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D. Weber; G. Reluzco; D. Kaminski; B. W. Bequette

Creating Grade 11 and 12 Curricula Guided by both Project Lead the Way and NSF GK-12 D. Weber1,2, G. Reluzco1, D. Kaminski3, B. W. Bequette2 1 Mohonasen High School, Schenectady, NY 2 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering 3 MANE Department Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NYAbstractA new challenge for a privileged group of graduate students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutein the 2008-2009 academic year is to participate in an NSF GK-12

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Warren A. Rosen; M. Eric Carr

register into B register 0002 47 ;MOV B,A;Main loop: ;Add B register to A register 0003 80 ;ADD B ;copy A register into C (temp) 0004 4F ;MOV C,A ;Copy B into A 0005 78 ;MOV A,B ;Copy C into B 0006 41 ;MOV B,C ;Store the result at memory location 0x1234 0007 32 ;\ 0008 34 ; STA 0x1234 0009 12 ;/ ;Jump back to continue the loop 000A C3 ;\ 000B 03 ; JMP 0x0003 000C 00 ;/ The bus-centric design of the DrACo/Z80 lends itself to the creation of peripherals, andwe have designed a few to use

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Ricardo A. Camilo; S. Keith Hargrove

. and Patrikios, N., “RFID Implementation Framework in Supply Chain”, 2008, RFID in Operationsand Supply Chain Management – Research and Applications, pp. 3-11.4. Visich, J. K., Li, S., Khumawala, B. M, “Enhancing Product Recovery Value in Closed Loop Supply Chainwith RFID”, 2007, Journal of Managerial Issues, 19, pp. 436-452.5. Wong, C. Y. and McFarlane, D., “Radio Frequency Identification Data Capture and its Impact on ShelfReplenishment”, 2007, International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 71–93.6. Fosso Wamba, S., Lefebvre, L. A., Lefebvre, E., 2006, “Enabling intelligent B-to-B Ecommerce Supply ChainManagement Using RFID and EPC Network: a Case Study in Retail Industry”, ACM International

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Orla LoPiccolo; Amit Bandyopadhyay

programs in site designand survey data management will be introduced. Drainage, soil stabilization and erosion controlparameters, and design techniques are applied to site designs. Safety and geometric standards forroadway design and construction are incorporated into the course.”B. Sustainable Development Design Guidelines within a Proposed Sustainable Site Planning & Design Course Outline:According the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) there are over 70 different green buildingrating systems in the country. Nationally the USGBC’s Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design (LEED) is the most recognized for new commercial construction (LEED-NC). The USGBC also currently has 8 other rating systems including LEED for; Homes

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Kauser Jahan; Jess W. Everett; Gina Tang; Stephanie Farrell; Hong Zhang; Angela Wenger; Majid Noori

funded by the National Science Foundation (DUE-0737277).References1. http://www.nsf.gov2. http://www.engineeringk12.org/Engineering_in_the_K-12_Classroom.pdf3. Jahan, K., Hesketh, R. P., Schmalzel, J. L. and Marchese, A. J. (2001). Design and Research Across the Curriculum: The Rowan Engineering Clinics. International Conference on Engineering Education. August, 6 – 10, 2001 Oslo, Norway4. Harvey, R., Johnson, F., Marchese, A. J., Newell, J. A., Ramachandran, R. P., and Sukumaran, B. (1999). Improving the Engineering and Writing Interface: An Assessment of a Team-Taught Integrated Course. ASEE Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.5. R.P. Hesketh, S. Farrell, and C.S. Slater, An Inductive Approach to Teaching Courses in

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W. Riddell; S. Bakrania; K. Bhatia; J. Courtney; K. Dahm; R. Harvey; L. Weiss

Putting the horse before the cart – Fitting a new project into established design and writing pedagogy W. Riddell†, S. Bakrania†, K., Bhatia†, J. Courtney, K. Dahm†, R. Harvey‡, L. Weiss†† College of Engineering† College of Communication‡ College of Liberal Arts and Sciences†† Rowan UniversityProject-based learning has been an important aspect of the Rowan University College ofEngineering curriculum since its inception in 19961. In the fall of the sophomore year,engineering students take a multidisciplinary, integrated, project-based course that is designed toteach both

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Alfred A. Scalza

1 Motivational Concepts and their Application to Students in Engineering And Construction Management Alfred A. Scalza, P.E. Department of Architecture & Construction Management Farmingdale State College State University of New YorkIntroductionPrecisely, what do we mean by the word “Motivation”? One dictionary defines motivation asproviding a motive; another says to motivate is to excite. A third dictionary says to provide aforce or stimulus or influence. When it comes to motivating a student, they

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Thomas R. Wedlick; Carol E. Reiley; Cynthia Ramey

