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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Hill, University of Michigan; Dawn Tilbury, University of Michigan

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Mechanical Engineering

b B Figure 1 example finite state machine One can imagine that if we had two instances of the finite state machine given in Figure1, the first machine could be in the idle state while the second machine was in the idle, working,or broken state. Following this logic, there are combinatorially a total of nine possible stateswhen considering the two machines together. Therefore, a factory of ten machines with fivestates each could have as many as 510 states. The exponential growth of the number of statesserves to demonstrate the limitation of applying ad-hoc methodologies to controlling

Conference Session

New trends in ECE education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ravel Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines; Pankaj Sen, Colorado School of Mines; Michael Stewart, North Dakota State University

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Electrical and Computer

electrical safety which must be strictly followed. Laws, standards, andrecommended practices relating to electrical safety include: a. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): OSHA's mission is “to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards.” The OSHA standards are federal law that must be followed. Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR)[15] deals with: • Part 1910: General Industry; safety standards for electrical systems and safety-related work practices. • Part 1926: Construction Industry; general electrical practices and standards for power transmission and distribution. b. National Fire Protection Administration (NFPA): The

Conference Session

Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy Clement, Purdue University; Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

and Communications. His research interests include the performance analysis of computer and sensor networks, signal and image processing, and engineering education. He was a co-recipient of both the Myril B. Reed Best Paper Award from the 32nd Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems and the 1986 Best Paper Award for Authors under 30 from the Signal Processing Society of the IEEE. He has served as an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems and was an elected member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. He was the general chair of the 1997 IEEE/EURASIP Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing. Dr

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Energy Resources, Efficiency, and Conservation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Riddell, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Harriett Benavidez, Rowan University; Julie Haynes, Rowan University; Dan Schowalter, Rowan University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Both devicescan be plugged into a standard electric receptacle, and the appliance of interest is pluggedinto the measurement device. Both devices allow the instantaneous power use, as well asthe total energy used since the monitoring started to be measured. Both devices are smallenough to enable them to be moved to different appliances, and inexpensive enough toallow each group access to multiple devices. a) b) Page 11.355.9 Figure 1. a) Watts Up? and b) Kill-a-Watt MetersSurveys of the building occupants, and direct temperature, humidity and lightmeasurements are used to assess the

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Design for Community and Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Kimes, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Deborah O'Bannon, University of Missouri-Kansas City

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Design in Engineering Education

preparation during the school year, the Page 11.411.5land survey and 100-year flow for the bridge are needed at the beginning of the school year. Thesupervising engineering from the City was included in all instructional decisions, includingstudent grades.The design room was upgraded from a standard classroom. Two printers were installed (B sizefor draft output, and a full-size (D) printer for construction drawings). The computer in the roomis login-limited to the senior design students to ensure that they have access to complete theirdesign. Map rails were added to help display designs in progress. Blueprint-size storage caseswere acquired and added

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ece Yaprak, Wayne State University

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Computers in Education

”, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2005.[5] Edmonson, C. P., Segalewitz, S., “A Blended On-line Engineering Technology Course Using Web Conferencing Technology”, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2005.[6] Gavrin, A., et al, “Just-in-Time Teaching (JITT): Using the Web to Enhance Classroom Learning, Computers in Education Journal, 2003.[7] Lahidji, B., Tucker, W., “Faculty Load: On-line vs. Live Programs”, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2003.[8] Bourne, J., H., D., Mayadas, F., “Online Engineering Education: Learning Anywhere, Anytime,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 94, No. 1, 2005, pp. 131-146[9] JDH Technologies, http://www.jdhtech.com/[10] JDH Technologies White

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Emerging EM Areas

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Brown, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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Engineering Management

recruitment efforts for both programs are highly personalized, with a great deal oftime and energy going into making personal contacts and establishing long-term relationshipsthat promote honesty and an understanding of how the programs offered by the university canpromote the student’s long-term professional goals.References1. C. J. Nixon , “Key Business Competencies for New Aerospace Engineers,” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (2005).2. B. R. Dickson, “The Engineer Ought To Be A Man Of Business,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (2004).3. George Suckarieh, Jason Krupar, “Leadership and Teamwork

