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New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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New Engineering Educators

. Page 12.1550.31 Data comes from a survey posted to two listservs, SIGCSE-members@acm.org (Computer Science) and theEngineering Technology listserv (etd-l@listproc.tamu.edu) in January 2007. Responses were received fromapproximately three dozen programs.Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 2Copyright  2007, American Society for Engineering Education3. Contracts and assessmentIn most cases, independent studies are graded on the same scale as other courses (A, B, C, etc.).However, a substantial number of institutions grade them pass/fail, and sometimes the student orthe instructor chooses whether they are to be pass/fail or letter-graded. The reason for requiringpass/fail

Conference Session

Project and Model-Based Mathematics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge; Bella Klass-Tsirulnikov, Sami Shamoon College of Engineering (formerly Negev Academic College of

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Mathematics

said to be an m x n matrix, or a matrix of size "m byn".Matrix Addition and Subtraction: The sum (difference) of two matrices A and B is written A+B(A-B). Matrices must be the same size to be added or subtracted. The entries in the resultingsum A+B are aij + bij for i = 1 … m and j = 1 … n. The entries in the difference A-B are aij - bijfor i = 1 … m and j = 1 … n.Matrix Multiplication: Let A be an m x n matrix and B an r x p matrix. The product of these twomatrices, AB, is only defined if n = r. The resulting product C = AB is an m x p matrix inwhich: n cij = 1 aik bkj ; i=1...m; j=1...p k =1Transpose of a Matrix: The transpose of an m x n matrix A is

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guoping Wang, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne (Eng)

and2 is port (A,B: in std_logic; C: out std_logic); end entity and2; architecture ex1 of and2 is begin C<= A and B; end architecture ex1; Fig. 1. AND gate VHDL Module To teaching the different VHDL styles, the dataflow and structural VHDL descriptions inFig. 2 and Fig. 3 to realize a simple logic function F = A’B+AC (where ’ stands for logiccomplement) were presented thereafter. library IEEE; use IEEE.std_logic_1164.all; entity comb_function is port (A,B,C : in std_logic; Z: out std_logic); end entity comb_function

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Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Lakeou, University of the District of Columbia; Tinh Dinh, University of the District of Columbia; Abiyu Negede, University of the DIstrict of Columbia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Digital to Analog Converter Actuators (DAC) Fig. 1 Typical CPLD-Based Controller CircuitA typical circuit design employing a CPLD requires the following steps, as depicted in thedesign flow of Fig. 2 : a) Design entry; b) Design Simulation; c) Design synthesis; and d) Device programming.“Design Entry” provides a description of the required circuit based on the design specifications.The simplest design entry is achieved through schematic capture of the circuit from a library ofcomponents provided by the design tools such as the Integrated Synthesis Environment (ISE)1from

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elvin Shields, Youngstown State University

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Design in Engineering Education

concepts.Fleith et al5 summarized the research on creativity training programs and decided on a programdeveloped by Renzulli10. Both the Verbal and Figural TTCT were administered to 217 childrenbetween the ages of 8 and 12 years old. Form A was used as the pre-test and Form B was usedas the post-test. Their conclusion was that the creativity training may improve the creativity ofstudents. Kim and Michael8 studied the creativity of 193 junior high school students using theTTCT. The students with right brain dominance were found to have higher creativity scores thanthose classified otherwise.The effect of creative problem solving training on adults was investigated by Wang and Horng17and Wang et al18. The studies for both papers involved the same 106

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elvin Shields, Youngstown State University

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Mechanical Engineering

concepts.Fleith et al5 summarized the research on creativity training programs and decided on a programdeveloped by Renzulli10. Both the Verbal and Figural TTCT were administered to 217 childrenbetween the ages of 8 and 12 years old. Form A was used as the pre-test and Form B was usedas the post-test. Their conclusion was that the creativity training may improve the creativity ofstudents. Kim and Michael8 studied the creativity of 193 junior high school students using theTTCT. The students with right brain dominance were found to have higher creativity scores thanthose classified otherwise.The effect of creative problem solving training on adults was investigated by Wang and Horng17and Wang et al18. The studies for both papers involved the same 106

Conference Session

Computer and Information Technology-Related Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Merwan Mehta, East Carolina University; Andrew Jackson, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

A B C D Totals Times NVAT 53 A 100% 480 144 -- 60 22 B 100% 480 75 72 60 C 30% 144 75 4.5 36 D 30% -- 72 36 4.5 P/T 53 22 4.5 4.5 84 NVAT 684 687

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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Graduate Studies

