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Saeed M. Khan; Gregory Spaulding; Deanna Livengood; Paul Benjamin; Justin Schemm; Kenton Dreilling; Chase Maxton; Fred Kreiman

“Building the Largest Cantenna in Kansas: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration between Engineering Technology Programs” Saeed M. Khan, Gregory Spaulding, Deanna Livengood, Paul Benjamin, Justin Schemm, Kenton Dreilling, Chase Maxton and Fred Kreiman Kansas State University at SalinaAbstract:This paper describes the design and development of a large 20 dBi (decibels isotropic)Wi-Fi antenna for a class project in the Communication Circuit Design course. This largeantenna is based on smaller Wi-Fi antennas commonly referred to as cantennas (gain ofabout 10 dBi). The smaller version is made with a single can (3-4 inches) in diameter andan

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Surendra Singh

Internship Program in the Electrical Engineering Department at The University of Tulsa Surendra Singh Department of Electrical Engineering The University of Tulsa 600 South College Avenue Tulsa, Oklahoma 74137Abstract:For the past five years, the electrical engineering department at The University of Tulsa hasparticipated in an internship program that is partly funded by the State of Oklahoma and partlyby the participating companies. The intent of this internship program is to provide hands-onengineering work experience to

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William A. Kline; Thomas Mason

, Ability to relate RHV project experiences to more engaged classroom performance, Experience on which to base career decisions – what they like to or don’t like to do, Internship experience and professional polish essential for job seeking. Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 6For faculty, the program offers professional development opportunities through the applieddevelopment projects. Some projects require additional depth of expertise on a particular fieldand faculty involvement ranges from advice, to short term consulting, to serving as a projectmanager for a

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Shannon G. Davis; Carol S. Gattis; Edgar C. Clausen

University of Arkansas Science Partnership Program: Lessons Learned In Evaluating Year One Shannon G. Davis1, Carol S. Gattis2 and Edgar C. Clausen3 College of Education and Health Professions1/College of Engineering2/ Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering3 University of ArkansasAbstractThe University of Arkansas Science Partnership Program began in 2006 and focuses on theprofessional growth of 6th, 7th and 8th grade science teachers through three summer institutes andfollow-up activities. Teachers are teamed with engineering faculty to improve teaching skillsand to increase teachers’ use, understanding and application of

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Day W. Radebaugh

information theory. The most well-known of such measures is called theAlgorithmic Information Complexity, and is due to Kolmogorov and Chaitin. AIC issimply the length of the shortest program required to produce a particular output. Whilesuch a measure can be straightforwardly quantified, it is difficult to see its relevance tothe problem of providing the working engineer with a measure of complexity, with thepossible exception to the field of software design. The notion of entropy H from classicalinformation theory H(M) = - mp(m)log2p(m)where the information or surprise value of a message m = -log p(m), given p(m) is theprobability that message m is chosen from the universe of messages in M. As was thecase with

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Johannes Strobel

of problem solving in the workplace. Forinstance the SCANS Report “What Work Requires of Schools” [1], states that problem solving isan essential thinking skill for workers. Engineers, physicians, managers, etc. are hired, retained,and rewarded for their abilities to solve workplace problems. For engineering education, thismeans a challenge to integrate workplace real-world problems into the curriculum and stayingabreast with new challenges and changing roles of engineers in the workplace.If education programs are to fulfill these challenges, a better understanding of the nature ofworkplace problem solving is necessary. This holds especially true for instructional andeducational strategies that heavily utilize problems, like ‘problem-based

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Christi Patton Luks; Laura P. Ford

7 Department of Chemical Engineering Survey Fall 2006 Advisory Board/Student Luncheon Our educational objectives are to prepare our students, through a high-quality course of instruction involving classroom, laboratory, and professional activities, for successful employment in the chemical process industries, including energy-related industries, environmental, materials, or biotechnology, for graduate studies in chemical engineering; or for graduate studies in other fields such as medicine, law and business administration. For the purposes of ABET accreditation, and to help keep our program current by responding to changes in the global economy

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Larry A. Glasgow

; forexample, see the Mississippi Department of Education website10. Some of the desirable featuresof CI are provided in the following list: ♦ new concepts are presented in familiar, real-life situations ♦ there is reliance upon spatial memory ♦ there are opportunities to employ higher-order thinking skills Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 4 ♦ multiple subjects are often integrated in the learning process ♦ new information is related with prior knowledge ♦ authentic assessment is

