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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Michael Lesiecki, Maricopa Community College; Robert Simington, Intel; Mariano Carreras, SMC-IT; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Natalia Sandburg, University of South Florida; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida

colleges. The college facultyhas reinforced the merits of this pathway (using commercial instead of proprietarysoftware) noting that they could possibly be using the system to the full capabilities of theMES at this point in time.For the supporting curriculum, each pilot group faculty originally envisioned using theHAS 200 for different applications and different programs at their own institutions, theseincluded degree and certificate programs in automation, robotics, electronics, advancedmanufacturing, and others. This caused some disconnect in the early stages of curriculumdevelopment. Additionally, the pilot group got a late start with this activity, even with thecurriculum that was feasible to develop with the HAS 200’s current capabilities

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Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Jungwoo Ryoo, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Harpal Dhillon, Excelsior College; David Barnes, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

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Information Systems

. Reynolds, C. “ An Undergraduate Information Assurance Curriculum.” Proceedings of the 2003 IEEEWorkshop on Information Assurance, 2003.5. McTighe, J., G. Wiggins. Understanding by Design. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,Alexandria, Virginia, 1998.6. Anwar, S. and P. Ford. “Use of a Case Study Approach to Teach Engineering Technology Students.”International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 38 (1), January 2001, pp 1-10. Page 12.226.10

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Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akash Choudhary, University of Missouri; Donald Myers, University of Missouri; Halvard Nystrom, University of Missouri; Mihir Gokhale, University of Missouri

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

population that has taken the UMRentrepreneurship course. Since there was no survey of a comparative population, anyconclusions are limited to those perceptions.References:1. Kuratko, D.F. and Hodgetts, R.M. (2004). Entrepreneurship: Theory, process, practice (Mason,OH; South-Western Publishers).2. Vesper, Karl.H. and Gartner, William.B.(1997). “Measuring progress in entrepreneurshipeducation,”Journal of business venturing, Vol. 12, pp.403-421.3. Katz, J.A. (2003). “The chronology and intellectual trajectory of Americanentrepreneurship education 1876-1999,” Journal of business venturing, Vol. 18, pp.283-300.4. Solomon, G.T., Duffy, S. and Tarabishy, A. (2002). “The state of entrepreneurship education in the United States:A nationwide survey and

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Engineering Management Program Management

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bianey Ruiz Ulloa, Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira; Sheila Lizcano, Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira; Francisco Gamboa, University of Tachira; Dilia Alcalde, Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira; Stephanie Adams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Engineering Management

Center. (4).332-334.13. Romero, O. (1999). Crecimiento Psicológico y Motivaciones Sociales. Mérida: Ediciones ROGYA.14. Adams, S., Simon, L., and Ruiz, B. (2002). A Pilot Study of the performance of student teams in engineering education. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Montreal, Canada. Page 12.1607.10

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Unique Developments in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

. Page 12.892.8EWU intends to continue with this project and encourages other universities to look for coursesthat they can use interdisciplinary team projects to teach team dynamics that the student will beexposed to upon entering the new global work force of today.Bibliography1. Bosworth, K. and Hamilton, S. J., editors, “Collaborative Learning: Underlying Processes and Effective Techniques”, New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 59, 1994.2. Higley, K. A. and C. M. Marianno “Making Engineering Education Fun,” Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 90, No.1, pp 105-107, January 2001.3. Johnson, D.W. and Johnson, R.T., Learning Together and Alone: Cooperative, Competitive, and Individualistic Learning, Allyn and Bacon

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Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akram Hossain, Purdue University-Calumet; Masoud Fathizadeh, Purdue University-Calumet

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Instrumentation

the variation or problem. In measurement phase the variables that are measured could bein the form various analog and digital signals. For example analog variables are speed (rpm, rps,and m/s), torque (N-m, ft-lb), input power (W, kW), output load (W, kW, and HP), temperature(°C, °F), controlled variable (frequency, f) of the induction motor etc. The digital signals areON/OFF, events, YES/NO, motor start (START SW), motor stop (STOP SW) signals etc. Theseanalog and digital variables are converted in to standard currents and voltage signals. Generally,these standard analog signals are 4 – 20 mA DC current, 1 – 5 VDC or 0 to 10 VDC voltage anddigital signals are 0 and 5 VDC, 0 and 10 VDC and or 0 and 115 VAC and so on. Commerciallyavailable

