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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University; David K. Probst P.E., Southeast Missouri State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

, mathematics is the toughest, as it takesconsiderable time and effort to learn. In our school, the background of students is very diverse,and some of them even have trouble in doing simple integrals. Fortunately, technology comes tothe rescue. SAGE© is an open source symbolic computation tool, and it can be used for symbolicderivation, so every student can find the derivative, integral, and even gradient of functionseasily. In addition, it also supports programming in Python© style. With the challenge ofmathematics alleviated, more time is available to cope with the challenges of other issues, suchas new concepts and approaches. At the end of the semester, students were tested withConceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism, as well as surveyed on

Conference Session

Addressing the Human Dimension in Teaching Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Reese P.E., LeTourneau University

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Mechanics

Paper ID #20112Utilizing Empathy-Based Course Modules to Enhance Student Motivation inLower Level Mechanics CoursesProf. Norman Reese P.E., LeTourneau University Norman Reese has taught in the engineering technology department of LeTourneau University for 6 years. Previously, he worked in industry as an engineer for NASA and later in manufacturing and renewable fuels. In addition to a research focus in design and testing of wheelchairs for developing countries, he is intrigued by student motivation (or lack thereof). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Utilizing

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CoED

Authors

Bryan A Jones; J W Bruce; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh

OpenSourceand freely available, making CodeChat a viable tool for conducting research into the use of LP inprogramming education pedagogy. Figure 2 and Figure 3 illustrate the application of CodeChat inthe two courses examined for this study.Figure 2. CodeChat, the literate programmingimplementation used to conduct research for thispaper, transforms traditionalmicroprocessors course source code in (a) into the web page shown in (b) as shown by the arrow.4 Research OverviewWe assert that good writing leads to good thinking, and good thinking to good programs. Webelieve that advances in technology and user interface design have warranted new explorationsof the benefits of Knuth’s LP. We revive Knuth’s ideas by developing

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson, Bucknell University

senior ECEstudents to gain skills in effective consulting by using their own acquired ECE skills to help meet a real-world client’s technical needs. This assignment was incorporated into the seminar as either a 20-hour or40-hour project depending upon how many modules of the course the senior year student wasotherwise engaged with. The Action Technologies® workflow model was used assuring the customer’sconditions of satisfaction would be met. This novel module allowed students to learn the four key stepsof: preparation, negotiation, performance and acceptance. The 14 ECE seniors involved in this pilotchose from nearly 20 available projects and got to decide which projects would best apply their skillsetsas electrical or computer engineering

Conference Session

Lightning Talk - Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sophia Vicente, Elizabethtown College; Malle R Schilling, Arizona State University; Hannah Root; Annick J Dewald, Greenway College; Rebecca Holcombe; Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

courses is different at each campus. Both theprimary campus and the work-integrated learning program use mastery-based assessment.Furthermore, the research team is conducting on-going research and evaluation to compare bothacademic and professional outcomes across the two campuses to ensure quality of education. The community design project and the work-integrated learning aspects of the programdesign will be described in detail in this paper as these were the most relevant to communityengagement. Other activities included volunteering, career treks (site visits) of local companiesoutside of internship hosts, informal recreational activities, and a community celebration duringthe final examination week. Furthermore, for additional

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2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Shadi Balawi, Texas A&M University; Matt Pharr, Texas A&M University

thedemonstrations be short, attention-grabbing, and performed in small groups. Using this framework, Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX Copyright  2024, American Society for Engineering Education 2as depicted in Figure 1, we developed short demonstrations/activities. Students are asked to take aconcept quiz based on the basic material science prerequisite course. This concept quiz is presentedin Figure 2. It has questions related to basic material microstructure, crystal structure, diffusion, andbasic polymer material knowledge. The results of this conceptual

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William John Palm IV P.E., Roger Williams University; Charles R Thomas, Roger Williams University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

and is licensed as a Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.Dr. Charles R Thomas, Roger Williams University Page 26.1098.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Living-Learning Communities Improve First-Year Engineering Student Academic Performance and Retention at a Small Private UniversityAbstractLiving-Learning Communities (LLCs), in which students share a residence, one or more classes,and extracurricular activities, have been shown to improve first-year student engagement,academic performance, and retention in non

