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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tzu-Liang Tseng; Thompson Sarkodie-Gyan, University of Texas, El Paso; Jianmei Zhang, University of Texas, El Paso

manufacturingtechnology courses: AA-0003 Advanced Micro-Manufacturing and AA-0004/BB-0001Advanced Automation & Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. The third step willinvolve restructuring the current course BB-0002 Production Planning and Control anddeveloping one new course BB-0003 Scheduling of Automated Manufacturing Systems.These courses, of interdisciplinary nature and their associated hands-on laboratoryexperience, will become capstone courses, which will include trainings on hardware,software, term projects and, most importantly, NBM practice.Generation of Course Modules and CoursesBelow, the conceptual framework of module-based course development through thequasi-web based approach is illustrated.Course Modules1. Simulation for Global & Micro

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Best Practices in IE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alister McLeod, Purdue University; April Savoy, Purdue University

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Industrial Engineering

generally regained confidenceand started working more on their own. However, the experience in their opinion might not havebeen worth it. In discussion with some of the students who have taken IT 214, concerns wereexpressed regarding their opinion that they will not reuse the software used in lab again until theend of their undergraduate studies. They became aware of this by speaking to students doingtheir capstone projects and also councilors who are familiar with the course material. Page 14.981.12Assessing the students based on final projects and written exams, it is clear that students learnmore with the addition of the projects rather than

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Best Practices in IE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Elam, Texas A&M University, Commerce; E. Delbert Horton, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Sukwon Kim, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Bob Wilkins, Texas A&M University, Commerce

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Industrial Engineering

of one journal. He is a member of the ASEE and is an American Society for Quality Certified Quality Engineer.E. Delbert Horton, Texas A&M University, Commerce E.DELBERT HORTON, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering. Dr. Horton teaches a variety of engineering courses, including: Industrial Operations Research courses, Industrial Capstone System Design, and a Project Management course. He has over 38 years experience in academia and in product development and manufacturing, and intelligence systems development and integration for U.S. Government agencies. His experience includes various engineering development and management, and consulting roles at Electrospace

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Manufacturing Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaolin Chen, Washington State University, Vancouver; Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Manufacturing

major goals for students choosingmechanical engineering majors. Seamless design, analysis, and manufacturing capabilities arerapidly being adopted by industry as a part of standard engineering practice. However,mechanical engineering curricula tend to overlook design and manufacturing relationships until Page 14.693.2the senior capstone course sequence [6]. A track area of Design and Manufacturing offered in amechanical engineering program may provide a viable solution to augment a conventional MEcurriculum. This paper presents details of planning, managing and implementing such acurriculum development activity in design and manufacturing under

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Manufacturing Curricula for the Year 2015 and Beyond

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Venkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York, Farmingdale; David Wells, North Dakota State University; Robert Mott, University of Dayton

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Manufacturing

and helpbring them to the classroom. Within the SME there is the North American ManufacturingResearch Institute (NAMRI) that holds annual research events. Over time increasing theeducational ties to this group should help identify prime areas for education that can beintroduced to the undergraduate curriculum ahead of industry demand. Page 14.393.6Places where research topics are expected to have a direct input include, ≠ Senior level capstone courses and undergraduate course projects ≠ Upper level electives and advanced topics courses ≠ Exposure through co-ops and internshipsInnovation in EducationEducation is a process, much like any process in manufacturing. Universities bring in studentsand

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Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Raresh Pascali, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Mechanical Engineering

Knowledge in Design System Lifecycle, Improvement, Evolution, & Design Under Constraints Support Application & Deployment of Current & Research & Development of Future Emerging Technologies Technologies Hardware Manufacturing – Software Design Process, Phases, & Approaches Implementation Development Project Management Hardware/Software Integration Ensure Reachable Goals Test, Verify

