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Outstanding Contributions to ME Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashland Brown, University of the Pacific; Joseph Rencis; Daniel Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Chuan-Chiang Chen, Tuskegee University; Essam Ibrahim, Tuskegee University; Vladimir Labay, Gonzaga University; Paul Schimpf, Eastern Washington University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2008-548: FINITE ELEMENT LEARNING MODULES FORUNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING TOPICS USING COMMERCIALSOFTWAREAshland Brown, University of the Pacific Ashland O. Brown is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. He has held numerous administrative, management and research positions including Program Director, Engineering Directorate, National Science Foundation, Dean of Engineering at the University of the Pacific; Dean of Engineering Technology at South Carolina State University; Engineering Group Manager at General Motors Corporation: and Principal Engineering Supervisor, Ford Motor Company and Research Engineer Eastman Kodak Company. He

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Trends in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joye Jepson, Antioch University; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-1061: GENERAL TRENDS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION SUPPORTTHE PARTICIPATION OF WOMENJoye Jepson, Antioch University At the time this paper was written, Letha Joye Jepson was a student in Antioch University's Ph.D. Program in Leadership and Change. The research reported herein contributed to one of two required Individualized Learning Area projects. Joye is a computer engineer with The Boeing Company.Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering Norman Fortenberry is the founding director of the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at the National Academy of Engineering. CASEE is a collaborative effort dedicated to achieving excellence in

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Blurring the Boundary between Content Knowledge and Professional Knowledge

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Verna Fitzsimmons, Kent State University - Kent; Stephane Booth, Kent State University - Kent

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Liberal Education

History and assessment of student learning outcomes in higher education. Page 13.841.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Professional Education and General Education Join Forces?AbstractThe rapid pace at which technology is changing makes it imperative that students developthe skills that will enable them to be proactive and reflective rather than reactive. Thiswill require them as professionals and responsible citizens to integrate the contentknowledge that they have learned in their professional education with the abilities valuedin general education and by employers. These include critical thinking

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Emerging Issues in Engineering Education Research and Pedagogy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lynita Newswander, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Educational Research and Methods

revisited. What worked well for one generation of students may not beadequate for the preparation of today’s engineering graduates who must be increasinglyinnovative and adaptive1,2. Engineering education endeavors to match the best students with thebest learning techniques, and must also be creative in adapting and adopting new pedagogicalmethods.Other disciplines can be one of the best resources for engineering educators looking for newteaching techniques to fit the unique demands on today’s engineers. Because they are alsotechnical fields, the sciences can be a fitting source. Like engineers, scientists are required toknow not only their material, but current trends in research, methods, and publication. One waythat some of the sciences prepare

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Student Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

engineers from industry with advanced degrees, who describe theinteresting work they are doing because of their graduate degree; encouraging students oninternships to notice what jobs are done by BSE employees and what work is done by employeeswith a graduate degree; and talking to freshmen and transfer students about graduate school assoon as they matriculate into the Fulton School. The students are also encouraged to do researchas an undergraduate which can sometimes lead to a graduate thesis topic. Hearing industryengineers with graduate degrees dispels the myth that a PhD in Engineering is only good forsomeone in academia.The methods described in this paper were used to generate a 40% rate for non-transferengineering and computer science

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Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc.; Richard Felder, North Carolina State University

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Graduate Studies

hrIV. University Programs In addition to the workshops offered by the college and the required university seminaron harassment awareness and prevention, graduate students are encouraged to take advantage ofseveral university-wide programs. • The “Preparing the Professoriate” program. Graduate students pair with faculty mentors for a year, usually co-teaching with them and occasionally engaging in joint educational Page 13.87.9 research projects. The mentees also attend a series of seminars on education-related topics. • Course on college teaching. A semester-long course is offered to give graduate students

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Dean M. Aslam; Zongliang Cao; Cyrous Rostamzadeh

All M, T, C, S, L, Lego VDG I, A S, T, E M M, H A & Sensors Generators VDG Design A S, T, E L M A, S, T, P, U, E T, C, W Use of LegosConclusions and Future Plans Focusing on technology innovations, rather than education research, this paper reveals for the first time Lego-basedVan de Graaff generators field-tested on approximately 200 K-12, undergraduate and graduate students. As most of theeducators in engineering in the US have doctoral

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Dean M. Aslam; Zongliang Cao; Cyrous Rostamzadeh

, rather than education research, this paper reveals for the first time Lego-basedVan de Graaff generators field-tested on approximately 200 K-12, undergraduate and graduate students. As most of theeducators in engineering in the US have doctoral degrees in research areas related to engineering fields, their knowledgeand focus on education research is limited. On the other hand most of those who have doctoral degrees in educationresearch are less focused on the use of latest micro and nanotechnologies in their everyday research work. Consequently,it has become difficult to develop research partnerships with education researchers particularly in the areas of newtechnologies. Nevertheless the future plans of the research reported in this paper

