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Debra Pearson

Session 1-1 Enhancing Engineering Education through Work-Integrated LearningPrograms and Participation in the ASEE Cooperative Education Division (CED) Debra Pearson Division of Professional Practice Georgia Institute of Technology AbstractWork-integrated learning models such as cooperative education, internships, and work abroadprograms enhance engineering education by giving students ample opportunity to practice theirdiscipline in real-world settings. Such

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William Jordan

Session 1-2 Ethical Issues Related to Engineering Service Learning William Jordan Mechanical Engineering Baylor University bill_jordan@baylor.edu AbstractService learning within engineering education is increasing in amount andvisibility. The rapid growth of Engineers without Borders (workinginternationally), and the EPICS program (working domestically), demonstrate thistrend.There has been much work dealing with the legitimacy of service learning inengineering education. However, there has been less work

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G.H. Massiha

Session 1-3 Home Energy Conservation Audits, A Service Learning Experience For Industrial Technology Students G.H. Massiha Department of Industrial Technology University of Louisiana at Lafayette AbstractThe goal of this project is to conduct testing and community education in the area of home energyconservation and energy reduction to Louisiana homeowners. In the aftermath of hurricanes Katrinaand Rita, rebuilding and repairing of damaged homes located in the areas devastated by

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Carolyn Muska; Benjamin S. Kelley; Leigh Ann Marshall

Session 1-4 SMET-Oriented Career Services at Baylor Benjamin S. Kelley, Leigh Ann Marshall School of Engineering and Computer Science Carolyn Muska Career Services Baylor University AbstractThe Office of Career Services at Baylor University has long organized undergraduate-orientedCareer Fairs within the campus athletics arena to help support the employment aspiration ofstudents. Currently these are called Hire

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Ian A. Gravagne; Kenneth W. Van Treuren

Session 2-1 Developing an Energy Literacy Curriculum at Baylor University Ian A. Gravagne Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Baylor University Kenneth W. Van Treuren Department of Mechanical Engineering Baylor University AbstractAs part of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation effort at BaylorUniversity this past year, the authors proposed a unique course

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Jerry K. Keska

engineeringcurricula.1 This is partially due to the duality of the engineering education system. Many of ourlargest, most prestigious engineering programs have used artificial measures to keep down theenrollment in their engineering programs, while many smaller schools (for a variety of reasons)have the opposite problem. The result of this has been a considerable amount of research analyzingthe performance of students in engineering programs. The principle objective of much of thisresearch has been to determine the factors that may influence a student’s decision to pursue furthereducation in engineering or work in a different field. By discovering these contributing factors,researchers hope to make the student’s experience of engineering more enjoyable and

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Jiecai Luo; Pradeep K. Bhattacharya

. 1. IntroductionFor an engineering degree to be generally accepted, it must come from an institution whose degreeprograms have been certified by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).One of the essential major components to achieve program accreditation by ABET is the approval ofits capstone design activities, which are commonly referred to as its senior design courses. We havefound that a student’s successful completion of his (her) engineering design project is muchdependent of his (her) engineering mathematics background. The Electrical Engineering Departmentat Southern University and A& M College, Baton Rouge, in the past twenty year experiences hasshown that students with engineering major can’t make a

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Santiago Cruz-Bañuelos

Session 2-4 Teaching Finite Element Method, the controversy between the use of commercial software and the development of mathematical skills Santiago Cruz-Bañuelos 1 Departamento de Ingeniería Universidad de Monterrey, México AbstractFinite Element Method (FEM) course is a good opportunity to develop superior skills in ourstudents; the controversy today is the use of commercial software in order to develop“Computational mechanical skills” which allow to the students to be a very good users

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Horacio Vasquez; Javier Kypuros; Roy Villanueva

Session 3-1 Implementing and Validating Analog and Digital Controllers Horacio Vasquez*, Javier Kypurosa, Roy Villanueva * Corresponding Author. Assistant Professor Phone: 956-292-7419, Fax: 956-381-3527; e-mail: vasqu002@panam.edu a Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas-Pan American 1201 West University Drive, Edinburg, TX 78539 AbstractTeaching control systems concepts to mechanical

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Matthias W. Pleil

their work - Submit designs to the DRC – Design Rule Checker – for verification - Combine Pin Joint, Hubs, Gears, Sliders and Hinges into small functioning subsystemsOnce they have gained the skills needed to produce small, discrete parts which pass thedesign rules of the process, the students are required to begin designing for thecompetition. Several brainstorming sessions are facilitated to come up with ideas which Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008. American Society for Engineering Educationmeet the competition goals. Currently, there are two design categories – 1) Novel and 2

