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R. Radharamanan

design, assistive technologies, alternate energytechnologies, and integration of engineering and general education.Mercer Engineering Entrepreneurship Education Program (MEEEP)15The purpose of Mercer University’s School of Engineering is to educate a student who isprepared to be practicing engineer, one who can responsibly contribute to a global society that isbecoming ever more dependent on technology. While the focus of the engineering school is toeducate engineers, its graduates may enter many fields of graduate studies, especially thoserequiring the disciplined problem solving methods developed in the undergraduate curriculum.The engineering graduates have entered professional graduate programs in medicine, law, andbusiness, as well as

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Xiaomin Jin; Xiao-hua Yu; Xiang-Ning Kang; Guo-Yi Zhang

, respectively. In summer 2009, Simeon Trieu, one of Prof. Jin’s graduatestudents, was awarded an NSF EAPSI summer and he also won the 1st place CSU researchcompetition on graduate engineering and computer engineering level in 2010, because ofworking on the project. Now Prof. Jin is supported by 1) NSF Grant OISE Award #1029135from year 2010 to 2013 and 2) Chinese National Key Research Lab Collaboration Grant 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. Those grants enable the Prof. Jin to bring more US students to work inChina. Since 2012, our new goal is to let students in both countries to freely choose theirresearch topics and their advisers. This paper will discuss how those activities are running in thepast years and what the key issues of the program are. The paper

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Cheng Chen; John DeAndreis; Peter Moala; Agustin Robles; Jose Valdovinos; Qiming Zeng; Amelito G. Enriquez; Wenshen Pong; Hamid Shanasser; Hao Jiang; Hamid Mahmoodi

into the next generation workforce as part of the efforts to mitigate theseismic hazard and improve public safety. Figure 1. Probability of Earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay RegionCommunity colleges such as Cañada College serve as the gateway to higher education for largenumbers of students especially in California. However, for science and engineering fields, lowersuccess and retention rates are observed at both community college and university levelsresulting in underrepresentation of minority groups in these fields. The NASA CiPair programbetween SFSU and Cañada College addresses some of these barriers to the successful transfer ofcommunity college engineering students to a four-year institution including

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Taufik Taufik; Dale Dolan

, ac inductors, dc-dc converter transformerdesign, actuators. Use of commercially available software. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory.EE 520 Solar-Photovoltaic Systems DesignSolar radiation and insolation variability. Solar cell theory. Photovoltaic module and arraydesign. Interfacing PV generators with various kinds of loads. Power processing circuits andsystems. Energy storage options. Stand-alone and grid-connected systems. Economic and policyissues. 4 seminars.EE 527 Advanced Topics in Power ElectronicsSelected advanced topics in power electronics such as dc-dc converters, phase-controlledrectifiers, switched-mode inverters, ac and dc drives, HVDC transmission, or utility applicationsof power electronics.As stated in the above course descriptions

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Tammy Yut-Ling Chan; Gustavo Borel Menezes

, communication, and professionalism. It is assumed thatthese students had not taken prior courses/classes in communication and professionalism, as theyare not required in the mechanical engineering curriculum. Also these students were told aboutthe active learning format of the course on the first day of class, and only two graduate studentsdropped the course because they had previously studied the material/topics in other courses. Figure 4: Average Responses from All Constituents for the 2012 Senior Design Oral Presentation Survey – ME 419 Students vs. Other Students (Non-ME 419 Students) Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American

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Hao Jiang; José Carrillo; Alam Salguero; Ellaine Talle; Enrique Raygoza; Xenia Leon; Ben Lariviere; Amelito G. Enriquez; Wenshen Pong; Hamid Shahnasser; Hamid Mahmoodi; Cheng Chen

graduates, but also improve the overallwell-being of the society. Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 64Recent reports [3, 4] indicate a great achievement gap among various ethnic groups. InCalifornia, only one in four students wanting to transfer or earn a degree/certificate did so withinsix years. African American and Hispanic students have even lower rates of completion; only14% of African American students and 20% of Latino students completed a degree or certificatewithin six years, compared to 29

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Seema C. Shah-Fairbank; William Kitch; Kenneth Lamb P.E.

