in undergraduate networking sequence courses; basics of radio communication

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Enhancing Mechanics Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gangbing Song, University of Houston; Mithun Singla, University of Houston; Christy Chang, University of Houston; Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Mechanics

, initiate testing, and to collect experimental data. The data can then be accessed and downloaded from a remote web server for further analysis.These proposed laboratory experiments are examples of possible educational laboratory uses ofthe smart flexible beam. More detailed descriptions of such laboratory and experimentimplementations of the smart flexible beam in engineering education are planned.Student Survey ResultsBoth the vertical and horizontal smart flexible beams have been demonstrated in severalengineering courses in different, but related, disciplines. Students completed anonymous surveysfollowing the demonstration of the smart flexible beam to evaluate the ability of the beam toachieve its teaching goals. Students were asked to

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Anything New in the Mechanics of Materials?

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rani Sullivan, Mississippi State University; Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University

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Mechanics

AC 2008-1633: DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF A BEAM TESTING SYSTEMFOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN MECHANICS OF MATERIALSRani Sullivan, Mississippi State University RANI W. SULLIVAN Rani W. Sullivan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Mississippi State University. She teaches the core courses in engineering mechanics and maintains a strong interest in developing experiential education. She received her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering in 2003, M.S. in Engineering Mechanics in 1993 and B.S. in Aerospace Engineering in 1989 from Mississippi State University. Her major technical interests are in solid mechanics, and in particular on the time-dependent deformation

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FPD6 - First Year Curricula Development

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

instructor. In high enrollment courses that have both lecture and laboratory components, studentratings of the lead faculty instructor may have two components: student attitudes about thecourse based on perceptions of the lead faculty person, and student attitudes about the coursebased on perceptions about the student’s teaching assistant (TA). It could be conjectured thatthese two sources of attitudes about the course merge in the perception of a student, and that animportant factor in the rating a student gives to a faculty person is the rating the student gives tohis TA or vice versa. Certainly, anecdotal evidence is available that if a student is unhappy witha TA, the same student may be unhappy with the course in general, and with the

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Peter LoPresti; Theodore W. Manikas; Jeff Kohlbeck

teach about the engineering profession and the field of electricalengineering. Activities included laboratories in electrical circuits, designing an electric car,soldering, a field trip, and discussion about ethics. Students worked in two and four-personteams, and made presentations on their experiences.The academy was evaluated using formal assessment instruments and faculty observations. Eachof the individual activities attained an overall rating of at least 4 on a scale of 1 to 5, with mostactivities rated at 4.5 or greater. A formal evaluation of the entire academy revealed ratings of4.5 or greater out of 5 on most aspects of the academy, though some areas indicated a need forimprovement, such as clarity of written materials and the

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Electrical Engineering Technology Design Projects & Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; Frank Goforth, Georgia Southern University; Shonda Bernadin, Georgia Southern University

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Engineering Technology

significant difference in test scoresbetween students using computer simulation and those who are using traditional lab equipment.However, combining both practices in a hybrid environment5 can offer clear advantages sincestudents will be able to compare their simulated results with actual experimentations. Therefore,our electronics courses were redesigned to use Multisim in conjunction with traditional labactivities. Multisim6 is a popular simulation program used by many engineering educators for itsfriendly interactive features. It has virtual instruments resembling actual laboratory environment.Course AssessmentsContinuous improvement is an important issue for Engineering Technology programs because itdefines the framework for assessment and

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Physics Education Research (PER) Relevant for Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mel Sabella, Chicago State University; Stephanie Barr, Chicago State University

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Educational Research and Methods

, “Assessing student learning of Newton's Laws: The Force and MotionConceptual Evaluation of Active Learning Laboratory and Lecture Curricula”, Am. J. Phys., 66 (4), 338-352,(1998).17 See M.S. Sabella and G.L. Cochran, "Evidence of Intuitive and Formal Schemas in Student Responses: Examplesfrom the Context of Dynamics,", PERC Proceedings 2003 (AIP Publishing, MD, 2004.).18 F. M. Goldberg, and J. H. Anderson, “Student Difficulties with Graphical Representations of Negative Values ofVelocity,” The Phys. Teach. 27 (4), 254-260, (1989).19 A. Van Heuvelen, ALPS Kit: Active Learning Problem Sheets, Mechanics; Electricity and Magnetism (Hayden-McNeil, Plymouth, MI, 1990).20 A. Van Heuvelen and X. Zou, “Multiple Representations of Work-Energy

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DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Schubert, University of San Diego; Frank Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Ernest Kim, University of San Diego

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Marine Corps Air Station after graduating with his B.S.E.E. Upon completing his M.S.E.E., he was an electrical engineer with the National Bureau of Standards in Boulder, Colorado designing hardware for precision fiber optic measurements. He then entered the commercial sector as a staff engineer with Burroughs Corporation in San Diego, California developing fiber optic LAN systems. He left Burroughs for Tacan/IPITEK Corporation as Manager of Electro-Optic Systems developing fiber optic CATV hardware and systems. In 1990 he joined the faculty of the University of San Diego. He remains an active consultant in radio frequency and analog circuit design, and teaches review coursed for the