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Yahong Rosa Zheng; Sarat K. Chitneni; Daryl G. Beetner

the design after programming the FPGA can be verified in real-timewith the help of Signal Tap II Logic Analyzer which is integrated into Quartus II. Thus theSignal Tap II analyzer window is to be set up before programming the FPGA. This tool allowsthe user to monitor the internal contents of the FPGA in real-time while it is operating. Fig.6.shows the configuration and analysis window of Signal Tap II analyzer. Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 8 Fig.6. Signal Tap II logic analyzer windowThe DE2 Board is then programmed using the USB cable provided

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Roy Myose

Junior-level Jet Engine Design Project Incorporating Aircraft Performance, Cost, and Environmental Issues Roy Myose Department of Aerospace Engineering, Wichita State UniversityAbstract Capstone design classes in aerospace engineering oftentimes employ a multi-disciplinary team-based approach to design projects. In discipline-specific non-capstone classes, the typical emphasisis to cover the necessary conceptual material, and the design project in such a class tends to consideroptimization issues related to the discipline-specific topic. This paper discusses the author’s attemptto incorporate aircraft performance, cost, and environmental issues in the

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Abu S.M. Masud; Don E. Malzahn

other issues, program objectives (evaluation/ review), curriculum/laboratory update, and any program-related issue that may arise. • Odd Years, College of Engineering administers the Alumni Survey, the results of which are distributed to departments. PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND ASSESSMENTBased on ABET statement [1], our working definition of the program educationalobjectives (PEOs) is that these are statements that describe the expected accomplishmentsof graduates in the first few years after graduation. Program objectives can be of twotypes: (a) what all graduates will do, and (b) what some graduates will do. Programobjectives are written to be used as descriptors of the program and are such

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Behnam Bahr; Kurt Soschinske; George Gray

calculations and interpret hydraulic schematics - Relate electrical controls to the operation of mechanical systems • To meet the practical application needs of the product design and manufacturing industries within the south central region of Kansas.The mission of the Mechanical Engineering program at Wichita State University is to: • Provide students with a broad mechanical engineering education. • Help advance the mechanical engineering profession. • Contribute toward the economic development of the state of Kansas. • Enhance the quality of life in Kansas through teaching, research, and outreach programs “Proceedings of the 2007Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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Kamesh Namuduri

students.(g) Provide professional development opportunities to the faculty of community colleges throughadvanced training programs, collaborative research activities, and workshops. The proposed activities lead to increased awareness of information security related issues in thecommunity. The partnerships and knowledge sharing are expected to result in enhanced learningexperiences for students and increased student retention rates in the area of Cybersecurity and Forensicsfor WSU and community colleges in the state of Kansas. We expect that students who graduate through 2the proposed career paths will pursue careers in Cybersecurity and

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Keith L. Hohn; LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin; Julia Keen; Hani Melhem; Anil Pahwa; Jan Wiersema; Barb Licklider

constructed only of parts that can beeaten. Student teams were formed within each learning community. These teams were taught asimple brainstorming technique, and utilized this technique to generate ideas for how to buildtheir scale. They then built the scale outside of the learning community meeting time, andbrought it to a large group meeting where all groups competed to see which scale could mostaccurately measure a small weight (several grams). Students were asked to reflect on how theirteams function on this task, how they contributed to the team, and how they could improve theirperformance on teams.Another engineering-related activity was to have students consider engineering ethics. Thisactivity was structured as an “academic controversy.” An

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Wei Zhang

)Midterm I 76.3 82.5Midterm II 75.8 81.6Final 65.6 85.56. Comparison to other pedagogical approachesProceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 9There have been several related proposes [7, 8, 9, 10] to teach computer architecturecourses in the literature. Patt and Patel [7] proposed to teach low-level hardwarecomponent with C programming. Bryant and O’Hallaron [8] advocated an approach toteaching architectural concepts from the software programmers’ perspective

