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Yaser Abdulaziz Hadi

fulfilledfor a program to obtain accreditation [4]. All the Objectives, Outcomes andAssessments for the programs are documented, including measurable objectivesand expected outcomes for graduates. The program regularly assesses its progressagainst its objectives and used the results of the assessments to identify programimprovements and to modify the program’s objectives. Standards suggested arethe program requesting ABET accreditation must have documented; measurableobjectives and the program’s objectives must include expected outcomes forgraduating students.There are nine criteria for accrediting Mechanical Engineering Technologyprograms namely students, Program educational objectives, Program Outcomes,continuous improvement, Curriculum, Faculty

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R. Asmatulu; W.S. Khan; E. Asmatulu; M. Ceylan

Biotechnology and Bioethics in Engineering Education 1 R. Asmatulu, 1W.S. Khan, 2E. Asmatulu, and 1M. Ceylan 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering 2 Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Wichita State University 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260-0133ABSTRACTBiotechnology offers a great deal of opportunities for human to improve the health and quality oflife using new medicines and biomedical devices. However, this technology brings a number ofquestions and concerns about the social, cultural

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Ramesh K. Agarwal

of burning the same fuel at ground.• Based on RF, aviation is expected to account for ~ 0.05K of the 0.9K global mean surface temperature rise by 2050. Goals for Environmentally Responsible Aviation - ERA• Reduction in Energy Requirements - Reduce the Vehicle Mass Using High Strength Low Weight Materials (Advanced Composites) - Innovative Aircraft Designs (e.g. BWB) and Technologies (e.g. high L/D) - Innovative Engine Designs (e.g. P&W PurePower) - NextGen Air Traffic Management (ATM) - Changes in Aircraft Operations (Reduce MTOW and Range) - Air-to-Air Refueling, Close Formation Flying, Tailored Arrivals• Reduction in GHG Emissions - Alternative Fuels (Bio-fuels, Synthetic Kerosene) - Innovative Aircraft Designs

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R. Asmatulu; E. Asmatulu; B. Zhang

human life and the environment, but it can lead toeducational consequences. Research and development on nanotechnology and nanoproducts havebeen growing rapidly for more than a decade; however, the educational progress has not been asfast as the technological development. In other words, technical training is not sufficient forindividuals working in the field; parallel training is required, which will be useful for the societaland ethical implications of the technology [21].Providing interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary training of nanoethics for students andscientists, as well as technologists, engineers, medical practitioners, social scientists, workers,and humanists in every discipline will offer great benefits. This training can be

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Andy Gill; Garrin Kimmell; Kevin Matlage

themiddle of the frame. We would want our processing technology to correct these issuesalgorithmically. Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 4FilmingThe allocated time for our presentation was around 30 minutes, which was longer than we had hopedto prepare for our premier, but we wanted to see what was possible. We executed the following gameplan for recording our talk:• We prepared a set of around 30 slides ahead of time; this was a conference style presentation. In a real sense, these slides were our storyboard as used in traditional filmmaking.• A small number of these slides

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Dona Steffens Davidson; Kevin P. Drees

Regarding Reference CollaborationLibrarians collaborate in regards to nearly every aspect of the profession.8 The literature is silentregarding the frequency of reference collaborations between librarians in general. The literaturedoes speak to the technologies used, specifically telephone, email, and synchronous and Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 3asynchronous forms of digital reference.9 Instantaneous collaborations between librarians atseparate library locations were not possible until the telephone was adopted for referenceservice.9 The literature also indicates

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Kevin R. Lewelling

understanding. Results from thepast 5 years will be presented to give a better understanding of how to appropriately use TLMs inDigital Systems and other similar courses.IntroductionThe University of Arkansas – Fort Smith (UAFS) is an open admission institution with strongties to local industry; it supports many technology related programs. UAFS in conjunction withthe University of Arkansas - Fayetteville (UAF) offers bachelor degrees in Electrical andMechanical Engineering. The Fort Smith campus is responsible for the first two years of thedegree and additional interactions with senior design students. One of the sophomore coursesregularly instructed by University of Arkansas – Fort Smith is Digital Systems. In order tocomply with the Arkansas

