Conference Session

Automation and Robotics Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Sample, Oregon Institute of Technology; John Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

adapted from common appliances such as hand drillsand hot melt glue guns to emulate common industrial processes. The work cell can be easilyduplicated at low initial cost and ongoing maintenance. Undergraduate student teams wereintegrated with graduate students to design and build the system.IntroductionThis work was sponsored through the Graduate Fellowship Program of the Oregon NASA SpaceGrant Consortium. At the onset of this project the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering(MMET) department at the Oregon Institute of Technology had just a handful of functioningrobots, even fewer robotic work cells, and none which were fully capable of simulatingmanufacturing assembly processes. This scenario left the MMET department with few real-worldtools

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Strategies in Engineering Graphics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Leland, Oral Roberts University

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Engineering Design Graphics

. Page 14.938.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Pair Programming in a CAD Based Engineering Graphics CourseAbstractPair programming was introduced into a course in engineering graphics that emphasizes solidmodeling using SolidWorks. In pair programming, two students work at a single computer, andperiodically trade off roles as driver (hands on the keyboard and mouse) and navigator (discussstrategy and design issues). Pair programming was used in a design project, and in a subsequentyear in a design project and several smaller special projects. Student outcomes for two yearswere compared with a previous year in which pair programming was not used. Improvementswere seen in design

Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Materials Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane Folz, Virginia Tech; Christine Burgoyne, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech

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Materials

is built on a prerequisite laboratory in which characterization methods wereintroduced through the evaluation of metals in a semester-long evaluation project. In the courseunder discussion, various processing methods were taught in the first few weeks, after which aseven-week design project based on one or more of these techniques was developed by teamsconsisting of three to five students. The problem presented to the students was to develop aproject that illustrated the impact of processing on the properties of the materials. Teams wererequired to design both the technical and managerial aspects of the project. The teams wereevaluated through the use of two written reports, periodic class presentations (evaluated by boththe students and the

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; John Hildreth, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Amy Kitts, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Construction

year, students in construction educational fields across this nation are given areal-world, first-hand glimpse of their future. This proverbial “preview of coming attractions”presents itself in the form of regional competitions jointly sponsored by the Associated Schoolsof Construction (ASC) and the Associated General Contractors (AGC). The competitionchallenges student teams to assume roles consistent with industry project management teamsprepared to develop a comprehensive plan for a constructive endeavor. Each team may competein one of three tracks aligned with major construction categories: 1. Heavy Highway Construction 2. Design Build Construction 3. Commercial ConstructionTo create a distinctive feeling of

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College; Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Edward Bigos, Springfield Technical Community College; Ted Sussmann, Springfield Technical Community College

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Instrumentation

14.77.3health and safety. Applications are limitless!On a global level, the NSF has been calling this “grand convergence,” cyberinfrastructure. Onemay find many references to this concept, forecasts of potential future applications, reports on in-progress test projects such as HPWREN, NIMS, and ROADnet, and potential research fundingopportunities on the NSF’s Web site[1] . However, most of this current, enthusiastic attention andpromotion of cyberinfrastructure by the NSF is aimed at senior, graduate-level researchinstitutions. Not surprisingly, most of the NSF’s recent Requests for Proposals (RFPs) in thisarea have been targeted at basic research about wireless sensor networks and systems andapplications of these systems to infrastructure and

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Oakes, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

direct contact with people through educational programs for children or theelderly to projects that are delivered to the underserved populations to address a need,such as a solar power system for a remote rural village. It can also take the form ofresearch, data analysis and interpretation and presentation of results, such as addressingan important environmental issue. This service might address a short term need that isfilled during a course or it could be part of a larger, on-going project or set of projects inan area.Academic Connection - The service students perform must provide reinforcement of andconnection with the subject material of an academic course. When looking to see if acourse would benefit from service-learning, the question of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Ault, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2009-1062: THE USE OF RAPID PROTOTYPE MODELS IN MECHANICALDESIGN COURSESHolly Ault, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Holly K. Ault received her BS, MSME and Ph.D. degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1974, 1983 and 1988 respectively. She has worked as a Manufacturing Engineer for the Norton Company and Product Development Engineer for the Olin Corporation. She is currently Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, co-director of the Assistive Technology Resource Center, and director of the Melbourne Global Project Center. In the fall of 2001, she was invited as the Lise Meitner Visiting Professor, Department of Design Sciences, Lund

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Enayat Mahajerin, Saginaw Valley State University; Anca Sala, Baker College

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Mechanical Engineering

. Also, prerequisitesknowledge test is very helpful to assess their concepts and to conduct any extra helpsessions.Conventional teaching methods (lectures, classwork and team-home work, mini- andterm-ending projects) are followed for this course. The final take-home project enhancesthe students’ understanding of the material covered in the entire course. Also itdemonstrates the type of study and research required for realistic design.Besides a review of the mechanics concepts, perhaps the only two new topics that areusually covered in depth in a typical Machine Design course are: Fatigue Design and(Static and Fatigue) Failure Theories as applied to the design of components (shafts,keys, couplings, fasteners, bearings, springs and gears

