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Pawan Tyagi; Christine Newman

Fundamentals by Four Weeks Long EngineeringInnovation Summer ProgramAbstract: Preparing high school students for engineering disciplines is crucial for the sustainablescientific and technological developments in the USA. This paper discusses a precollege program, whichnot only exposes students to various engineering disciplines but also enables them to considerengineering as their profession. The four-week long “Engineering Innovation (EI)” course is offeredevery year to high school students by the Center for Educational Outreach, Whiting School ofEngineering, Johns Hopkins University. The EI program is designed to develop problem-solving skillsthrough extensive hands on engineering experiments and projects. A team consisting of an instructor

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Gaffar Gailani; Sidi Berri; NIEVES ANGULO

revision and updating of 5 existing courses atCity Tech and HCC. The project will result in i. Developing curriculum for two new multidisciplinary courses “Introduction to Research Management”, and “Special Topics in Remote Sensing”. ii. Updating and revising six courses to incorporate NASA-relevant material (4 courses at City Tech and 2 at HCC); the courses will be detailed in the next section. iii. Acquiring a limited amount of engineering laboratory equipment to support the new course and the revised courses. iv. Overall, improving the quality and content of the offerings at City Tech and HCC.(3.c) To enhance students’ skills in research. The project helps students in developing their

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Ravi Shankar; Francis X McAfee; Michael Harris; Norman Silva; Georgiana Carvalho

group of faculty members drawn from engineering, arts/graphics, business,and/or an application domain come together to teach and mentor a group of about 20 to 30 undergraduateengineering students. These students take on the roles of a programmer, graphic designer, or projectmanager, in groups of three students. By semester end, seven to ten Android smart phone applicationplatforms are developed. As can be appreciated, these are code-intensive projects, and it is expected thatall the students will contribute to the programming effort, in addition to the effort pertinent to their roles.During the ensuing summer semester, we teach a three-week course to 30 high school students; they willtake these application platforms and use their creativity and

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PATRICK BOBBIE; Sheryl Duggins; VENU DASIGI

Teaching Software Engineering and Computer Science Online Using Recent Instructional TechnologyPATRICK BOBBIEPATRICK BOBBIE is currently professor in the Department of Computer Science andSoftware Engineering at Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) in Marietta, Georgia.He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. Email himat: pbobbie@spsu.edu.SHERYL DUGGINSSHERYL DUGGINS is currently professor and graduate coordinator for the MSSWE programin the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Southern PolytechnicState University (SPSU) in Marietta, Georgia. She has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from theUniversity of Florida and an M.S. degree in computer

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DAVID B. SAINT JOHN; ERIC M. FURJANIC; Richard Doyle; Richard Devon

Self-Replicating Open Source Rapid Prototyping in the Engineering ClassroomDAVID B. SAINT JOHN,Ph.D. Candidate in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the Pennsylvania StateUniversity. In addition to reprap-related efforts, his primary research is currently focused on theuse of spectroscopic ellipsometry and transmission electron microscopy for characterization ofamorphous hydrogenated germanium thin films.ERIC M. FURJANICGraduate of the Department of Anthropology at the Pennsylvania State University, Eric is a co-founder of the State College Reprap Users Group and Intercollegiate Future Society. He recentlyfinished work as a contributing editor for Philip K. Dick’s posthumous

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Richard Y. Chiou; Michael G. Mauk; M. Eric Carr; Bret Davis

Engineering Technology School of Technology and Professional Studies Goodwin College Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 19104AbstractEngineering Technology (ET) is an undergraduate degree program at Drexel University(DU). Several innovative laboratory components are integrated in MET 205 Robotics andMechatronics (a 10-week upper-level undergraduate course) to achieve maximumeffectiveness in teaching multi-disciplinary concepts in emerging fields. The primaryeducational objective of the course is to introduce students to the multidisciplinary theoryand practice of robotics science and technology, integrating the fields

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Dennis J. Fallon

engineering leaders of the future—the question become how are we going to adapt our curriculums to do this???Bibliography • Some Books on changes – Holistic Engineering Education by Grasso and Burkins – Educating the Engineer of 2020 by National Academy of Engineering – Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025 by ASCE – Leadership Can Be Taught by Parks – Liberal Education in Twenty First Century By Ollis – Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century by ASCE – Changing Practices in Evaluating Teaching by Seldin – Building a Scholarship of Assessment by Banta – How Student Learn—History, Mathematics and Science by National Research Council – How People Learn

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Edward M. Land; Michael Marcus; Aaron Abugaber; Rohit Dayal; Noah Greenbaum; Sally Hong; Jon Hunt; Joseph Saltzman

through a jointlysponsored agreement with their Biomedical Engineering Department. After describing my 438background, that included designing and submitting biomedical instrumentation to regulatoryagencies, and my desire to become involved in the interesting project that he is heading, I offeredmy services to participate on his research effort. I submitted my Resume to the Advisory Boardof the School of Medicine Faculty at JHU and was appointed as a Visiting Associate Professor,in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pro bono, working part time.I will summarize my contributions to this program under the following topic areas: a) workingwith students to develop microprocessor