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New Learning Paradigms II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Jones, Purdue University; Peter Meckl, Purdue University; Michael Harris, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Osman Cekic, Purdue University; Martin Okos, Purdue University; Osvaldo Campanella, Purdue University; Neal Houze, Purdue University; James Litster, Purdue University; Nathan Mosier; Bernard Tao, Purdue University; Daniel Delaurentis, Purdue University; David Radcliffe, Purdue University; Kathleen Howell, Purdue University; Masataka Okutsu, Purdue University; Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Amy Penner, Purdue University; Alice Wilson, Purdue University; Leah Jamieson, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

at Purdue University.Leah Jamieson, Purdue University Dean Leah Jamieson is the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering/Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Jamieson earned a BS degree from MIT and MA, MSE and PhD degrees from Princeton. She is co-founder and past director of Purdue's Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program. Dr. Jamieson is the 2007 President and CEO of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering and she is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Her research interests ;include engineering education,computer engineering and signal processing

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Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College

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Environmental Engineering

proposed minor on‘Sustainability’ at a public university in the southeast United States. The minor is intended toreach across different disciplines such as Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Business, Engineeringand the Visual Arts. The case is made for a standalone minor in sustainability that encompassesfactors such as carbon footprint, limited resources, renewable energy, and the business case forsustainability. It also stresses on the importance of a capstone course that emphasizes handsexperience in designing sustainable systems (products or services).Different aspects of a multifaceted issue such as sustainability are addressed using a QFDapproach to ensure objectivity and quality of course material as well as instruction.IntroductionThere has

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert Hendricks, Virginia Tech; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech; Richard Clark, Virginia Western Community College; Carl Shek, Virginia Tech

Education, 2009 Lab-in-a-Box: Development of Materials to Support Independent Experimentation on Concepts from CircuitsAbstractA project known as Lab-in-a-Box (LiaB) was developed in 2004 as one of the outcomes of a department-level reform within the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at VirginiaTech, addressing a need that was identified through student and employer surveys for concrete examplesof fundamental concepts in electrical engineering. LiaB is a set of ‘hands-on’ exercises in which studentsdesign, build, and test at home various d.c. and a.c. circuits using an inexpensive electronics kit, digitalmultimeter, and a software oscilloscope and, thus, has not require significant resources to implement

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Best Zone Paper Competition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristi Shryock, Texas A&M University; Helen Reed, Texas A&M University

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Council of Sections

tools is that wording must be clear enough to be equally understood by allparties, and improperly worded surveys can cause a bias with your results. By adding open-ended questions to the survey, this can sometimes diminish these problems.4Direct Interviews and/or InputInterviews can be regarded as both indirect and direct methods of assessment, depending on theimplementation. Interviews held between the department head and graduating seniors where thediscussion focuses on their favorite class, favorite professor, etc. would be considered an indirectmethod since opinions or self-reporting is expressed. However, bringing industry members toobserve student performance during a senior capstone course design review would be considereda direct method

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nhut Ho, California State University, Northridge; Robert Ryan, California State University, Northridge

improve student performanceand retention challenges unique to minority institutions by using the Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate (CDIO) framework as the context for engineering education. Thisframework facilitated a systems engineering design process by benchmarking andformulating the skills, knowledge, and attitudes desired by stakeholders (industry,faculty, students) as requirements for the design, engaging freshman students early andcontinuously in the program with continuity in the courses and relaxation ofprerequisites, establishing mutually supporting contents and proficiency in skill levelsamong the courses, integrating the teaching of personal and interpersonal skills into thedesign projects, using active and experiential learning

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston; Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Electrical and Computer

research projects while engaged in teaching, research and consulting in the area of power electronics, motor drives, power quality and clean power utility interface issues.Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston FARROKH ATTARZADEH Dr. Attarzadeh is an associate professor in the Engineering Technology Department, College of Technology at the University of Houston. He teaches software programming, digital logic, and is in charge of the senior project course in the Computer Engineering Program. He is an Associated Editor for student papers of the Journal of Technology Interface (http://engr.nmsu.edu/~etti/). He is a member of ASEE and has been with the University of Houston since 1983.Miguel Ramos

