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Fani Zlatarova; Pavel Azalov

at different academic institutions, a recommendation is proposed toinclude the Systems Analysis and Design course belonging to the Software Engineering computing area.This course should be a required course or at least an elective course not only for students majoring inComputer Engineering but also in all Engineering curricula. The content of the course includes basictopics from the Computing theory and practice and provides students with a rich variety of InformationTechnology tools needed for the planning, analysis, design, implementation, operation, and support ofengineering activities.1. IntroductionAlong with the traditional knowledge and skills, the engineering practice requires a great degree ofcreativity when developing

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PATRICA A. S. RALSTON; JEFFREY L. HIEB

Experience in Building STEM PipelinesAbstract In 2007, University of Louisville School of Engineering charged the newly formed Department ofEngineering Fundamentals to develop a K-12 outreach program. The program’s goal is to increase thenumber of students interested in and capable of studying STEM fields in college. To organize, guide,and focus department outreach efforts, the department developed and implemented a plan to createSTEM pipelines in the Jefferson County Public Schools. The pipelines are currently comprised ofselected elementary and middle schools that send students to the engineering magnet high schools. Theelementary program uses the Boston Museum of Science’s (BMOS) curriculum, “Engineering isElementary®” (EiE), and the

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Kauser Jahan

deliveredto school districts by engineering students and faculty. Engineering students develop andpilot the activities, lesson plans, and handouts. The program, has already reached out tonumerous schools in the Southern New Jersey region with successful outcomes. Schoolshave limited money for educational field trips these days. Engineers on Wheels brings the‘field trip’ to the students and also helps students learn about a possible career field.Introduction:Science and engineering has been the base of the American economic growth forgenerations. We were leaders in the industrial revolution and we initiated the internetage. Today, these fields continue to have great potential for growing our economy andemploying more Americans. Between 1983 and 2004

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Bryan Dallas; Parsaoran Hutapea

Company, Edina, MN, 199111 Ledlow, Susan, “Cooperative Learning in Higher Education,” Center for learning and Teaching Excellence, http://clte.asu.edu/active/clinhighed.pdf12 Kohn, Alfie Kohn, “Punished by Rewards. The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes” (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993 / 199913 Aronson, Elliot, History of Jigsaw, Social Psychology Network, http://www.jigsaw.org/history.htm14 Mel Silberman, Active Learning to Teach Any Subject, P 111, Allyn and Bacon199615 Criteria for Evaluating Engineering Technology Programs, ABET, 2011-2012 http://www.abet.org/Linked%20Documents-UPDATE/Criteria%20and%20PP/T001%2010-11%20TAC%20Criteria%2011-3-09.pdf16 Prince, M., “Does Active Learning Work

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Ashraf Ghaly

. Thecourse was also greatly concerned with policies related to infrastructure financing and newmodels of public-private partnership, or design-build-manage operation for a certain concessionperiod. Students in general, and non-engineering students in particular, appreciated themultidimensional nature of the issues related to sustainability as it became clear that these aremultifaceted problems that require a holistic approach in addressing them.IntroductionInfrastructure is the society’s inventory of facilities that require long term planning, construction,management, operation, maintenance, and upgrading. These are facilities used by members ofthe public on a daily basis. The extent to which infrastructure impact a person’s daily life cannotbe

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

plan for (and demonstrate) at least 40 total hours of dedicated work persemester to achieve consideration for each credit hour attempted.Your performance will be evaluated on: Computer Aided Design (CAD) renderings (requires peer review) @15 – 20% Class participation and relevancy @15 – 20% One general subject quiz [for new RAs only] (pre-announced) @05 – 15% Lab participation and project leadership/ project volunteerism @15 – 25% Research paper on a pre-approved topic* (related to our enterprise) @25 – 30% Weekly WEB informal research assignments (w/in-class presentations) @10 – 20% 1 – 2 presentations per person, per semester

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KENNETH WADE JACKSON

for the 21st Century-Balancing Engineering Science,Information Technology and Multidisciplinary Studies Kenneth W Jackson Ph.D., P.E. Southern Polytechnic State UniversityAbstractEducating engineers for success in the 21st century workforce will requirecontinually adapting the curriculum subject matter to reflect relevancies to publicand corporate stakeholders. The planet’s population is growing to unprecedentedlevels and making vital resources even scarcer. For decades after World War IIengineering education tended to focus primarily on engineering science or physicsusing reductionist analytics. The less mathematical sciences of design, synthesis,systems, organization and planning became relatively minor parts of anundergraduate’s