have worked together to develop a programthat would require intrusive advising to student enrolled in the course. These students arerequired to develop a 4 to 5 year educational plan, which lays out the courses that they plan ontaking during their time at Cal Poly Pomona. Student are expected to learn when classes areoffered, evaluate prerequisites and set a goal to graduate. Finally, they need help navigatingthrough Cal Poly Pomona.1st Year Transfer Students in this division entered transferred from a different school into Cal PolyPomona. These students are assigned to a specified advisor for a single year. One of thechallenges that transfer students face is determining which credits should have transferred andprovided them with credit

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Antonella Sciortino; Lisa Star; Tesfai Goitom

will help them to understand and implement innovative design solutions in more advancedcourses and it will promote lifelong learning. Freshmen introductory courses, which have beendeveloped at four-year institutions nationwide, familiarize students with the engineering fieldand improve retention rates1. Many of them include hands-on project activities coupled withlectures aimed at the development of problem solving skills and introduction to availableresources1,2,3,4,5. However, few provide a sufficient exposure to global engineering issues. Theimportance of this component in engineering education is emphasized by ABET in the list ofStudent Outcomes included in the 2013-14 General Criteria Section 36. Specifically, Outcome hstates that

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Frank G. Jacobitz; Thomas F. Schubert

. Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 197 Figure 2. Topics in Fluid Mechanics in FranceThe course met for three weeks with an average of three lecture hours per day. The lectures wereconducted in a seminar room at the university. There was one three-hour midterm focused ontheoretical material at the end of the second week and a final computational project presented bythe students on the last day of classes. The grading was based on homework (six assignments,30% of the total grade), the

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Fabricio Braga Soares de Carvalho; Orlando Rocha Baiocchi; Robert Friedman

administrative and lab staff who are dedicatedto the educational success of nearly 440 matriculated and non-matriculated students in itsprograms. Over 600 students have completed Institute programs and have been awardedUniversity of Washington undergraduate and graduate degrees.The vision of the Institute derives from its unique public-private partnership in higher education,one charged with serving as a catalyst for generating energy and interest in computing &engineering disciplines. Its goals include developing and enhancing faculty teaching and researchwhile increasing students’ communication and collaboration skills; expanding and diversifyingstudent enrollment; continuously developing, assessing and improving its program offerings

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Lucia Riderer; Harmonie A. Hawley

, 2012. The three presenters were allaffiliated with the California State University, Fullerton. The Engineering disciplinesrepresented were Civil & Environmental, Mechanical, and Chemical Engineering. The openforum style allowed the Citrus College students to ask questions and promote discussionsamongst the faculty and students. Some of the main topics discussed were the differentengineering majors, what can be done with an engineering degree, how to obtain funding forgraduate school and the benefits of graduate school, and what standardized exams exist forengineers. A second presentation was held on June 1, 2012 by Dr. Joann Eisberg from ChaffeyCollege. Dr. Eisberg discussed the role of women in science and society; she encouraged theEEWIE

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Tina Smilkstein

a curious behavior is occurring and to be able to investigate it rightthen and there.The second inspiration for this work was the observation that the students that did not do well inprevious classes or that have trouble with circuit courses in general were not participating, not Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 429contributing to their groups, not doing well on exams and reports and falling even farther behindcompared to their classmates by the end of the class. As happens in many group

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Danyang Li; Qiao Zhen; Albert Gordon; Bhaskar Raj Sinha; Marcos Turquetti; Mohammad N. Amin

, faculty, students, andemployers are assured that the graduates are proficient in analytical, technical and criticalthinking skills. They have a sense of professionalism that is instilled with a strong set of values Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 295    essential for success in the wireless communications field. This program reflects current andfuture industry needs, and graduates from the MSWC program are trained and prepared toassume a leadership role in the field. The MSWC program

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Matthew T. Siniawski; Adam R. Carberry; Rafiqul I. Noorani

tools used inproduct development. Students complete numerous design and manufacturing activities,complete a comprehensive design and manufacturing project, and prepare various technicalreports. The general topics covered in the course include design for manufacturing (DFM)guidelines, dimensional accuracy, rapid prototyping, NC programing and CNC machiningequipment, design of experiments (DOE), and preparing technical reports. The learningoutcomes that were established for this course include: 1. Designing components based on design for manufacturing (DFM) guidelines. 2. Creating design prototypes using rapid prototyping (RP) and CNC machining. 3. Communicating laboratory experimental findings and relevant design information in