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Retention of STEM Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Annita Alting, City College of the City University of New York; Ardie Walser, City College of the City University of New York

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Minorities in Engineering

students that bestdetermined long-term retention and graduation rates. This paper describes what happensfrom year to year and how retention and ultimately graduation are predicted by not onlystudent entry characteristics, but also institutional and departmental characteristics.2. A New Admission CriterionIn an earlier publication2 where we studied a cohort of engineering students who startedin the fall of 1999, we found that retention of transfer students was best predicted by theentry characteristics "number of math and science credits transferred", grade pointaverage at the previous school(s), and choice of major (Electrical Engineering studentswere retained most, Computer Science students least). Freshmen retention was bestpredicted by program

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amjad Zaim, University of Texas-Brownsville; Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas-Brownsville

. 1348-1363, 1997.[2] R. G. Johnson, “Can iris patterns be used to identify people,” Los Alamos NationalLaboratory, CA, Chemical and Laser Sciences Division, Rep. LA-12331-PR, 1991[3] D. Miller, Ophthalmology. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1979.[4] J.Daugman, “Statistical Richness of Visual Phase Information: Update onRecognizing Persons by Iris Patterns”, International Journal of Computer Vision,Vol.45(1),pp.25-38, 2001.[5] J.Daugman, “High Confidence Visual Recognition by a Test of StatisticalIndependence”, IEEE Trans.Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 15, No.11,pp.1148-1161,1993.[6] R. P. Wildes, J. C. Asmuth, G. L. Green, S. C. Hsu, R. J. Kolczynski, J. R. Matey, andS. E. McBride, “A Machine VisionSystem for Iris Recognition

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Learning Needs and Educational Success

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Crosby, Southern University; Samuel Ibekwe, Southern University; Guoqiang Li, Southern University; Su-Seng Pang, Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge; Kun Lian, Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD)

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Minorities in Engineering

January 9, 2007.3. F.P. Incropera and D.P. DeWitt, “Introduction to heat transfer,” 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc., (1996).4. A. Horvat and B. Mavko, “Hierarchic modeling of heat transfer processes in heat exchangers,” Int. J. Heat Mass Trans., 48, pp. 361-371, (2005).5. Allio, R.J. Leadership development: teaching versus learning, Management Decision, v 43, n 7, 2005, 1071-7.6. Curtis, Myra W.; Martin, Clifton S.; White, Carl. "The evolution of a K - 12 pre-college program through student leadership development," ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: Peppers, Papers, Pueblos and Professors, 2001, p 10015-10025. 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: Peppers, Papers

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IE Program Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Tarek Abdel-Salam, East Carolina University; John Dail Garner, East Carolina University

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Industrial Engineering

Negative SAT-V Negative Negative Negative SAT-M Negative Positive PositiveBibliography1. Takahira, S., Goodings, D., and Byrnes, B., “Retention and Performance of Male and Female Engineering Students: An Examination of Academic and Environmental Variables,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 88, 1998, pp. 297-304.2. Ohland, Matthew W., Sharon A.Frillaman, Guili Zhang, Catherine E. Brawner, and Thomas K. Miller. “The Effect of an Entrepreneurship Program on GPA and Retention.” Journal of Engineering Education, Oct. 2004, pp. 293-301.3. Lackey, L., Lackey, W., Grady, H., Davis, M

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Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University; Mihir Sen, University of Notre Dame

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Mechanical Engineering

access to at their home institution. 5) Giving students the opportunity to implement algorithms in the laboratory is helpful in their learning of such algorithms.The authors would be glad to work with others who are interested in developing such acourse, laboratory, or additional remote experiments. All course materials are availableupon request.Acknowledgements: "This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundationunder Grant No. 0410863. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect theviews of the National Science Foundation." The authors would further like to thank the students in this

