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Contemporary Practices in Engineering Management Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Engineering Management

AC 2009-1429: A CASE STUDY OF REENGNINEERINGGene Dixon, East Carolina University Page 14.8.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A CASE STUDY OF REENGNINEERING Gene Dixon East Carolina UniversityAbstractOrganizations undertake reengineering in a variety of ways and for a variety of reasons mostly centeredon improving productivity and profitability. Reengineering has been implemented on a variety of scalesincluding a department, a division, a company a business unit or a corporation typically with variedimpact and effectiveness. This paper presents a continuing

Conference Session

Engaging Students in Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Val Hawks, Brigham Young University; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-1452: TEACHING LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES TO UNDERGRADUATEENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY STUDENTSVal Hawks, Brigham Young UniversityRonald Terry, Brigham Young University Page 14.1142.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Leadership Principles to Undergraduate Engineering and Technology StudentsIntroductionIn an address given in 1997 the former president of Brigham Young University’s Board ofTrustees, Gordon B. Hinckley, said to students, ”I hope you will distinguish yourselves asleaders. I hope your training at this university will endow you with an interesting and powerfulsense of responsibility toward the world

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Statics and Dynamics: What's New

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Anderson, Texas Tech; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech; Diana Hudson, Texas Tech

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Mechanical Engineering

instructors are now reviewing these findings and developingpedagogies that promote the learning of concepts as well as problem solving.Acknowledgements:The authors wish to acknowledge the Texas Tech University Vice-President for Research for hissupport of this research.Bibliography:1. National Research Council, (1999), How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, Committee ofDevelopments in the Science of Learning, Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L., Cocking, R.R., (eds.), National AcademyPress, Washington, DC.2. Stief, P.S., and Hansen, M., (2006), Comparisons Between Performances in a Statics Concepts Inventory andCourse Examinations, Int. J. Eng. Educ., 5.3. Sorby, S.A., (2007), Developing 3D spatial skills for engineering students

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ELD Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Strife, West Virginia University

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2009-1600: WORKING WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND LISTENING TO USERS:FACULTY AND STUDENTS DEFINE LIBRARY SPACE AND SERVICE NEEDSMary Strife, West Virginia University Page 14.1380.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Working within the system while thinking out of the box: faculty and students define library space and service needsAbstractThe redesign of the first floor of the Evansdale Library at West Virginia University is now ontrack. An interior designer from the university has been assigned and completion is expected byfall 2009. However, we wanted to know what our students and faculty had in mind for ourspace. We will have wasted much time and

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmine Balascio, University of Delaware

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Engineering Technology

population segment that has not been served well byexisting engineering master’s programs at the university because graduate classes are often notscheduled with working people in mind. Courses for the BREG master’s degree will be offeredin the late afternoon and early evening so people employed full time can enroll. Besides cateringto an underserved clientele with the non-thesis option, we believe the non-thesis master’s willbolster the thesis-option master’s degree by increasing enrollment in our graduate-level courses,thus making the overall program more viable.We are also exploring the possibility of obtaining EAC-ABET accreditation of the master’sdegree. Such a program would leave open the possibility of developing a five-year course ofstudy

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gregory Fischer, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gary Pollice, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

withnumerous examples of how this foundation applies to “ideal” problems. This approach echoesthe “pour it in” model referred to by Smith were he states: Consider the most common model of the classroom-based teaching and learning process used in engineering education in the past fifty years (and maybe currently?). This model ... is a presentational model where, as one pundit quipped, “the information passes from the notes of the professor to the notes of the students without passing through the mind of either one.”1Using this model of education, students are simply expected to “know” how to use this “poured Page 14.269.2in” material to synthesize

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Distance and Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Mehrabian, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University; Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Technology

delivery. These factors are essentialand significant in successful delivery and access to a robust distance learning environment.Our department at the College of Engineering and Computer Science offers undergraduatedegree programs to more than 600 students. With a current estimate of enrollment of 100students per annum, Senior Design Project is a required design course for all students. Thiscourse is taken during the last semester of the student’s senior year. In this course studentscombine, apply, and verify, in the form of a project, what they have learned throughout theircollege education. Thus, it is a “hands-on” and “minds-on” course and requires the students todevelop, design, build, and test a product, commonly, a device, presumably to be

