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Industrial Collaborations and Applications

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology; Eva Graham, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-136: TO ENCOURAGE AND EXCITE THE NEXT GENERATION OFENGINEERS THROUGH HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION PROJECTS FORSPACE EXPLORATIONAyanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Ayanna Howard has a strong commitment to advancing research centered around transplanting human “smarts” into robotic systems. Her research has resulted in over 60 written works in a number of projects – from landing on Mars to autonomous rover navigation. To date, her unique accomplishments have been documented in over 12 featured articles - including being named as one of the world's top young innovators of 2003 by the prestigious MIT Technology Review journal and in TIME magazine’s "Rise of the Machines" article in

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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W. Roy Penney; Rachel M. Lee; Meagan E. Magie; Edgar C. Clausen

Design Projects in Undergraduate Heat Transfer: Six Examples from the Fall 2007 Course at the University of Arkansas W. Roy Penney, Rachel M. Lee, Meagan E. Magie, Edgar C. Clausen Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering University of ArkansasIntroductionOne of the main objectives of engineering education is to effectively transfer subject informationto the engineering students. A number of methods have been developed for enhancing thisstudent learning including multimedia developments1,2, active, problem-based learning3,collaborative learning4,5, and participation in cooperative education6. Several papers havespecifically addressed

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Anilkumar Bhate; M.G. Prasad; Lex McCusker

An integrated Approach to Creating Student-Awareness, Pedagogy and Efficient Management of Multi-Cultural Teams in Engineering Projects Anilkumar Bhate, M.G. Prasad, Lex McCusker Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New JerseyAbstractTeamwork is an essential aspect of most engineering projects. Often the teams consist of memberscoming from diverse backgrounds, and such diverse backgrounds may lead to internal conflicts within theteams. Engineering students, many to become managers in their future careers, need to be educated abouthow to deal with the diversity in their work teams. Teams

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Lou Harrington; Austin Bartlett; Quentin Willard; Jason McKay; Bruce Brown; Ernest Wong

Engineering Success & Successful Engineering: A West Point Cadet Project with NASA Illustrates the Value of Diversity Lou Harrington, United States Military Academy Austin Bartlett, United States Military Academy Quentin Willard, United States Military Academy Jason McKay, United States Military Academy Bruce Brown, United States Military Academy Ernest Wong, United States Military AcademyAbstract: As part of their senior year capstone experience at the United States Military Academy, fiveSystems Engineering and Engineering Management cadets are working with NASA on enhancing

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Thomas F. C. Woodhall

Designing a Rubric to Assess the Problem Definition Phase of Student Design Projects in Upper Year Engineering Courses Thomas F. C. Woodhall, B.Sc., B.A., M.Sc. (Candidate) Queen’s University at Kingston Ontario CanadaAbstractIn order to bridge the gap between a student’s understanding and instructor’s perception ofsubject mastery, it is important to assess upper year capstone design projects in a way whichtargets the important aspects within each stage of the design process, while providing feedbackthat is instructive and helpful. A rubric was created that assesses a student’s mastery of theproblem definition phase of a design project (as defined by Dominick et al. 2001). The

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Capstone Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara

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Design in Engineering Education

directed all research activities, the identification of new technologies, and the review of new business opportunities for the corporation. His responsibilities included transitioning projects into development and potential commercialization. He identified and successfully created research programs with leading academic institutions and formed strategic alliances with other high technology companies. He is currently a Lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Technology Management Program in the College of Engineering. He remains active in the field of medical devices as a consultant for new ventures and investment

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Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Soller, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Erdogan Sener, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

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Construction

AC 2007-286: INNOVATIVE METRICS FOR ASSESSMENT OF A CAPSTONECOURSE IN A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CURRICULUMMichael Soller, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Michael J. Soller., Project Director at Shook Construction. B.S. Civil Eng., University of Dayton, M.S. Technology Candidate, Purdue University. He has over 20 years of commercial and industrial project management experience and has been an adjunct professor for the Department of Construction Technology of Purdue School of Engineering & Technology at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) for 9 years. Mr. Soller is a member of ASCE, ASEE, AIC, Advisory Board with the Construction Technology

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Meeting ABET Requirements

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Biney, Prairie View A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-1556: ASSESSING ABET OUTCOMES USING CAPSTONE DESIGNCOURSESPaul Biney, Prairie View A&M University Page 12.261.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Assessing ABET Outcomes Using Capstone Design CoursesAbstractThis paper presents a methodology fo r using capstone design project courses for assessing anumber of ABET outcomes. In the advent of EC 2000, Engineering programs have grappledwith methods for assessing some of the ABET outcomes, especially those skills which are nottaught in the traditional engineering programs.Senior Design and Professionalism I and II are two capstone design courses taken by seniors inthe College of Engineering over a