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Computer Education Innovations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Cochrane, University of Canterbury

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Computers in Education

lectures would have been requiredfor students to present 8 minute oral presentations in groups of about 4. Unfortunately,allocating 4 lecture hours to oral presentations was unfeasible because if impacts on limitedlecture and lab time necessary for covering other critical technical material. Unless otheralternatives were sought to provide students with opportunities to practice oral presentations,engineering student oral communication skills would suffer.The lack of previous experience in giving oral presentations can readily be seen when final yearstudents are given an opportunity to present their capstone final year project, and do a poor job ofit. In other engineering disciplines, where final year projects are not a requirement, students cango

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Design Cognition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Pappas

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Design in Engineering Education

. "Online Collaborative Design Projects: Overcoming Barriers toCommunication." International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2001, 189-196.9 Paulik, M. and M. Krishnan. "A Competition-Motivated Capstone Design Course: The Result of a Fifteen-YearEvolution." IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2001, 67-7510 McMasters, J. and S. Ford. "An Industry View of Enhancing Design Education." Journal of EngineeringEducation, Vol. No. 79, No. 3, 1990, 526-529.11 Culver, R., Woods, D. and Peggy Fitch. "Gaining Professional Expertise Through Design Activities." Journal ofEngineering Education, Vol. 79, No. 3, 1990, 533-536.12 Ernst, E., and J.R. Lohman. "Designing Undergraduate Curricula." Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 79

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Topics in Engineering Ethics IV

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Salvatore Marsico, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre

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Engineering Ethics

unregistered persons whomay have violated the statutes governing the profession. The power of theseboards, in the United States, is vested in them through the police power of theirrespective states’ constitutions. Addressing ethical issues impacting the professionis a central theme which runs throughout the required capstone courseProfessional Aspects of Land Surveying offered at Penn State University. Inaddressing these issues students, for first three weeks of the semester are engagedin reading, interpreting statutes, and researching case law with respect toregistration laws, code of ethics, and the disciplinary actions taken by thelicensing boards of a number of jurisdictions. It is the intent of this article topresent a compilation of the

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Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Garry Warren, University of Alabama; Susan Burkett, University of Alabama; David Cordes, University of Alabama; Marcus Brown, University of Alabama

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Liberal Education

-module score of 3.7 to apost module score of 4.3 on a 5-point Likert scale. Another approach has been to combine studyof contemporary issues and ethics through case studies.14,15 Authors discussed the challenges ofteaching a truly contemporary ethical case study, where new information became available everyday. Needy introduces students to the impact of contemporary issues on project management byincluding articles from the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and the local paper as discussiontopics in her engineering management course.16ImplementationPrior to starting the actual meetings each semester, it is necessary to identify a time and locationfor the meetings and to publicize these events. Setting the time for the meeting is

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Bahr, Washington State University

senior retention inengineering fluctuates year by year between 45% and 48%. As noted in the literature2, theindependent aspect of research in STEM fields is often a capstone, held until the end of thecurriculum as a culminating experience. However, it has been found that the retention rate ofstudents in STEM increases with participation in undergraduate research; at WSU we have foundthat retention rates can double for students participating in research activities3. Undergraduateresearch is regularly noted in the National Survey of Student Engagement as a significant way toimprove student learning4. Thus, undergraduate research programs, including those thatincorporate coursework and/or peer mentorship, should increase student engagement

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kyle A. Watson; Ashland O. Brown

are covered in atraditional undergraduate course, (b) a basic knowledge of finite element theory, and (c) theability to apply commercial finite element software to engineering problems involving thermalsystems. Assessment has been done through the use of pre- and post-tutorial quizzes, studentopinion surveys, and demographic surveys of student learning styles. Furthermore, theimplementation of a design project that involves an application of the knowledge gained from thetutorials is also discussed.Introduction The finite element (FE) method is a widely used tool in industry for analyzing engineering problems. The most basic FE theory and applications are offered primarily as a graduate- level course, or in some cases, as an upper-level