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Dean M. Aslam; Zongliang Cao; Cyrous Rostamzadeh

, rather than education research, this paper reveals for the first time Lego-basedVan de Graaff generators field-tested on approximately 200 K-12, undergraduate and graduate students. As most of theeducators in engineering in the US have doctoral degrees in research areas related to engineering fields, their knowledgeand focus on education research is limited. On the other hand most of those who have doctoral degrees in educationresearch are less focused on the use of latest micro and nanotechnologies in their everyday research work. Consequently,it has become difficult to develop research partnerships with education researchers particularly in the areas of newtechnologies. Nevertheless the future plans of the research reported in this paper

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Focus on Emerging Topics Around the World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Summers, University of Dayton

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2008-269: INCREASING AWARENESS ABOUT SERVICE INDUSTRIESOPPORTUNITIES FOR IET AND IE GRADUATESDonna Summers, University of Dayton Page 13.737.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Increasing Awareness About Service Industries Opportunities For IET and IE GraduatesToday’s global economy has significantly affected job opportunities for IndustrialEngineering Technology and Industrial Engineering graduates. Fortunately, IET and IEare adaptable degrees. The tools and techniques taught IETs and IEs focus onproductivity, costs, quality, and safety. Can you think of any organization, anywhere inthe world, that wouldn’t want to improve in these

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Educating for Results: Tools used in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Terri Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University; Joshua Killey, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Elizabeth Wager, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

educated graduates are expected to be more capable not only in regards to taskcompletion, but also concerning overall ability to work with people and communicateeffectively.Discussion regarding the ability of graduates to find jobs within their chosen field of study hasbeen ongoing. Many students find it hard to get a job once they have their degree. With theincreasing number of students earning degrees, the job market is remarkably competitive.Should this research reveal gaps within the general curriculum at the collegiate level, there willbe a basis for adapting the curriculum concentrations. These adaptations will benefit all groupsof people listed above. I hope implementation of this data would make individuals moreadequately prepared to fill

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DEED Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karim Muci-Küchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Daniel Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2008-1264: TEACHING CONCEPT GENERATION METHODOLOGIES INPRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COURSES AND SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTSKarim Muci-Küchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Karim Muci-Küchler is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Before joining SDSM&T, he was an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University in 1992. His main interest areas include Computational Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, and Product Design and Development. He has taught several different courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, has over 30 technical

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Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Ken Burbank, Western Carolina University; Brian Howell, Western Carolina University; Bill Yang, Western Carolina University; Yeqin Huang, Western Carolina University; Robert Adams, Western Carolina University

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Graduate Studies

AC 2008-553: SCHOLARSHIP RECONSIDERED AND ITS IMPACT ONENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE EDUCATIONJames Zhang, Western Carolina UniversityKen Burbank, Western Carolina UniversityBrian Howell, Western Carolina UniversityBill Yang, Western Carolina UniversityYeqin Huang, Western Carolina UniversityRobert Adams, Western Carolina University Page 13.1065.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Scholarship Reconsidered and Its Impact on Engineering and Technology Graduate EducationAbstract:Boyer’s model of scholarship classifies scholarships into discovery, integration,application, and teaching. Since its inception in 1990, this model has impacted

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Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Mariasingam, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Thomas Smith, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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International

workplace lead to therequirement that engineering education be reformed by including appropriate knowledge andskills training programs to ensure that the 80 percent of engineering graduates who are now leftout of the internationalization efforts are also covered and prepared for the global workplace.The critical realization should be that the curriculum must ensure that all engineering graduateswould be globally competent.Global Competencies“Preparation for global practice is generally not viewed as central to the education of anengineer.”4.To meet the challenges of globalization of engineering practice engineers need to have, in thebroadest sense, two essential competencies

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Sustainability and Environmental Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS; Elif Kongar, University of Bridgeport

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

discuss each of these topics in turn, and how to infuse each of them intoengineering and technology coursework (there are a variety of ways to successfully incorporatethem into existing curricula). We will also provide a resource base that educators can use whenpursuing such an endeavor. Augmenting undergraduate and graduate instruction is a strategythat can reap profound rewards, not only because trained graduates will enter the workforceequipped with this knowledge, but bolstering curricula can raise awareness of these topics onmany levels, ranging from the students themselves to the public at large.IntroductionIn recent years there has been growing interest in environmental concerns across a broadspectrum of our society. This has been

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Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Ramseyer, University of Oklahoma

