Conference Session

Approaches to Active Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Yim, University of Pennsylvania; Katherine Kuchenbecker, University of Pennsylvania; Paulo Arratia, University of Pennsylvania; Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania; John Bassani, University of Pennsylvania; Jonathan Fiene, University of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Lukes, University of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

formulated to support the laboratory activities, in contrast tothe traditional approach where laboratory exercises are decoupled from or tangential to thelectures.In this paper, we describe the specifics of our practice-integrated curriculum, using examplesfrom basic engineering science classes that have been redesigned to try to provide a moremeaningful learning experience for our students. A steady increase in enrollment numbers andpositive feedback from student evaluations demonstrate the benefits of this curriculum.IntroductionLaboratory and project-oriented teaching1 is becoming more prevalent in engineering. Project-oriented instruction can ingrain theoretical concepts by challenging students to apply theory indesign settings where they must

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Kornecki, ERAU; Thomas Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Wojciech Grega, AGH; Jean-Marc Thririet, LAG; Miroslav Sveda, BUT

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International

AC 2008-1359: A COMMON US-EUROPE CURRICULUM: AN APPROACH FORREAL-TIME SOFTWARE INTENSIVE SYSTEMSAndrew Kornecki, ERAU MSEE, PhD, Professor; engaged in a variety of research projects sponsored by the FAA, NSF, Florida State, and the industry (~$700K as the PI, ~$2.5M as co-PI); author and co-author of over 80 refereed papers in journals and conference proceedings; construction of real-time and safety critical software, embedded systems, computer simulation and aviation software, control and computer engineering education; teaching in undergraduate and graduate engineering programs on three continents; established ERAU Real-Time Software Laboratory; consulting and providing training for

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gouranga Banik, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Construction

advancement, the wideningseparation of faculty and curriculum from industry needs and expectations has resulted in a realthreat to our competitiveness in the global marketplace. Page 13.741.2The construction environment has changed dramatically. International competition, the conceptsof world is flat and small is beautiful shift our economy from manufacturing to service enterpriseand new technologies have restructured the industry and altered how contractors practiceconstruction and engineering. William A. Wulf, thePresident of the National Academy of Engineering, defines engineering as “design underconstraint.” This statement is true for the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Ciaraldi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David Cyganski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Demetriou; Fred Looft; William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Bradley Miller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Eben Cobb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lance Schachterle, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kenneth Stafford, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Yiming Rong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; James Van de Ven, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

roboticscompetitions. The program relies in part on already existing courses, but the core curriculumconsists of five new “unified robotics engineering” courses. Although Robotics Engineering isnot recognized as a distinct engineering field by ABET, the program is designed to beaccreditable under the “General Engineering” ABET criteria. While the program is less than ayear old, there is already significant student interest.1.0 IntroductionRobotics—the combination of sensing, computation and actuation in the real world—is on theverge of rapid growth, driven by both supply and demand. The supply side is driven bydecreasing cost and increasing availability of sensors, computing devices, and actuators. Thedemand side is driven by national needs for defense and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Waidley, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Jason Bittner, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

impacts our current transportation system has, not only on ourmobility and safety, but also upon the environment, disadvantaged populations and numerousother aspects of our built and human environment.This being said, it is important to explore new approaches to transportation education. Bringingtogether transportation students from various disciplines, such as engineering, planning, andpublic policy seems to enhance the learning experience and may potentially result in a more wellrounded transportation professional capable of influencing better transportation decision-making.At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and sponsored through the Gaylord Nelson Institute forEnvironmental Studies, is an interdisciplinary, graduate-level certificate