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Perger; Leonard J. Bohmann; Bob Bohnsack

learning within the given department. For ABET, we needed to look at the wholedegree program, both the courses within the major and those in other departments. In addition,ABET had predefined outcomes of the program, whereas for NCA we used self-defined goalsand outcomes. Probably the biggest difficulty was that the assessment program we developedfor the NCA evaluation was not ingrained within the department. If we were to succeed with theABET evaluation, this had to change. Page 4.251.1Our NCA experience did give us several advantages. To begin with, the NCA made us thinkabout formal assessment. This is not something that most engineering educators

Conference Session

Technical Session V

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2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Michael Cross, Norwich University; David M. Feinauer P.E., Norwich University

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FYEE Conference Sessions

design project for the freshman engineering experience,” in Proceedings of the 120th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, GA, USA, June 23-26, 2013.[4] E. Deci, and R. Flaste, Why We Do What We Do: the Dynamics of Personal Autonomy, New York: Putnam’s Sons, 1995.[5] D. Pink, Drive: the Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, New York, NY: The Penguin Group, 2009.[6] Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC), 2015-2016 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Baltimore, MD: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), 2014.[7] “Kit 8 | Simple Electric Motors,” retrieved April 12, 2018, from http://simplemotor.com/shop/motor-kits/kit-8/.[8] D. Feinauer, M. Prairie, “An update to a

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Christopher Horne P.E., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Alexandra Kurepa, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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First-Year Programs

, wavemotion, MATLAB coding and simple harmonic motion. Homework was assigned for finding theheight of a light pole using trigonometry and ‘SOH-CAH-TOA’. The sine function and angularfrequency were derived from the unit circle.This teaching and learning study on simple harmonic motion is also based on demonstrations andhands-on experiments in a freshmen engineering course (Problem Solving with MATLAB). Thetwo mathematics courses for upperclassmen: Applied Math as well as Partial Differential Equationswere taught in the traditional manner face to face.The importance of the sine waveA few researchers have presented technology and surveys to aid students in their understanding ofthe application of trigonometry [3]. As most high school students are

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

Authors

Lin Zhao, Gannon University; Donald V. MacKellar Jr., Gannon University; Tenger Batjargal

Copyright © 2022, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 8. the Grand Champion prize in the 6th annual Erie Collegiate Innovation ShowcaseThe Mega-Mouse was an international competition project and lasted for two years.• The team has financial support from the department, college, industry sponsor, student government association, and faculty research grant. The competition course is approximately 450 feet long in an area 140ft wide and 120 feet deep. Obstacles on the course consist of various colors (white, orange, brown, green, black, etc.) of construction barrels/drums that are used on roadways and highways.• The knowledge base and the applied technology required by this multidisciplinary project are elevated from those of

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Paul Jason Weinberg, Oakland University

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Diversity

Technology Engineering and Mathematics) education. Inaddition, mechanistic reasoning is one of the core competencies listed in the Next Generation ScienceStandards (NGSS) Engineering Concepts and Practices (NGSS Lead States, 2013). Mechanisticexplanations focus on the processes that underlie cause-effect relationships and take into account howthe activities of system components affect one another.While some assessment work has been accomplished in engineering education, to date mechanisticreasoning is an area where limited assessment development has been accomplished for pre-collegepopulations. The data in this study come from the calibration of the Assessment of MechanisticReasoning Project (AMRP) (Weinberg, 2012), designed to diagnose individuals

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Hollis; Namas Chandra; Chiang Shih

systematic involvement of students in the LTT experience can transform themfrom being passive recipients into active learners thus preparing them for a life-long self-learningexperience.IntroductionTraditional engineering education relies heavily on a passive classroom lecture approach.Studies1,2 have shown that students learn much better when active learning strategies are used. Inthe conventional learning setting many students, especially incoming freshmen, feel left out ofthe process and are not able to reach their true potential. In light of this, we believe that a majorshift in the current educational mode is essential, whether it is mandated from outside or emergesfrom inside. Though the overall philosophy of fostering an active learning

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2025 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Rachel Cloud; Spencer MacLaughlin; Adam Lynch; Ridge Towner

. Langstrand, ‘Lean in the supply chain: a literature review’, Management and production engineering review, vol. 3, pp. 87–96, 2012.[10] G. P. Jadhav, S. B. Jadhav, and A. Bhagat, ‘Six sigma DMAIC literature review’, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 117–122, 2015.[11] D. W. Baker and W. Haynes, Engineering statics: Open and interactive. Daniel Baker and William Haynes, 2021.[12] B. Dupen, Applied Strength of Materials for Engineering Technology, 25th ed. Independently Published, 2023.[13] D. Roylance, Constitutive equations. 2000.[14] ‘Modeling with PDEs: Using the weak form for equation systems’, COMSOL. [Online]. Available: https://www.comsol.com/support/learning

