Conference Session

Using Technology to Enhance Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Shelley, United States Air Force

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Educational Research and Methods

studentexpectation of a restricted communications environment. In-class demonstrations by theinstructor can be modified for broadcast. Forcing interaction and metacognition byhaving the students present example problems to the class is also possible. However,student participation in impromptu “laboratory exercises”, like folding paper footballsand observing their motion in the classroom, is sometimes problematic if the broadcaststudents do not recognize the value of participating in the exercise.Inquiry Techniques: The first hypothesis of this study was tested through examining student gradesand quantitative techniques employing a standardized content assimilation assessment,the Dynamics Concepts Inventory (DCI). The DCI is a multiple choice

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Programs and Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Nemes, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

decision was onlypossible due to Penn State University’s strong institutional commitment to distance educationand successful record in delivering it. This paper describes key decision points along theway and provides an assessment of lessons learned to date. Page 14.1199.2Program FormatA critical early decision point in the development of the systems engineering master’sprogram was to determine the format that would be implemented, particularly whether to usea cohort approach or an open enrollment approach. In the open enrollment approach, whichis implemented within the existing resident program, students take a set number of requiredcourses and a set

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fred Bonner, Texas A&M University; Felecia Nave, Prairie View A&M University; Sherri Frizell, Prairie View A&M University; Carmen Villa, Texas A&M University; Helene Cook, Texas A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Felecia McInnis Nave is an assistant professor of chemical engineering at PVAMU and the Principal Investigator on this Project. Nave's research interests include: Culturally responsive epistemology and pedagogy in engineering education and issues impacting the academic success and persistence of African American and women students in STEM disciplines. Dr. Nave has received over $1.5M in research funding for both her technical and education related research agenda. Dr. Nave can be reached by e-mail at fmnave@pvamu.edu.Sherri Frizell, Prairie View A&M University Sherri Frizell is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Prairie View

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: Using Case Studies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Didier Valdes, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Erika Jaramillo Giraldo, University of Puerto Rico; Jorge Ferrer, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; William Frey, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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Engineering Ethics

integrateresearch ethics into the graduate curriculum in science and engineering. Funded by the NationalScience Foundation, this project has developed four workshops directed toward graduatestudents to provide them with decision making tools for reaching ethical decisions. Theworkshops which build upon one another, (1) help graduate students become aware of issues andproblems in research ethics, (2) outline a method of moral deliberation to help them analyzeproblematic situations, (3) provide students with tools and practice in analyzing real world ethicscases in the research context, and (4) offer a capstone activity in which the students give posterpresentations on a case connected to their research interests.This paper focuses on the third of the series

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Laramee, State University of New York, Binghamton; Shelley Dionne, State University of New York, Binghamton; Hiroki Sayama, State University of New York, Binghamton; David Wilson, State University of New York, Binghamton

convergence between engineering and public policy also will increase.As the scale and complexity of systems based engineering problems expands in a technologicallyadvanced global business world, decision making has become increasingly complex, with agrowing need to pursue collaborations with interdisciplinary teams of experts across multiplefields. Essential to the effectiveness of these teams is an understanding of their dynamics andemergent properties. For example, high levels of teamwork and employee interdependence haveresulted in self-managed work teams, participative decision making, and extensive knowledge ofteam processes to promote effective and sustainable organizational productivity2,6.In this paper we report on our development of

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Parikh, Stanford University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Krista Donaldson, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

. For women, the levels of intrinsic behavioral, intrinsicpsychological, and financial motivation vary greatly according to engineering major. Thesefindings suggest treating these groups individually when considering motivational factors ofundergraduate engineering students.IntroductionIn this paper a comparative analysis of motivational factors by engineering major is presented toshed light on how various dimensions of the undergraduate engineering experience may bedifferent for students in different majors.We are interested in looking at motivation for several reasons. The goals of the NSF-fundedCenter for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE) were to “identify ways to boostthe numbers of students who complete engineering degrees

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Cases and Models

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jane Laux, Arizona State University; Anshuman Razdan, Arizona State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

providing inexpensive labor. 5. At the same time the university would like to increase the Return on Investment (ROI) it has made in its knowledge capital (faculty, students, labs, and other infrastructure). Universities, after all, need funds to operate and given the current financial crisis the need for external funds is even greater. The above are only a subset of a long list of issues. For each point listed above, industrialcollaborators respond with their own concerns and issues. David Wisler (WISLER1) points out inhis paper the contrasting set of expectations in academic and industry. While all the criticismsone can make against such collaborations have been made, it is also true that university