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Cecelia Wright Brown; Kofi Nyarko; Kevin Peters

broaden the participationof women and underrepresented minorities in STEM.Academic Enrichment:The program was divided into a morning and afternoon session. Mathematics and readinginstruction occurred during the morning sessions. The afternoon sessions provided instruction intechnology development, science and scientific research activities. In the first few days of theprogram the science teacher provided an overview of various science disciplines and currentmathematics research for students to select an area of interest. The remaining daily programactivates included web page design and science fair project development. The science fairproject areas covered Computer Science / Mathematics, Physical Science, Biological Science,Engineering, and Earth

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Barrie Jackson

, close interaction with industry, broad use ofinformation technology, and faculty devoted to developing emerging professionals as mentorsand coaches rather than all-knowing dispensers of information (1) I often refer to Goldberg’s paper of April 1996 (2) which delineated the necessity forchange in Engineering Education, his reasons for the necessity for change and his suggestions toachieve change. Fifteen years later I hear the same issues being discussed. The first issue is theconflict between research and “teaching”. I personal dislike the term “teaching’, a system thatdates at least as far back as Aristotle, where the knowledge expert (the teacher) tells the novice(the student) about his discipline. Accepting the fact that there are

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Paul G. Ranky

thestudents can interrogate to understand either the question(s) or the answers better.The important observation about millennial generation students is that all of the notedattributes should be respected, and that the education system should adjust to deliveringthese customer expectations at a high quality level. In this paper some tested pedagogical aswell as advanced educational technology methods and tools are discussed, anddemonstrated to satisfy the above requirements for both live and eLearning / distancelearning (DL) classes.The objective of our case-based multimedia research, that the author has started over 25 yearsago, was to create a case-based / problem-based teaching and learning curriculum for Millennialgeneration engineering and IT

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Sheikh Ghafoor; Stephen Canfield; Michael Kelley; Tristan Hill

Assessment of Student Attitudes and its Impact in a Hands-On Programming Model for the Introductory Programming Course Sheikh Ghafoor, Stephen Canfield, Michael Kelley, Tristan Hill Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TennesseeSTEPHEN CANFIELDStephen Canfield is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at TennesseeTechnological University. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Virginia Techin the field of parallel architecture robotics. His research interests include robotkinematics and dynamics, topological optimization of compliant manipulators and in-spacemechanisms active student learning and undergraduate student researchSHEIKH GHAFOORSheikh

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Jumoke Ladeji-Osias; Kehinde Abimbola; Yacob Astatke; Craig Scott

Teaching a Sophomore Course with a Laboratory Component Online Jumoke Ladeji-Osias, Kehinde Abimbola, Yacob Astatke, Craig Scott Morgan State University 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21239 Jumoke.Ladeji-Osias@Morgan.Edu, Kehinde.Abimbola@Morgan.Edu Yacob.Astatke@Morgan.Edu, Craig.Scott@Morgan.EduJUMOKE LADEJI-OSIASJumoke Ladeji-Osias, Ph.D. is an associate professor of electrical engineering at MorganState University. She teaches courses and conducts research in the area of digital design.KEHINDE ABIMBOLAKehinde Abimbola is a doctoral student in civil engineering at Morgan State University

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Daniel Schmalzel

at the Samuel H.Jones Innovation Center, also known as the South Jersey Technology Park. More importantly thanits research facility and space, is the CSD professor make up. With professor involvement from allfour disciplines of engineering and across various colleges of the university, we are able toconsistently offer a diverse suite of sustainably focused projects from numerous funding sources.The CSD’s Mission Statement, as it appears on their website is: To actively engage faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students in research and project based learning that will advance the technology readiness and adoption of sustainable energy systems and address the challenges of: – Achieving Grid Parity for

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Ashraf Ghaly

almostuniversally accepted by all but the ways and means to achieve it and to cover its cost are oftensources of passionate debate. One of the aspects that are hard to quantify monetarily is the returnon investment in sustainable versus conventional facilities. However, more people everydayrecognize the strong relationship between the performance of infrastructure facilities and asustainable environment. A sustainable environment cannot be realized by the effort of only afew. It requires the collective effort of all because every contribution adds up toward the goal ofsustainability. A course has been developed to teach the basic principles of sustainability tomainly non-engineering students with background in policy development, economics, and socialand