: Companies can no longer afford to have their productsproduced at B or C level. Nor can they afford to have their engineers, who conceive theseproducts, to be educated at B or C level of competence. The importance for the nation to morefully develop its creative engineering capital in industry for professional competency andresponsible positions of engineering leadership of continuous technology development andinnovation is no longer in doubt. But the new challenge in professional graduate education forengineers requires a change in educational process that is not new. What were once the dreamsof forward thinking educators to remove the constraints of time and place from the educationalprocess for competency-based learning can now become reality. We

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Ziegler, State University of New York-Binghamton

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Computers in Education

a designated path.Engineering System Connectivity and Assembly:Connectivity or assembly of elements in an engineering system can be accomplished in onlythree steps as shown in Figure 13. 1. Insert each object required for the assembly (computer peripherals in the figure). 2. Insert a connector between elements that are connected during assembly (a shape was used in the figure). Stretch the connector to show connections between objects. 3. Click on Slide Show and then choose Custom Animation to simulate adding components to the base (processor) diagram or object. a. The screen begins blank and then the processor appears. (Custom Animation – Entrance – Dissolve in) b. The connector to the monitor

Conference Session

MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Shaykhian, NASA; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA

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Minorities in Engineering

>>” prompt.The example below shows a single MatLab sin command entered to evaluate the sin of30 degree (pi/6) to produce 0.50: EDU>> sin(pi/6)Multi Plot Script: A script is used here to demonstrate the multi plot features of MatLab.A mesh plot, a surface plot, a contour plot, and a combination of surface and contour plotare shown all in one screen in Figure 2. Placing these plots next to each other should helpto better visualize the problem.clear % clear removes all variables from the workspace.clc %clear screen% The linspace function generates linearly spaced vectors. It is similar to the colon% operator ":", but gives direct control over the number of points.% y = linspace(a,b,n) generates a row vector y of n points

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Engineering Ethics

compiled, analyzed and tabulated. There are plans to generate similar modules for use insophomore, junior and senior level courses. Appendix B provides an example of an EthicsModule that was used by the authors. (Henthorn, 1994 – 2004).Students were encouraged to participate in classroom discussions. There were no lectures.On the contrary, Socratic Inquisition techniques were utilized in the classroom to create anatmosphere identified as Learning Paradigm. (McKendall,1993) Students were asked tosummarize their thoughts in a written report, which was later analyzed, graded, assessed andtabulated. The results were analyzed using Washington State University’s Rubric (Appendix A)and categorized using a Likert Scale. Data were plotted using a bar chart

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Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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B.K. Hodge

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2019: USING MATHCAD TO ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEWIND ENERGY TOPIC IN AN ALTERNATE ENERGY SOURCES COURSEB. Hodge, Mississippi State University B. K. Hodge is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University (MSU) where he serves as the TVA Professor of Energy Systems and the Environment and is a Giles Distinguished Professor and a Grisham Master Teacher. He served as President of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Southeastern Section for the 1999-2000 Academic Year and was the 2004-2005 Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Division of the ASEE

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Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Szlavik, California Polytechnic State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

electrophysiologyrelated simulations since it is possible to simulate hybrid circuits with both biological andsynthetic electronic components.Bibliography1. N. K. Sinha, Control Systems, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1988.2. R. S. Tucker “Large-signal circuit model for simulation of injection-laser modulation dynamics,” IEE Proceedings, Part I, vol. 128, no. 5, pp. 180-184, 1981.3. B. Bunow, I. Segev, and J. Fleshman, “Modeling the electrical behavior of anatomically complex neurons using a network analysis program: excitable membrane,” Biol. Cybern., vol. 53, pp. 41-56, 1985.4. R. B. Szlavik, A. K. Bhuiyan, A. Carver, and F. Jenkins, “Neural-electronic inhibition simulated with a neuron model implemented in SPICE,” IEEE Transactions

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Sweeney, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Richard Englund, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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Engineering Technology

FA05 FA06 1 a -2 17.0 23.9 13.2 19.2 30.4 55.2 b 2 36.2 54.3 68.4 (-100

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Laboratory and Internship Innovations in IT/IS

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bailey, Brigham Young University; Michael Moore, Brigham Young University; Joseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University

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Information Systems

system.User network authentication within the university lab has not yet been addressed, but research isin process.Bibliography1. Campbell, A., Pargas, R., “Laptops in the Classroom”, Proceedings of SIGCSE’03, Feb. 2003, pp. 98-1022. Leone, J., Hartpence, B., Weber, B., “A Networking and System Administration Laboratory Infrastructure”,Proceedings of CITC3, Rochester, NY, 2002, session 2613. Higby, C., Blackham, N., Rogers, B., Bailey, M., “Re-imaging Computers for Multi-purpose Labs”, Computersin Education Journal, v 15, no. 3, 2005, pp. 34-404. Tarnoff, D., “Shifting Students’ Financial Responsibilities form Textbooks to Laboratory Resources”, Journalof Computing Sciences in Colleges, v 22, no. 3, January 2007, pp. 237-243