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christian Enmanuel Lopez, The Pennsylvania State University; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Cost, High Accuracy 3D Scanning Technologies on Engineering Education, Student Learning and Design Evaluation. In: ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers; 2013:V001T04A013- V001T04A013.19. Tucker CS, Saint John DB, Behoora I, Marcireau A. Open Source 3D Scanning and Printing for Design Capture and Realization. In: ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers; 2014:V01BT02A013-V01BT02A013.20. Choi C, Christensen HI. RGB-D object tracking: A particle filter approach on

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Ilya Grinberg

terminate the power circuit no matter what type ofcontrol (local or remote) had been chosen.The above modifications allow remote control of the major components of the EMS system viahost computer and introduced the elements of interactive dialogue. The next objective was toincrease the number of users by bringing this dialogue on to the network.4. Software Development to Enable Web-based CapabilitiesThe public’s demand for web-based distance delivery has been established. At the closing of theEngineering Technology Leadership Institute (ETLI) Executive Board meeting at SouthernPolytechnic University (October 26-28,1997), the following topic was emphasized: distancedelivery with an emphasis on laboratories.The stand-alone use of computers integrated

Conference Session

Novel Classrooms

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayman M. Alabdullatif, Oregon State University; Shane Paul Lorona, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #21913Students’ Responses to Professionally Contextualized Activities in a StudioClassMr. Ayman M. Alabdullatif, Oregon State UniversityMr. Shane Paul Lorona, Oregon State UniversityDr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robert Avanzato

contest. Figure 1: Penn State Robo-Hoops Contest Figure 2: Penn State Firefighting Contest Both robot competitions allow for the use of any choice of hardware and softwaresolutions, and this enables educators to choose the appropriate technology to achievedesired educational outcomes. For example, our freshman engineering design course willtypically use Lego Mindstorms™ robot kits and ROBOLAB™ programming (visual,icon-based programming language based on LabView), while the digital designsophomores and special topics robotics course students use more sophisticated hardware(examples: Handyboard, Basic Stamp, Palm PDA, Pontech SV203 board) and C-basedprogramming languages. Proceedings of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Section

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Alvarenga, California State University, Los Angeles; Mark Vincent Abbott, California State University, Los Angeles; Alexander Abramyan; Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Oleg Gontar; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles; Eun-Young Kang, California State University, Los Angeles; Victor Mejia; Phanit Pollavith, California State University, Los Angeles; Ricardo Sanchez; Jose Antonio Zamalloa; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles

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Minorities in Engineering

] Empowering girls: measuring the impact of science technology and engineering preview summer camps (STEPS). Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Pittsburgh, PA.[10] Aung, Kendrick, and Underdown, Ryan, “Teaching Engineering to High School Students in a Summer Camp”, Proceedings of ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, March 18-20, Baylor University, 2009.[11] Jeffers, Andrew T., Angela G. Safferman, and Steven I. Safferman. "Understanding K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs." Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, April 2004.[12] Poole, S., deGrazia, J., and Sullivan, J., “Assessing K-12 Pre-engineering Outreach Programs”, Journal of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Christine Noble; Karen Schmahl

TABLE 1As shown in Chart 1, students found the assignment required no more of a team effort thancreating a report would have. They thought the poster assignment was no harder than atraditional report, but it did allow them to be more creative and take pride in their work. Typicalstudent comments were “I liked creating the poster because it gave me a creative outlet that Idon’t get in my other classes.” and “The poster assignment encourages us to look at multiple Page 6.453.4viewpoints in solving the problem.” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

John S. Klegka; Robert Rabb

ethical responsibility14) an ability to communicate effectively15) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a globaland societal context.16) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning17) a knowledge of contemporary issues18) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary forengineering practice.Please provide any further narrative input on these questions: Page 5.261.15

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Brian Dick P.Eng., Vancouver Island University

Paper ID #35475Enabling Hands-On, Team-based Project work during COVID-19Dr. Brian Dick P.Eng., Vancouver Island University Brian Dick is Chair of the Department of Physics, Engineering, and Astronomy at Vancouver Island University, and instructs its first-year engineering design curriculum. He is past-chair of the BC Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) Engineering Articulation Committee, and led development of the common first-year engineering curriculum recently implemented in British Columbia. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Enabling