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University

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Engineering Technology

design, the new hydraulicbicycle was developed by the second group and successfully participated in the competition.Bibliography1. National Research Council, Engineering education: Designing an adaptive system, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1995.2. National Academy of Engineering, http://www.nae.edu/nae/caseecomnew.nsf?OpenDatabase, 14 January 2006,3. Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. 2000. How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school: Expanded edition. The National Academies Press.4. Blust, R. And Myszka, D., Merging Design Competition and Industry Sponsored Projects, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, 2005.5. Shuman, L.J., Besterfield-Sacre, M

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Laboratory Development and Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Hernandez, Michigan Technological University; Stanley Vitton, Michigan Technological University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2009-438: A NEW APPROACH TO SOIL MECHANICS LABORATORYCURRICULA: INCORPORATING THE BOK INTO A WORKSHOP-ORIENTEDLABORATORYLaura Hernandez, Michigan Technological University Laura Hernandez is a Civil Engineering (Geotechnical) Graduate Student at Michigan Tech. She obtained a BSE in Civil Engineering and a BS in Scientific and Technical Communication both from Tech. Laura is currently working on implementing the BOK into the Civil Engineering curriculum.Stanley Vitton, Michigan Technological University Dr. Vitton has been at Michigan Tech for 14 years. Prior to Michigan Tech he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama. He spent eight years with the Shell Oil Company in their

Conference Session

Best Practices in IE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Daniel Ludwigsen, Kettering University

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2009-460: INTEGRATING STUDENT EXPERIENCE INTO THE CLASSROOMTerri Lynch-Caris, Kettering UniversityDaniel Ludwigsen, Kettering University Page 14.769.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Integrating Student Experience into the ClassroomAbstractEngineering educators seek to inspire their students to integrate classroom theories with theirown experience. This paper describes the development of an activity integrating co-opexperiences and/or research interests with classroom learning. The resulting instrument, CITIES– Beyond the Classroom, will be useful for STEM educators to create a participative classroomenvironment. The instrument may be

Conference Session

Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in IT/IET

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad Laux, Purdue University; Edem Tetteh, Virginia State University; Carmen Caldwell, Virginia State University

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Engineering Technology

in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He completed a Ph.D. in Industrial Technology at Purdue University. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology at Virginia State University. He is a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) and The National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT). Dr. Tetteh has received several awards which include Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, Who's Who among Universities and Colleges Award, and Best Ergonomics Paper Award at the IIE Conference in 2004 in Houston, TX.Carmen Caldwell, Virginia State University Ms. Caldwell is an undergraduate

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Innovations in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Troy Perales, Texas A&M University; Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay Porter, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-217: A LABVIEW FPGA TOOLKIT TO TEACH DIGITAL LOGICDESIGNTroy Perales, Texas A&M University Troy Perales graduated from the Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) Program in 2007 and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Computer Science at Texas A&M University. He is graduate assistant for teaching within the EET Program and is responsible for the development and delivery of laboratories associated with digital design and analog electronic devices.Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University Joseph A. Morgan has over 20 years of military and industry experience in electronics and telecommunications systems engineering. He joined the Engineering Technology and Industrial

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Maixner, United States Air Force Academy; James Baughn, UC Davis

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2009-430: A SIMPLE, AFFORDABLE STEADY-STATE FIN HEAT TRANSFERMINI-LAB/DEMOMichael Maixner, United States Air Force Academy Michael Rex Maixner graduated with distinction from the U. S. Naval Academy, and served as a commissioned officer in the USN for 25 years; his first 12 years were spent as a shipboard officer, while his remaining service was spent strictly in engineering assignments. He received his Ocean Engineer and SMME degrees from MIT, and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. He served as an Instructor at the Naval Postgraduate School and as a Professor of Engineering at Maine Maritime Academy; he is currently a member of the Department

Conference Session

Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Civil Engineering

students’ knowledge of the types of global and societal issues faced bycivil engineers. Analysis of the open-ended questions revealed increased breadth of awarenessafter completion of the lecture and discussion series. Student comments from the variouslectures included: “His openness about personal thoughts and beliefs helped me to realize what I should consider when it comes to where I should go from here. It's nice to hear something non- technical and non-academic.” “His statistics about children at the beginning of the talk were mind-blowing. He made me think a lot about how good we have it in the US” “Great things don't happen in your comfort zone!” “I have never looked at Civil Engineering in this way

Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College; David Lieberman, Queensborough Community College; Don Engelberg, Queensborough Community College; Alex Flamholz, Queensborough Community College; Paul Marchese, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College