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Trend in Construction Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eddy Rojas, University of Washington; Carrie Dossick, University of Washington

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Construction

University of Washington’s Department ofConstruction Management envisions experiential learning curriculum at the Pacific NorthwestCenter for Construction Research and Education.Bibliography: 1. Allison, D., Wills, B., Hodges, L. F., and Wineman, J. “Gorillas in the Bits.” Paper presented at the VRAISAnnual Conference, Albuquerque, NM., 1997. 2. Barab, S. A., Hay, K. E., Barnett, M., and Squire, K. “Constructing Virtual Worlds: Tracing the HistoricalDevelopment of Learner Practices.” Cognition and Instruction, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2001, pp. 47–94. 3. Catalano, G. D. and Catalano, K. “Transformation: From Teacher-Centered to Student-Centered EngineeringEducation.” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 88, No. 1, 1999, pp. 59-64. 4. Chi, M

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Innovative Teaching Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Environmental Engineering

. Fromabsorbance data, students can evaluate the effectiveness of removal of the contaminant underpredetermined conditions (i.e. contaminant concentration, water superficial velocity).The procedure for running the experiment is: (a) open a browser to the server’s IP address; (b)download the “Labview” runtime (automatically prompted for download and installed if it is notalready installed on the user’s computer); (c) rinse the contaminant from the media with a diluteacid solution (~10% HCl) for about 30 s by pushing the “acid rinse” pump toggle switch toinitiate the acid rinse, and pushing it again to stop; (d) flush the acid from the media by flowingclean rinse water (purified water) through the column for 2 min by using the “rinse water” pumptoggle

Conference Session

Design of Laboratory Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Rubaai, Howard University; James Johnson, Howard University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

implementation issues. Thisenvironment allowed for extensive experimentation, performance comparison, and developmentof several practical control algorithms. The combination of dSPACE DS1104 DSP andMATLAB/Simulink/RTW effectively created a rapid control prototype environment in whichstudents focused on control design rather than programming details or debugging controllanguages. In this way, the lab offers an unparalleled experience and is a great source of Page 11.498.11attracting students and exciting their interest.References 1. R. Molengraft, M. Steinbuch, and B. Karker, “Integrating Experimentation into Control Courses,” IEEE

Conference Session

K-12 Activities

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leilah Lyons, University of Michigan; Zbigniew Pasek, University of Windsor

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Educational Research and Methods

groups managed to perform very well at the tasks given themduring the game, scoring above 60%. In this first game, those tasks were to a) conductmarket research to discover people’s preferences in pens and then b) apply what waslearned in the selection of components for a pen to be manufactured. All groupsperformed much better than chance: were users to randomly select pen components, theexpected score would have been 43.8% (represented by the dotted line in Figure 9 andshaded region in Figure 12). This shows that the users were able to understand the criticalfeatures of the tasks and execute them, thus gaining an understanding of the presentedcareer field. From a game design perspective, this high performance across different agelevels and

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nikunja Swain, South Carolina State University

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Engineering Technology

during laboratory experiments, misinterpretations of lab data andunderachievement in standardized science and engineering tests that stress the fundamentals.This problem can be effectively addressed by improving the student’s conceptual understandingand comprehension of the topics through interactive learning and teaching with virtualinstruments (VI) software package like LabVIEW.This paper will discuss design and development of interactive instructional modules (VIs) forstudying (a) Basic Three Phase and Single Phase Circuits, (b) Modeling of Transmission Lines,(c) Simple Economic Dispatch Problem and (d) steps to solve Load Flow problems throughNewton Raphson Method.I. IntroductionThe engineering, science, and technology field at present