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Joseph Staier, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Electrical and Computer

everyday life.Two modules on computer networks and the Internet were developed along with modulescovering image processing, information theory, and technology in society. These topics wereselected based upon our opinion that these topics provide the best education of how dramaticallytechnology impacts today’s society. Just like society at large, the Coast Guard is relying more Page 11.80.5heavily on these technologies in an effort to reduce costs, while improving efficiency andeffectiveness.The authors concluded that after discussing all of the potential uses of these technologicaladvancements, a discussion of both engineering tradeoffs and how to

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Sal Arnaldo

suggestions and examples are offered.Particular attention is given to incorporating these concepts within problem solvingmethodology.I. IntroductionThe average workday of a civil engineer requires the use of “soft skills” (non-technical skills)9.Many students will assume managerial duties early (10 years or less) into their career1. Manysituations in professional life (in the both management and technical aspects) require theapplication of ethical principles.According to the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), criteria forengineering programs in the United States must introduce students to the ethical, social,economic, and safety issues that arise from the practice of engineering. Newly proposed ABETcriteria for the 21st

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Northrup, Western New England College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, manyengineering programs have incorporated international service projects4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11.. In his Ph.D.dissertation regarding humanitarian aspects engineering in the engineering curriculum, Page 15.896.2Vandersteen provides and eloquent history of the evolution of engineering education discussinghow the profession has evolved to see the interconnection between technology and humanity.He further states that the “2000s (have seen an) increased interest in social, environmentalimpact of engineering”12. In fact, six years after the advent of ABET‟s EC-2000, thefundamental change in engineering accreditation, the International Journal for Service

Conference Session

New ECE Laboratories

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mark William Thoren, Analog Devices Inc.; Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Electrical and Computer

Energy, NV5, Diodes Inc., and Enerpro Inc. His areas of interests include power electronics and power systems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Designing Introductory Hands-on Power Electronics Lab Exercises 1MarkThoren and 2Taufik Taufik 1AnalogDevices, Inc., Santa Clara, California 2California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CaliforniaAbstractThere are numerous challenges in designing power electronics lab exercises that illustratetextbook concepts on the lab bench, at low cost, and requiring only basic test equipment. Forcontrast - it is possible to illustrate signal

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jian Peng, Southeast Missouri State University; Santaneel Ghosh, Southeast Missouri State University; Ken Surendran, Southeast Missouri State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Technology, Madras, India, and Ph.D. in applied analysis from State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is a senior life member of IEEE and a member of ACM and AITP. Page 25.1109.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Reflections on Teaching a Consolidated Capstone Design Course to a Mixed Student BodyI. IntroductionDesign is widely considered to be the central or distinguishing activity of engineering 1. TheCapstone Design course has usually been designed as a senior project laboratory to allowinggraduating seniors become prepared for working in

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaomin Dong, Kettering University

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2012-2981: LESSONS LEARNED IN ENGAGING ENGINEERING STU-DENTS BY IMPROVING THEIR SPATIAL VISUALIZATION SKILLSProf. Yaomin Dong, Kettering University Yaomin Dong is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the University of Kentucky in 1998. Dong has extensive R&D expe- rience in automotive industry and holds multiple patents. Dong’s areas of expertise include metalforming processes, design with composite materials, and finite element analysis. Page 25.894.1 c American Society for Engineering Education

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Two-Year/Four-Year Articulation and Cooperation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christal Wade, Western Kentucky University; Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Karla Andrew, Western Kentucky University

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Two Year College Division

and research; coordinating Geographic Information© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Information Technology tool development and research; coordinating Geographic Information Systems development; coordinated web and applications development; assisting drinking water and wastewater utilities with information technology issues that arise; providing technical assistance to water districts; and supporting the information technology needs within CWRS. Ms. Andrew has over 20 years of computer experience with the most recent 8 years being in the hydrology area. Previously Ms. Andrew worked at the Illinois State Water Survey and focused on database programming for

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2003 GSW

Authors

Mohammed Shahbazuddin; Dr. Terrence. L Chambers

]. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education References[1] Matwijec, T; Buxton,K; Using Simulation in Supply Chain Management, SystemsModelling; http://www.sm.com/overview/whitepapers/[2] Ingalls, R,G; The Value of Simulation in Modelling Supply Chain, Proceedings of the 1998Winter Simulation Conferencehttp://www.informs-s.org/wsc98papers/187.PDF[3] Archibald, G; Karabakal, N; Karlsson, P; Supply Chain Vs Supply Chain: Using Simulationto Complete Beyond the Four Walls, Proceedings of the 1999 Winter Simulation Conferencehttp://www.informs