Conference Session

Investigating Alternative-energy Concepts

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Armageddon is upon us. Others hold that the recent risein energy prices is one of numerous transient oil price spikes2 driven by chance or evenmanipulation. Either way, the present situation is similar to the Sputnik launch in its potential toinspire concerted action towards the long-delayed dream of energy independence. Through mostof 2008 in US cities, the price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline3 exceeded the projected pumpprice of the energy equivalent in hydrogen.Coupled with growing fears of GlobalWarming4 and the reality of carbon penalties5and credits6, this poses an excellent opportunityto bring college students and faculty into aproject-based learning environment whereeveryone wants to participate in achieving realresults. The intellectual

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas, Brownsville; Adriana Perez, University of Texas, Brownsville; Gabriala Oropeza, University of Texas, Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, University of Texas, Brownsville

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

information related to a pilot study on the effects of to Endocrine DisruptingChemicals (EDCs) exposure on pregnancy, which was conducted by the Health Center and theSchool of Public Health.Interdisciplinary in nature, the project brought together biostatisticians, medical doctors, andcomputer and information scientists (CIS). On the medical side, the team was trying to assesshuman health risks from exposures to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, measuring both theexposure level and its ramifications in pregnant women of the Rio Grande Valley. To aid in theprocess from a computational and engineering point of view, a professor and two computerscience and engineering majors were put in charge of taking the requirements and specificationsfrom the medical

Conference Session

Innovations in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fredrick Nitterright, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Ronald Krahe, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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Engineering Technology

Engineering Education (ASEE). Fred Nitterright began his career as a machinist at Elliott Support Services in Donora, Pennsylvania in 1986. He was employed as a computer-aided draftsman at Powerex, Inc, a project engineering at Stanko Products, a process engineer at Ami-Doduco, Inc., and a project engineer and team leader at Classic Industries, Inc., in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Mr. Nitterright’s employment at Behrend commenced in 1999.Ronald Krahe, Pennsylvania State University, Erie Mr. Ronald Krahe is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He received the M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1991 from Gannon University and the M.B.A. in

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Phillip R. Rosenkrantz

for analyzing data over time. This is a useful feature for outcomes assessment.Examples of survey useBelow is a partial list of surveys divided into categories. Almost all examples are related tooutcomes assessment. Examples are shown at the College of Engineering level, program leveland course level. In some courses SurveyMonkey is being used for course management and/orformative assessment as shown with a few examples. The following link is to the IMEDepartment Assessment Page which includes links to several of the surveys. Readers arewelcome to look at these surveys and use them as needed:http://www.csupomona.edu/~rosenkrantz/imeassessmentdocs.htmCollege Level Assessment • Cal Poly Pomona Project Symposium Feedback – Industry

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in AEC Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

numeric control machinery that can replicate it.2. The coming together of dynamic form with a broader application of sustainable technologies. The adaptation of technologies from other industries, such as aerospace or shipbuilding to create a new framework for collaborative practice as well as efficient design, manufacturing and assembly processes.3. Using Building Information Modeling (BIM) to create a virtual model of the building that allows for the specification and performance testing of all the components of the building before it is built. BIM also increases the dynamic communication between the members project team allowing for fast and effective feedback from each discipline in the design development process.[1]The idea of

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suining Ding, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Architectural

and PractitionersAbstract This paper presents an analysis result of collaborative studio course that engagesstudents, faculty and practitioners. The collaborative studio is one of the two sequential capstonecourses. As the capstone studio experience of students’ academic design career, these twocapstone courses encourage students’ initiative and independence in design. Students arerequired to choose a practitioner as a reviewer for their projects. Reviewers are expected to cometo the design presentation critique at least twice during the semester. Throughout the semester,students are expected to share their information and views and to engage peers and visitingprofessionals in meaningful dialogue. The

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Harvey I. Lyons

experience that closely matches that encountered by professional design engineers. And we can seek to develop those communication skills that are an inherent and vital part of engineering activity. Let us begin by examining the professional functions of an engineering technologist upon being given an open-ended design project. The ET will invariably work in a design group; will initially research the project fully; will create and consider several possible design paths; will prepare a Design Proposal and Cost Estimate that is subject to (client) approval; will carefully schedule the project work which may include prototyping; will prepare formal Progress Reports; may develop a