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Educational Research

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University; Philip Harding, Oregon State University; Edith Gummer, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

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Educational Research and Methods

processes of the project. She has been faculty in science and mathematics education quantitative and qualitative research design courses at the doctoral level. She has been involved in the development of innovative mathematics curricular activities and formative assessment in mathematics problem solving. Page 14.347.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Comparison of Student Perceptions of Virtual and Physical LaboratoriesKey words: metacognition, experimental design, virtual laboratoryAbstractThis paper presents an analysis of student survey responses after completion of three differentlaboratories, two

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stacy Klein-Gardner; Loren Limberis; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University

Page 14.408.24000), Bioprocess Separation Engineering (BIOE 4010), Bioprocess Plant Design, andSimulation and Analysis (BIOE 4020). The bioprocess engineering concentration courses are inaddition to the two semester capstone design sequence that will also have some bioprocessrelated component. The faculty of ECU’s engineering program are encouraged to pursue novel approachesto engineering education. The newly created concentration in bioprocess engineering providesan excellent opportunity to develop and implement a novel curriculum based upon provenpedagogical approaches designed to engage the students and improve their mastery of concepts.The objectives of this project are: 1. Utilize proven techniques to develop nine

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Best Practices in K-12 Engineering Panel

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Klein-Gardner; Michele Dischino; Manjit Khosla, HALS Academy; Patrick Foster, Central Connecticut State University; Carol Shields, Stevens Institute of Technology; Dan Fagan, Wallace Primary School; Martha Cyr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Staley, Doherty Memorial High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

production), Management and Entrepreneurship Skills,and career pathways. The Electronics Vocational Framework requires a detailed analysis intoanalog and digital circuitry. Several courses rely on the Drafting Vocational Framework,focusing on computer aided design (Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD), analyzing blueprints,dimensioning, and creating 2 and 3 dimensional models.In the senior year capstone course, one of the major objectives is to integrate advancedmathematics and science into the engineering and technology education. The governingvocational document for this course requires a large number of embedded academic (i.e. mathand science) skills within the vocational standards. In order to accomplish this, the classcompletes a project analyzing

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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5. Dinner Speech: Cultivating Collaboration and Interdisciplinary Practice, Thomas MacCalla 10 6. Keynote Speech: Innovations in Undergraduate Bioengineering Education, Melissa Kurtis Micou 11 7. Concluding Speech: When Did Engineering Become so Cool? Engaging a New Generation, David Hauhurst 12 8. Classifying Student Engineering Design Project Types, Micah Lande 13 9. Learning Communities Improve Retention in Engineering and Computer Science, Raman Menon Unnikrishnan and Ricardo V. Lopez

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New Trends in CHE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Keisha Walters, Mississippi State University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Rebecca Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Rafael Hernandez; Priscilla Hill, Mississippi State University; Hossein Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Todd French, Mississippi State University

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Chemical Engineering

Polymeric and Multicomponent Materials courses. Her funding includes NSF and DOE and she received the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award in 2006. Central to her research in polymer and surface engineering is the design and synthesis of molecules with well-defined chemical functionality and molecular architecture with current projects on stimuli-responsive and biomass-based polymeric materials.Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University Bill Elmore, Ph.D., P.E., is Associate Professor and Hunter Henry Chair, Mississippi State University. His teaching areas include the integrated freshman engineering and courses throughout the chemical engineering curriculum including unit operations

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BME Curriculum Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sonya Seif-Naraghi, University of California, San Diego

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Biomedical

the model that Purdue has, short trips might be the best way to begin. Two to fourweeks would be a good start for a small group of bioengineering students to travel toanother country and interact with students there. A good example of this type of trip is aninitiative in the aerospace engineering department at Arizona State Univerisity – studentsfrom ASU collaborate with students from ITESM’s Monterrey campus to complete theirSenior Design projects. They communicate via teleconference and email throughout theyear and then spend three weeks together to assemble and present their completedproject. If relationships such as this could be initiated for the other disciplines, thatwould beneficial; the potential for positive cultural and