Conference Session

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

the Junior year,students were initially hesitant, but ultimately excited, by the amount of design freedom and the Page 13.81.10ability to discover methods and achieve results on their own.Progression from construction to exploration and experimentationThe fluid mechanics topics selected for Fall of 2007 were Surface Tension, Stokes’ Drag, andFluid Mixing. The first two topics were based on a vast body of literature and are traditionallyused in undergraduate laboratories. Following the top down teaching approach, the students werefirst exposed to the examples in the lab before the concepts were introduced formally in theconcurrent Fluid

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Innovations in ECE Education III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Yuan-Teng Cheng, Texas A&M University

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Electrical and Computer

laboratories (also known as e-Lab,Tele-Lab)3,4, virtual laboratories6,7,8,9, and hybrid laboratories4 have been developed to reduce labequipment setup costs and increase accessibility. Other developments include the use ofinteractive7, multimedia-enhanced10,11, and integrated12 approaches and the Design-Build-Testconcept13 to make learning more interactive and visual. However, there have been relatively fewattempts to use technology to teach PLC programming.One of the authors was recently awarded a National Science Foundation grant to develop anIntegrated Virtual Learning System (IVLS) for PLC education that incorporates intelligenttutoring systems, simulations, and animations. A prototype version of this system, known asVirtual PLC, can be found at

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Bahram Nassersharif

simulations of virtual models, environments, and processes. The centerprovides a unique laboratory/classroom environment for immersive interaction with models,environments, data, and processes in engineering and the sciences. The center merges teaching andresearch activities into a powerful discovery environment in which faculty and students share a problem-solving tool for exploration of any subject using methods that are impossible in a physical laboratory.The first course that will be implemented in the classroom is our freshman engineering problemsolving/programming course using Matlab.The different phases of design and implementation of this very sophisticated classroom as well as the firstsemester teaching and learning experiences in this new

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Bahram Nassersharif

simulations of virtual models, environments, and processes. The centerprovides a unique laboratory/classroom environment for immersive interaction with models,environments, data, and processes in engineering and the sciences. The center merges teaching andresearch activities into a powerful discovery environment in which faculty and students share a problem-solving tool for exploration of any subject using methods that are impossible in a physical laboratory.The first course that will be implemented in the classroom is our freshman engineering problemsolving/programming course using Matlab.The different phases of design and implementation of this very sophisticated classroom as well as the firstsemester teaching and learning experiences in this new

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Bahram Nassersharif

simulations of virtual models, environments, and processes. The centerprovides a unique laboratory/classroom environment for immersive interaction with models,environments, data, and processes in engineering and the sciences. The center merges teaching andresearch activities into a powerful discovery environment in which faculty and students share a problem-solving tool for exploration of any subject using methods that are impossible in a physical laboratory.The first course that will be implemented in the classroom is our freshman engineering problemsolving/programming course using Matlab.The different phases of design and implementation of this very sophisticated classroom as well as the firstsemester teaching and learning experiences in this new

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Kim, Howard University; Mohamed Chouikha, Howard University; Veronica Thomas, Howard University

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Electrical and Computer

pedagogy. MobileStudio enables resource-limited institutions to establish mobile lab-classrooms in any space oncampus. Also, lab component teaching in online courses, which has been neglected due to theconstraints, can benefit from the mobile studio: remote students now can get the hands-onexperience of experimentation.From the early stage of the mobile laboratory concept, Howard University's Electrical and ComputerEngineering has partnered with Millard and, upon receipt of the necessary hardware and software,launched Mobile Studio in the core course teaching. The mobile studio enabled and encouraged"hands-on" exploration of engineering principles that has been restricted to specific laboratoryfacilities. The mobile studio we report in the paper

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Case Studies & Engineering Education Around the Globe

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karim Altaii, James Madison University; Hennia cavallini, University of Costa Rica

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International

January through July of 2007, there was a tremendous amount of information exchangedbetween the two universities concerning course logistics including over 70 e-mails and 30telephone calls. A course website3 was created at JMU to add the necessary course and tripinformation and all of the involved students (both JMU and UCR) were required to post aphotograph and a short biography of themselves as a means of virtual introduction. A programlogo was made by the UCR Media Center and was used on T-shirts, binders, and pamphlets topromote the program.Budget PreparationFor this experience, the budget included items such as faculty, teaching assistant, andadministrative support (JMU and UCR) salaries, guest lecturers and guides, admission tickets,tours

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Micro-/Nano-Technology Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

AC 2008-260: EXPERIMENTS IN MICRO-/NANO-CHRACTERIZATION OFMATERIALS SURFACESSurendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology “Vinnie” Gupta is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, and the recipient of the 2000 Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching. At RIT, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Applied Mechanics, Computational Techniques, and Materials Science. Page 13.596.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Experiments in Micro-/Nano- Characterization of Material SurfacesAbstractThis paper describes major revisions made in Spring

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Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2008-1348: APPLYING "CULTURAL CONSENSUS ANALYSIS" TO ASUBGROUP OF ENGINEERING EDUCATORSSusan 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 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. She is currently working on a collaborative NSF-funded Gender in