Conference Session

BME Laboratory Courses and Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Micou, University of California, San Diego

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Biomedical

has been recently demonstrated 2.In 2008, the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)initiated a ten-week summer program through an NSF REU site grant in Regenerative Medicine,Multi-Scale Bioengineering, and Systems Biology with an emphasis on community building.The overall objective of the program was to provide to each undergraduate student anintellectually-stimulating and hands-on research experience in a supportive environment byencouraging the formation of a learning community. This paper discusses strategies forestablishing a learning community within the context of an undergraduate research program andexamines the impact on research achievements and student attitudes toward research.MethodsThe

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ed Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sam Shearman, National Instruments

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Electrical and Computer

(Austin, TX). Working for the firm since 2000, he has served in roles involving product management and R&D related to signal processing, communications, and measurement. Prior to working with NI, he worked as a technical trade press editor and as a research engineer. As a trade press editor for Personal Engineering & Instrumentation News, he covered PC-based test and analysis markets. His research engineering work involved embedding microstructures in high-volume plastic coatings for non-imaging optics applications. He received a BS (1993) in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Carter Tiernan, University of Texas, Arlington; Lynn Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; Robyn Johnson, University of Texas, Arlington; Jamila Phillips, University of Texas, Arlington

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Women in Engineering

efforts of the University.In this paper, we will discuss how the recruiting process works including what types ofclassrooms are visited. We will review the impact of the engineering student recruiters on ourrecruiting efforts, the benefits of the student recruiter program to potential students, and thelogistics of managing this recruiting staff. We will look at the balance of male to female peerrecruiters and this same balance in the College as a whole as well as the qualitative impact offemale and male peer recruiters in the high school classrooms and at other recruiting venues. Wewill also discuss the benefits of being a peer recruiter student and what impact it has on therecruiting students themselves. The paper has female student peer

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gouranga Banik, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Construction

. The outcome of this paper can be useful to otherarchitectural/ civil/construction engineering and management faculties in developing andteaching this course from which students can learn state-of-the-art of temporary structures andtheir applications.Key Words: Temporary construction structures, Construction, Structures, Fromwork, Learningoutcome.1. IntroductionToday cast-in-place concrete is integral part of all large commercial buildings either those areframed from structural steel or reinforced concrete. With the advent of economically feasible,higher and higher strength concretes, many of the large building concepts that used to bereserved for structural steel are now being designed and built with reinforced concrete. Thedecision on

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Khan

Session 2360 Effective Management Development Must Prepare Engineers for Top Level Global Management Tasks Hamid Khan Ball State University Large corporations are struggling for assured of high program quality. (Grotelueschen,survival. The reasons vary. For some, it is the march 1986)of global competition into markets once dominatedby the United States. For others , it is the impact and This paper will apply a comprehensivepush toward deregulation and a freer economy

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph O. Buchal

technology enables learning tooccur anywhere, at any time. This paper describes the new model of collaborative learning, and evaluatesemerging technologies to support it.Introduction We live in a time of unprecedented change. All aspects of our society and economy are beingtransformed as we move to a knowledge-based economy. Education is becoming increasingly important, yetfunding for traditional educational institutions is being cut. Universities must transform themselves to addresschanging educational needs. 1 For knowledge workers, work and learning are becoming the same thing . Learning is becomingproblem-driven, as people continuously seek new knowledge

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra L. Bishop; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre

departmentalinformation to include development of student survival skills. These skills are not only important for the fi-eshmantransition but are also elements that lead to success in a changing workplace. This paper dkcusses objectives of the mentor program and provides a comprehensive guide for others tofollow when developing similar programs. Mentors were selected and trained to manage groups of twenty freshmen,as well as conduct recruitment activities. The paper fi.n-ther discusses how the program evolved fi-om administrativedirected to mentor initiated activities. Finally, keys to transporting such a program to another institution and trouble-shooting hints are presented. The program has proven to be successful as demonstrated by improved retention

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1996 Annual Conference

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H. Paul Haiduk; Donald J. Bagert; Ben A. Calloni

CS2 using C++. Lecture notes, text, and lab manuals are under ongoing development,and are being tested during the 1995-96 school year. Preliminary results from the fall 1995 semester are onceagain encouraging. This research has widespread potential significance: if it can be demonstrated that iconiclanguages perform significantly better than text-based languages in the learning of programming skills for a widevariety of schools and student groups, it could revolutionize how software development skills are taught in everycomputer-related program in higher education. Section 2 of this paper provides some background on the procedure-oriented BACCII environment. Section3 describes a previous study of the effectiveness of using BACCII in the

