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Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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International

the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received his Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. His technical work covers the topics of Optical Data Links, Integrated Circuit Technology, RF semiconductor components, and semiconductor component reliable. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering. Page 12.1144.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Panel Session – International Division “Educating Graduates

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Graphics and Visualization

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jianping Yue, Essex County College

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Engineering Design Graphics

test subjects include thosestudents who took ENR 103 and ENR 105 classes over the years (Table 3). Table 3 also includesseveral classes of high school students from Newark Technical Careers Center. These studentswere high school seniors who had already had CAD training in the high school and were takingENR 105 at Essex County College under a scholarship to earn college credit. Table 3 Number of students tested Course Isometric PSVT-R 3D PSVT-R ENR 103 Engineering Graphics 56 36 ENR 105 Applied CAD 31 22 ENR 105 Applied

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Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Micheal Dreznes, International Road Federation; James Ekberg, University of Florida

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International

including ASEE, has published numerous refereed and non-refereed articles, and has presented many technical papers to international, national and local organizations.Micheal Dreznes, International Road Federation Micheal G. Dreznes Michael G. Dreznes was originally hired by Energy Absorption Systems, Inc. in 1986 to create their International Department in Chicago, Illinois. In 2004 he was promoted to the position of Vice President of Corporate Communications for Quixote Corporation. Dreznes maintained responsibility for the international activities for all the Quixote companies. In 2006, Dreznes left Quixote Corporation to accept his current position of Deputy Director

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International Engineering Education I - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati; Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati

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International

AC 2007-2038: DESIGN-BUILD-TEST---BUV, A CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTJanak Dave, University of Cincinnati Janak Dave, PhD, PE is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology department at the University of Cincinnati. He obtained his MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri, Rolla. He has presented papers at ASEE Annual Conferences, ASME International Congress, and several international conferences and conducted CAD/CAM/CAE workshops nationally and internationally. He has held various positions in the EDG and DEED divisions of ASEE, as well as local and national committees of ASME.Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati Janet Dong, PhD is an Assistant Professor

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International Engineering Education Ii / International Engineering Education I - Poster Session / International Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Webert Lovencin, University of Florida; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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International

(NSF). Nick’s research areas of interest have been Solid Mechanics & Fluid Flow coupling, 3-D Multiphase Flow in an Unsaturated / Saturated Deforming Porous Medium, Wave Propagation & Stress Concentration, and Filamentary Composite Materials. Dr. Safai is a member of several international and national Professional Engineering Organizations such as: American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He has served in various capacities in these societies. He has served for ASEE; as a session chair, reviewer, and as the Division’s Vice Chair for Annual Conference Programs

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Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Solomon Eisenberg, Boston University; Jo-Ann Murray, Boston University; Urbain DeWinter, Boston University

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International

term benefits may not be manifest inmeasurable outcomes at all – how do we objectively measure the impact of a broader perspectiveor of a more informed global awareness on the professional development and career paths ofparticipating students?Bibliography1. Eisenberg, Solomon R., Murray, Jo-Ann, and DeWinter, Urbain, “Developing a Study Abroad Opportunity for Engineering Undergraduates.” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Page 12.283.8 Engineering Education Annual Conference, session 3260, Nashville, TN, June 2003.2. Open Doors 2001 (http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/page/25081/), Institute of International Education.3

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International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Butsch Michael, FH-Konstanz, Germany

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International

the main purposes of theinternational programs is to provide students value-added technical and culturalexperiences. It has been well documented that engineering students who haveinternational study experience are more likely to be hired and prepared for the globalmarket place. During the last three years, the Kettering University study abroad programshave been steadily growing with over 90 engineering students per year participating instudy abroad programs in Germany alone. Under these study programs, the studentstypically live abroad for three to six months and interact with other international students,professors and in some cases industry employers from different cultures and academicand industrial traditions. Students return from these

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Building Knowledge Based Economies: the Role of Industry-University-Government Partnerships

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Ramiro Jordan, ISTEC-ECE-UNM; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Javier Paez Saavedra

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International

Consortium of Engineering Institution (LACCEI) as a regional Vice-President, and in the International and Minority Divisions of ASEE.Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University María M. Larrondo Petrie has over 20 years of experience in higher education. Presently she is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and Associate Dean for Academic and International Affairs for the College of Engineering at Florida Atlantic University. In the past, she has served as: President and Executive Council member of the Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines, and on the Education Board of ACM SIGGRAPH. Currently she serves as Executive Vice President and as

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Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Allen Greenwood, Mississippi State University; Mary Emplaincourt, Mississippi State University