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Frank M. Croft

FEH and FE began in 1992. From 1992 through 1996, Pilot sections based on the Gatewayapproach and the Drexel E4 model were introduced along with control sections in order toascertain the validity of plan. The first section of FEH was approved and offered in 1997. At thesame time planning for the FE sections were taking place with pilot studies being conducted in1997 & 1998. The FE program was approved in 2000 and began operation. 19 Figure 1. Timeline for implementation of the FEH and FE SequencesIn looking at the FEH sequence and the FE sequence, the following comparison can be made:In FEH, there is an emphasis on hands-on learning and design. There is coordination among

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Howard Eisner

parties (industry, government andacademia) should be “learning” as they proceed with these types of programs and relationships.Student Benefits Under this shift in graduate engineering education, students lose some freedom of choice butgain a lot in terms of (a) having all the planning done for them, (b) having their employeeimprove the nature of sponsorship, (c) share in additional monetary benefits, (d) being part of acohort, and (e) being able to provide inputs to both the University as well as their employers. The firms and agencies typically announce the program and employees apply to be part of acohort. Those that are accepted as part of a cohort have achieved something special within theirorganizations. Basically, from that point, all

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Walter W. Buchanan; Robert J. Herrick

parts conveyance for Kentucky’s two assembly lines. Alongwith the Plastics organization, he also was General Manager of Production Administration withresponsibilities that included coordination of Production Support, Facilities, Environmental,Planning and Project Management. 10Winfred D. Nash – (BS in Electrical Engineering Technology); MS in Business Administrationfrom Duke’s Fuqua Business School; and attended the Advanced Executive Management trainingat Northeastern University) – Vice President and General Manager for Nuclear Products Division atBwx Technologies, Inc.; and served as President of Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group,Inc., at McDermott International, Inc. During his

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Singli Garcia-Otero; E. Sheybani; Eduardo Garcia-Otero

teachers. These students now understand the need for grasping the hard concepts in math,science, engineering and technology. By talking about their experiences at NASA, thesestudents are also motivating the rest of the class and encouraging them to try such internshipopportunities. These students also continue their research in the Interdisciplinary DataProcessing Lab at VSU. Some of these students plan to extend their research as senior designprojects.The FutureWe will send more students to the NASA center the next two summers, and will involve morestudents in the research. The students will bring back the NASA culture to the classroom, andwe believe the retention rate will increaseAcknowledgmentThe authors would like to acknowledge NASA CIPAIR

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Gaffar Gailani; Sidi Berri; NIEVES ANGULO

College to allow the engineering students from Hostosto transfer to City Tech to get their bachelor degree in engineering technology. An articulationagreement between both colleges will enhance this transfer. This project represents the most critical,logical step in City Tech’s long-term plan to transform itself to a model institution for the educationof under-represented students in STEM majors. The project is filling a critical gap in the engineeringtechnology program offerings by making it more relevant to current industry needs (e.g., NASA) andcreating curriculum and learning experiences for students that do not currently exist. Strategically,this project is another key piece in the college’s effort to overhaul and upgrade all its science

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PATRICK BOBBIE; Sheryl Duggins; VENU DASIGI

distance learning options in anytime-anywhere modes, including wireless withmobility [3].Tools for DeliveryEcho360™, wall-mounted cameras, Wimba, and SmartBoard™ have all been used fordelivery at [Our University]. Tablets can replace SmartBoardTM to support delivery fromprivate settings and have been part of the plan of universities such as ours to respond topandemic situations. Echo360 is a server-based system which works with mountedcameras to capture live presentations. The immersion of SmartBoard illustrations andamplification of presentations offers students rich, video content for asynchronousplayback and replay of the teacher’s real-time discussions. Echo360 also can be deployedconcurrently and non-obstructively while using Wimba, which is

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Andy S. Zhang; Farrukh Zia; Iem Heng

impact, disposal, and recycling [3,4]. These considerations are turned into design features,manufacturing features, assembly features, maintenance features, and recycles features that each student hasto address when designing or choosing a component.Various design constraints such as temporal constraints and spatial constraints were introduced to helpstudents to plan design activities to decide which activities can occur at the same time, or concurrently.Project management software such as Microsoft Project is being used to help students to plan their designactivities. Students were informed the ultimate goal of using concurrent approach is to significantly increasethe productivity and product quality that are vital for companies to survive in

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

. http://www.qualitymatters.org 3. K. Ladeji-Osias, “Planning and Teaching an Undergraduate Course”, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2005. 124