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Engineering Technology

attend school part time. In these cases it oftentakes many more years to complete the various 4-year degree programs. The laser programcourses are listed on the college website (www.qcc.cuny.edu).Our experience shows that the initial advisement and high school preparation is rather importantin order to properly place the transferring student into the correct program. Some students dochange their minds on their courses of study and join our programs later on. We have devisedplans to accommodate those students. The ABET accredited laser technology program containsa simplified calculus course that is not suitable for engineering programs. Fortunately, our laser

Conference Session

ChE: Experimental Design & Error Analysis

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

2006-431: HANDS-ON EXPERIMENTAL ERROR! IMPROVING STUDENTS'UNDERSTANDING OF ERROR ANALYSISStephanie Farrell, Rowan University STEPHANIE FARRELL is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. She received her B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania, her MS from Stevens Institute of Technology, and her Ph.D. from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Rowan in September, 1998, she was a faculty member in Chemical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. Stephanie's current educational research focuses on the role of hands-on experiments in inductive learning

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Where are We Going? The Future of Civil Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Harichandran, Michigan State University

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Civil Engineering

2006-1207: CURRENT RESEARCH THRUSTS IN CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTALENGINEERING AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION: A BIG 10+PERSPECTIVERonald Harichandran, Michigan State University Ronald Harichandran is professor and chairperson of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU). He has been chairperson since 1995 and is a Fellow of ASCE. His department leads the largest engineering-based study abroad programs in the country. He currently serves on the ASCE Department Heads Council Executive Committee, the Accreditation Committee of the ASCE Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice, and the ASCE Body of Knowledge II Committee. He is the

Conference Session

Diversity, Recruiting, and Retention in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Merwan Mehta, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

engineer, manufacturing engineer, manager, and consultant. His research interests are improving manufacturing productivity through lean principles and the pursuit of quality and variation control through six-sigma principles. He is a senior member of Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) & Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME), and is a member of the National Association for Industrial Technology (NAIT), American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE), and American Society for Quality (ASQ). He is a Certified Manufacturing Engineer through SME, and is an ASQ Certified Six-Sigma Black Belt. Page

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Emerging EM Areas

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Parden, Santa Clara University

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Engineering Management

2006-629: ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCYRobert Parden, Santa Clara University Chair and Professor Department of Engineering Management and Leadership Santa Clara University Page 11.975.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 2006-629: ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCYAbstractThe motivation of engineers, and other technical professionals, includes two significant factors:enhanced, personal career development, and, expanded responsibility in their firms. Leadershipof continuous improvement, in the search for productivity and organizational efficiency, cansupport these two ambitions. Organizational Efficiency is

Conference Session

Awareness, Expectations, and Recognition of Ethics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Pfeifer, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Ethics

model, I have had students who have been apart of one of my module lectures, end up in one of my full-length ethics courses as a result. Over the course of the successive projects, my (second author) perspective on ethicseducation has changed dramatically. As an engineering professor, I still believe it is critical thatthe students be exposed to ethical situations in the context of solving engineering problems sothat they understand that even everyday decisions require ethical choices. However, I nowrecognize the need for a deeper understanding of the variety of ethical theories. It is not enoughfor students to read a case study, discuss their personal views on the matter, then debate withpeers to see if they can change each other’s minds

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Shaobo Huang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Marius D Ellingsen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University; John Ziadat, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering

presented here reports on a recentcurriculum change with the potential to affect students’ career awareness in the MechanicalEngineering department at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Beginning in theFall of 2016, a new track was added to an existing sophomore design course, with the mainobjective to increasing students’ systems thinking skills. Within this new course, systemsthinking concepts were presented to the students keeping a second objective in mind: providing awide variety of examples and case studies representative of different career options thatmechanical engineers have. In addition, the topics in the course were presented using anapproach designed to not only capture the attention of the students, but to ensure a

Conference Session

Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hsiao-Wen Wang, National Cheng Kung University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #19958Multidisciplinary Efforts Addressing Problem-Based Learning in a GraduateCourseProf. Hsiao-Wen Wang, National Cheng Kung University Hsiao-Wen Wang is an Associate Professor with the Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering and the director of International Relations Division, Office of International Affairs in NCKU. Her fields of expertise include river mechanics and restoration, sediment transport, ecohydraulics, water environment planning and assessment, and geomorphology. Her recent research interests include innovative learning and teaching design in engineering education