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ChE: Innovations in Student Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Christensen, Texas A&M University; Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University; Janie Stratton Haney, Texas A&M University; Mahmoud El-Halwagi, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University; Charles Glover, Texas A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2007-984: ENHANCEMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGINTRODUCTORY CURRICULUM THROUGH SERVICE LEARNINGIMPLEMENTATIONLale Yurttas, Texas A&M University Lale Yurttas is a Senior Lecturer and Assistant Department Head in Chemical Engineering Department at Texas A&M University. She chairs Departmental ABET Committee. She also participates in Engineers Without Borders-USA, especially in TAMU Chapter and coordinates service learning activities for the current NSF project. She has 10 years of experience in engineering education and curriculum development.Jennifer Christensen, Texas A&M University Jennifer Christensen is a junior in Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering. She is an

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Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Baker, Michigan Technological University; Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Richard Berkey, Michigan Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

agreements, and other related agreements with industrial partners. Jim is a registered Patent Agent and holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering, an M.S. in Civil Engineering and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Michigan Technological University.Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University Ms. Mary Raber is the director of the Enterprise Program at MTU. In this role, she secures funding and projects from external sources, oversees day-to-day operation of the program and teaches various instructional modules in the curriculum. Prior to Michigan Tech, Ms. Raber worked in the automotive industry for 14 years, holding various positions in engineering and management. Mary holds a B.S.M.E

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IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judith Challinger, California State University, Chico; Rachael Teasdale, California State University, Chico

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Information Systems

collection in the field andsubsequent graphing and analysis are important skills for students in many different scientificdisciplines. This paper presents a project currently underway by computer science andenvironmental science faculty at the California State University, Chico to address these needs. Amulti-tier system is being developed to serve as a repository for data collected in the field byenvironmental science students, facilitate graphing and analysis of data, and provide a platformfor interdisciplinary teams of students to collaborate on both software development and dataanalysis tasks.IntroductionIn 2005, Microsoft Research Cambridge brought together an international panel of scientists forthe Towards 2020 Science workshop.1 Their goal

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Service-Learning in Developing Communities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth Wittig, City College of the City University of New York

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Environmental Engineering

involved in the chapter are inpursuit of undergraduate degrees in Civil, Mechanical, and Chemical Engineering, but there arealso a handful of students pursuing degrees in Economics, Public Health, Spanish, andCommunications. The student chapter is advised by a professionally licensed EnvironmentalEngineer and faculty in the Civil Engineering (CE) Department at the CUNY City College ofNew York (CCNY). The chapter also receives guidance from a licensed Structural Engineer andCE faculty, and from a practicing licensed Environmental Engineer.Our first project is nearing completion. In this project, we are developing a potable water supplyto serve over 350 people, distributed across several valleys in a mountainous region in Honduras.Even by Honduran

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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William A. Kline; Thomas Mason

Inc., the program has been an incubator/technology center engaging students and technology-based companies in project work thatprovides students employment with the challenges and excitement of real professional practice.Over 1500 internship positions have been offered to 575 students working on a range of design,prototyping, and testing projects for over 84 client companies.The challenges of educating the 21st century engineer call for innovative approaches in bothcurricular and co-curricular programs. The global economy and highly competitive workplace oftoday are creating needs for a solid technical education combined with professional practiceexperiences in the undergraduate curriculum. Many programs focusing on industrialpartnerships

Conference Session

Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. Andrew Clark, East Tennessee State University; Peter Hriso, East Tennessee State University; Craig A. Turner, East Tennessee State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

MFA from The Ohio State University in 1994 with an emphasis in Computer Graphics and Animation. He has been involved in all areas of digital media production including accident reconstruction, visualization, multimedia, and web development. His job titles and responsibilities have varied from animator, project manager, multimedia programmer and web developer. His main role has always been to bridge the gap between design and technology. Peter has worked with industrial, corporate and education clients including: Compaq, Ford, Daimler Chrysler, VW, Delphia, Siemens, and QWEST. Mr. Hriso currently is an Assistant Professor of Digital Media at East Tennessee State University.Craig A. Turner

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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado at Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado at Boulder

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International

differentprojects for a community in Rwanda over two semesters, earning six credits that could be appliedas technical electives in their respective majors. In year two, twelve students in three teamsworked on a wastewater treatment/reuse design for a community in Sonora, Mexico. In thisformat, students earned 3 to 4 credits for the course, which counted as the capstone designexperience in their curricula. The students self-selected this international project from amongthree project options (the other two were service learning projects within the state) in thecapstone Environmental Engineering design class. Student evaluations of the EDW course arepresented and contrasted against feedback from students who worked on other service learningprojects or a

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Ahlgren, Trinity College; Igor M Verner, Technion--Israel Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

, interviews, and project assessment. In the paperwe report the results of this experiment and, based on those results, propose recommendationsfor fostering self-efficacy in robotics education.IntroductionRecent research has emphasized the role of affect in constructivist learning and revised thetraditional tendency to explore cognitive processes of science and engineering education inisolation from affective functions. Picard et al. [1] call for "redressing the imbalance betweenaffect and cognition" and "constructing a science of affective learning". This study focuses ondeveloping learning technologies, systems, and environments that incorporate affect.DeBellis and Goldin [2] in their study of affect in problem-based mathematical learning

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frederick Berry; Patricia Carlson

reflect on whether they have gained a deeper level of understanding for the assignment and its outcomes.How We Applied CPRAfter some experimentation with CPR, it was very obvious that with proper design of exercises,CPR could be used to assess EC3(g). In fact, CPR could be used to make writing a method oflearning engineering design. Therefore, the ECE Department has developed a complete courseusing CPR assignments to help our students develop proposals for their senior design projects.This course, ECE362 Principles of Design, is a junior level required course for all computer andelectrical engineering students. ECE362 includes intellectual property, research methods, designspecifications, conceptual design, scheduling, project management

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Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Pines, University of Hartford

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-965: GAUGING STUDENT INTEREST IN A DESIGN FOR DEVELOPINGCOMMUNITIES COURSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORDDavid Pines, University of Hartford David Pines is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Hartford. He completed his Ph.D. studies in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2000. He is actively involved with student projects sponsored by environmental engineering firms, municipalities, and water utilities, and is involved in international service learning projects in conjunction with EWB

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Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Wilson, Western Kentucky University; Mark Cambron, Western Kentucky University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-266: USING INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY BOARDS TO ASSESS CAPSTONEDESIGN COURSESStacy Wilson, Western Kentucky UniversityMark Cambron, Western Kentucky University Page 12.1551.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using Industrial Advisory Boards to Assess Capstone Design CoursesAbstractThe electrical engineering program at Western Kentucky University (WKU) was created in 2001with a focus on project-based education. Faculty have developed a series of experiencesthroughout the curriculum to support this mission which culminates in a year long designsequence. In this sequence, students must plan, design, and

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalie Mello, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Richard Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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International

experience is critical for continuous improvement and satisfyingaccreditation agencies. In this paper, we will focus on a particular model involving studentresearch projects in international locations, and will describe how the learning outcomes of theprogram are assessed for purposes of accreditation evidence and program improvement.At Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), about half of all engineering graduates travelinternationally to do academic work through the university’s Global Perspective Program, aprogram that grew from the project-based educational structure implemented at WPI in the early1970s. WPI sends more engineering students abroad than any other US university2. A uniqueprogram aspect is that students satisfy WPI general education

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Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Furterer, East Carolina University; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Technology

instructionalstrategies developed teaching graduate and undergraduate Industrial Engineering students andhow the author adapted them to teaching undergraduate Engineering Technology students.Examples of the strategies and tools used to teach the Six Sigma Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) methodology and the quality concepts and tools, applied to thestudents’ Six Sigma projects will be discussed. The undergraduate senior-level Six Sigma coursecombines traditional lectures with experiential learning opportunities where the students applythe DMAIC methodology and Six Sigma tools to real-world projects within the College ofTechnology and Computer Science (TECS). Sample deliverables and templates from priorstudents’ Six Sigma projects are provided to

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wenfa Hu, Tongji University

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Construction

previousconstruction practices, they have time on neither studying through all relevant constructiontechniques or management skills nor practicing through construction projects within 4 years.Students often feel frustrated when they try to illustrate how a construction project is managedand what construction participants communicate.One goal of Construction Management Program is to make students become successfulconstruction managers who are capable of solving both common and unusual problems. Butconstruction management problems usually are tangled with techniques with management issues,students must learn how to use both technical and management skills to manage constructionprojects properly. Usually undergraduate students learn basic civil engineering

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Teams and Teamwork in Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Jones, Virgnia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