Conference Session

Technology Integration in the Classroom for Manufacturing II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devdas Shetty, University of Hartford; Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford; Tom Eppes, University of Hartford

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Manufacturing

calledChannel A and Channel B. Channel B output is shifted by 90 degrees from channel A whichenables direction of rotation information to be obtained. The ability to detect direction is criticalif encoder rotation stops near a pulse edge. The quadrature scheme can effectively “multiply” thenumber of counts or pulses during each revolution of the shaft. In the times-one mode, counts aregenerated only on the rising edges of Channel A. In the times-two mode, both the rising andfalling edges of Channel A generate counts increasing the resolution by a factor of two. In thetimes-four mode, the rising and falling edges of Channel A and Channel B generate countsincreasing resolution by a factor of four.An encoder is a device that converts linear or rotary

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcelo Jenkins, University of Costa Rica

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

(Comprehension) Yes 3. Organizational and process benchmarking (Analysis) Yes B. Standards, specifications, and models. Identify and use software process and assessment Yes models, including ISO 9001, ISO 15504, IEEE software standards, IEEE/EIA 12207, SEI Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI), etc., in a variety of situations. (Application) C. Leadership tools and skills No D. Ethical conduct and professional development No II

Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akhter Hossain, University of South Alabama; Kevin White, University of South Alabama

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Civil Engineering

build the10 ft. x 10 ft. x 12 ft. chamber. The framework of the chamber was constructed with treatedlumber frames as shown in Fig. 1(a). The chamber was carefully wired for the operation of thelighting, temperature control, humidity control, and auxiliary outlets. After the wiring wascompleted, the chamber was fully insulated as shown in Fig. 1(b). The exterior of the chamberwas finished with fiber cement siding. To finalize the chamber, a 6000 BTU room air conditionerwith digital control was installed in one of the walls to control the temperature within thechamber. In addition, a humidifier and a dehumidifier were installed inside the chamber tocontrol the humidity within the chamber. The completed environmental chamber cost around$1500

Conference Session

Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David M Feinauer, University of Kentucky; Bruce Walcott, University of Kentucky

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

company. (A, B, C, D)Hands-on engineering labs – The students are presented with an overview of engineering ingeneral and the disciplines commonly offered by universities across the country. The programparticipants are then required to choose a subset of the fields that they would like to furtherinvestigate. Students are asked to select experiences from the following areas of study:Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering, CivilEngineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and MechanicalEngineering. The students have the opportunity to learn about these fields with faculty andstudents from each discipline. The hands-on activities usually begin with a discussion of the areaof interest, a

Conference Session

Novel Applications of Computers/Software in Energy Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert McMasters, Virginia Military Institute; Michael Sexton, Virginia Military Institute; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Andre Benard, Michigan State University; Norbert Mueller, Michigan State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

boxes providedon the program screen for that purpose. Additionally, there are two “calculate” buttons to startthe program instead of just one. The first “calculate” button is provided for steady stateproblems and the second one for transient problems. The input required is 1.) Rectangle height and width. 2.) Thermal conductivity. 3.) Volumetric heat capacity. 4.) Initial temperature for transient cases. 5.) Designation as to the type of boundary condition on each of the four sides: a.) Prescribed Temperature. b.) Prescribed Heat Flux. c.) Convective Condition. 6.) Specification of the magnitude of the boundary condition. a.) Prescribed temperature for prescribed

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University

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New Engineering Educators

Page 12.182.4the Superpave mix design criteria. They also performed laboratory testing on commonly usedCivil Engineering materials including asphalt binder, hot mix asphalt, aggregates, and Portlandconcrete cement. They analyzed and evaluated the data to make useful conclusions. Each studentwrote a final report on the mixture they designed. The student’s final grade for this class ispresented in Fig. 1. Two students obtained an A, two ended with a B+, while the other twofinished the class with Fs. The low performance was mainly driven by the student’s lack ofparticipation and discipline to return and complete all the assignments and tests. Materials (n=6), Pavements (n=15), Geometric Design (n=17), Highway (n=10

Conference Session

Contemporary Instrumentation Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Shepard, University of Central Florida