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Schick-Richards, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Patricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Robert Juepner, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal (FH), Germany; Manuela Tzschirner, Institute for Water Management and Ecotechnology, Magdeburg, Germany; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

joint projects considering flood provention and spatial planning. Magdeburger Wasserwirtschaftliche Hefte: Hochwassemanagement, Band 3. 8.5. Fox, P.L., Worley, W., Hundley, S., & Wilding, K. (2006). Enhancing Student Learning Through International University-Industry Cooperation: The GO GREEN Course. International Journal of Engineering Education. (Accepted January 2007).6. Fox, P., & Hsu, A. (2006). Sustainable Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Germany. Magdeburger Wasserwirtschaftliche Hefte: Hochwassemanagement, Band 3.11. Page 12.20.9

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Design in BME Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David McStravick, Rice University; Marcia O'Mallley, Rice University

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Biomedical

AC 2007-1674: IMPROVING INTERDISCIPLINARY CAPSTONE DESIGNPROJECTS WITH COOPERATIVE LEARNING IN THE MEDI-FRIDGEPROJECTDavid McStravick, Rice University DAVID MCSTRAVICK received his B. S. and Ph. D. degrees in mechanical engineering from Rice University. He worked in industry for many years in various engineering research positions. He joined Rice University in 1996 and is currently a Professor in the Practice of Mechanical Engineering in the MEMS Department. He teaches in the area of engineering design and his current research interests are in medical product design and in engineering education.Marcia O'Mallley, Rice University MARCIA O’MALLEY received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from

Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments

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Biomedical

. T. Buck, S. Ha, E. A. Lee, and D. G. Messerschmitt, "Ptolemy: A Framework forSimulating and Prototyping Heterogeneous Systems," Int. Journal of Computer Simulation,special issue on "Simulation Software Development," vol. 4, pp. 155-182, April, 1994[7] New Features in LabVIEW of Interest to Academia,http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/3683[8] Control Design Tools[9] J.F. Kelly, LEGO Mindstorms NXT: The Mayan Adventure, ISBN: 1-59059-763-X[10] Improving Retinal Disease Treatment with LabVIEW FPGA and Intelligent DAQ, M.Wiltberger, Optimedica Corp., http://sine.ni.com/csol/cds/item/vw/p/id/698/nid/124400[11] ABET Website, http://abet.org/[12] ABET (a)-(k) Program Outcomes 2007-08, http://abet.org/Linked%20Documents-UPDATE/Criteria%20and

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Best Practices in Industrial Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regena Scott, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

Storage Table 1: Industry employment figures. U. S. Department of LaborRevenue in the logistics, transportation and warehouse industries is also on theincrease. • The Logistics Industry (TDL) reported revenues exceeding $936 billion* – $593 billion was transportation related, – $300 billion was warehousing related, – $43 billion was industry-related services. Page 12.844.3 • The International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA) points to growth prospects of between 12% and 15

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilan Grave, Elizabethtown College; Nat Hager III, Elizabethtown College

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Materials

.pdf.4. R. H. Cole, J. G. Berberian, S. Mashimo, G. Chryssikos, A. Burns, and E. Tombari, J. Appl. Phys. 66, 793 (1989).5. N.E. Hager III, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 65 (4), 887 (1994). Page 12.934.10

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Manufacturing Capstone and Design Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sorraya Khiewnavawongsa, Purdue University; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University; Patrick Green, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

partnership between an industrial trade association and educationat Purdue University. 2003 Conference for Industrial and Education Collaboration Proceedings. Tucson, AZ.(January, 2003).6. Newton, K. A., Khiewnavawongsa, S., Schmidt, E. K., and Nashine, R. Measuring customer perceptions: Acollaborative project conducted by students for a Midwest trucking company. Proceedings of the American Societyfor Engineering Education, Chicago, IL. (2006). Page 12.1041.12

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Introductory Materials Science for the 21st Century

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University

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Materials

- Static Strain Measurement – Students determined the elastic modulus of 6 cantilevered, strain-gaged beams.• Lab 2 – Dynamic Strain Measurement – Students used the same 6 beams to study vibrational characteristics of the materials.• Lab 3 – Pressure Vessel Measurement – Students mounted strain gages to soft drink cans to estimate the pressure inside the can.• Lab 4 – Tensile Test – Students tested steel and aluminum specimens according to ASTM E8 standards and estimated a variety of material properties.• Lab 5 – Statistical Analysis / Tensile Testing of Manufactured Components – Students tested a large number of bolts according to ASTM standards.• Lab 6 – Fatigue – Students generated S-N curves for both aluminum and steel specimens