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International

in studying or working abroad? ____2. After having heard the presentation, using the above scale, identify how interested are you in the following types of international programs and their duration: Type of program abroad: Duration of program abroad: ___study ___intersession (3 weeks in May) ___intern ___summer session ___service learning ___semester ___year3. Based on the above scale, what is your interest in each of the following regions: ___ Mexico, Central and South America ___ United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland) ___ Western Europe

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt; Lars Hagman, KTH; Jan Helge Bøhn, Virginia Tech

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International

enrollment, retention, academic performance, program completion, time to degree, and post-graduation matriculation into international graduate programs or placement in in- dustry leveraging students’ international preparation. 2. Upon matriculation, students will complete a pre-program questionnaire to provide data regarding their backgrounds and prior experiences with different cultures and languages. At the end of the program, students will complete a post-program questionnaire to evalu- ate their own achievements with regard to each of the learning outcomes. 3. The standardized Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) will also be administered twice – once at the beginning of the program to collect baseline data

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Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

implement, and not feasible unlesspreceded by a number of specific steps borrowed largely from the world of business. These stepsinclude:• “Rethink” students–faculty future roles beyond the egocentric model building with the precept that the ideal educational output and the ideal student is one just like me! Widen the discussion and seek feed back from past and present students, research sponsors, and/or industrial clients.• Identify customers’ needs on two fronts, their future manpower needs, and the support services that they are likely to require (e.g. technical consultation, applied research, testing, monitoring, setting standards, etc.), now and in the future.• Reorganize internally in order to streamline external operations and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong Tao, Florida International University; Yiding Cao, Florida International University

. He has received a total of 3 million dollars in external research funding in the areas of heat and mass transfer, wind energy technology, energy conservation, phase change with fluid flow, microgravity fluid physics, and solar energy application. His works are both experimental and computational. Prof. Tao has written extensively – a total of 116 technical papers in peer-reviewed journal papers and conference papers. He has edited or co-edited six journals or symposium volumes in the areas of heat and mass transfer, and internal flow related to energy conservation technology and microelectronics technology. He holds one Chinese patent on calorimetry, and one US patent

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Engineering in Middle Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John McLaughlin, MacLaughlin Associates; Gail Hardinge, College of William and Mary; Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech; Kirk Jenne, Office of Naval Research; Robert Stiegler, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

• Communication: internal and external • Project management across levels • Ongoing performance measurement and evaluation • Future funding efforts for sustainability and diffusion Page 12.1425.8 2. Implementation Fidelity • Quality of professional development, technical assistance, and Electronic Emissary as measured through post-implementation feedback surveys and interviews • Quality of classroom delivery as measured by classroom observations, interviews, and surveys administered during and post-implementation. 3. Outcomes for Teachers and Navy

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Clint Cole; Mircea Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania

AC 2007-1206: DIGITAL DESIGN PROJECT COMPETITION USING ADVANCEDFPGA TECHNOLOGY AND HARDWARE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGESMihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyClint Cole, president DigilentInc, Pullman, WAMircea Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania Dr. Mircea Dabacan received the Diploma Engineer (M.S.) degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 1984, and a Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, in 1998. Since 2001 he has been an Associate Professor with Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications and since 2005 he holds the

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Barbara Stewart, University of Houston; Luces Faulkenberry, University of Houston; Curtis Johnson, University of Houston

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Liberal Education

social science with instruction in and experience with technology built in. The othertwo courses presented are technical courses which also present impact and context issues withrespect to culture and society. The faculty involved plan to follow through with more formalstudy of the success of the four courses in meeting the goal of technological literacy.Bibliography1. Pearson, G. P. and Young, A. T., Eds. Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More aboutTechnology (2002) National Academy of Sciences.2. Technological Literacy for All: A Rationale and Structure for the Study of Technology 2nd Ed (2006)International Technology Education Association.3. Wendt, A., Martin, J., Russell, J., Graham, M. Farrell, P., Peercy, P., Pfatteicher

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Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Tonkay, Lehigh University; E. Zimmers, Lehigh University

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Liberal Education

12programs. Leadership in Organizations/ Applications of Leadership was listed in 9 programs.Development of Leadership Skills and Observation/Participation in a Leadership Settingwere listed in 9 programs. An ethics course was required by 7 programs. A Leadership Project,Personal Leadership/Goal Setting, and Communications in Leadership were listed in 4programs. The remaining themes were listed in 3 or less programsDevelopment of the Engineering Leadership MinorFor all of the previously stated reasons, ISELP was evaluated to improve its deficiencies. Inputwas solicited from alumni in leadership positions in local and international companies,employers of students, the department advisory board and other university staff and programs.For example

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Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanne Lax, Purdue University

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Liberal Education

. Mahan, A. Jayasumana, D. Lile, and M. Palmquist, “Bringing an emphasis on technical writing to a freshman course in electrical engineering,” IEEE Trans. Educ., vol. 43, no.1, pp. 36-42, 2000.6. BusinessWeek. (2006, Nov.). “Just say no…to email?” [Online]. Available: http://www.articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/JustSayNoToEmail.aspx?GT 1=8717.7. J. Gimenez, “Business e-mail communication: some emerging tendencies in register,” English for Specific Purposes, vol. 19, issue 3, pp. 237-251, 2000.8. N. Baron, “Letters by phone or speech by other means: The linguistics of email,” Language and Communication, vol. 18, pp. 133-170, 1998.9. D. Enemark. (2006, May). It’s All about Me: Why E-mails are so Easily Misunderstood. The

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

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Mechanics

participation from others in the class.Speaker PresentationsIn order to promote professionalism and to attempt to satisfy one of the ABET criteria of‘Continuous improvement’, the students are provided with another opportunity (for extracredit) to attend technical speaker presentations. Most of these presentations (2 to 3 perterm) are held on campus during lunch hours. These presentations are sponsored by thestudent chapters of ASME, SWE, etc., and also by honor societies such as Pi Tau Sigma.Students are also encouraged to join as members of such societies. The speakers areusually from outside, either from an industry or from an R&D institution. Some times thestudents arrange the speakers from their co-op industry. Extra credit was given based

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Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Stacey Breitenbach, California Polytechnic State University

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Liberal Education

technology oriented organizational systems and processes.2. Ability to take into account business and technology considerations and able to make decisions based on analysis.3. Ability to understand marketing, financial, technical, human factors and legal issues that arise in technology oriented systems.4. Ability to manage projects and supply chain systems.Education Concentration1. Recruit and prepare Jr. High and High School teachers who are confident of their skills in mathematics and their understanding of the natural world and who are dedicated to helping young students to become technologically and scientifically literate citizens of the 21st Century.2. Provide a flexible path to earn credential

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Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manar Shami, University of the Pacific; Ed Pejack, University of the Pacific; Ravinder Jain, University of the Pacific

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

-- Systems International, www.dsiamerica.com[2] The home of MTS http://www.mts.com/stellent/groups/public/documents/library/dev_002085.pdf[3] Johnson, Tony (2005-2006), “Private communications,” MTS Systems Corporation, www.mts.com[4] Blakely, Mike (2005-2006), Private communications, BJG Inc. www.bjginc.com[5] Porf. Itani, Ahmad (2005-2006), Private communication, University of Nevada, Reno. Page 12.524.13

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Potpourri Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Buck, Jackson State University

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Women in Engineering

representation may result from thebelief of technology being male-center and exclusive of female areas of proficiency.Under-representation has been present in the industrial workforce as well. In the actual industrial setting, there once appeared to be a major division between Page 12.740.3male and female job positions and responsibilities. Appiah (2002)5 indicated thattraditional fields for males include: science, engineering, and other technical areas, whilethe traditional fields for females are education, history, and other social sciences. Bostic(1999)9 suggested that this might be a result of females allowing traditional roles todetermine their

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Potpourri Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

new media programming, such as televisiondramas with women engineers, computer technicians, and/or engineers in leading roles, mighthelp attract more women to these fields. This paper identifies a theoretical rationale for a mediacentered strategy. It involves using the mass media to create a more positive understanding ofwomen in these professions. It then describes a pilot study that utilized a national sample. Datafrom that survey suggest that a media-centered approach might have some success in producinggreater interest among women in pursuing certain STEM careers.IntroductionIt is commonly accepted that part of the solution to the increasing problem of the shortage ofwell trained technical personnel in all advanced industrial nations

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Two Year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Theodore Branoff, North Carolina State University; Duane Akroyd, North Carolina State University

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Two Year College Division

). • Knowledge of WebCT. • Knowledge of Centra Symposium. • Knowledge of computer resources at NC State.In addition to these data, North Carolina State University faculty also have access to datacollected from the distance education group on campus for each Centra Symposium session.During the summer 2005 and 2006 semesters, 10 community college instructors from the firstcohort and 13 from the second cohort were enrolled in Instructional Design for Technical andTechnology Education. Figures 3 and 4 present data regarding where and how studentsconnected to these sessions. The community college instructors typically connected from eitherhome or work (Figure 3) using a high bandwidth connection (Figure 4). Figure 3. Location From