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KENNETH WADE JACKSON

onengineering science, engineering education may have become less effective fortoday’s work environment and concerns about this have been growing since the midto late 1970’s. Engineering educators will not know if they can better satisfy thenation’s current needs without some level of structured innovation in engineeringeducation. A directed evolution of engineering science in the undergraduateexperience seems to be more appropriate than a revolution from the ground up.There seems to be no compelling need to reduce engineers’ education in thefundamentals of engineering science. However, perhaps we could teach more thanjust the textbook puzzle-problems in traditional engineering science courses.Creating problems that start from a local physical

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PAUL FAGETTE; SHIH-JIUN CHEN; GEORGE R. BARAN; SOLOMON P. SAMUEL; MOHAMMAD F. KIANI

reading of bothtext and peer-reviewed articles, research projects, and presentations. The classes addressmultiple general education requirements while offering enlightenment and understandingof engineering systems, engineering principles, and design.IntroductionEngineering curricula centers upon the training and development of engineers and followsa cloistered academic approach. Rarely can anyone outside the discipline take engineeringcourses. ABET further reinforces this approach in order to maintain rigor and consistencyin the delivery of course work. Coupled with traditional academic boundaries, a generallack of understanding exists by the general public about engineering systems, basicscientific/engineering principles, and engineering design

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Wael Mokhtar

was a design only with no building. It offered a good semi-open-ended problem for asophomore course. It helped to increase the students’ interest in the subject and teach themfurther skills. The size of the project and the requirements were set to match the time available ofthe course as a supporting tool. 507The author used this project for several courses and with right choice of the requirements, itshowed success.References1. Mokhtar, W., “Introducing a Two-Semesters Research Course in the Freshman Year”, 2009 ASEE AnnualConference, ASEE no. AC 2009-2416, June 14 - 17, 2009.2. Chaphalkar, P., Mokhtar, W. and Pawloski, J., “Using Guided Project and Reverse Engineering to DevelopCritical

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Donald D. Joye

engineer, should never be lost as part of the educational process,and cannot be reproduced by “virtual” laboratory experiences, useful though some of them maybe. Another compelling reason for hands-on experience in laboratory is preparation for research.This is often overlooked in these arguments, but lab can be a place where the student makes uphis or her mind that research may be interesting or not interesting to pursue. In my own personalexperience I can remember one lab in particular that was not particularly exciting, but stirred myinterest in research, because it was set up like a research project. Similar anecdotal stories havebubbled up from our students in my teaching experience at Villanova and elsewhere. In our laboratory

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Ted E. Batchman

using the most modern communications technology. They need to attract significantamounts of research funding, they need to publish extensively and they need to help develop the K-12 pipeline into an engineering career. In addition, they need to insure that the curriculum is up-to-date and meets the needs of new and developing industries.Will the rewards still be there for our young faculty members? Can we maintain the tenure andpromotion bar at a level that is reasonable to attain or will we lose too many of our good teachers?We also must look at opportunities to use retired engineers from industry to teach some of ourcourses and laboratories. Their experience is valuable to our students, but we must treat theseinstructors with the respect they

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Radian Belu

conferenceproceedings in his areas of the research interests. He has also been PI or co-PI for variousresearch projects United States and abroad in power systems analysis and protection, loadand energy demand forecasting and analysis, renewable energy analysis, assessment anddesign, turbulence and wave propagation, radar and remote sensing, instrumentation,atmosphere physics, electromagnetic compatibility, and engineering education. 126 Embedding Renewable Energy into the Engineering Technology CurriculaAbstractThe demand for electrical power is increasing and the conventional energy resources are fastdepleting, making the exploitation of renewable energy sources for electricity generation theonly alternative

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Valerie Lundy-Wagner; IRAJ KALKHORAN; MELINDA PARHAM; Yona Jean-Pierre; HAANG FUNG; LINDSEY VANWAGENEN

-level factors contributing to degree completion with attention to theethnicity/race, gender, and socioeconomic status for all students and those in STEM.IRAJ KALKHORANDr. Iraj Kalkhoran is the Associate Provost of Undergraduate Academics and AssociateProfessor of Aerospace Engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University.MELINDA PARHAMMs. Melinda Parham is the Director of Freshman Programs at the Polytechnic Institute ofNew York University.YONA JEAN-PIERREYona Jean-Pierre is the Director of Faculty Innovations in Teaching and Learning at thePolytechnic Institute of New York University.HAANG FUNGMs. Haang Fung is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Success at the PolytechnicInstitute of New York University.LINDSEY VANWAGENENDr

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Howard Eisner

The Second Paradigm Shift-Emerging Graduate Engineering Education HOWARD EISNER Distinguished Research Professor and Professor Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department School of Engineering and Applied Science The George Washington University 1776 G Street NW, Washington, DC 226 THE SECOND PARADIGM SHIFT - EMERGING GRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAbstract Today’s modern University education system can be construed to have begun in the 1600s.With relatively minor perturbations, that system has survived, mostly intact, into the 20th century.In the latter part of the last