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Engineering Ethics V

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Donald Chinn, University of Washington, Tacoma

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Engineering Ethics

were, she said that she wanted to be a part of acompany that contributes to society, either as a developer or as a manager. When asked by the developers technical questions, she demonstrated that she could design andwrite simple code (design of a tic-tac-toe game, and how to determine whether some has won in a gameof tic-tac-toe). When asked to write Quicksort, she had trouble at first, but she eventually got it right.Had trouble remembering when it might be more appropriate to use a hash table than a binary searchtree. When asked what courses she took for electives, she said she took the database course, thenetworks course, the digital media course, the entrepreneurial course, and a capstone project where sheimplemented a

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Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston; Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Raresh Pascali, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Engineering Technology

in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University. She joined the University of Houston in 1993 where she is a full Professor of Engineering Technology and Electrical and Computer Engineering. She is an IEEE Senior member and is actively involved in teaching, research and consulting in the area of power electronics, motor drives, power quality and clean power utility interface issues.Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston Dr. Attarzadeh is an associate professor of Engineering Technology. He teaches software programming, digital logic, and is in charge of the senior project course in the Compute Engineering Technology Program. He is a member of ASEE and serves as Associated Editor for

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Forsberg, Hofstra University

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Mechanical Engineering

five of the lab experiments in the course. In light of Page 14.1306.7the very positive results, it is planned to extend the KSB approach to the otherexperiments in the course and ultimately to other courses (e. g., capstone design courses).Bibliography1. MSTP Project: Mathematics Across the Middle School MST Curriculum. Retrieved fromwww.hofstra.edu/mstp on March 5, 2009.2. Hunter, Margaret A. and Forsberg, Charles H.; Experiences of Engineering University Faculty in aMiddle School Math, Science and Technology Partnership (MSTP), Proceedings of the ASEE Mid-AtlanticSpring 2005 Conference; April 15 & 16, 2005; Fairleigh Dickinson University

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Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; Andrew Biaglow, United States Military Academy; David Chang, United States Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

science and 1.0 credit hour to engineering design. Thecourse builds upon the foundations from the basic engineering mechanics course in statics anddynamics, and the basic electrical engineering course covering electrical circuits andcomponents. The course provides the background, experience, and fundamental designknowledge to complete capstone design projects requiring dynamic modeling and controlexpertise. The course is multidisciplinary and is conducted as a joint offering with theDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Department of Civil andMechanical Engineering.The course provides an overview of classical control theory as the foundation for controlapplications in electrical, mechanical, chemical and aeronautical

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History of Aerospace Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Eberhardt, Boeing Company; Lee Jonathan, Boeing Company; Adam Bruckner, University of Washington

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Aerospace

work with Bill Boeingon the wind tunnel project, Millerresigned from the University in thesummer of 1917 to become ChiefEngineer at the newly renamed BoeingAirplane Company.6 Concurrent with this turn ofevents, the Mechanical Engineering Fig. 2 The Boeing Wind Tunnel at the University ofdepartment began a search for a new Washington (c.1918). Clairmont Egtvedt isfaculty member to implement and third from left. This facility is still in use butinstruct a complete aeronautics with a modern 3’x3’ wind tunnel inside.curriculum. This search led to thehiring of Frank McKone for the 1917-1918 academic year. The curriculum that McKoneorganized

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Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Kenneth Simonson, University of Cincinnati; Latiera Evans, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of the program by the doctoral Fellows participating in the NSFGraduate K-12 Fellows STEP (Science and Technology Expansion Project)grant in which the students and their parents were given a set of materials tobe used to design and build a tower that need to be a minimum of 5 or moreinches tall with a platform to hold a paper cup. Thus this project served asthe capstone experience. A fixed time limit for designing and constructingwas specified. The objective was to see which tower could hold the mostpennies. Figure 2 shows a Fellow testing one of the towers. The judgingparameters used by the STEP Fellows were: correct height of the tower, Figure 2. STEP Fellow