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Civil Engineering

the students time to learn the tests and time to repair mistakes. Large scale testing generally takes so long to set up the under graduates become less interested in discovery, instead they get worn out building Page 13.272.6 the test.Administrative Support:Typically pre-tenure metrics of faculty performance often involve items such as nationallyfunded research dollars and graduate students being mentored. The University of Oklahomafollows a similar approach but because of their strong belief in under-graduate education the pre-tenure metrics of faculty performance also include state funded research dollars and under

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Innovations in ECE Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Klein, University of Idaho; Herbert Hess, University of Idaho; Brian Johnson, University of Idaho

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Electrical and Computer

Wisconsin and Idaho. Page 13.337.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Cooperative Methodology for Successful Integration of Undergraduate and Graduate Research ProjectsAbstractThe effectiveness of integrating a structured undergraduate senior design course with the relativefreedom of an individual graduate research project is presented in this paper. A cooperativemethodology is outlined which serves to ensure that the project is appropriately distributedthroughout the entire research team. Benefits of this team integration technique are documentedand it is shown that all parties involved are

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Randall Holmes, Caterpillar Inc.

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Graduate Studies

knownattributes of high-quality professional education already demonstrated across the United States that enablegrowth and positive development of working professionals [Council of Graduate Schools ─ ConradReport8]: a) Cultures that support collaborative learning, creativity, and innovation; b) Planned studieswith tangible outcomes; c) Learner centered education rather than teacher-centered instruction; d)Learning environment of core faculty of practitioner-scholars from the university, adjunct faculty ofdistinguished leaders from industry, a student body of experienced practitioners from regional industry.2. What Professional Engineers Do – The Practice of EngineeringThe US Department of Labor identifies approximately 2,500,000 practicing engineers in

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Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Blessing, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Kristen Mekemson, Kern Family Foundation; David Pistrui, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Masters in Liberal Arts from DePaul University, Chicago (USA), and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Western Michigan University. Page 13.265.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Building an Entrepreneurial Engineering Ecosystem for Future Generations: The Kern Entrepreneurship Education NetworkAbstractThe integration of entrepreneurship and innovation into undergraduate engineering education hasbeen found to enhance student performance and improve retention rates (Ohland, 2004). It alsoprepares graduating engineers to work in rapidly changing environments defined by acompetitive global

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Focus on Emerging Topics Around the World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arunkumar Pennathur, University of Texas-El Paso; Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Tzu-Liang Tseng; Noe Vargas Hernandez; Samuel Riccillo, University of Texas at El Paso

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Industrial Engineering

engineers with both research (at the graduate level predominantly) and engineering skills (atthe undergraduate level to work in industry).This cycle of research and technology development for solving engineering problems in theworld, and solving and sharing of successful solutions for engineering problems, is limited,however, by two important factors: 1. geography and distances; 2. limited engineering skills/expertise in local communities.Given these limitations, this paper proposes a cyber-infrastructure framework among globalengineering communities for engineering education, training, learning and problem-solving, andfor sharing successful engineering solutions among world communities.The framework in this paper is based on the

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ram Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University

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Graduate Studies

challenging, the positive outcome of such interdisciplinary education is that thegraduates are able to technically understand and communicate effectively across disciplines incomplex problem areas where such interdisciplinary interactions are not only critical, but arerequired in the current market place and global economy. This is reflected in the careerplacement of graduates in areas that generally would not have been possible based solely on theirundergraduate field.IntroductionThe new paradigm in graduate studies is interdisciplinary programs that meet the technical needsof the current practices in the field and industry. Modeling and simulation built uponcomputational science and engineering has now become the third key solution methodology

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Graduate Education in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bimal Nepal, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng); Jihad Albayyari, Indiana-Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

engineering. Although the extent of topic may vary by discipline,per ABET Criteria 3(b) (c), which states that all should have the ability to design and conductexperiments and to analyze and interpret data skills1. Several educators and researchers in thepast have studied the competencies gaps in the manufacturing engineering and manufacturingtechnology curricula. Lahidji and Albayyari2 have conducted a survey on the competencies in theManufacturing Engineering Technology programs. Their finding suggests that qualityengineering is one of the thirteen major competency gaps found in the graduates ofmanufacturing engineers. In the same study, Lahidji3 quotes that 69% of the respondents fromindustry rated quality as very important skills set that they

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Graduate Education in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Mainoo, Bowling Green State University; Sri Kolla, Bowling Green State University

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Engineering Technology

. Page 13.118.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008A Study to Establish a Masters Degree Program in Electronics and Computer Technology at Bowling Green State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents the results of a study conducted to assess the feasibility of establishing amaster’s degree in Electronics and Computer Technology (ECT) program at Bowling GreenState University (BGSU), Ohio. Following an informal market analysis for the need of such adegree program, a review of ten technology masters programs in ECT related areas at differentuniversities was conducted to find the curriculum of the existing programs. Surveyquestionnaires were then administered to three groups of subjects: graduating seniors, alumni,and