Conference Session

The Ever-Changing Course

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University

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First-Year Programs

initial team building activity. Many of the designs were entered in a competition to raisemoney for Pennies for Peace (an organization that builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan).The students completed a basic statistical analysis on the funds collected and summarized theresults. In ENG1101, students were introduced to the engineering design process as theyprogressed through an eight-week, design/construct, team-based project that focused on greenengineering. Design constraints for the project imposed a 50% lower limit on post-consumermaterials used in construction, and the student teams were instructed to keep the environmentalimpact of their design very much in mind from the beginning of the design process and as theymoved through to

Conference Session

Using Information Technology to Create New Information Resources

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nestor Osorio, Northern Illinois University; Andrew Otieno, Northern Illinois University

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Engineering Libraries

areas of science and engineering. Well known NSDL projects, such as Annals of Researchon Engineering Educations (AREE) or National Engineering Education Delivery System(NEEDS), whether fully or partially funded, are integrated within the NSDL EngineeringPathway (EP). An engineering education database would be a valuable supplement to the robustcollections and services provided by EP. The proposed database would be built utilizing thealready existing and highly-recognized technical infrastructure of the NSDL. This will be acollaborative project where professional organizations such as the Engineering Library Division(ELD) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the Science and TechnologySection (STS) of the Association of

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Samantha Murray

than 9.5% of engineering professionals are African American,Hispanic American or Native American. The project team includes Michigan Technological University (Dr. Neil Hutzlerand Joan Chadde), Foundation for Family Science/David Heil & Associates, and theAmerican Association for Engineering Education (Dr. William Kelly and SamanthaMurray), along with Dr. Christine Cunningham, who has developed the Engineering isElementary (EiE) curriculum now used in 46 states, will participate in development of thematerials. ASEE will help to disseminate the Family Engineering project to more than 50engineering societies, student chapters, and engineering professionals. This project brings engineering education to the elementary family unit

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Vasco D. Polyzoev; Eniko T. Enikov

Department of The University of Arizona, it isnot unusual for the Control System Design course to have enrollment of about 100 students. Thismakes offering a lab section with the course nearly impossible. As a way to avoid canceling thepractical experience of the course, we developed an inexpensive and portable setup, which canbe taken home by the students, and they can work on it as their term project. Besides addressingour organizational problems, this solution brought an opportunity to demonstrate to students amodern approach towards control systems using computers and implementing the controller insoftware.II. Experimental setup descriptionThe setup consists of a small DC electrical motor, operating at 0-5V, attached to one of the endsof a light

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

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Samantha Murray

than 9.5% of engineering professionals are African American,Hispanic American or Native American. The project team includes Michigan Technological University (Dr. Neil Hutzlerand Joan Chadde), Foundation for Family Science/David Heil & Associates, and theAmerican Association for Engineering Education (Dr. William Kelly and SamanthaMurray), along with Dr. Christine Cunningham, who has developed the Engineering isElementary (EiE) curriculum now used in 46 states, will participate in development of thematerials. ASEE will help to disseminate the Family Engineering project to more than 50engineering societies, student chapters, and engineering professionals. This project brings engineering education to the elementary family unit

Conference Session

Design Communications

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharad Oberoi, Carnegie Mellon University; Susan Finger, Carnegie Mellon University

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering design projects bring together knowledge from differentsources. They collaborate among themselves, share design knowledge, and negotiate with eachother, faculty members and the client, in order to create engineering artifacts. This process ofteninvolves reuse of previous knowledge and the creation of new knowledge within the context ofthe problem. Such knowledge building is a key process skill that engineers need to acquireduring their education.Ideally in team projects, students co-construct the knowledge necessary to realize their designsthrough the process of proposing, counter-proposing, questioning, arguing, agreeing, anddissenting. A major problem student teams face is learning how to organize and share ideas. Thisfrequently results

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Krishan Bhatia, Rowan University; Leigh Weiss, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 14.1375.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 WIND TURBINES TO TEACH PARAMETRIC DESIGNA project in which teams of students are asked to design and build horizontal axis wind turbinerotors is presented. The goal of each team was to develop the greatest electrical power outputgiven the constraints of wind velocity, swept area, a specified hub and mounting. In practice, thedesign of wind turbines is extremely complex. Therefore, to make the project tractable tosophomore level undergraduates, significant constraints were placed on the problem statement,which allowed calculations to inform teams’ decisions. To evaluate design instances withoutconstructing rotors, the students developed a computer program to predict

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Ulrich Schwabe, Rowan University; Nathaniel Downes, Rowan University; Patrick Hoffman, Rowan University; Matthew Abdallah, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2009-2123: UNDERGRADUATE VALIDATION OF CUTTING-EDGECALORIMETRY OF AN INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATE’S NOVEL ENERGY SOURCEPeter Mark Jansson, Rowan UniversityUlrich Schwabe, Rowan UniversityNathaniel Downes, Rowan UniversityPatrick Hoffman, Rowan UniversityMatthew Abdallah, Rowan University Page 14.1291.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Undergraduate Validation of Calorimetry of an Industrial Affiliate’s Novel Energy SourceAbstractA major component of the Rowan University (RU) engineering program is the clinic course,which gives students the opportunity to work with industrial partners on real projects, while stillmaintaining a classroom environment. The