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

ideas. This approach contrasts the normal teaching of freehand sketching in which the focus is on representing simple euclidean objects (see Figure 1). Page 11.1096.3Fig. 1 Traditional Sketching Techniques (after Bertoline 2)In this regard, the sketching module introduces the idea of Bezier-based3 geometry, in particularthe use of b-splines as a surface generator as shown in Figure 2 for an asymmetrically contouredcomputer mouse.Fig. 2 Informational sketch of computer mouse This approach to sketching maps directly into how the students will approach the digitalmodeling of complex contemporary objects. Here, students from the outset were

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leroy Cox, University of Missouri-Rolla; Susan Murray, University of Missouri-Rolla; David Spurlock, University of Missouri-Rolla (ENG)

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Engineering Management

build team members’ pride in being associated with the team.Virtual team leaders should also realize that those working in the virtual team need a certainlevel of consideration. They must feel as though their leader treats them as though they are avaluable member of the team and that they bring something to the working relationship that noother team member does. This is not a mandate that the leader becomes involved in theintricacies of each team members’ life, but that the leader realizes that “Joe is different fromSally, who is different from Erica, etc.” In short, each team member is different, and the leadercannot relate to everyone in the same by-rote manner.References1. Avolio, B. J., Sivasubramaniam, N., Murry, W.D., Jung, D.I., &

Conference Session

Internet and Distributed Computing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University; Luiz Perrone, Bucknell University; Maurice Aburdene, Bucknell University

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Information Systems

recentlyused as laboratory assignments and semester projects in undergraduate and graduate courses. Asummary of our findings is presented in this paper.IntroductionMany universities have used different protocols and products for hands-on experiences inwireless and mobile network courses. The protocols and standards include IEEE 802.11 (a, b, gor simply WiFi), Bluetooth, IEEE 802.15.4 and Zigbee, sensor networks based on the standardBerkeley “mote” platform implemented in products such as WeC, Rene, Dot, MICA, and Telos.Many of the products use TinyOS, a small operating system targeted for minimum hardware.We present a summary of hands-on laboratory exercises we found on the Internet. In Vassar’sCMPU-395, students are asked to implement a simplified

Conference Session

Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faouzi Bouslama, Zayed University; Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University; Akram Al-Rawi, Zayed University

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Educational Research and Methods

CIS courses and ZULOs input-output spacesThe first step in implementing the fuzzy logic processor is to decide on the fuzzification of theinput space consisting of all CIS courses. The input interval representing the achieved grade foreach CIS course is represented by four linguistic variables4 as shown in Figure 3. Grades in theinterval [60, 100] are only used as there is no achievement of ZULOs in case a student fails acourse which means a grade less than 60. Four trapezoidal and triangular membership functionsD, C, B, and A are used for each course. µGrade D C B A 1.0 0.5 0.0 60 65

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Richard Mercer, Wright State University; Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University; Michael Raymer, Wright State University; David Reynolds, Wright State University

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Council of Sections

Michigan State University in 2000. Professor Raymer has led an NSF supported research project to develop the nation's first undergraduate curriculum in bioinformatics, and has been a finalist for the CECS Excellence in Teaching Award at Wright State University.David Reynolds, Wright State University DAVID B. REYNOLDS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering at Wright State University. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1978. Professor Reynolds has conducted NSF supported research to develop human factors engineering undergraduate design projects for persons with disabilities, and has

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann McKenna, Northwestern University; James Colgate, Northwestern University; Gregory Olson, Northwestern University

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Design in Engineering Education

integrating design education throughout the engineering curriculum at Northwestern University.Gregory Olson, Northwestern University Gregory B. Olson, Fellow of ASM and TMS, is the Wilson-Cook Professor of Engineering Design and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, Associate Director for Research of the IDEA Institute for Design Engineering & Applications, Director of the Materials Technology Laboratory/Steel Research Group, and a founder of QuesTek Innovations LLC. He received the B.S. and M.S. in 1970 and Sc.D in 1974 in Materials Science from MIT and remained there in a series of senior research positions before joining the faculty of Northwestern in

Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Koch, University of Michigan; Gary D. Herrin, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

clearly indicate a higher success rate in Calculus I for thosestudents who switched to Math 110 and then took Calculus I in the following term. Inparticular, of the 32 students who remained in Calculus I, only 7 (22%) achieved B- orbetter (a critical indicator for success in engineering). Of the 21 who switched to Math110 and then followed up with Calculus I, 9 (43%) achieved B- or better, which is doublethe rate of the control group. Page 11.826.6VI. ConclusionsClearly, the first trial of this intervention strategy proved to increase the success rate inCalculus I for students who encountered difficulty early on. The intervention also has

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Introductory Physics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Turner, Morningside College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

performed at a high level in Advanced Placement B(AP-B) or International Baccalaureate Higher Level (IB-HL) physics at High School, or inCollege Physics, will usually find much of a University Physics sequence repetitive and boring;most of the sequence is not significantly different to a high quality algebra-based preparation.For these students, the opportunity to “top-up” their conceptual framework with CalculusApplications makes the entry into engineering or physics much more appealing, and allows themto be meeting another graduation requirement instead of a “busy work” requirement.One of the problems associated with breaking down a course into two components comes aboutwhen those two components are instructed by different faculty. This is

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekhar Bhansali, University of South Florida; Ashanti Pyrtle, University of South Florida; Louis Martin-Vega, University of South Florida; Peter Betzer, University of South Florida

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Graduate Studies

fellows’ mindset became increasinglyclear. It became obvious that the students needed to be trained in the language and basics ofother disciplines. This led to the development of four interdisciplinary core courses: a) ChemicalBiological Sensors and Microfabrication b) Biology of Human Skin c) Sensor CharacterizationLaboratory and d) Sensor Information Processing. Additionally, they were also required to shareoffice space and attend seminars. Distribution of IGERT Fellows Across Disciplines Electrical Engineering 5% Chemical Engineering 14% 22% Computer Science and

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Wang; Oguz Soysal

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Mechanical Engineering

the ideas in the group discussion.4. (i) A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning To be able to obtain self-learning skills, read book, study examples and solve the problems.5. (k) an ability to use the techniques, computer skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. To be able to present a professional quality in a written engineering work.Table 1 Course objectives and their relationship to ABET/Course outcomesENES 221 Dynamics ABET/ Course OutcomesCourse objectives a b c d e f g h i j k1. Knowledge of kinematics X X2. Knowledge of

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Kathleen Gygi, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

effectiveness by traditional definitions. Second, the approachwill need to fit into the complex schedules and contexts of educators since simply spending timelearning about teaching may not be possible. For example, given that engineering educators (andfuture educators in the form of graduate students) are busy, approaches may need to help themsolve actual problems they are encountering or be aligned with other requirements that theeducators must meet (e.g., preparing materials for annual merit review or tenure review, getting ajob). Such a framing suggests two questions that can be asked for any approach to helpeducators become better educators: a) to what extent does the approach lead to learning ofknowledge and skills related to teaching and b) what

Conference Session

Information Technology in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Altaf Memon, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College; Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant

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Nuclear and Radiological

Page 11.447.2Examinations for the award of college-level credit.Excelsior made its first venture into instruction at-a-distance with the introduction of its Masterof Arts in Liberal Studies (1998) and piloted Business and Technology undergraduate onlinecourses in 2003. Using the experience gained in these, the college has recently made a successfultransition into the delivery of instruction in its undergraduate and graduate programs and nowoffers more than 125 courses.Online Nuclear Engineering Technology ProgramBS in Nuclear Engineering Technology program is one of the undergraduate programs offeredby the School of Business and Technology (B&T) at Excelsior College. Before September 2004,students enrolled in the Nuclear Engineering