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Josh Coffman; Joseph J. Rencis; Daniel J. Jensen; Ashland O. Brown; Jiancheng Liu; Kristen Kaufman; Christina White

a different format of a quiz (short answer, etc.) is a completely separate question. Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2We have chosen to use a multiple-choice quiz as part of the assessment strategy for our learningmodules.This paper presents a multiple-choice checklist form that was developed based on a review ofeducational measurement books. The checklist provides a list of best practices divided intodomains for an instructor to develop a new quiz or revise an old quiz. The proposed checklistform is easy to use and requires minimal time to complete. The checklist

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Ing-Chang Jong; William T. Springer; Rick J. Couvillion

distributed force, and uniformly distributed moment) somewhere on the beam.For starters, one must know that a working proficiency in the rudiments of singularity functionsis a prerequisite to using the method of model formulas. To benefit a wider readership, whichmay have different specialties in mechanics, and to avoid or minimize any possible misunders-tanding, this paper includes summaries of the rudiments of singularity functions and the signconventions for beams. Readers, who are familiar with these topics, may skip the summaries. Anexcerpt from the method of model formulas is needed and shown in Fig. 1, courtesy of IJEE.1 Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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Robert M. O'Connell

effective learning styles, hearing (what the lecturer says), reading(anything he writes, e.g., on the chalkboard or overhead transparency), and seeing (any figures orProceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2diagrams that might be presented as part of the lecture). Educational research has also shownthat most people learn 10% of what they read, 20% of what they hear, 30% of what they see,50% of what they see and hear, 70% of what they discuss with others, 80% of what they use anddo in real life, and 95% of what they teach someone else (peer-instruction). Thus, an obviousavenue toward

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Greg Murray; Tim Thomas

Motion Control Packaging Electronics Plastics Manufacturing Manufacturing Automation Technology Other (please specify)3. Does your company use 3D parametric modeling software? Does your company use 3D parametric modeling software? Yes No *4. In what capacity does your company use 3D parametric modeling software? (Mark allthat apply)Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 8 In what capacity does your company use 3D parametric modeling software? (Mark all thatapply) Product Design Part Design Machine Design

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Douglas R. Carroll

program is acooperative effort between the “Main Campus” that offers the engineering degree and the “HostCampus” where the students attend classes. The engineering classes required for the major areoffered and transcripted by the Main Campus, but are taught on the Host Campus either astraditional classes or as distance education. The non-engineering classes (math, science, history,English, economics, etc.) are offered by the Host Campus. Engineering programs are composedof approximately 50% engineering courses and 50% non-engineering courses, so each campusteaches approximately 50% of the courses in the degree plan. The engineering degrees earned bythe students and the diplomas granted upon graduation are from the Main Campus. Teaching the

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Ana T. Torres-Ayala; Daniel Bumblauskas; Matthew Verleger

responded to the invitation. Ninety-three percent of respondents were graduatestudents.This paper presents the aggregate results of all 97 respondents. It includes a profile of surveyparticipants, motivations for joining the ASEE, experiences with the ASEE, interests andsuggestions. Additionally, this paper will discuss the implications those results had on the SCCExecutive Board's immediate plans for the 2009-2010 year, as well as on the longer termstrategic plan of the SCC.History of ASEE Student MembersSince its creation in 1893 the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) has attractedfaculty, administrators, and industry representatives committed to furthering education inengineering and engineering technology. The ASEE also attracts

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Dave Sly; Daniel Bumblauskas; Frank Peters

- RFP Process) Successful CustomerProceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 8 o Tying it all together into an • Week 9 – Market Identification effective sales and Segmentation of High presentation Technology o Tactics for negotiating with o Creating a matrix of clients product attributes and

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Michael Detamore; Paul Willhite

evaluation of criterion 3i.Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2Students can also be required in their courses to perform case studies on industrial products oraccidents, and evaluated on their reports, forcing them to research the project beyond theconfines of the classroom. Alternatively, students can be required to learn rudimentary use ofunfamiliar computer programs to solve problems outside of class, and evaluated on theseassignments to reflect their ability to learn the use of the program on their own.As an example, one of the authors (MD) gave an assignment in a Heat Transfer