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Muhammad H. Zaman; Mia K. Markey; Kathy J. Schmidt

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Richard Bannerot

measured, a final written report, a finaloral presentation and a design evaluation. Further details on past projects and the coursecan be found in References 1 through 7. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education The Solar Still ProjectIn the spring of 2007 a “change of pace” team project (four-person teams) was assigned:the design, construction, and evaluation a solar-driven, water desalination device, i.e., asolar still. (See the complete assignment in the Appendix.) Aside from satisfying thetraditional “hands-on”, team project

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David J. Kukulka; James Mayrose

Session 4-1 Issues and Concerns Recruiting Women and Minorities into Mechanical Engineering Technology Programs David J. Kukulka, James Mayrose Mechanical Engineering Technology Department State University of New York College at Buffalo AbstractThe demand of women and minorities in engineering study is well documented. Recruitment ofunderrepresented individuals into programs dominated by white males pose a number of problems.Each underrepresented area provides its own set of challenges in recruitment

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Victor Gallardo; Mequanint Moges; Enrique Barbieri; Aymara Boggiano; Carlos Ramirez

themodules.Figure 1 shows the hybrid orientation and training process. As shown in the figure, the hybridtraining will have two phases. During the first phase all instructional assistants will go through theon-line training process and must pass the assessment in order to be eligible to participate in theface-to-face training, which is phase 2 of the training process. This orientation and training processwill be followed by a three level assessment activities that includes students, faculty and lab mangerassessments in order to ensure the quality and measure the results of the training outcomes. As partof our continuous improvement measures the various assessment activities will be conducted duringeach semester. Proceedings of the

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Farrokh Attarzadeh; Enrique Barbieri; Ankur Shukla; Prafulla Kesari

roles and responsibilities. IntroductionThe role of a teaching assistant in a capstone class cannot be overlooked. He or she has avery important role as well as carries many responsibilities towards the functioning of thelab. The teaching assistant acts as a bridge between students and the instructor. The TA istheir first point of contact with the instructor as well as the technology. This paperdescribes all the aspects of a TA of a capstone course from the recruiting process to hiswork and responsibilities in the senior project lab [1, 2, 3]. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque

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Peter Dorato

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Amir Karimi

Session 5-1 Application of Excel in Solving Heat Exchanger Problems Amir Karimi The University of Texas at San Antonio AbstractIntroduction to heat exchanger analysis and design is an excellent vehicle for providing studentsan educational experience in practical application of heat transfer concepts in an undergraduateheat transfer course. Heat transfer textbooks commonly provide a brief coverage of heatexchangers, which contain detailed heat transfer analysis for parallel-flow and counter-flow heatexchangers. For some of the more complex flow

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Carol Costello; August Allo

determine perceptions of the students concerning the need for and utility ofvarious topics covered in the recitation. The authors administered an entry survey toobtain self-evaluation information and perception of needs at the beginning of thesemester (the end of August). An exit survey was administered in order to compare theopinions of the students before and after the 12 week period (ending in late November)and to request specific information as to what had been useful; attachments 1 and 2contain the two surveys. Ratings on a scale of five and written comments concerning therecitation portion of the class are reflected throughout this paper.During the preceding two semesters, in order to determine an optimally effective agendafor the writing

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Luciana Barroso; Jim Morgan

general kinematic equations and differential equations of motion forproblem solving. Students enter this course with an exposure to: mechanics; free-body diagrams,equilibrium and energy conservation principles; calculus and differential equations; and numerical Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Educationmethods. An overall goal for students taking this course is to model, predict and evaluate thedynamic response of civil structures. An overview of the overall problem progression can bedescribed as: (1) Identify the real physical system (e.g. building) and

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Gregory P. Starr

thepopularity of so-called "professional" wrestling, there is interestin robotic gladiator contests. These robot demolition derbiesare not only technically less interesting (the machines are Figure 1 Two robots on the maze.remote-controlled, it being dangerous and difficult to build anautonomous destruction machine), but play into the lowest-common-denonimator approach of the mass media.Such destruction-oriented contests are certainly not suited for educational purposes. We havetried to use events which involve skill, sustain spectator interest, and if possible require robotcooperation. Whatever contest is chosen, it's worth thinking about it from a social standpoint---what sort of message about the use of technology is the contest promulgating

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Farrokh Attarzadeh; Enrique Barbieri; Miguel Ramos