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Radian Belu

power generation and steady progress in powerderegulation have created increased interest in environmentally conscious distributed generation.Of particular interest are alternative energy distributed generation (AEDG) systems such aswind, photovoltaic (PV), and fuel cell (FC) power generation with near zero pollutant emissions.These generation devices can be used in stand-alone configuration or be connected to the electricgrid. Given the rapid progress in AEDG development and utilization, there will be a great needfor trained professionals with adequate knowledge in this area to be able to plan, design and 127operate AEDG systems, evaluate their performance, and evaluate their impact on power

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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

help other faculty members.Notes: 1. Graduate courses have been used so far to develop new components in the areas of the semanticweb, and data acquisition & signal processing. These will become building blocks for future one-yearprograms as described above. These define new and challenging areas that smart phones will findincreasing applications in. 2. During the spring ’12 semester, we have planned to offer concurrentcourses in engineering, graphics, business, and an application domain (social science) for students inthose individual disciplines. However, the idea is to facilitate students’ cooperation and collaborationacross these disciplines to develop more realistic and authentic applications. 3. The students and /or theirparents have

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Shih-Liang Wang

Universityhas a course website on Physics 207 Energy and Society [13]. Professor Frank Leslie of FloridaInstitute of Technology has a course website on ENS 4300 Renewable Energy and the Environment[14].References[1] Energy Systems and Sustainability: Power for a Sustainable Future, by Godfrey Boyle, Bob Everett and Janet Ramage, Oxford University Press, 2004.[2] Energy for Sustainability: Technology, Planning, Policy, by John Randolph and Gilbert Masters, Island Press, Washington, DC, 2008[3] Sustainable Energy: Choosing Among Options, by Jefferson Tester, Elisabeth M. Drake, Michael, Driscoll, and Michael Golay, MIT Press, 2005[4] Renewable Energy (2nd edition), by Boyle, Godfrey, Oxford University Press, 2004.[5] Introduction to Energy, by

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Jessica L. Buck; Bertiel Harris; Elizabeth Y. McInnis

. The original request was for a Microsoft (MS) Access 2007 database,but the participants were encouraged to utilize an Microsoft (MS) Excel 2007 programsince the instructors were highly proficient. Based on the verbal communication from theChief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the agency, the MS Excel 2007 spreadsheet wouldaddress their immediate needs. However, there were plans for the next service learningproject, which would convert the MS Excel 2007 spreadsheet into an MS Access 2007database. The Fall 2010 academic semester, is when this venture began. As a part of the professor’ssyllabus, the students were informed about the service learning project. According to Bringle andHatcher (1995), courses with service learning objectives

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sheikh Ghafoor; Stephen Canfield; Michael Kelley; Tristan Hill

programming and note its importancein their engineering studies. However, we have observed in both the treatment and controlgroup that the students’ change in attitude toward programming in some cases is neutralor negative. This result was not expected and did not correlate directly with the degree ofengagement with the model. This paper will explore these findings in greater detail. It willprovide an overview of the model and the expected outcomes in student attitudes towardsprogramming. It will present the findings in student attitude resulting from threesemesters-worth of project implementation. Several potential factors that led to theseresults will be presented. The paper will conclude with the implications of these findingson planning

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David Hergert

applications6. However at present this has not been the case.Communication problems (including noise and ground plan interference7) are the primary reasontheir use has leveled off. Still, RFID tags are increasing being used as a method of inventorytracking and identification.Feedback from the departmental Industrial Advisory Council on the bottling process labs hasbeen very positive.Bibliography 1. Tiwari, R., Singh, Khilawan. “Virtualisation of Engineering Discipline ExperimentsFor an Internet-Based Remote Laboratory”, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, pp 671-692 2. Otieno, A. “Development of SCADA Experimental Systems Through Student Projects To Enhance the Automation Curriculum in a Manufacturing Engineering Technology

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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

their own faces. With the involvement student robotics club, we arecurrently planning to help build parts for either a bipedal robot or a quadracopter. Mostambitious yet most developed of all is our prototype of an alternative toolhead and print-bed which, like an “app,” would allow a standard Mendel to preform automated polymerasechain reactions in order to amplify DNA for low-cost testing. Summary 409 Thanks to all of these contributions to the public domain, hands-on experience withcomputerized materialization is now an affordable possibility in the classroom; the CADmodels created by students are no longer simply useful for generating schematics, but canbecome something tangible and

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ravi Shankar; Don Ploger; Oren Masory; Francis X McAfee

power near-neighbor communication links, with optical/ sonar /IR/RFtransceivers. These will allow the robots to self-organize in response to a chess move conveyed from aphone. Simple cameras will be used for robotic localization and navigation on & off the board. The highschool students will be able to program the robots with different behaviors and plan/play different typesof games/activities. This will increase their interest in the STEM curriculum and enhance their soft skills(team building, project management, communication, systems thinking, abstract thinking, and problemsolving); this will also bring to the fore innovation and entrepreneurship, two hallmark qualities of theUS economy, since these applications can be marketed, with