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Kander, James Madison University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Automation, Charlottesville, VA.• “… [the] multiple discipline approach will provide students with the in-depth knowledge to meet the needs of those companies which are seeking professional employees who will integrate knowledge from different fields in order to create marketplace solutions.” Catherine Glordano, President and CEO, Knowledge Information Solutions Incorporated, Virginia Beach, VA.• “It is our belief that the new curriculum proposed by JMU will produce the traditional engineering talent combined with new skills required in this conceptual age.” Jose Travez, CEO, Prototype Productions Incorporated, Ashburn, VA.In terms of student response to our new program, recall that the program was designed for anaverage of 50

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Management Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Engineering Management

AC 2008-1287: EFFECTIVENESS OF VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATIONS INTEACHING ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT CURRICULUMErtunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Ertunga C. Ozelkan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management and the Associate Director of the Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems (CLLES) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). Prior to UNC Charlotte, he was teaching as part of the School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. Before joining academia, Dr. Ozelkan worked for i2 Technologies, a leading supply chain software vendor in the capacity of a Customer Service and Curriculum Manager and a Consultant. At i2, he

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Mohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Paulik, University of Detroit Mercy

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Electrical and Computer

spiralcurriculum approach implemented across several engineering disciplines for the first two years. 9Other aspects of the pedagogical principles underlying this curriculum reform are discussed ingreat detail in an earlier publication. 103 Implementation of New CurriculumThe roll-out of this curriculum, diagrammed in Fig. 1, began in the 2005-06 academic year, with arobotics module for the Engineering Design and Graphics course that all engineering studentstake in their first year. In the 2006-07 academic year, a new course/laboratory sequence inFundamentals of ECE was offered to sophomores. These courses include instruction in circuits,electronics and DC motors, aiming to integrate the treatment of all these areas through the use ofhands-on projects

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Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Vaughen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2008-322: ENHANCING THE UNDERGRADUATE CHEMICALENGINEERING CURRICULUM WITH AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS SAFETYAPPROACHBruce Vaughen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Visiting Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering Department Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, CM55 Terre Haute, IN 47803 812.877.8813 Page 13.556.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Enhancing the Under gr aduate Chemical Engineer ing Cur r iculum with an Industr ial Pr ocess Safety Appr oachAbstractThis paper summarizes the industrial process risk analysis approach that was used to enhance achemical engineering unit operations

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Chang, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jessica Townsend, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

approach thatbetter reflects actual engineering practice. From the beginning, it was clear that a two-semester, Page 13.8.2senior-year, engineering capstone project course would be part of the curriculum for all Olinstudents. Just prior to the first year of instruction at Olin, the Curricular Decision Making Boardput together plans for the senior year, and noted that “by the time students are seniors, they’ll bedoing the real engineering on their own, in a year-long capstone project that will look very muchlike professional practice.” Development work on this program, eventually named SCOPE, theSenior Consulting Program for Engineering, began in

Conference Session

Software Engineering Course Content

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Henry Welch, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Educationformal methods a viable part of an undergraduate software engineering program that is for themost part intended to prepare practitioners rather than researchers. We have been fortunate tohave colleagues with a strong desire to learn and teach new things and to expand their expertiseacross a number of curricular areas, including formal methods. Nevertheless, significantopportunities for increased collaboration remain, among undergraduate SE educators and withformal methods researchers and tool developers.ConclusionIn spite of all the difficulties of incorporating the practical application of formal methods into anundergraduate software engineering curriculum, the authors believe that there is value in doingso. In the short term, study of formal

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Crossman, Old Dominion University; Guido Lopez, Old Dominion University; Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

signed the spring of 2007 between OldDominion University and the New College Institute. A search was performed and a programcoordinator was hired in the summer of 2007, who is now on site in Martinsville. These first fewmonths the coordinator has been working with the ODU Department of Engineering Technologychair, the Dean of Applied Science and Engineering Technology at Patrick Henry CommunityCollege and the director of the New College Institute on establishing an office at PHCC and inestablishing a strategic marketing plan to advertise the program and recruit students for coursesbeginning in the Spring 2008 semester. The curriculum and articulation with PHCC are beingmore finely tuned, as well as articulation with other associate degree