A FAIR GAME: A LOW-COST EASILY IMPLEMENTED ROBOTICS COMPETITION LEADS TO DIVERSE ENTRANTSAbstractSince 2006, we have run a robotics competition that attracted widespread participation(over 100 entrants) from local K-12 schools. This six-hour competition pits low-costrobotic systems built over several weeks by teams of two to four K-12 students (agerange 14-18). These small, ten-inch robots come from an all inclusive, commercial kit likethe ones offered from Parallax. The students implement common robotic topics such asautonomous robot navigation, localization and detection algorithms and robot design tocomplete engaging medically themed challenges. The challenges provide fun opportunitiesfor students

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Robert M. Brooks; Berk Ayranci; Amithraj Amavasai

Pretests- A Tool for Learning Transportation Engineering Robert M. Brooks, Berk Ayranci, and Amithraj AmavasaiAbstractThe authors have been continuously fascinated by the role of pretests in improving students’ learning.Pretests have been well recognized as a valuable tool for the assessment of educational objectives. In theSP 08 semester, pretests were used as a tool for learning the subject in a transportation engineeringcourse. The students were encouraged to make handwritten notes during the lecture. There were threepretests in the course. The final examination contained conceptual questions, including

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Deborah Ihezie; S. Keith Hargrove

Applying Lean Assessment Tools at a Maryland Manufacturing Company Deborah Ihezie and S. Keith Hargrove Department of Industrial, Manufacturing & Information Engineering Clarence Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering Morgan State UniversityAbstractManufacturing companies are implementing and adapting to a number of strategic practices toenhance quality and improve productivity to remain competitive and reduce costs. The use ofLean practices has proven to achieve these objectives. The purpose of this research is to evaluateand perform an assessment of the current status of a local manufacturing organization, MiddleRiver Aircraft Systems (MRAS), located

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Graig Sauer; Jonathan Lazar; Harry Hochheiser; Jinjuan Feng

HIPUU: a Universally Usable Approach to Defeating Automated Bots Graig Sauer, Jonathan Lazar, Harry Hochheiser, and Jinjuan Feng Graig.sauer@gmail.com, jlazar@towson.edu, HHochheiser@towson.edu, jfeng@towson.edu Department of Computer and Information Sciences Universal Usability LaboratoryAbstract There is clearly a need on the web for security features to stop spam andbots. However, many security features on web sites are not accessible forpeople with disabilities. A common form of security on web sites is a humaninteraction proof. HIPs are used to differentiate between humans and automatedbots. The most common form of HIP is known as a CAPTCHA

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Raluca I. Rosca

Preparing a Diversity Statement- An Introduction to Diversity Issues for Future Faculty Raluca I. Rosca Engineering Sciences and Mechanics Department, Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractWhile the diversity in engineering classrooms strives to mirror the diversity of the society atlarge, our future engineering faculty are not explicitly prepared to deal with it. Using a mixeddata approach, this paper describes how a writing exercise (preparing a diversity statement) andthe associated peer-review discussion expanded the definition of diversity and the plans toaddress it in academia for two groups of participants in the Engineering Teaching PortfolioProgram at

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Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci


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. Column (a) shows the percentage of students who gave the correct answer, at point P, with correct reasoning. Column (b) shows the percentage of students who stated that the center of mass is to the left of point P. Column (c) shows the percentage of students who stated that the center of mass is to the right of point P. Question: Is the center of mass to the left of P, to the right of P, or at P? Introductory calculus- (a) At point P (b) To the left (c) To the right based course - listed by (correct ) of point P of point P cohort UW 121 (2 sections; N = 90

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Josh Wyrick; Catherine Booth

in this course, anddescribed herein, are all related to “Green Engineering”, and incorporate mechanistic elementsfrom all four engineering disciplines offered at Rowan (electrical/computer, civil/environmental,mechanical, and chemical). The uniqueness of these labs is that all have the exact sameobjective – to create a renewable energy system with enough power to lift a given weight to agiven height. The energy source is the variable, and thus the crux of the labs. To operate thepulley and weight system for each lab, the students were tasked to create a: (a) solar panel arrayconnected to a motor, (b) hydro-powered turbine system, (c) wind-powered turbine system, and(d) chemical reaction battery connected to a motor. Thus, all four

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Harold R. Underwood


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Josh Coffman; Jiancheng Liu; Ashland O. Brown; Sachin S. Terdalkar; Joseph J. Rencis

tetrahedral elements as stated inFigure 3. Each node has three degrees of freedom (DOF) and the mesh has a total of 38,619DOF. The ball bearing end supports are shown in Figure 3. All DOFs were constrained on thecylindrical surfaces of the shaft that make contact with the bearings. These constraints resemblefixed-fixed boundary conditions. The concentrated load was defined as a normal force over a 5 t top surfaace of the shaft in as Figuure 3. This was done to eliminate sttressmm radiuus circle on theconcentraations in thee vicinity of the t concentrrated load. A B C D

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Olugbenga O. Akinbiola

or waste because itmay not be possible to completely eliminate variability. With reduced variability the cost ofdealing with scrap, rework, and other losses created by defectives which is an enormous drain onany company will be greatly reduced.Bibliography1. Box, G. E. and Luceno, A., 1997, “Statistical Control by Monitoring and Feedback Adjustment”, John Wileyand Sons Inc, New York.2. Bjorn Andersen and Loland H. (1997) “ A Study on the use and effects of Quality Improvement tools, M.scThesis in Production and Quality Engineering3. Duffuaa, S. and Daya, B., 1995, “Improving Maintenance Quality using Statistical Process Control”, Journal ofQuality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 1, pp. 25-33.4. Juran, J.M (1997) “Early Statistical Quality

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Kanti Prasad

companies, and thevision of the author, which has kept Microelectronics/VLSI Technology program withinthe department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMass Lowell vibrant. 5. About the AuthorDr. Kanti Prasad is a professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineeringand is the founding Director of Microelectronics/VLSI Technology program at UMassLowell. He holds his Ph.D. from University of South Carolina. He is a registeredProfessional Engineer, P.E., in the State of Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is theASEE’s campus representative at the James B. Francis College of Engineering. He is alsothe transfer coordinate and the graduate Semiconductor/VLSI certificate coordinator. Hehas been teaching

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Neville Jacobs

that IEEE started 2 years ago, and whose purpose is to exposestudents at every level to technology projects of about 2 hours duration. The projects would conform to,and be part of the ongoing school science and math curriculums. I will not dwell on this program, as I’msure that others at this conference who will be talking about it. I see it as a key way to start getting agreater number of students, of all ages, familiar with what technology is all about.THE ROBOT CHALLENGE. This is an initiative from the Baltimore, Maryland, Section of IEEE, and is now in its 13th year.The purpose is to expose teams of boys and girls in High School (grades 9 though 12) to all the elementsof an engineering project, so that they can really see if this

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Robert M. Brooks; Berk Ayranci; Keerthi Takkalapelli

Recruitment improvement in ASEE student membership Robert M. Brooks, Berk Ayranci, and Keerthi TakkalapelliAbstract:Problems and issues for advancing engineering education from the student perspectives areimportant considerations in engineering education. For one month period ads asking the studentto join ASEE’s student chapter were placed in the student longue and waiting areas in theengineering building. Only 9 students joined. Then a survey was made and distributedrandomly to the students to know what exactly the students wanted and their needs were. Thesurvey asked the students how important to them are the following issues by rating them on ascale 1 (least important) - 5(most important). The issues ranged

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Scott C. Pender; Andrew J. Foote

manufacturing, this study tracks trends for thelast two decades by following the performance of Fortune 1000 companies aggregated intoprocess-specific sectors. A forecast based upon these trends is postulated so that the UnitedStates of America may adapt as a nation and maintain an edge in the global marketplace.Overall, the analysis provides a bigger picture view of US manufacturing and how it is growingto meet changing demands that will continue to diverge from the model of 20th centuryproduction. The decrease in big “M” manufacturing throughout the United States over the pastseveral decades is actually not as it seems. A substantial contribution to the seeming loss ofmanufacturing jobs involved a shift to other industries where individuals

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Frank Lanzer

Attracting Girls to Engineering & Technology: Reach them before they're turned off Frank Lanzer Anne Arundel Community CollegeAbstractThe low percentage of woman and minorities in engineering, and other technical fields, iswell-documented. While one cannot force persons into a given field, we ought to ensurethat students are exposed to these disciplines and provided with both basic skills and avision of what they can become. Research generally shows attitudes and perceptions ofwhat individuals want to become being developed early in the secondary educationprocess. Community colleges, in particular, are uniquely positioned close to

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Samantha Murray

Beginning the Conversation:Engaging Parents & Elementary-Aged Children in EngineeringSamantha Murray, American Society for Engineering Education, K12 EngineeringEducation Coordinator, S.Murray@asee.org or (202) 350-5752. Family Engineering is an informal engineering education program designed toengage parents/caregivers and their children ages 5-12 in learning about engineeringthrough fun, hands-on activities led by college STEM students, professional engineeringsocieties, engineering professionals, informal educators from museums and sciencecenters, and classroom teachers. To facilitate dissemination, a Family Engineering Activity Guide containing avariety of engineering activities is under development, scheduled for

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Michael Casey

re-examine the historical basis for the core computational skill set and assess thedegree to which it has met the needs of industry for modeling, design, and construction. Weidentify technology trends such as scripting languages (e.g., Python and Ruby), modernnumerical programming (e.g., Matlab), and Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools (e.g.,Revit and Sketchup) that, to be available and effective for industry, must have a curricular basisfor CE graduates. Finally, we provide recommendations for incorporating modern tools intoboth introductory engineering computing courses and senior level design courses.IntroductionComputational skills have been an integral component of engineering education for decades.Long before digital computer