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Money and People; Resource Management for Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-2649: RETENTION, GRADUATION, AND GRADUATE SCHOOL: AFIVE-YEAR PROGRAM FOCUSING ON WOMEN AND UNDERREPRESENTEDMINORITY ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTSMary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University MARY R. ANDERSON-ROWLAND, PhD, is the PI of three academic scholarship programs and a fourth program for transfer students. An Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering at Arizona State University, she was the Associate Dean of Student Affairs in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University from 1993-2004. She received the ASEE Minorities Award 2006, the SHPE Educator of the Year 2005, and won the Narional Engineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by AAES. In

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Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kirstie Plantenberg, University of Detroit Mercy

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2008-983: FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING EXAM GRADUATIONREQUIREMENTKirstie Plantenberg, University of Detroit Mercy Kirstie Plantenberg University of Detroit Mercy plantenk@udmercy.edu Page 13.634.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Graduation RequirementAbstract For many years, the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) has required all engineeringstudents to take a one credit Fundamentals of Engineering exam (FE exam) review class.Starting in 2005, Civil, Manufacturing and Mechanical engineering students were required totake the actual FE exam. By requiring the students to take the actual

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SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 2

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russell Korte, The University of Texas-Tyler; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; William Jordan, CRL-Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

understand better the context of the inadequacies described by employers, we conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with newly hired new graduates of engineering programs.Specifically, we examined the work experiences of newly hired engineers having less than twoyears employment at a large, U.S.-based manufacturing company. This is the period duringwhich new employees encounter and learn the specific expectations and requirements of the joband are arguably the most aware of any differences between their engineering education andengineering practice. This is also the time when new engineers become socialized into thepractice of engineering in organizational settings. Research indicates that this is a critical periodfor new employees in general as

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DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

applications. Page 13.92.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Project-Driven Approach to Teaching Controls in a General Engineering ProgramIn East Carolina University’s General Engineering program, a Sensors, Measurements, andControls course was developed to teach topics on industrial instrumentation and controls. Thechallenge for the development of this course was offering two traditional courses (feedbackcontrol systems and instrumentation) into one effective course to fit within the generalengineering curriculum. A project-driven approach was used to teach the two subjects, eachtaking approximately one half semester. This

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Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byron Newberry, Baylor University; William Lawson, Texas Tech University; Kathy Austin, Texas Tech University; Greta Gorsuch, Texas Tech University; Thomas Darwin, University of Texas at Austin

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Liberal Education

apprehend another country’s general framework andspecific conventions for professional obligations. It is in light of this observation that the currentwork proceeds.Graduate EducationWhile there has been quite a lot of activity in recent years to incorporate professional ethicsinstruction into the undergraduate engineering curriculum in the U.S., the same is not true forgraduate education in engineering.3, 12 Engineering graduate students in this country are notsystematically exposed to professional ethics instruction. For those that do receive some ethicsinstruction, it is most likely to be focused more narrowly on research ethics rather than morebroadly on professional practice ethics. Of course U.S. graduate students now and in the futurewill

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Embedded System Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alex Doboli, State University of New York-Stony Brook; Eddie Currie, Resonance Publications, Inc.; Patrick Kane, Cypress Semiconductor Corporation; Dave Van Ess, Cypress Semiconductor Corporation

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Electrical and Computer

performance-optimized modules forsignal sensing, control, actuation, and communication in embedded systems. The methodsdeveloped to assess the quality and degree of assimilation by students of the key course conceptsare also presented. Cypress Semiconductor’s PSoCTM mixed-signal architecture was used toillustrate the concepts covered by the developed materials.IntroductionMarkets continuously produce new demands and opportunities for creating innovative conceptsand technologies in electronic design1,2,8. This includes traditional markets (e.g.,telecommunications, consumer goods, military, and automotive industry) and other sectors, suchas healthcare and education. Future generation electronic systems will increasingly requirecontinuous information

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Educational Outreach Efforts Led by the US Navy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Giver, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; Stephen Michetti, NSWCCD

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Ocean and Marine

Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers 601 Pavonia Avenue, Suite 400 Jersey City, NJ 07306 717-944-0497 Remote OfficeStephen Michetti, NSWCCD Page 13.1264.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Sea Perch Challenge Generating Interest in Marine Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture through hands-on activities An Innovative Approach to K-12 STEM Educational OutreachFor many years, educators have been faced with the challenging task of teaching STEM courses(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics