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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Orval Powell, U.S. Air Force Academy; Michael Maixner, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

integrated approach ofthermodynamics, heat transfer and fluid mechanics, rather than teaching these topicsindividually. The new curriculum consists of 4 courses: the first 2 are required for EngineeringMechanics majors while Mechanical Engineering majors are required to take the first threecourses, with the fourth course as an elective. While, this transition has been well received bystudents and faculty alike, however, DFEM sought a method to determine the efficacy of thistransition; the Fundamentals of Engineering exam was a logical choice. Based on the resultsfrom three exams, preliminary results show that the transition did not detrimentally affect DFEMstudents’ overall performance as they continued to pass the exam at or above the

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismail Jouny, Lafayette College

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-96: OUTSOURCING ? RESILIENT ECE CURRICULUMIsmail Jouny, Lafayette College Page 12.1138.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 OUTSOURCING-RESILIENT ECE CURRICULUM Ismail Jouny Electrical and Computer Engineering Lafayette College, Easton, PA AbstractThis paper addresses the issue of outsourcing of electrical and computer engineeringneeds, and its impact on the future of ECE engineering education in the United States.The paper highlights areas of ECE that has seen significant outsourcing activities andfuture trends in

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IE Program Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Benjamin Redekop

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Industrial Engineering

. Page 12.325.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Bringing New Topics into the IE CurriculumAbstractThe need to focus efforts on environmental concerns rings important to young people aswell as to the National Academy of Engineers. The need to raise awareness about theenvironmental impact of decisions in manufacturing and product design should be at theforefront of curriculum enhancement efforts. Industrial Engineers are typically viewed as“systems thinkers” and need to analyze the larger eco-system when new designs are putin place. Thus, the systems-approach to environmentally responsible design andmanufacturing has a natural place in the Industrial Engineering curriculum.The challenge to engineering faculty may

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New Trends in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronny Veljanovski, Victoria University; Alex Stojcevski, Victoria University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-1416: ONLINE ROLE PLAYING IN A NEW PROBLEM BASEDLEARNING CURRICULUM IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGRonny Veljanovski, Victoria University Ronny Veljanovski received his Bachelor of Science in 2000 from Victoria University, Melbourne Australia. After completing his Bachelors, Ronny completed his PhD in electrical engineering (also at Victoria University). His thesis involved the design and implementation of low power reconfigurable architectures for wireless communications. His research was financially sponsored from Ericsson in Sweden and supported through the Heterogeneous Signal Processing Group which is a collaboration of universities and industries in Europe. Ronny has also recently

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Collura, University of New Haven; Samuel Daniels, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; W. David Harding, University of New Haven

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Educational Research and Methods

new curriculum was designed to provide students with a multidisciplinary perspective whiledeveloping basic engineering skills and fostering an understanding of basic engineeringconcepts. Each of the ten courses in the program were developed and are taught by faculty fromseveral disciplines. Course materials are intended to make students keenly aware of the highlyintegrated nature of the current practice of engineering. It was also expected that the novelprogram would prove to be attractive to a broader range of students than those drawn totraditional disciplinary programs. Finally, student retention was expected to be enhanced by thenew courses.Students who entered as freshmen in 2004 are currently juniors, taking courses in theirdisciplinary

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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Women in Engineering

Curriculum Studies and is currently pursuing a PhD in higher education at OISE/UT. Research interests include teaching & learning in higher education, engineering education, first year experience, STSE in higher education and gender issues in science and engineering. Page 12.295.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007Attracting and Retaining Females in Engineering Programs: Using a Science, Technology, Society and the Environment (STSE) Approach Page 12.295.2 Attracting and Retaining Females in Engineering Programs

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ECET Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jerome Tapper, Northeastern University; Francis Dibella, Northeastern University; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

modernize itselectrical engineering technology program. During this time, the concept of the “lecture-lab”venue was conceived and utilized in the development of an Industrial Control Systems cadre ofcourses. Until this time, no such educational venue had existed at Northeastern. In order todevelop such a new and innovative program concept, resources would be needed that wereextremely expensive and well out of the reach of normal department budgets. In order to acquirethe appropriate resources necessary to realize such a new program, corporate sponsors would beneeded to assist in this matter. Major well-known corporate industrial control systemscomponent manufacturers were approached for resource support for this program. Since theinitial concept

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Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Trimble, Arizona State University; Ronald Bengelink, Arizona State University; Valana Wells, Arizona State University

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Mechanical Engineering

into a cohesive approach for advancing their professional careers.Industry Speakers Table 5. Speaker TopicsStudents are eager to learnfrom practicing engineers. Speaker 1: Role of Engineering in BusinessLikewise, many successful Speaker 2: Project Managementengineers want to “give back” Speaker 3: Ethics in the Corporationto the profession by sharing Speaker 4: Renewable Energy Challengestheir knowledge and Speaker 5: Financial Planning for the New Graduateexperiences with those seeking Speaker 6: Systems Engineering in the Automotive Industryto enter the profession. The use Speaker 7: Lean Engineering in the Aerospace

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Best Zone Paper Competition

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University; Michael McCuddy, Valparaiso University

AC 2007-3128: IMPLEMENTING A NEW APPROACH TO TEACHING THEETHICS OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGYDoug Tougaw, Valparaiso UniversityMichael McCuddy, Valparaiso University Page 12.837.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 IMPLEMENTING A NEW APPROACH TO TEACHING THE ETHICS OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY Douglas Tougaw1 and Michael K. McCuddy2 1 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; Email: Doug.Tougaw@valpo.edu 2 Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; Email: Mike.McCuddy@valpo.edu 1. INTRODUCTIONEmerging technology holds great

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad Lloyd, Middle Tennessee State University; Saleh Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University

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Instrumentation

currently a Professor of Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University. He received the BS degree in EE from Damascus University and the MS and Ph.D. degrees in EE from Tennessee Technological University. He is actively engaged in curriculum development for technology education. He has written and co-authored several industry-based case studies. He is also conducting research in the area of mass spectrometry, power electronics, lasers, and instrumentation. Page 12.1233.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Reinventing Home Automation

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New Trends in Energy Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University; Herbert Ginn, Mississippi State University; Stanislaw Grzybowski, Mississippi State University; Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Jimena Bastos, Mississippi State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

seeking students with powerengineering background. These companies include power equipment manufacturers, consultants,chemical companies, automotive companies and more.A new set of companies looking for power engineers are naval ship builders and other shipbuilding support industries. The new all-electric ship program provides a platform for increasedcontrol and utilization of electric power systems to improve ship features of reconfiguration andsurvivability. The industry now needs more electrical power engineers to solve its futurechallenges.This paper will describe efforts at our university to integrate more shipboard power system topicsinto the undergraduate and graduate curriculum. The shipboard power system provides someunique challenges

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Creese, West Virginia University; Deepak Gupta, West Virginia University

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Manufacturing

AC 2007-654: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO MANUFACTURING DESIGNRobert Creese, West Virginia University ROBERT C CREESE is a professor in the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department in the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. He obtained his BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees from The Pennsylvania State University, The University of California-Berkeley, and The Pennsylvania State University. He is a member of ASEE and also a member of AACE International, ASM, AWS, AIST, ISPA, SCEA, AFS, and SME.Deepak Gupta, West Virginia University DEEPAK GUPTA is a graduate student in the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

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International

Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany M. Ciampi, Hilda dos S. Alves COPEC – Council of Researches in Education and SciencesAbstractThe real challenge for all the Engineering Schools lately is to form the professional to act in thenew work market. Nevertheless many Institutions have been searching hard for the best way todo so. Some of them have promoted new kind of curriculum more flexible and more adequate tothe new student. One question remains: How to prepare the engineer for professional life? Forsome it is the internship that will provide the student the taste of what is to be an engineer. InCivil Engineer, the best way is also the internship at the building site if the choice of the studentis to make constructions. For Civil

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wendy James, Oklahoma State University; Stacee Harmon, Oklahoma State University; Richard Bryant, Oklahoma State University

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New Engineering Educators

, experience, and school. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press.4. Marsh, C. J., & Willis, G. (2003). Curriculum: Alternative approaches, ongoing issues (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.5. Prince, M. (2004). Does active learning work? A review of the research. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(3), 223-231.6. Sabers, D. S., Cushing, K. S., & Berliner, D. C. (1991). Differences among teachers in a task characterized by simultaneity, multidimensionality, and immediacy. American Educational Research Journal, 28(1), 63-88.7. Streveler, R. A. & Smith. K. A. (2006). Conducting rigorous research

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin Adams, Purdue University; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University; David Socha, University of Washington; Dawn Williams, Howard University; Ken Yasuhara

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New Engineering Educators

formulatingresearch questions and assessing rigor. Each of these situations plays a crucial role in promotingthe long term health of engineering education as a profession.We have been exploring the use of storytelling in engineering education. One approach has beento use storytelling and personal narratives as a guiding strategy for conducting research onpathways for becoming interdisciplinary engineering education researchers [19]. For thisexample, stories are a device for diagnosing and interpreting identities and identity pathways [20-21] . Another approach has been to use stories to make visible what we as a community arelearning about engineering education [22]. For this example, stories are a device for providingentry for new engineering education

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Conversion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahmoud Alahmad, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Herbert Hess, University of Idaho; Brian Johnson, University of Idaho

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2007-1854: PROJECT-BASED APPROACH TO INTRODUCE BUILDINGSYSTEM DESIGN IN AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMMahmoud Alahmad, University of Nebraska-LincolnHerbert Hess, University of IdahoBrian Johnson, University of Idaho Page 12.1192.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Project Based Approach to Introduce Building System Design in an Electrical Engineering CurriculumAbstractThe current demand for engineers with fundamental understanding of systems design inbuildings is a growing niche in industry. Some universities are recognizing this need and areintroducing new courses and/or new programs to provide students with this

Conference Session

New Trends in Energy Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

-disciplinary engineering program was initiatedat the Polytechnic campus of Arizona State University. A key feature of this program is theemphasis on a Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach to engineering education. Under thispedagogy, students are assigned engineering projects that are carefully planned by the faculty sothat their completion requires mastery of specific sets of traditional engineering topics.Whenever possible, needed topics are presented by faculty members on a “just in time” basisthroughout the curriculum, so that students immediately apply theoretical knowledge to realworld engineering problems. This paper presents an example of the implementation of thispedagogy in a course designed to involve students in an ongoing research

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ioana Voiculescu, City College of the City University of New York; Benjamin Liaw, City College of the City University of New York

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-1284: A NOVEL LABWORK APPROACH FOR TEACHING AMECHATRONICS COURSEIoana Voiculescu, City College of the City University of New York Professor Ioana Voiculescu received a Ph. D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Politehnica University, Timisoara, Romania, in 1997 in the field of Precision Mechanics. She finished her second doctorate in 2005, also in Mechanical Engineering, but with the emphasis in MEMS. She has worked for five years at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, in Washington, DC in the area of MEMS gas sensors and gas preconcentrators. Currently, she is developing a MEMS laboratory in the Mechanical Engineering Department at City College of New York. She is an IEEE

Conference Session

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

and approval. Once approved at the statelevel, the Curriculum Frameworks for Engineering Technology will be available for any2-year college to adopt and implement via their own internal program and courseadoption processes.Program DevelopmentThe process began with consensus building for the Engineering Technology Core andsupporting Curriculum Frameworks concurrently with the definition of thespecializations that would be housed under the degree. A working group of participantsbegan working with FLATE in the fall of 2005 when FLATE hosted the first curriculumworkshop. During this workshop, the one-plus-one approach evolved from discussionand was agreed upon as a viable option to meet the needs of all the schools.The first exercise was the

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology; Beth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Carol Shields, Stevens Institute of Technology; Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Columbia University; Christine Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Cathy Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston; Shih-Ying Yao, Museum of Science, Boston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

years.In collaboration with curriculum partners such as the Museum of Science, Boston’s NationalCenter for Technological Literacy and the Society of Automotive Engineers, Stevens isproviding teacher professional development, technical assistance, and in-class support toparticipating schools. Other partners, including the New Jersey Department of Education, theNew Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, and other institutions of higher education,are also engaged in this outreach effort.This paper describes the goals, strategies, and specific activities that the Center for Innovation inEngineering and Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens, together with partners, have developedand implemented in the context of the EOFNJ effort for elementary

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Tovia, Philadelphia University; Muthu Govindaraj, Philadelphia University; David Brookstein, Philadelphia University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Furthermore, two new programs,Architectural Engineering and a dual degree program in Environmental Engineering/B.S.Chemistry (environmental science) will be offered beginning fall 2007.To accomplish the above the School of Engineering and Textiles developed a five-year strategicplan around three major initiatives: 1) Recruitment and retention strategies oriented to attract,recruit and retain ultimately a diverse student body of 300 engineering students, 2) an integratedfirst two year engineering curriculum that emphasizes unity of knowledge across disciplines andpromotes engineering as both a profession and service to humanity, and 3) preparing students tobe life-long learners by developing student-centered learning communities enhanced by a state-of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Delivery Modes in Nuclear Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erich Schneider

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Nuclear and Radiological

AC 2007-3105: A PROJECT-BASED APPROACH TO TEACHING THE NUCLEARFUEL CYCLEErich Schneider, Dr. Schneider received his PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University in 2002. During the final two years of his graduate study at Cornell, he held the position of Lecturer. From 2002-2006, he was a Technical Staff Member in the Nuclear Systems Design Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In January, 2006, Dr. Schneider joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at the University of Texas at Austin. He is affiliated with the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Graduate Program at that institution

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New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo; Donna Ebenstein

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Biomedical

students with the opportunity to become more comfortable with tackling open-endedprojects, we have integrated a series of open-ended experiences into our new biomedicalengineering curriculum. This series of eight open-ended projects and laboratories begins in thefirst-year introductory engineering course and extends through the senior design course. As ourstudents (approximately fifteen per year) progress through the curriculum, the level of emphasisplaced on project management and technical results is modified in accordance with anticipatedstudent abilities.Below, we provide a number of objectives for including this project sequence in our curriculum. Objective #1: To provide students with a sequence of open-ended projects throughout

Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abdul Kamal, Western New England College; Herb Eskot, Western New England College

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Industrial Engineering

Engineering, and students enrolled in certain graduate disciplines andother continuing education programs.There is some literature relating the experiences of multidisciplinary teaching involvingengineering and business courses. The experience in combining a marketing research course witha bio-resource engineering course was assessed5. The latter combines biology and engineering tosolve problems in a variety of environmentally related fields. The approach of this course was toteam together students from both courses to work collectively on a project involving bothdeveloping and marketing a new product. The engineering students worked alone or in groups oftwo over a two-semester period on one project. The engineering students working on a

Conference Session

Special Session on Fixed-Point Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Thad Welch, Boise State University; Michael Morrow, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Gerald Vineyard, U.S. Naval Academy

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Computers in Education

Department. Dr. Welch's research interests include the implementation of communication systems using DSP-based techniques, DSP education, and RF signal propagation. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu. E-mail: t.b.welch@ieee.orgMichael Morrow, University of Wisconsin-Madison Michael G. Morrow, MEngEE, P.E., is a Faculty Associate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. His research interests include real-time digital systems, embedded system design, software engineering, curriculum design, and educational assessment techniques. He is a member of ASEE and IEEE. E-mail: morrow@ieee.orgGerald Vineyard, U.S

Conference Session

Design for the Environment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Graham Armitage, University of Calgary; Phillip du Plessix, University of Calgary; Kara Chomistek, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Clifton Johnston, University of Calgary; Mohamed Nazir, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Diane Douglas, University of Calgary; Brigit Knecht, University of Calgary

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Design in Engineering Education

capable andconscious of the impacts of their decisions. The goal is to address the need for today's engineersto work effectively in global environments where technical solutions must integrate social,cultural and environmental concerns.The curriculum enhancement projects seek to teach the students the fundamentals of engineeringdesign early (first three weeks) in the engineering education process with an emphasis onenvironmental and socio-cultural impact to develop socially conscious engineers with a stronggrounding in the basics of engineers design methods. This will develop a new generation ofengineers with a skill set that includes an understanding of the social, cultural and environmentalimpacts of their decisions and a comprehension of how

Conference Session

New Trends in Energy Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendrick Aung, Lamar University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

typical mechanical engineering curriculum, Design of Thermal System course is theculminating course for thermal fluid stem where synthesis of junior and senior level classes ispresented with respect to real-world engineering systems such as a coal-fired power plant. Thecourse covers design process, equipment selection, economic consideration, mathematicalmodeling, and numerical simulations of energy systems. Even though the course is generally arequired course for many engineering programs, the author found that many curricula have eitherstopped offering the course or included some aspects of the course in some junior level courses.At Lamar University the faculty member who used to teach the class was recently retired and theauthor took up the

Conference Session

Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wangping Sun, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

paper, the author will introduce a new approach to administer programming practices of the students. The benefits and implementation steps of this new paradigm will also be discussed. Keywords: Computer Education; Computer Programming; Engineering Education; Professional Development; Software Development Cycle.1. IntroductionComputer programming is an essential and integral part of any engineering program 1.Engineering students must be able to use a variety of rapidly changing computing systems andtools to solve an ever-expanding range of problems across disciplines 2. Engineering schoolsoffer the computer programming course in freshmen or semaphore year in engineering orengineering technology program 3,4.In our

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Teaching Methods & Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, SUSAN FREEMAN, and BEVERLY JAEGER are members of; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2007-686: TOWER OF STRAWS: REACHING NEW HEIGHTS WITH ACTIVELEARNING IN ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR THE FIRST-YEAR CURRICULUMJohn K. Estell, Ohio Northern University JOHN K. ESTELL is Chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, and Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, at Ohio Northern University. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, user interface design, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pedro Gazmuri, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Gonzalo Pizarro, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Jose Bilbao, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

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International

self-evaluation process, required by ABET.As a consequence, in 2003 all engineering programs reached the substantial equivalence with theold criteria. At present ABET has started to apply the EC2000 criteria to the internationalevaluations, and it does not give the substantial equivalence anymore. Instead, it has startedaccrediting programs abroad.The College of Engineering is going through a curricular reengineering process, to face thesenew challenges and to go a step further in the internationalization process. The goals proposed tothe new curriculum are (1) to change the present paradigm towards a curriculum based onoutcomes, (2) to fulfill the ABET EC2000 criteria, (3) to improve the efficiency of the educationand learning process, (4) to