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Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Clase, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

scientificresearch expertise that will enable them to meet the rising demand by industries for Page 12.368.3individuals educated to manufacture biological products on an industrial scale.Connection between Purdue University’s College of Technology Strategic Plan andthe Biotechnology ProgramThe biotechnology program helps support the strategic plan for ---- University byimproving the learning environment for students and encouraging interdisciplinaryresearch connections among students and faculty. In addition, the program helps harness----‘s strengths in life sciences and technology by providing graduates that will help ---’sfuture growth and development in

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bronzini, George Mason University; John Matusik, The Engineering Groupe

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-502: USING THE SENIOR DESIGN JURY TO DIRECTLY ASSESSPROGRAM OUTCOMESMichael Bronzini, George Mason University Michael S. Bronzini currently holds the Dewberry Chair in Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering (CEIE) in the Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and is also the Chair of the CEIE Department. Prior positions include Director of the Center for Transportation Analysis at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at Penn State University, and Director of the Transportation Center and Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Dr

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; Michael Flaman, Portland Community College

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Manufacturing

] Kim, D., and Ramulu, M., Drilling process optimization for graphite/bismaleimide-titanium alloy stacks, Composite Structures, Vol 63, pp. 101-114, 2004.[7] Kim, D., Ramulu, M., Pedersen, W.“Machinability of Titanium/Graphite HybridComposites in Drilling," Transactions of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 33. pp. 445-452. 2005.[8] Ramulu, M., Kuo, S.-Y., Chen, Y.-M., Kim, D., Spitsen, R., “Cutting Characteristicsof Preform and SMC Composites," Transactions of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 32, pp. 239-246,2004.[9] Astrom, T. Manufacturing of Polymer Composites, Chapman & hall, London, UK,1997. Page 12.845.11

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Graphics and Visualization

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marty Fitzgerald, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

3D Animation. Proceedings of the 1st international symposium on Non-photorealistic animation and rendering. 2000.3. Nick Halper, Mara Mellin, Christoph S. Herrmann, Volker Linneweber, and Thomas Strothotte. Towards an Understanding of the Psychology of Non-Photorealistic Rendering. In Jochen Schneider, Thomas Strothotte, Page 12.392.12 and Winfried Marotzki, editors, Proc. Workshop Computational Visualistics, Media Informatics and Virtual Communities (April 4-5, 2003), pages 67-78, Wiesbaden, 2003.

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Carpenter, University of South Florida

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Civil Engineering

can be used to ensure that students can function at the Application level ofcognitive development. The Proficiency Exam Protocol can also be an effective meansof ABET related assessment.Biographical Information 1 http://helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/statistics/tress4a.html 2 Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, B. S. Bloom, ed., David McKay Company, New York (1956). 3 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Program, ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission, ABET Inc., 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202 (2006). 4 Stephen J. Ressler, New Civil Engineering Program Criteria, Directions, A Newsletter of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Committee on Curricula & Accreditation, p. 6-10 (Fall

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Communication and Professional Skills in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jeffrey Blessing, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Schmedeman, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical

/Educating-Engineering-Students-in- Page 12.407.7 Entrepreneurship.pdf3. Ochs, John B., Watkins, Todd A., Boothe, Berrisford W., Creating a Truly Multidisciplinary Entrepreneurial Educational Environment, Journal of Engineering Education, October 2001, pp578- 83.4. Lewin David I., Teaching Techies to Become Entrepreneurs, Computing In Science & Engineering, May/June 2000, pp6-9.5. Criteria For Accrediting Engineering Programs, Effective for Evaluations During the 2006-2007 Accreditation Cycle, Engineering Accreditation Commission, ABET, Inc., www.abet.org6. Nunally, P. O., Saad, S. M., “Technical and

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Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