Conference Session

Been There/Done That: Advice for NEEs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gene Harding, Purdue University; Benedict Kazora, Purdue University; Robert Smethers, Purdue University

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New Engineering Educators

junior in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology program at Purdue University. Page 13.198.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 An Oft-overlooked Resource: Undergraduate Students Can Be a Valuable Asset to Help Improve the Curriculum, Facilities, and PedagogyAbstractMany college campuses do not have graduate students to use as a resource for teaching, research,grading, and other pedagogical activities. These schools include some satellite campuses ofmajor universities, many private colleges that focus on undergraduate education, and communitycolleges

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Tom Eppes, University of Hartford

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Engineering Technology

fixtures and models is a time consumingprocess. Too often, an experiment is not updated, or worse yet, retained beyond its useful life. InMARATHON, some DoEs may be adopted by other courses, particularly those that follow in asequence. For example, new experiments may be generated for use in traditional laboratorycourses that do not use the MARATHON approach. For MARATHON-based courses, a supplyof new Classical and Jigsaw Experiments may be provided by previous generations of students.The transplanting of experiments within course bundles can be a powerful change agent withinthe curriculum. The Lab Reactor diagram of Fig. 3 illustrates how this works in the thermo-fluidsarea with three complementary sub-disciplines, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Tylisha Baber, Michigan State University

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New Engineering Educators

scholarship.”([2], p. 17). Achieving such recognition and rewards would beof value to new faculty. Therefore, it is in the long-term interests of new faculty that thisprecursor discussion targeting administrators be held.Our particular focus is scholarly teaching by engineering faculty. The NRC has recognized thatthere are distinct differences in the ways the various disciplines approach teaching andlearning([2], p. 5). Three linked events have prompted changes in the instructional environment forengineering faculty and created an opportunity for increased attention to evaluation of teaching: ‚ In the late 1990’s the system of accreditation for undergraduate engineering degrees shifted from a focus on process to a focus on student learning

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fanyu Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

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International

and endless updates. Therefore, this work is acontinuous effort through a critical peer review on feedback and other results in order tomeet continuously ever changed requirements in this global economy.ConclusionIn summary, this research found out some missing puzzles from a Chinese softwareengineering curriculum in this global economy and tested the new approach to integratesuccessful experiences from American engineering programs into a Chinese softwareengineering curriculum. This research proves that it is feasible to apply successfulAmerican higher education experiences in a Chinese higher education program Page 13.15.12development. This new

Conference Session

Anything New in Dynamics?

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geoff Rideout, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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Mechanics

. Page 13.1168.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Teaching Multi-Body Dynamics in an Undergraduate Curriculum: An Intuitive and Explicit Formalism Based on Parasitic ElementsAbstractTypical undergraduate mechanical engineering curricula in North America do not include acourse in multi-body dynamics. A rigid body dynamics course covering single-body kinetics isusually completed in early semesters, and often the material is not revisited before graduation.Students typically graduate without a sense of how to simulate the forward dynamics of evensimple multi-body systems such as slider-crank or four-bar mechanisms. Engineers should havesome increased depth of understanding in this

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregg Warnick, Brigham Young University; Spencer Magleby, Brigham Young University; Robert Todd, Brigham Young University; Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University

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International

largerconsumers of new products11. For multinational companies the investment into developingcountries and markets represents their opportunity for not only growth but survival. Developingcountries are eager to find a place on the global stage and these same countries representrelatively large untapped markets. In order for multinational companies to be successful indeveloping these markets, expanded engineering skills are needed.Educational leaders and industry are pressing engineering and technology programs to moveforward and better prepare students for leadership roles in the globalization of engineering12.This includes a call for a major revolution in engineering education to provide more internationalelements within the curriculum and more

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Birmingham, Grove City College; Vincent DiStasi, Grove City College