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith E. Miller; James E. Groccia; David DiBiasio

place. Approaches must be used that give students more responsibility for learning and reduce the . responsibility of teachers to convey knowledge If we are to transform higher education, in the direction of educational effectiveness and maximum productivity, then new faculty must possess a different set of skills than those trained in the traditional methods of teaching. Doctoral programs, where appropriate, must now include education of graduate students in methods of effective and efficient teaching. Worcester Polytechnic Institute has had a strong tradition of undergraduate technical education since the inception of the WPI Plan in 1971. The primary accomplishment of the Plan

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ratan Kumar; Phillip R. Foster; George W. Watt

Session 2247 A Coordinated Approach in Design and Manufacturing Activity Ratan Kumar, George W. Watt and Phillip R. Foster Department of Engineering Technology The University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203 AbstractThis paper describes a concurrent effort in teaching activities undertaken by the Manufacturing,and Mechanical Engineering Technology programs at the University of North Texas. The changeis necessitated by a call from industry to prepare students to work in an environment whereproducts are designed and manufactured utilizing

Conference Session

Micromachining in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifford Mirman, Northern Illinois University; Andrew Otieno, Northern Illinois University

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Manufacturing

technical education program is to develop skillsets in students that allow them to be competitive in the job market; this is especially true fornew emerging technologies. As companies find new modes to compete in the global market, theyare always looking for a niche which will enable them to produce high quality products.Currently, there is a group of manufacturing companies in the Rockford, Illinois area thatmanufactures complex micro-machined parts with very tight tolerances and features. In order tomove into this new micromachining area, the companies had to overcome two related issues. Thefirst is how one can obtain low-cost, yet highly accurate micromachining equipment, and thesecond is finding skilled personnel to operate these new generation

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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Biomedical

developed and implemented in a seniorlevel elective course in thermal design. The project involved the students building anExcel spreadsheet calculator for blood properties. With the user specifying bloodhematocrit, temperature, and pressure, the spreadsheet will calculate values for 13different thermophysical properties, which include thermodynamic properties such asenthalpy and entropy and transport properties such as thermal conductivity and kinematicviscosity.Since little data exists in the form needed for the project, a portion of this paper will focuson the constitutive equations that were developed by the authors for the project. Themodels used in the development of functional forms of the properties dependent onhematocrit, temperature, and

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough, University of Texas, Brownsville; Jesus Martinez, University of Texas, Brownsville

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-582: WEB-BASED CONTROL FOR MECHATRONICS LABORATORYEXPERIMENTSImmanuel Edinbarough, University of Texas, Brownsville Dr. Immanuel Edinbarough is a Professor in the department of Applied Engineering Technology at the University of Texas at Brownsville. He has successful track record spanning over 25 years in the service oriented and challenging fields of academia, industry and military. He is a hands-on manufacturing expert who has worked in several areas of engineering, manufacturing, and technical management including research, design, and production of mechanical, electronic, and electromechanical systems. Recognized trainer and resource person in the fields of CAD/CAM/CIM, Robotics and

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Braun, Western Washington University

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Engineering Technology

EmissionControl as a requirement for graduation. Prior to 2008, the content of this course focused mainlyon the history of government regulations imposing emissions controls on vehicles, the effect ofautomotive emissions on our environment and health and the strategies employed starting in the1960s to reduce the amount of harmful emissions from vehicles.In an attempt to modify the course content to provide students with an understanding of thecontemporary issues facing automotive emission control, a hybrid approach was employed. Theapproach was hybrid in the sense that much of the original historical content was included at thebeginning of the term while the content during the later part of the term was shifted towardsunderstanding the current technical

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Strategies in Engineering Graphics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Design Graphics

correct duplication methods as promoting proper design intent 11.The importance of design intent is difficult to convey without some type of alteration to anexisting model. Unfortunately, in most CAD courses students design components that are neveraltered, or in some cases only altered by the original designer. This is the case even though suchexercises are viewed as beneficial in teaching students how to design 12. To demonstrate theimportance of design intent to students, a model alteration exercise is presented in the nextsection. The results of the exercise from one semester are presented in the following section.Background and Exercise DescriptionThe exercise described in this paper was prepared for a junior-level design course in

Conference Session

Robot Mania in Precollegiate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