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Instrumentation

-assurance era.”What the Physicists Do With Entangled PhotonsThe word “entangled” implies more than just correlation (however entangled photons willexhibit correlation in their measurement statistics). Systems A (or Alice) and B (or Bob) areentangled if their state vector is not a simple product, i.e., if it cannot be written in the form:(state of A)a times (state of B)b. Now taking (+) to represent the state of “spin up” along z and(-) to represent “spin down” – the only two possible spin states of an electron, an example of anentangled state is: (+)a (-)b + (-)a(+)b. If we ask “what is the spin of A?” the answer is – well itcould be up or down, depending on if we “draw” the first or second term respectively when wemeasure it’s state. However, we

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

information to different audiences in separate works or communicateinformation to a varied audience in one work. In BMEG 472, students were required toprepared four written works all centered around a particular topic in neuroscience. Thefirst three short works were targeted to a layperson, clinical scientists and engineerrespectively. These works included children’s books, science fictions stories, medicalpamphlets, and video tutorials. The fourth work was a reflective written statementcomparing and contrasting the approaches used to convey the same material to threedifferent audiences. In BMEG 401 weekly memos were addressed to fellow teammembers, the faculty advisor and external clinical mentors (Appendix B). For oralpresentations, the role of the

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky University; Tom Ogonek Ogonek, Northern Kentucky University; Paul Cooper, Northern Kentucky University

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Instrumentation

respect to the plates, a uniform shear stress occurs across the plates.The steady state inelastic response that commences at a shear stress of 40 MPa continues until Page 12.1338.2fracture at 8% strain. The main role of inelasticity is its insensitivity to localized deformationsites that causes premature failure.The robustness of nacre arises from four design principles as postulated by He et al.1. These are:a) morphology which is optimized to maximize inelastic strain, b) nanoscale asperities that causemechanical interlocking at the interface; sufficient adherence of ceramic layers by the bond layerand d) lubrication provided by the polymer1. A

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas-Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, University of Texas-Brownsville; Amajd Zaim, University of Texas-Brownsville

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

bring major concepts in Science, Mathematics, Physics and Computer Sciencetogether in a game-centric action-based project. The game consists of many modules, but we, asa first stage effort, specifically target the game modules which relate to the following:1. Mathematics and Physics a. Relation to vector analysis, probability, transformations, integration and differentiation, physics motion equations, exponential and doubly exponential functions used in fogging. b. Matrix operations for basic translation, rotation, and scaling.2. Computer Science a. Object Oriented Programming (OOP) i. Classes and objects as game components b. Data structures used in maintaining players information and

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 2

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University

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Materials

schematic diagrams of beakers with water wereshown to students from which students had to match the appropriate word with the diagram. Theunsaturated solution had a low density of dots (sugar molecules dissolved in water) in the beaker(C). The saturated solution had a higher density of dots and also had a small mound of saturatedsugar sitting at the bottom of the beaker (B). The supersaturated solution had the highest densityof dots but there was no sugar sitting on the bottom of the beaker (A). A significant majority,78%, incorrectly chose beaker B as being supersaturated. The primary reason that was given wasthat there was excess solute (undissolved sugar) sitting in the beaker. This result is similar to theprevious one, with both studies having

Conference Session

Student Teams and Project-Based Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; Daniel Ferguson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Rachel Wasserman, Illinois Institute of Technology IPRO Program

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Educational Research and Methods

the fourlearning objective areas. Students are provided with study materials, questions and answers onthe web. A pre-test is administered during the first week, and a post-test during the fifth week.One of the test versions is included below, with the answer key; see Figure 2. Figure 2: Knowledge Test Questions on Teamwork______________________________________________________________________________ 1. A(n) __________ is a small group of people with complementary skills, who work actively together to achieve a common purpose for which they hold themselves collectively accountable. A. Contingent B. Cohort C. Team D. Assemblage Answer: C 2. __________ are established to study specific problems

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

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International

” Nike shoes factor and helps using a shoe project certain sensor. image. Page 12.1021.4Survey Data:Tables 2(a) and 2(b) are responses to our two separate surveys. Table 2(a) Globalization Survey to Calculus Class Statements Level of Agreement

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

of the thermocouples and the metal. Despite the anomalies in thetemperature measurements, the trend in the data is clear: the black toast gets substantially hotter Page 12.1562.13than the shiny toast. Figure 7. Temperature of individual thermocouples attached to each piece of toast. Figure 8. Average temperature of the thermocouples for each piece of toast. Figure 8 is a plot of the average temperature histories for the data in Figure 7. Averaginghides the variability between thermocouples attached to a given metal sample, and it makes theoverall trends easier to see. Three vertical reference lines labeled A, B, and C

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University

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Mathematics

) + C3 x + C4 Page 12.1545.5 b) Moment Area Theorems Component Graphical Description Governing Equations M( x ) M(x ) M(x) from statics due to w(x)Moment, EI EI a bSlope angle, xa/b b where, a/b M a b a/b = Ð