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Oliveira, Michigan Technological University; Ivan Lima, North Dakota State University

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International

classes in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics Departments at Michigan Tech, North Dakota State University, and at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Dr. Oliveira current research interests include optical fiber communication systems, Monte Carlo simulations, digital signal processing, wireless communications, and engineering education. She has authored or co-authored 13 archival journal publications and 27 conference contributions. From 2007-2011 Dr. Oliveira is serving as the Michigan Tech project director of the U.S.-Brazil Engineering Education Consortium on Renewable Energy that is funded by FIPSE from the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Oliveira is an ABET evaluator

Conference Session

Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Amy Thompson, University of New Haven; Carl Barratt, University of New Haven; Michael Collura, University of New Haven

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First-Year Programs

Introduction to Engineering – Project-Based is taken by all incoming engineeringfreshmen first semester at the University of New Haven as part of the Multi-DisciplinaryEngineering Foundation Spiral curriculum. Throughout the course, students are introduced tobasic engineering concepts through a series of hands-on projects. Student understanding isenhanced as these topics are revisited in subsequent courses taken during the second semesterfreshman year and through the sophomore year. This approach requires significant collaborationbetween faculty involved in the spiral curriculum courses in order to achieve the program’sintended results, namely, academic consistency across sections, and the need to adequatelyprepare students for the next tier of

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew Boutell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Fisher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

robotics certificate will help withrecruitment efforts3. In addition, faculty and students enrolled in the certificate program willparticipate in K-12 outreach such as mentoring middle school and high school robotics programs.Students in the program will also demonstrate their robotics projects to tour groups, increasingvisibility and attracting students to our institution. In fact, the final project robotics competitionfor one of the early courses in the robotics curriculum has already been featured on the campusweb site and in the local newspaper. Additionally, faculty with an expertise in robotics will beattracted to a school with a visible, established robotics education program and research.Multidisciplinary TeamworkRobots are mechanical

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangram Redkar, Arizona State University

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering. This paper describes the course structure, objectives;challenges faced by the instructor because of diverse class composition and differentstudent expectations, project based learning approach adopted in the course, studentparticipation and the course outcomes. It is interesting to note that some of the projectassigned in this course were ‘real life problems’ faced by a leading aftermarketautomotive manufacturer. The class, as a team, brainstormed on appropriate strategies toaddress the project problems. The computational tools and instructional material for thelab were donated by MSC software that actively participated in enhancing the educationalexperience. This course presents one of the many efforts pursued by the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Mequanint Moges, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; Victor Gallardo, University of Houston; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Reddy Talusani, Houston Community College System

contributions made within theComputer Engineering Technology discipline.Research ActivitiesThe need for increased students’ capacity to engage in real world problem solving in engineeringtechnology continues. Various pedagogical tools and models including peer-to-peerundergraduate mentoring have been used to enhance student learning as well as retention. Thispaper presents the preliminary results of the development and implementation of peer-to-peermentoring with concept mapping as a primary pedagogical learning tool.The project has three components: CLABS for hands-on project based learning experience,concept maps as a tool to facilitate discussions between peers, and mentoring sessions that usethe concept maps to create a peer-to-peer learning

Conference Session

Retention Tools and Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Jan Collins-Eaglin, Michigan State University; Nathaniel Ehrlich, Michigan State University; Denise Fleming, Michigan State University; Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

Page 14.359.1 Michigan State University. She co-advises computer science undergraduate students and is the Support Coordinator for the EEES research project. Denise is an advocate for women in engineering and is currently the co-coordinator for the 2009 Michigan Celebration of Women in Computing. Denise earned a Master's degree in Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education from© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Michigan State University in 2005.Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University TIMOTHY J. HINDS is an Academic Specialist in the Michigan State University College of Engineering Undergraduate Studies and Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is the lead instructor

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marvi Matos, University of Washington; Danilo Pozzo, University of Washington

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Chemical Engineering

Engineering laboratory. Themodule includes topics of colloids, complex fluids and biotechnology, while also giving moreemphasis to molecular interactions. The final objective of the long-term project is the extractionof lysozyme from egg white using Aqueous Bi-Phasic Systems. The project is divided betweenengineering teams in three phases: bench-scale experiments, the unit operation and the finalextraction and scale-up calculations. Our focus is to implement a module that mimics thecontinuity of real engineering projects through the use of a sequence of sub-projects that areassigned to different groups in the class. The design of the long-term project forces students todeal with the various degrees of uncertainty that are associated with realistic