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Radian Belu

how to model a field problem as acircuit problem. As one conclusion drawn from is that the EMC education needs to takeadvantage of the capabilities of circuit simulation tools. Complex subjects such aselectromagnetic-related topics can be taught more effectively by presenting pertinent practicalengineering problems. Inspection of such problems through simulations and by conductingsimple experimental evaluations provides the students with practical knowledge, in-depthunderstanding and better retaining of the taught material. In summary, the introduction of theEMC topics and the planned addition of an EMC course in the ET program at our universityhave provided and will be beneficial to the program in many ways. Our students are learning

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Richard Devon; Richard Schuhmann

strategies reflect this. However, statutes that manage theimpacts of PLCs, such as clean water and clean air acts, have grown exponentially since the1970s.34 As a result, corporations try to anticipate the trajectory of regulations on technologythrough such tools as scenario planning, eg, Shell,35 and through lobbying to get the regulationsthey want and, on occasion, write.Ulrich and Eppinger’s Product Design and Development, exemplifies the business model of aPLC in design education.36 It has been widely used in engineering design education since thefirst edition in 2000.4. Prestige PerspectiveThis is the category, very important in history, where a conventional PLC may not be envisioned.Rather, a product is created for permanent use, and such

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Cecelia Wright Brown; Kofi Nyarko; Kevin Peters

career paths in science, mathematics, computer science, engineering, education or seekprofessional employment.During the four-week period the girls partook in exercises and activities to cultivate researchskills. The girls showcased their research projects and technology skills through a PowerPointpresentation recapping their summer experience. The program objectives included: 1. Strengthening the mathematics and science skills using constructivist classroom methods and instructional strategies; 2. Adapting the curriculum and lesson plans according to the students’ multiple intelligence strengths; 3. Providing students with instructional technology to enhance learning through the production of a web page and a power

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

& S.S. Pande 2003, ”WebRobot: Internet based robotic assembly planning system,”Computers in Industry 54 (2004) 191–207.2. Melinda F. Robinette, Associate Member, IEEE & Rachid Manseur, Member IEEE, ”ROBOT-DRAW,an Internet-Based Visualization Tool for Robotics Education,”IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 44. No. 1, Feb 2001.3. Angeles, Jorge, “Fundamentals of Robotic Mechanical Systems: Theory, Methods and Algorithms,”Springer-Verleg, New York, Incorporated Date: 2002.4. SME – Machine tools begin connecting to the Internet Manufacturing, 9/2001.5. Higley, J., McLees, C., and Zahraee, M., “A Case Study in Laboratory-Based Online Courses – TeachingCNC Programming,” Proceedings of IMECE’03 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering

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Tony Kerzmann; Gavin Buxton; Maria V. Kalevitch

nation to fully embrace a clean energy future.Now, that means continuing our unprecedented effort to make everything from our homesand businesses to our cars and trucks more energy-efficient. It means tapping into ournatural gas reserves, and moving ahead with our plan to expand our nation’s fleet ofnuclear power plants. It means rolling back billions of dollars of tax breaks to oil companiesso we can prioritize investments in clean energy research and development.”Obama’s words ring loud and clear in the Pittsburgh area. There has been an economicboom in the Pittsburgh area that is directly related to the Marcellus Shale natural gas wells. 112In a recent study done by researchers at Penn State

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Carol Siri Johnson

of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers. These changes in divisions and disciplines were accompanied by changes in thesociety’s structures and publication processes. In 1942 a new publishing plan was created:seven subsidiary Publications Committees were developed to decentralize the society bothgeographically and by discipline. The papers were vetted by the local expert committeesand the by a main publications committee that would create a “uniformity of standards andan equitable balance in the allotment of publication space and financial resources ofvarious groups.” (p. 439, 1947). In the bound volumes of TAIME, all published papers weremixed – no attempt was made to organize them into fields or divisions until 1927

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Barrie Jackson

is fundamental to many aspects of engineering.Chemical process design depends to a great extent on project planning, economics, regulatorycompliance and fundamentally Process Safety and Loss issues. A capstone design course isusually quite labour intensive for faculty and is best conducted by someone with extensiveexperience in the design field. This assessment of how change over the years has resulted in curricula that in my view isunbalanced, where fundamental science seems to have crowded out the issues of ProfessionalSkills. This then brings up the question of increasing competition in the field of EngineeringEducation. There is a question that I often ask myself. “What are we doing that can’t be done in a“trade