) education and mentorship activities, in an effort to help students see therewards of careers in STEM and increase students’ interest in pursuing a career in these fields.Students who participate in the centers’ programs are better prepared to pursue and successfullygraduate in STEM majors, especially engineering. The Center also conducts training institutesthat provide teachers with pre-engineering curriculum to better prepare students to enterengineering degree programs. The curriculum focuses on pre-engineering skills and teachers aretrained to use instructional strategies that support connections between standards-based science,mathematics and real world engineering. The current paper describes 1) a new training programto introduce students and

Conference Session

Engaging Students in Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Wanda Worley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Terri Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University; Mark Bannatyne, Purdue University; Sheila Walter, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Elizabeth Wager, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-202: TROUBLED, EMOTIONALLY-CHALLENGED, AND DIFFICULTSTUDENTSStephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Stephen Hundley is Chair of the Department of Computer, Information, and Leadership Technology in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI.Wanda Worley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Wanda Worley is Assistant Professor of Technical Communications in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI.Mark Bannatyne, Purdue University Mark Bannatyne is Chair of the Department of Design and Communication Technology in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUITerri Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University Terri

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Holt, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.; Hongchi Shi, Texas State University, San Marcos; Harold Stern, Texas State University, San Marcos

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Electrical and Computer

. Hongchi Shi's research interests include parallel and distributed computing, wireless sensor networks, neural networks, and image processing. He has served on many organizing and/or technical program committees of international conferences in his research areas. He is a member of ACM and a senior member of IEEE.Harold Stern, Texas State University, San Marcos Harold Stern (BSEE University of Texas, Austin, MSEE and Ph.D., University of Texas, Arlington) is Director of the Ingram School of Engineering at Texas State University – San Marcos. His research interests are signal processing, wireless communication systems, and engineering education. He is co-author of an introductory-level textbook

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

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Construction

Examiner for several certifications. He has over 25 years of design and construction experience in technical and managerial capacities ranging from a bridge engineer to a project manager and a partner in an engineering company. He has presented in several conferences, and published extensively in conference proceedings and journals. Page 11.402.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Design-Build Approach to Project Delivery: The Checks and Balances in the Overall Construction ProcessAbstractIn the late 1990s, the author conducted a Survey1 of some of the top Owners listed in

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Arumala, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Khaled Nassar, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Emmanuel Akinjide, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Anthony Stockus, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Carlos Salgado, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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Construction

design optimization to multimedia and virtual reality applications. He has published over 35 refereed journal and conference papers and advised 5 MS students on topics ranging from data mining applications, to simulation. In addition to being a book and paper reviewer for several journals, he has developed an add-in software to MS project to help in scheduling linear projects. He has also provided professional training on a number of software to various design firms such as Alfred Benesch, Chicago Illinois, a fortune 500 company.Emmanuel Akinjide, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Mr. Akinjide is the Associate Director of the Physical Plan at UMES and is a registered Electrical Engineer

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University; Jeffrey Ray, Grand Valley State University

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Design in Engineering Education

wafer to interface with the electrical test equipment. During wafertesting, electrical probes are lowered onto the semiconductor wafer and make electricalconnections to the wafer. This paper presents the design and implementation of a probe stationproject that was carried out as a capstone senior design project in School of Engineering at GrandValley State University. The probe station was designed to have a durable, stable base and a 4inch vacuum-assisted hot chuck as a sample stage. A microscope was integrated to view thewafers and to assist in making the electrical connections. In addition, microprobes with theability to probe the wafers of 25om structure were designed. The project team consisted ofstudents with majors in mechanical and

Conference Session

Innovative and Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Helgeson, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

range of engineering courses. Page 11.202.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 An Interdisciplinary Vibrations/Structural Dynamics Course for Civil and Mechanical Students with Integrated Hands-on Laboratory ExercisesAbstractThe University of Tennessee at Martin offers a multi-disciplinary general engineering programwith concentrations in civil, electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering. In this paper theauthor discusses the development of an engineering course that is taken by both civil andmechanical engineering students. The course has been developed over a number of

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Arch Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

experience of real life Page 11.1169.3problems. Southern Polytechnic State University is a technical institution with both traditionaland non traditional students. Frequently, it has been seen that students with higher than 10 yearsworking experience are in the construction class for their graduation. The greatest challenge forthe faculties is to find the mechanism to keep the students interested in the constructiondiscipline. Effective communication, explain real world problems, stimulating student interest,and rapport building skills on the part of faculty are believed to be essential for keeping them inthe class and complete their