Session 6-1 The Evolution of a Senior Capstone Course in the Context of a Research-Based University Quality Enhancement Plan Farrokh Attarzadeh, Enrique Barbieri, Miguel Ramos Engineering Technology Department College of Technology University of Houston AbstractThe process of reaffirming accreditation at the University of Houston has identifiedresearch-based instruction as a critical component of the campus learning environmentfor the foreseeable future. This assertion is consistent with broader trends in

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Zhengmao Ye; Habib P. Mohamadian

magnet type of motor has been selected. When the motor is stationary and a voltageVS is applied, a current flow IA is generated which causes the motor to rotate. As the motorrotates, a back EMF VB occurs. As the motor speeds up, the back EMF increases and IA drops.For an ideal motor, the armature current falls to substantially zero and VB approximately equalVA. Thus, if VA is varied slowly in either polarity, the motor speed is proportional to VA. In both33-100 and 150 servo systems (Figures 1-2), the armature voltage VA is provided by a poweramplifier. It is necessary because although the voltages in the error channel may be of the sameorder as VA, the motor current may be up to 1 A, while the error channel operates with currentsof less than 1

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Sergio Chacon; Mequanint Moges

Session 6-3 Project-Based Learning in Telecommunications: An Approach To Teaching New Technologies Sergio Chacon, Mequanint Moges Engineering Technology Department University of Houston AbstractThis paper provides a description of our approach to teaching new technologies in the senior-leveltelecommunications course in the University of Houston’s College of Technology (CoT). In thiscourse, students are required to work on two projects during the semester: 1) the

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Susan M. Bogus; Kerry J. Howe

). Based on facultyobservations and student feedback, the design-build approach was successful because it introducedstudents to project aspects outside of the typical classroom environment. The engineering studentswere exposed to construction issues and forced to think about how their designs affectedconstruction. The construction management students were exposed early to design decisions and theprocess of design. However, there were also lessons learned from this experiment that will improvefuture offerings of this course. IntroductionProject-based learning allows students the opportunity to apply what they have learned in theclassroom to real-life projects.1 The Civil Engineering Department at the

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Ronald E. Barr; J.P. Mohsen; Jane M. Fraser; Amir Karimi; Nelson A. Macken; John A. Stratton; John J. Uhran, Jr.; Sandra A. Yost

Session 7-1 ASEE Year of Dialog: Intermediate Zones’ Report Ronald E. Barr University of Texas at Austin J.P. Mohsen University of Louisville Jane M. Fraser Colorado State University at Pueblo Amir Karimi University of Texas at San Antonio Nelson A. Macken Swarthmore College

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Arup K. Maji

mid-level salaries for CivilEngineers. However while this demand is true for Bachelors and Masters level graduates the situationfor PhDs is nebulous at best and production is at times in the self-serving interest of academicdepartments which are rewarded for PhD production. DiscussionThe objective of this section is to depart from the conventional wisdom in the three areas identifiedearlier in the abstract.Falacy #1: Government funding is behind the growth of engineering schools abroadWhile this section uses India as a benchmark based on the author’s personal experience, it is relevantto most emerging economies where market forces are of increasing significance. As mentionedearlier the growth of

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James B. Farison; Zhuocheng Yang

annualU.S. News rankings are often cited - or rationalized - depending on the most recent rankings. Inthe U.S. News survey, each respondent is asked to rate the listed programs from 5 (highest) to 1(lowest). In this paper, the authors explore the temporal variability over the most recent sixrating/ranking year periods of the U.S. News ratings and rankings of bachelor’s degree programsin engineering in institutions that do not offer doctoral programs in engineering. Specifically,this paper explores the variation of these annual ratings and rankings from year to year,institution by institution (but without specific institutional identification, which is not thepurpose of the paper) and provides graphical data that illustrates the amount and a

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James B. Farison; Zhuocheng Yang

Session 8-1 A Review of Accredited Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs and ASEE’S Role as the Lead Society for Their ABET Accreditation James B. Farison, Zhuocheng Yang Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Baylor University AbstractAs the result of the ABET Board of Directors action in spring 2005, ASEE is now the leadsociety for the accreditation evaluation of multidisciplinary engineering programs, effective withthe accreditation visits that began in the fall of 2006. In this context, the

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Kristi J. Shryock; Helen L. Reed

hopefully learn more about utilizingassessment methods effectively in their individual program. BackgroundFounded in 1932 under the name Engineers' Council for Professional Development, ABET(formerly Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accredits post-secondarydegree-granting programs. Many people interpret this to mean that ABET accredits departments,colleges, or even courses. In reality, ABET accredits programs, and your accreditation workshould reflect the program as a whole.Some programs treat the six-year time lag between visits with the following timeline: - Year 1 – Celebrate success of previous ABET visit. - Years 2-4 – Feel that ABET is a long time away