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Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lari Garrison, University of Washington; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Portia Sabin, University of Washington; Andrew Jocuns, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

science,technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, then we turn to the notion of culturalmodels, which will be a frame through which to examine the beliefs students have about theadmission process at UWest.In the last 30-40 years, attempts have been made to increase the number of women who go intothe field of engineering. Accompanied by these attempts has grown a large body of researchinvestigating factors contributing to the disparity between the numbers of men and women whomajor in STEM.3-19. These attempts can largely be categorized in two major ways: One categoryof research identifies or prescribes a remedy for a presumptively inherent difference betweenwomen and men that prevents women from entering STEM fields in numbers equal

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MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Shaykhian, NASA; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA

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Minorities in Engineering

problemattributes and constraints. The visualization aspect of this problem-solving approachprovides real insight into internal problem mechanisms and the performance of theproblem solution.Bibliography1. Problem Solving Skills, http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/problemsolving.html2. Zywno, M., Instructional Technology, Learning Styles and Academic Achievement, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.3. Matušu, R. and Prokop, R., User-friendly MATLAB Program for Control and Robust Stability Analysis of Systems with Parametric Uncertainties, Proceedings of the 13th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation Limassol, Cyprus, June 27-29, 2005.4. Daku, B

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Distance, Remote, and Virtual Experiments

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peng Li, East Carolina University; Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University; Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University; Lee Toderick, East Carolina University; Chengcheng Li, East Carolina University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

(NAT) networking. InNAT networking configuration, the virtual machine works inside a private virtual network5 andobtains a private IP address (e.g. 192.168.*.*) from the VMware virtual DHCP server. Virtualmachines on the same virtual network communicate with each other internally like physicalmachines on the same LAN subnet. When external connectivity is needed, the virtual networkcan be configured to share the IP address of the host operating system. The virtual network isprotected behind a NAT firewall.The pre-built virtual machine was then compressed using 7-Zip6 before distribution. The size ofthe compressed virtual machine was 419 MB. The image of the compressed virtual machine wasmade available on the class ftp server for download. For

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Distance, Remote, and Virtual Experiments

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John White, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Leo Bobek, University of Massachusetts- Lowell

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2007-3100: INNOVATIVE USE OF A RESEARCH REACTOR FORINTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING EDUCATIONJohn White, University of Massachusetts-LowellLeo Bobek, University of Massachusetts- Lowell Page 12.900.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Innovative Use of a Research Reactor for Interdisciplinary Engineering EducationIntroductionOver the last few years, the research reactor facility at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell(UMLRR) has developed capability to perform live experiments and deliver archived reactoroperations data via a web-based interface to remote users.1-3 Access to this capability isavailable through the nuclear101

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Bradley Jenkins, St. Petersburg College

Page 12.656.3and considered in the near future. The community colleges will also have the flexibilityto offer short technical certificates in the different specializations to meet local studentand industry needs.The Florida Department of Education Career and Technical Education Division housesthe Frameworks (student proficiency outcomes and program definition) for all postsecondary and community college programs including apprenticeships. Therefore,frameworks for the proposed new degree program and the specializations would have tobe developed and verified by industry. All new program frameworks must comply withthe specifications of the Florida Department of Education and submitted to the Divisionof Career and Technical Education for review

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Wheatly, Wright State University; Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Bor Jang, Wright State University; George Sehi, Sinclair Community College; Richard Jones, Sinclair Community College

Dean of the EIT division. Dr. Sehi served as an external evaluator for TAC/ABET, the Accreditation Bureau of Health Education Schools, the North Central Association for Colleges and Schools, Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, and Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology. He has been instrumental in securing over $10.5 M in NSF grants for his division.Richard Jones, Sinclair Community College Richard Jones has been at Sinclair Community College since 1977 as chemistry faculty member, department chair, and now Dean of the LAS division. He has been a PI for over $700,000 in grants. Dr. Jones has served as a Board of Trustees member

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terrance Boult, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; Jeremy Haefner, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

21 Credits (Choice from 1-3 cores) General education courses to meet requirements of the appropriate college.The Innovation Core is 27 Credits, geared toward innovation and entrepreneurship; a keycomponent is the multi-disciplinary, long-term team activities over the sophomore, junior andsenior years. Teams are expected to include students from all years, possibly including graduatestudents. The teams will have dynamic membership and the roles of team members will changeon a regular basis. The innovation core also includes an overview course of innovation, acourse on entrepreneurship, a variation on the technical writing course focused on proposalpreparation, a course