, for advanced undergraduates andgraduate students, is proposed that uses a problem-based learning approach to teaching designusing industrial problems. The Course Description section for the proposed course includescourse objectives, outline of the weekly activities, and recommended textbooks. The CourseDeliverables section contains the assessments for the course that mimic the types of deliverablesthat are found in industrial projects. The Course Implementation section describes how thecourse would be implemented. There is no data on the actual implementation of the course sincethis is only a proposed course at this stage.Course DescriptionThis course is focused on advanced undergraduates and graduates students who havesuccessfully completed

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Design for the Environment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dong Young Jang, Seoul National University of Technology; Heewon Lee, Seoul National University of Technology; Sitae Won, Seoul National University of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

oriented) themes for graduation projects andinducing students to industry, new approaches of industry-academy cooperation and apractical engineering design education have been created. This paper will explain anddiscuss this newly established engineering design education model, results from the capstonedesign education, and its effects on design education.2. Capstone Design EducationThe level of domestic design technologies reaches only about 50%-70% of the top level ofthe world. When a new design technology is introduced, 5~20% of overall sales must beincreased. 1 The domestic industry is especially lacking in system design technology (46.9%)and materials technology (28.8%). 1 Also, at least 2-3 years of field training and experienceneeded for

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heather Woodward-Hagg, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Deanna Suskovich, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Jamie Workman-Germann, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Susan Scachitti, Purdue University-Calumet

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Engineering Technology

implementation impact. However, the inherent complexity and variability presentwithin economic evaluation models often limits practical use for assessment of theeconomic impact of field implementations as well as within Total Quality Management(TQM) curriculums. In response to the limitations of traditional accounting andengineering economics methods, Engineering Technology faculty at IUPUI and otherPurdue regional campuses have created an Excel-based spreadsheet model for evaluation ofthe economic impact of quality improvement projects throughout the implementation cycle.Although this tool was specifically developed for use within healthcare, we have found thismethodology to be invaluable for supporting project initiation and assessment of

Conference Session

Two year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College; Ellen Hause, AACC; Benjamin Taylor, Seminole Community College

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Two Year College Division

Microsoft Working Connections program was the strongpersonal and professional relationships that developed between the faculty mentees and theirmentors and the professional development experienced by the program participants. The AACCstaff took note of the powerful “faculty professional development” aspects of the program and inthe early years of the new millennium, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation(NSF), developed their own mentee/mentor based advanced technological education facultydevelopment project. Dubbed the MentorLinks program, its first class consisted of seven mentee Page 12.1445.2community colleges and six mentor

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2145: INTEGRATING THE TEACHING OF COMPUTER SKILLS WITHAN INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COURSETimothy Hinds, Michigan State University TIMOTHY J. HINDS is an Academic Specialist in the Michigan State University Department of Mechanical Engineering. He teaches undergraduate courses in machine design, manufacturing processes, mechanics and computational tools. He also teaches a senior-level undergraduate international design project course and has taught graduate-level courses in engineering innovation and technology management. He received his BSME and MSME degrees from Michigan Technological University.Craig Somerton, Michigan State University CRAIG W. SOMERTON is an

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Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Reisel, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Engineering and Public Policy

. Teetor Educational Award. Dr. Reisel is a member of ASEE, ASME, SAE, and the Combustion Institute. Dr. Reisel received his B.M.E degree from Villanova University in 1989, his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1991, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1994. Page 12.1405.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY POLICIES BY UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTSAbstractThis paper describes the incorporation of a project involving the development of energy policiesby students in a senior-level

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Christi Patton Luks; Laura P. Ford

International Education Through Engineers Without Borders Christi Patton Luks, Laura P. Ford The University of TulsaAbstractThe University of Tulsa started a chapter of Engineers Without Borders – USA (EWB-USA) in the fall of 2006. EWB is a non-profit humanitarian organization established topartner with developing communities worldwide in order to improve their quality of life.This partnership involves the implementation of sustainable engineering projects whileinvolving and training internationally responsible engineers and engineering students.The EWB-USA project application process requires that the students educate themselvesabout their partner international community

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Susan J. Masten; Robert V. Fleisig

Engaging First Year Students in Engineering Design through Engineers Without Borders Susan J. Masten and Robert V. Fleisig McMaster University, First Year Engineering Program, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1 mastens@mcmaster.ca, robert@mcmaster.caAbstract - It is important first year engineering students learn the engineering design process involves more thanmathematics and physics. To accomplish this, students choose design projects from a variety of disciplines, developed withEngineers without Borders and situated in either a developing country or a remote area of Canada. All the projectsrequire, not only a technical solution