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Computers in Education

-solving during lectures, we havefound that not only do they participate directly in the lecture, but the faculty can make “real-time” assessment of how well the students are following. This allows the faculty member toadjust the lecture, such as increasing the pace of the lecture if the students are keeping up, toadding new material if the students are falling behind.In this paper, we describe the hardware and software systems we use for active learning. We alsodescribe the pedagogical methods we have developed over the past three years that applicable toa wide variety of CS and engineering classes. Finally, we present summary longitudinal datafrom both students and faculty showing the strengths and weaknesses of active learning.2. Hardware and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Unique Approaches

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul A. Nelson, Michigan Technological University; Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

implementing new technology. Besides economics, he has taught in the areas of management, finance, strategy & policy, and operations management. During the past few years, his teaching has focused on entrepreneurship. His work in curriculum and program development has been supported by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation through the Michigan Entrepreneurial Education Network, NCIIA, and NSF. He advises the local Entrepreneurs & Inventors Club which includes members from two universities and the community.Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University Dr. Edward Lumsdaine is currently Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological University and Special

Conference Session

Graduate Education in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Eppes, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Janice Girouard, University of Hartford

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Engineering Technology

efforts we undertook when faced with several strategic challenges andopportunities in strengthening our graduate and undergraduate programs. First, a FlexAdvantage Plan (FAP) was developed to enhance our undergraduate engineering technology(ET) programs by better utilizing the inherent curricular flexibilities that were laying dormant.FAP provides distinction and uniqueness to program majors by presenting students witheducational choices that add depth in a chosen discipline and/or another area of study.A proposal to enhance our graduate program was subsequently prepared. A new Masters ofIndustrial Management (MIM) would be introduced as an interdisciplinary course-basedprogram with a curriculum that spans three realms of study: technical

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erik De Graaff, Delft University of Technology; Wim Thijs, TU Delft; Peter Wieringa, TU Delft

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Mechanical Engineering

themselves with scientific research during the Masters phase6.In the Netherlands, the introduction of the Bachelor-Master structure did not result inextensive curriculum change. The typical engineering curriculum consisted of 5-yearprogrammes, with intermediate exams after one year and at the end of the third year.Accommodating to the Bologna criteria basically came down to an upgrade of the status ofthe third year examination. At the Faculty of Mechanical, Marine and Materials Engineering(3ME) of Delft University of Technology it was decided the training of research skills shouldbe part of the bachelor program. Since over a decade, the last course before the third yearexamination takes the shape of a research project. In the present curriculum this

Conference Session

Computer and Electrical Engineering Technology Innovations

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE, University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown; Gregory Dick, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

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Engineering Technology

Electrical Engineering Technology program at the University of Pittsburgh atJohnstown (UPJ).The paper also describes several considerations taken into account during the adaptation ofHardware Description Languages (HDL) and automation based digital design flow to theUPJ curriculum. The demographics of UPJ’s student population and their immediate careerssuggest that most graduates do not pursue graduate studies in computer engineering, nor dothey seek employment related to design and manufacture of integrated circuit components.As a result, a detailed in depth study of modern digital design methodologies is not anecessity.The paper explains the course topics and the related laboratory assignments of the coredigital electronics course for UPJ

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Karen Lozano, University of Texas-Pan American; Karl Kiefer, Invocon, Inc., Houston, Taxes; Xinqing Ma, Inframat Corp, Farmington, Connecticut.