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MET Papers 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oai Ha, Western Carolina University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

to render abstract concepts in graphical representations and extractcorrect spatial information from the structures’ drawings. Spatial ability is defined as theprocesses of constructing, maintaining, and manipulating three-dimensional (3D) objects inone’s mind [1, 2, 3] and considered to have multiple subfactors [4, 5] such as spatialvisualization, spatial orientation, and speed rotation [6]. Research studies that discussed theroles of spatial ability in engineering education have primarily focused on the spatialvisualization, which is the main factor of spatial ability [7]. Some widely used spatialvisualization tests in engineering education [8, 9, 10] include the Purdue Spatial VisualizationTest: Rotations (PSVT: R) [11], the Vandenberg

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EET Papers 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University Northwest; Yoonill Lee, Purdue University Northwest; Omer Farook, Purdue University Northwest

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #20160Digital Communication as the First Course in Undergraduate Telecommuni-cation Engineering Technology ProgramDr. Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University Northwest Jai P. Agrawal is a professor in electrical and computer engineering technology at Purdue University Northwest. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from University of Illinois, Chicago, in 1991, dissertation in power electronics. He also received M.S. and B.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, in 1970 and 1968, respectively. His expertise includes analog and digital electronics design, power

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2: Curriculum and the Classroom

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra L. Furterer, University of Dayton

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Engineering Management

Paper ID #18337Enhancing Higher Level Learning in an Engineering Management Organi-zational Behavior CourseDr. Sandra L. Furterer, University of Dayton Dr. Sandy Furterer is an Associate Professor at the University of Dayton, in the Department of Engi- neering Management, Systems and Technology. She recently came from industry as a VP of Process Transformation for Park National Bank in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Furterer received her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering with a specialization in Quality Engineering from the University of Central Florida in 2004. She received an MBA from Xavier University, and a Bachelor and

Conference Session

Technical Session 2: Improving Information Literacy Programs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff McAdams, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Julia Glauberman, Binghamton University Libraries

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Engineering Libraries

. Billington is a structural engineering professor at Princeton. He co-Content authored article 1 which was published in 2007 in the International Journal of Space Structures. Billington also wrote article 2, an op-ed that appeared in the New York Times on August 18, 2007. With that information in mind, write 1-2 paragraphs reflecting on your reaction to learning that these articles were written by the same author. While reflecting, consider how the format of each of the articles affected your perceptions as a reader and why the author’s tone or language may have varied from one article to the other. Submission - two open-ended responses

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Programming, Virtual Reality, and Dynamic Systems

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis O'Connor, California State University, Chico

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #18211Investigations into Engineering Dynamics Theory: A Student-Led Project toUtilize Smartphone TechnologyDr. Dennis O’Connor, California State University, Chico Dennis M. O’Connor California State University, Chico Chico, CA 95929-0789 dmoconnor@csuchico.edu Professional Preparation B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Au- gust 2004 M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, May 2007 Ph.D. Engineering Science, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, May 2014 Academic Appointments Lab Manager, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Aug 2005 - Aug

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark H. Minster, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #18177Learning Sustainability through the Design ProcessDr. Jennifer Mueller Price PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyDr. Mark H. Minster, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Associate Professor of English c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Learning Sustainability through the Design ProcessAbstractFirst-year engineering students across disciplines who have joined the HERE: Living and LearningToday for Tomorrow program (formerly the Home for Environmentally Responsible Engineering)participate in a three-course sequence: Introduction to Sustainability, Rhetoric and Composition

Conference Session

New Directions for ET

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Glen Wood, University of Houston, Downtown; Sergio Pena Diaz; Victoria Valencia, University of Houston, Downtown; Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Lisa Deane Morano, University of Houston, Downtown

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #25081Solar Powered Aquaponics: Modeling Real World Solutions through Engi-neering TechnologyMr. Sean Glen Wood, University of Houston, Downtown Glen earned his bachelor’s degree in Controls and Instrumentation Engineering Technology with a minor in Sustainability from the University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, Texas, in 2018, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Glen was heavily involved in the Center for Urban Agriculture and Sustainability at the University, participating in multiple research projects that emphasized sustainable technologies in the urban setting. He is currently working for Shell as a member of the

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Accreditation II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Tymvios, Bucknell University; Eliana Christou, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Construction Engineering

junior faculty to go through the tenure process, which in their minds hassome impediments, as well as requirements (perceived or prescribed) that need to be achieved.BackgroundFaculty in engineering have expressed concerns regarding the ability to meet the increasing andvague expectations for tenure. Many of these conversations happen in the sidelines atconferences, and specific examples in literature indicating the impediments to tenure are rare.Specific concerns, real or perceived, include and are not limited to, lack of funding opportunities,focus on applied research, difficulties in publishing results, high teaching expectation andteaching load [7].The requirements for tenure vary among institutions, and can vary from year to year within