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Instrumentation

/Projects/NSF DUE9952292/ProjectGUISE/Project_GUISE.htmThe various hardware building blocks of the Project GUISE instrument are:1. A variable-gain (×1, ×5, ×10, and ×50) instrumentation amplifier. The instrumentation amplifier has maximal input-bias currents of 2nA and input-offset voltages of 150µV. Independent adjustments for maximizing common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) are incorporated for voltage gains of ×1, ×5, and ×10; measured CMRR exceeds 90dB at 100Hz.2. An electronic cold-junction compensator (LT1025) for thermocouples. Types R, S, J, K, T, and E thermocouples are supported. The compensated thermocouple voltage is amplified by a dc-coupled amplifier with gain of ×50.3. Two independent variable-gain ac/dc-coupled single-ended

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suining Ding, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Architectural

). The Ten Books on Architecture. Trans. Morris Hickey Morgan. New York: Page 12.496.15 Dover Publications, Inc. 143. Wassell S. (1998). Mathematics in Architecture. http://www.dean.sbc.edu/wassell.html4. Ostwald M. (2000) Under Siege: The Golden Mean in Architecture. Nexus Network Journal. Architectural and Mathemetics online.5. David Harrington (2005) AutoCAD 2005, Pearsn Education, California. Page 12.496.16

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International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Edward Chandler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Holger Dahms, Lübeck University of Applied Sciences; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jens Thiedke, Lübeck University of Applied Sciences

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International

Conference, 1997. Proceedings. Volume 3, 5-8 Nov. 1997 Page(s):1317[5] “Industry/Academic Partnership Brings Engineers to Milwaukee Study Program”, Business and Industry, April,1997.[6] “Internationalizing the Campus Report 2005,” NAFSA: Association of International Educators, 2005[7] Richard Hayes, Robert Herrick, “Development of An International Collaboration In Electrical (And Related)Engineering Disciplines Between the College Of Technology, Purdue University and the Faculty of Engineering,Dublin Institute of Technology,” Proceedings of the 2006 American Society of Engineering Education AnnualConference & Exposition.[8] Sin, K.W.M, Cultural Studies in the Engineering Curriculum, The International Journal of EngineeringEducation, 19(6), pp

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Jenkins, University of Detroit Mercy

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Graduate Studies

,” Proceedings, the ISEC International Solar Energy Conference, Hawaii, USA, March 16-18, 2003.[12] Briano, C., Fontánez, J. and Dukhan, N., “Characterization of the Heat Transfer in Open-Cell Metal Foam,”Proceedings, Second International Conference on High Performance Structures and Materials, HPSM 2004, Ancona, Page 12.1509.9Italy, May 31 to June 2nd, 2004.[13] Dukhan, N. and Kiefer, S., “Building a Research Program with Undergraduate Students,” Proceedings, 33rdInternational Symposium IGIP/ASEE, Fribourg, Switzerland, September 27-30, 2004.[14] Dukhan, N., “Impact of Undergraduate Research on Students’ Communication Skills,” Proceedings

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; Saravanan Swaminathan, Tennessee Technological University; Lisa Zagumny, Tennessee Technological Univesity; Holly Anthony, Tennessee Technological University

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Educational Research and Methods

use on examperformance. Teaching of Psychology, 33, 39–40.8. Fish, S. (1990). How to recognize a poem when you see one. Ways of Reading: AnAnthology for Writers 2nd ed, eds D. Bartholomae & A. Petrosky, Bedford Books of St. Martin’s Press, Boston, pp.178–191. Page 12.955.10 9

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FPD4 -- Hands-on & Real-World Studies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ye, Polytechnic University; Ilya Brutman, Polytechnic University; Gunter Georgi, Polytechnic University; Lorcan Folan, Polytechnic University

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First-Year Programs

propeller and the Lego shaft ensures that the propeller stays on snug and doesn’t falloff. Lego DC motors are used on the AUVs to provide motion. They have no trouble runningunderwater. Figure 11 Propeller attached to a Lego piece4.5 Testing AreaThe 125 gallon aquarium that houses the AUV course sits inside a spill basin. The basin isdesigned to catch the water if the aquarium ever leaks or breaks. The basin is about 7 feet wideand 8 feet long. Its structure was constructed out of wooden 2-by-4’s and covered by two layersof 45mil thick pond liner. If the aquarium ever breaks and the basin floods with water, a sumppump will be used to pump the water out of the basin and into the sink located next to theaquarium. There is a