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-2543: ENHANCING ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESTHROUGH INTEGRATION OF NEW VISION FOR CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURESWITH NANOTECHNOLOGY INTO UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM ANDITS IMPLEMENTATION RESULTSWei Zheng, Jackson State University Dr. Wei Zheng currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Jackson State University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin and has over10-year industrial experience.HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University Dr. HuiRu (H.R.) Shih is a Professor of Technology at Jackson State University (JSU). He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering

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Systems Engineering Constituents Tech Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Walter, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2008-998: A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ENGINEERING “ECONOMICS”Steve Walter, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng) Steve earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Physics at the University of Maryland and his Masters and Doctorate in Physics at the University of Colorado in Boulder. After graduating, he was hired by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where he developed new and innovative microwave, millimeter-wave and submillimeter-wave remote sensing systems. In 2000, he joined Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems where he served in a variety of systems engineering and program management roles. In 2006 he moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana to accept the position as the

Conference Session

FPD10 - Freshman Engineering Introduction to Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Silas Bernardoni, University of Wisconsin- Madison; Amit Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John Murphy, University of Wisconsin- Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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First-Year Programs

AC 2008-2627: STUDENT-INITIATED DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OFSUPPLEMENTAL HANDS-ON FABRICATION TRAINING CURRICULUM IN ANINTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE: A TQM APPROACHSilas Bernardoni, University of Wisconsin- Madison Silas Bernardoni is a fifth year senior studying Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison, College of Engineering. Design and fabrication has been one of his main activities and hobbies his entire life while growing up on a farm in rural Wisconsin. He has been on the Intro to Engineering Design teaching team for two years and is currently the Lead Student Assistant in charge of planning and coordinating all fabrication training and

Conference Session

Approaches to Active Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum Univeristy of Applied Sciences; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Michael Trzesniowski

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Mechanical Engineering

develop specific new skills.In the first phase the students work in small groups, competitive to each other. With the firstphase1,2 we aim to encourage the students to use higher order thinking skills and to learn concepts as well as basic facts; Page 13.1040.2 to help the students to apply theoretical knowledge in practice in a very early stage of their education; to train them to work in teams; to encourage the students to be responsible for and to have ownership of their learning within the curriculum; to encourage the students to develop methods to connect new learning to students' past

Conference Session

Design for Society and the Environment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Pappas; Ronald Kander, James Madison University

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Design in Engineering Education

expensivealternative to our “quarterly driven, just-in-time” profit-motivated approach to thebusiness and manufacturing cycle. Benefits that accrue in the future, or those affectingthe environment, do not appear to be sufficient motivation for industry to make thenecessary changes required to embrace a new philosophy. While successful andprofitable sustainable businesses are appearing regularly, the movement has yet tocapture the interest and imagination of the corporate sector in general. Unfortunately, themotivation to make large-scale and expensive business changes (both cultural andeconomic) is currently insufficient to drive these changes. As a test bed for sustainabilitysolutions, engineering programs bear a great responsibility for pioneering analysis

Conference Session

Institutional and Curricular Reform

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Goldberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Andreas Cangellaris, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Michael Loui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Raymond Price, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Bruce Litchfield, Univ Of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

Academy of Engineering’s (NAE’s) 2020 reports1,2 have identified the knowledgeand skills needed by the engineer of the 21st century and the large-scale curriculum reformnecessary to educate these new professionals. Blank-slate curriculum reform efforts,3innovations from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) curriculum coalitions,4,5 and even abrand new engineering college6 have bootstrapped models for significant and effectivecurriculum innovation that offer a variety of plausible avenues for change. Yet, despitesignificant progress in outlining appropriate changes and widespread agreement that change isnecessary, many engineering curricula appear to be locked in a cold war time warp withincremental, grudging modifications coming at the

Conference Session

Course-Based Approaches to Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

inthe form of extra courses is extremely difficult. The question inevitably arises as to what needsto be taken out of the curriculum to make room. There is seldom an easy answer to this question.One avenue that was developed at UDM is that of the Technical Entrepreneurship case study.These case studies illustrate how a successful entrepreneur capitalized on his/her knowledge ofspecific technical or scientific topics to create a successful business venture. These short casestudies then become part of the relevant engineering or science courses. This approach requiresminimal alteration to the existing curriculum.These case studies are designed to instill the seeds of entrepreneurship in the student audience.By no means are these case studies