Conference Session

Assessment & TC2K Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University-Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University-Calumet; Jai Agrawal, Purdue University-Calumet; Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University-Calumet; Ashfaq Ahmed, Purdue University-Calumet; Mohammad Zahraee, Purdue University-Calumet

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Engineering Technology

of curriculum design and teaching that focuses on what studentscan actually do after they are taught. OBE focuses on these key questions as to:a) What should the students learn?b) What is the motivation for the students to learn it?c) How can the academic institution and its resources help students learn it?d) How will it be determined what the students have learned (assessment)?Thus, the OBE’s instructional planning process is a reverse of that associated withtraditional educational planning. The desired outcome is determined first and thecurriculum, instructional materials and assessments are designed around to support andfacilitate the intended outcome[3, 4]. All curriculum and teaching decisions are made basedon how best to facilitate

Conference Session

Innovation in Teaching Engineering Economics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Bursic, University of Pittsburgh

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Engineering Economy

projects.Overall the students did well on the project; however a closer look at the grading does reveal thatthe majority of points were lost for a weak analysis of the non-economic issues such as theglobal and societal impacts of the two decisions situations. Thus while students did an admirablejob on the economic analysis techniques (including gathering appropriate data, identifyingalternatives, developing potential outcomes and differences in cash flows, applying presentworth analysis, rate of return, or B/C ratios, and making a decision), they did not do a good jobwhen it came to considering the non-economic impacts of their decisions. Such issues as publicconcern over privacy (in the RFID case) and poor public relations for a company as a result ofjob

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhanping You, Michigan Technological University; Qingli Dai, Michigan Technological University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

certainamount of asphalt after mechanical compaction. Figure 1 shows the aggregate for typicalasphalt mixture, different sizes of coarse aggregate in mixture after image processing, andasphalt mixture construction.a. Aggregate stockpile b. different aggregate size c. asphalt concrete construction Figure 1. Asphalt Mixture and ConstructionThe development of micromechanical models started about a hundred years ago,beginning by Voigt (1889), Einstein (1911), and Reuss (1929). During this time, anumber of research studies addressed micromechanical models with both non-interactingand interacting particles. In models with non-interacting particles, geometries were eitherspecified or not specified. Some simple micromechanical models

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

a modified version of the original Forms A and B thatincludes more items that involve analysis of diagrams and charts. For all versions, the totalnumber of correct answers is used as an index to measure overall critical thinking skill. Validityof the CCTST has been established through the face validity of the individual items,20 andthrough criterion reliability in comparison to other measures of academic performance.21 The Page 11.374.4test manual reports correlation coefficients of Form A with the more widely used Watson-Glaserinstrument of approximately 0.5. Comparable data is not available for Form 2000, but themanual does report

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in IE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Durward Sobek, Montana State University; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

the activity (from “0” for boring to “4” for very interesting). Figures 1and 2 display the results graphically. Activities are ordered according to their sequence aspresented in the course. 4 3 Average Rating Learning 2 Engaging 1 0 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Classroom Activities Figure 1: End-of

Conference Session

Computer ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Craig Malquist, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Technology

. Page 11.926.1313. Kahn, J.M., Katz, R.H., Pister, K.S.J. (1999) Next century Challenges: Mobile Networking for “Smart Dust”Proceedings of the 5th Annual ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom)14. Nikoletseas, S., Chatzigiannakis, I., Euthimiou, H., Kinalis, A., Antoniou, A., Mylonas, G. (2004).Energy efficient protocols for sensing multiple events in Smart Dust Networks. 37th Annual Simulation Symposium,2004, 15-24.15. Pister K. S. J., Kahn J. M., and Boser B. E. (1999) Smart dust: Wireless networks of millimeter-scale sensornodes. In 1999 UCB Electronics Research Laboratory Research Summary16. TinyOS (2006), What is TinyOS? Mission Statement. Accessed at http://www.tinyos.net/special/mission Jan200617