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Robert M. O'Connell; Gavin Duffy; Ted Burke; David Dorran

instruction2. TheyProceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2follow a certain but imprecise scheme that defines good group work3; they are often assisted andfacilitated by tutors who perform in a certain but imprecisely defined way; and both the team’sperformance as a working group (the process) and their technical results (the product) areassessed in various unperfected ways.Group-based learning, particularly PBL, has been used successfully for many years in medicine8and other health-related disciplines such as veterinary medicine and nursing2, as well as inphysics education3. It has been

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Sara E. Wilson

Technology and her Ph.D. in MedicalEngineering/Medical Physics from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program. In addition toteaching a course in responsible conduct of research, she also teaches and does research in the use of control systemsand dynamics to understand the human neuromuscular system and the etiology of musculoskeletal disorders. Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 

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Allen A. Busick; Melissa L. Cooley; Alexander M. Lopez; Aaron J. Steuart; W. Roy Penney; Edgar C. Clausen

             (1) where NPSHr = required net positive suction head requirement, ft Pa = pressure at the free liquid surface, psi P* = vapor pressure of the fluid at the operating temperature, psi ρ   = density of the fluid, lbm/ft3 g = gravitational constant, 32.2 ft/s2 H = height of pump above the surface of the fluid in the tank, ft hL = head loss due to friction in the suction line of the pump, ftSince the pressure in the impeller eye can be lower than the pressure in the suction pipe, it isusually necessary to determine NPSHr experimentally.3 Turbine Technologies Ltd.4 presents a Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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Bryan W. Hill; Carol S. Gattis; Christa N. Hestekin; Nick Tschepikow; George S. Denny; Edgar C. Clausen

-four activities were either developed by the teachers after thesummer workshop or modified from experiments they found elsewhere. These teacher-developed activities were used 40 times by the 37 teachers, for an average of 1.1 activities perteacher. Overall, only one teacher did not use any design-oriented activities (taught math in2009-2010, instead of science), and one teacher used 14 activities. The teachers were mostactive in using activities that they developed, and in using workshop techniques in developingadditional activities. This shows that it is more effective to teach the participants “how to fish Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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Shauna A. Morimoto; Anna M. Zajicek; Valerie H. Hunt; Joseph J. Rencis

University of Wisconsin, Madison (Wisconsin) Cohort 1 Institutions Not Considered Hunter College of the City University of New York* University of Puerto Rico, Humacao* *Institution does not offer B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. engineering degrees.MethodAccording to Frehill et al.19 and Kanter20, sex ratios are useful indicators of institutional genderinequalities. Building on this idea, we examined changes in the gender composition ofengineering faculty and graduating doctoral students using data from Profiles of Engineering andEngineering Technology Colleges21 published by American Society for Engineering Education

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Lisa Anneberg; Suyun Luo

1 Work in Progress - Global Engineering Collaborative Undergraduate Engineering Program between the USA and China Lisa Anneberg1 and Suyun Luo2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, 1 Department of Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 2AbstractToday, internationalization of higher education is one of the important major developments of highereducation. Shanghai University of Engineering Science [SUES] and Lawrence Technological University[LTU, of Southfield, MI] have had a multifaceted academic

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Christopher C. Ibeh

that has flight path correction.Subhasish Mitra, Philip H. S. Wong, “Nanotechnology-Carbon Nanotube (CNT)Electronics,” Stanford Nanofabrication Lab25-26This research effort epitomizes some of the best practices in nanoelectronics as it leveragesfundamental research in CNT science into useful nano-chip technology for high speedcomputing based on quarter-size CNT chips. CNTs are highly electrically conductive, andtheir small, nanometer size allows for wafer scale, smaller circuits than the conventionalsilicon circuits. In this, CNT instead of silicon is grown on quartz wafer facilitated by catalystnanoparticles at 900 oC for 17 hours. This growth process is carried out at optimal conditionsof density, length and uniformity to marginalize the

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Charles Baukal; Joe Colannino; Wes Bussman; John Matsson

with full-time faculty to help bring professional practice into theclassroom. 9 For example, Texas Instruments helped co-teach a heat transfer course with theUniversity of North Texas and provided students with examples of electronic cooling problems Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 3and devices used to solve them. 10 This was outside the scope of the typical heat transfer courseand gave students a specific example of how the course materials were applied to actualindustrial problems. Adjunct instructors can also teach specific topics in a course where facultyare less