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Ken Barnard; Greg Stephens; Raju Dandu

awareness related to energy, global warming and conservation. Thispaper presents a cross disciplinary team presentation from community, faculty in EngineeringTechnology, Business, and Aviation an Earth Day Teach-In. Earth Day Teach-In eventsincluded a focus on current environmental issues that apply to Earth Day and an explanation onhow Earth Day can be used to educate the 21st Century Engineer by showcasing a K-State atSalina Earth Day Teach-In that featured faculty, staff and local industry leaders. Attendees willleave with ideas on how they can organize an industrial, educational, and communitycollaborative Earth Day Teach-In.IntroductionTechnology in our society has provided multi-faceted benefits for our “good life” that we enjoytoday. We live

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William M. Baer

Plagiarism Education: Teaching Students to Use Information Ethically William M. Baer Wichita State UniversityAbstract The engineering profession has always valued ethical behavior. However, it seems thatunethical behavior is more and more prevalent in our classes. The rising incidence of plagiarismis and should be a concern to educators not only to ensure academic integrity, but because of theimplications for our profession. The ethical use of engineering information is important for ourstudents to learn. There are two ways to combat plagiarism: detection and education. Programs likeTurnitin and

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Christopher C. Ibeh; Monika Bubacz; Andrey Beyle; Stefano Bietto; Stan Scoville; Dilip Paul; Charles Blatchley

] programinvites talented and interested K-12 students to participate in a 2-week long summerprogram. By mentoring “high school—rising stars” in the science, mathematics,engineering and technology (SMET) of materials/nanocomposites and processingresearch, CNCMM hopes to encourage them to choose careers in the areas of materialsand processing. “Materials and processing” are common grounds for most industries, andthe bases for productivity. “Nanomaterials and nanotechnology” are current trends.REACH-RS is a hands-on oriented program, and provides the students preview andintroduction to college, improvement of communication and inter-personal skills,acquisition of technical proficiency in the areas of materials and processing, awareness ofthe impact of

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Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale; Seamus Freyne

Teaching Aids and Laboratory Experiments to Enhance Materials Learning Stephan A. Durham1, W. Micah Hale2, Seamus Freyne3 1 University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center / 2University of Arkansas / 3Manhattan CollegeAbstractMost civil engineering programs across the country require one course in materials and materialstesting. Many times these courses are structured to provide students the basic understanding ofthe production, properties, and behavior of common structural materials. Emphasis is oftenplaced on concrete, steel, and wood. This paper presents teaching aids and laboratoryexperiments that can be used

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Lawrence Whitman; S. Hossein Cheraghi; Janet Twomey

commented that they have“really learned” the course content through the simulation. Through the existingproject the students develop a more thorough understanding of traditionalproduction systems concepts. The existing class project uses a simple, non-trivialfactory as shown in figure 1.Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 4Figure 1. Factory FlowMany students are unaware of issues beyond typical classroom lectures. Theexample used here is related to the idea of lean and green. The basic concept oflean and green manufacturing is for production systems to view pollution as

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Ana Goulart; Charles Watkins; Robert Hegedus

. Her research interests are on computer networks and wireless communications, with focus on real-time applications related to telemedicine and remote monitoring.Charles Watkins is a former student in the Telecommunications Engineering Technology program. Charles is an expert on computer programming and soon became quite familiar with the Opnet simulator.Robert Hegedus is a former student in Telecommunications Engineering Technology program, who was actively engaged on student organizations such as the IEEE Communications Society. He received his degree in May 2007 and is currently working for Lockard & White on the design of wireless transmission systems. Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American

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J. Collins

the structure of pedagogy 2 . The novice progresses through variousstages of structured “participation” in the community of practice, including learning thespecialized tools and discourse of the community. Communities of practice are a “set ofrelations among persons, activities, and world, over time and in relation with otheroverlapping communities”2.In their study of engineering teams of students, graduate students, and faculty, Donath,Spray, Alford, et. al. applied a community-based model of learning, using the term“distributed cognition” to explain the integrated contributions of team members to theglobal problem-solving of a group 3 . Cognition is an activity distributed among personsand their environment 4 , including team members, and

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Joseph J. Rencis; Sachin Terdalkar

element. Static failure for the truss element isconsidered with an example in [1] and homework problems in [2, 3], however, there is no Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 3discussion regarding static failure. Adams and Askenazi [4] provide a discussionregarding static failure, however, they do not relate it to the truss element. The trusselement considered in this paper is straight, uniform, linear elastic, homogeneous,isotropic and has two end nodes as shown in Figure 1a. Stress concentrations and staticfailure analysis addressed in this paper are carried out by hand or a