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Nikola Jovic; Abayomi Dairo; ASHENAFI TESFAYE; AIME VALERE; YANNICK ROLAND KAMDEM; Sasan Haghani; Paul Cotae

a M.S. degrees in communication and electronic engineering in 1980 from theUniversity of Iassy and a Ph.D. degree in telecommunications from “Politechnica”University of Bucharest, Romania in 1991, and a Master in Applied Mathematics in 1998from the University of Colorado at Boulder. From 2002 to 2008 he was with theDepartment of Electrical and Computer engineering at the University of Texas at SanAntonio (UTSA). From 1984 to 2001, he was with the Department of Electrical Engineering,University of Iassy, where he conducted research and teaching in the area of digitalcommunications as a Full Professor at the same department. Since 2008, he has been withthe University of the District of Columbia as an Associate Professor. He has authored

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Hossein Rahemi; Shouling He

experiencesinto a curriculum through the Mechatronics Engineering program. The development process is based ona model that can improve students’ communication, teamwork, and problem solving skills. This modelintroduces and engages students with the real-world applied problems/projects that incorporate research,analysis, teamwork, and classroom presentation. Furthermore, this study will also address on a processthat can enhance teaching and learning effectiveness through core courses in enhancing and achievingthose learning outcomes. This paper will specifically address senior-level engineering courses such asengineering analysis (project-based learning), fundamental mechatronics, and advanced mechatronics(hands-on projects) that incorporate teamwork and

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Walter W. Buchanan; Robert J. Herrick

in Industrial Engineering and PhD in Interdisciplinary Engineering, Associate Professor ofManufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University in CollegeStation. Has received many award at Texas A&M for teaching, research, and service. Past Speakerof the Faculty Senate. 15The FutureThe authors predict a bright future for engineering technology graduates, whether at the associate orbaccalaureate degree level. There is a real need in industry for technicians and practicing engineers,who are good at hands-on applications and can “hit the ground running” on graduation, which is thegoal of any good engineering technology program. Small companies, especially, cannot

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Fani Zlatarova; Pavel Azalov

data, to use them for executing programs from specializedsoftware packages, and to analyze, visualize, and interpret the obtained results. Sometimes, they alsoparticipate as developers of special-purpose ISs implemented when building up civil or industrialconstructions, creating intelligent machines, designing power networks, researching biodigital problems,and many others [2, 3, 13]. Using the SSP (Subroutine Scientific Package), which is an IBM softwareproduct written in FORTRAN, could be considered as one of the first steps in the evolution ofincorporating IT methods in the engineering research and practice. Currently, it is still used; however, theIT advances include much more. The innovative spirit that is characteristic for engineers

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Radian Belu

his career Dr. Belu published several papers in referred journals and in conferenceproceedings in his areas of the research interests. He has also been PI or co-PI for variousresearch projects United States and abroad in power systems analysis and protection, loadand energy demand forecasting and analysis, renewable energy analysis, assessment anddesign, turbulence and wave propagation, radar and remote sensing, instrumentation,atmosphere physics, electromagnetic compatibility, and engineering education. 58 Introduction to the EMC/EMI Education into the Engineering Technology (ET) Curriculum through Course Assignments and ProjectsAbstractModern electronic and electrical systems engineering

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YILI TSENG

Greensboro, NC 27411, U.S.A. E-mail: ytseng@ieee.orgAbstract - Traditionally, engineering and science disciplines have relied on observation, theory, andexperimentation as tools to perform research to explore new knowledge. With the introduction ofcomputer hardware and software, numerical simulation based on mathematical modeling graduallybecomes an important tool. After high performance computers are mature and commercially available,numerical simulation has become a tool as important as observation, theory, and experimentation to allengineering and science disciplines. In most cases, it is adopted more often than experimentation becauseit is more economic, less time-consuming, and able to explore infeasible

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Clive L. Dym

. Dym, W. H. Wood and M. J. Scott, “Rank Ordering Engineering Designs: Pairwise Comparison Charts and Borda Counts,” Research in Engineering Design, 13, 236–242, 2002.4. C. L. Dym, “Social Dimensions of Engineering Design . . . An Engineer’s Perspective,” International Journal of Engineering Education, 19 (1), 3–5, 2003.5. C. L. Dym and H. E. Williams, “On the Analysis of Small Displacements of Truss Joints,” International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 31 (2), 132–140, 2003.6. C. L. Dym, A. M. Agogino, O. Eris, D. D. Frey and L. J. Leifer, “Engineering Design Thinking, Teaching and Learning,” Journal of Engineering Education, 94 (1), 103–120, January 2005.7. H. E. Williams and C. L. Dym, “Using Rotations