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Don Malzahn; Lawrence Whitman; Zulma Toro-Ramos; Julie-Ellen Acosta

education. The Millennium Project, The University of Michigan.Farr, James V., and Brazil, Donna, M., (March 2009), Leadership skill development for engineers, Engineering Management Journal, Vol 21. No1, pp 1-8.Fink, L. Dee, (2003), Creating significant, learning experiences: An integrated approach to designing college courses, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.Greenleaf, Robert K., Spears, Larry C. and Covey, Seven R., (2002), Servant leadership: A journey into the nature of legitimate power and greatness, Paulist Press.Martinazzi, Robert, Rose, Andrew T., Samples, Jerry, (2004, session 3615), Leadership 101: Developing the leader in engineering and technology students. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for engineering

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Troy Harding

programming technique as a teaching method. On the surface thisseems to make sense. The partner model has been used with great success in other academicdisciplines. In the natural sciences, students almost always work with a partner in thelaboratory.4 In addition, this model fits in well with the millennial students desire to work andlearn in teams.5,6 However, most instructors still require students to complete programmingassignments independently. The concern is that a least one of the partners will not learn as much Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2as if he or she would

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Sara E. Wilson; Peter W. Tenpas; Ronald L. Dougherty; Christopher D. Depcik; Kenneth Fischer

conductexperimental evaluation and testing. The rubric was less informative on engineering analysisskills as design projects varied in scope and coverage of these areas.IntroductionThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) asks that all engineeringprograms work to achieve a series of educational objectives including: a. an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering b. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data c. an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability d. an ability to

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Carl Locke; Jim Lookadoo

ABET PRIMER What is ABET, What Does ABET Do, How Do We Do Well With ABETDISCUSSION TOPICS WHAT IS ABET? WHAT DOES ABET DO? ABET REVIEWS – WHAT ARE THEY? WHAT ABOUT CRITERIA? WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO PREPARE? WHAT HAPPENS DURING A VISIT? WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A VISIT? WHAT ARE MOST COMMON PITFALLS?WHAT IS ABET? Organization of Organizations Purposes  Accreditation  Promote Intellectual Development  Provide Technical Assistance Recognized by Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) NCEES Recognition (EAC)WHAT DOES ABET DO? Accredits College Level Degree Programs in Engineering, Technology, Computing, or Applied Sciences Four Different Broad Areas  Engineering - Leading to Professional Practice

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Angel Riggs; Kirby Smith; Cindy Blackwell; Paul Weckler; Dan Tilley; Rodney Holcomb; Shelly Sitton; Ron Delahoussaye

toward their bachelor‟s degree at OSU.The objectives of The Innovation Process include: Creating workplace-ready graduates capable of participating in and eventually leading private sector innovation; Enhancing the education experience of participants in agribusiness, engineering and communications in an effort to increase enrollment in those areas; and Developing and disseminating interdisciplinary curricula for adaptation and use by other universities.Additionally, the program is an important component related to retaining Oklahoma StateUniversity‟s accreditation through the Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology. Inaddition to requirements that engineering participants be able to apply their

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Jim Lookadoo; Carl Locke

_______________________ (Name of the program(s)) has conducted an honest assessment of compliance and has provided a complete and accurate disclosure of timely information regarding compliance with ABET’s Criteria for Accrediting Technology Programs to include the General Criteria and any applicable Program Criteria, and the ABET Accreditation Policy and Procedure Manual.________________________________Dean’s Name (As indicated on the RFE)____________________ ___________________Signature DateWhat can make tracking thechanges easier? A useful aid is the ABET Reader’s Guide. Each commission has one and the guide compares the exact changes to each commission’s criteria (2009-2010 cycle

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Keith E. Hedges

aqua lung device. His approachredefined the problem. Cousteau’s solution now made the invisible visible as he charted newfrontier. This is a metaphor for educators continually confronted by the weight of prescriptivecurricula in need of alternative innovation.The top eleven undergraduate engineering programs ranked in 2010 by the US News and WorldReport were investigated by the author and two trends were found. The curricula are verydoctrinaire and the course descriptions are indicative of synchronous engagements between theinstructor and the learner. Conversely, none of the eleven schools appear to dedicate a coursethat has a synchronous engagement between the learner and live content. A semester long coursedevoted to a single real-time