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Energy Education and Industry Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen; Soner Tarim

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. IntroductionAccording to the National Science Board (NSB)’s Science and Engineering Indicators 2004,enrollment in undergraduate engineering and science programs in the United States has been indecline since the 1980s1. Clearly, there is a continued need for increased enrollment andretention in science and engineering. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics(STEM) have become increasingly central to our economic competitiveness and growth. Long–term strategies to maintain and increase living standards and promote opportunity will requireunprecedented coordinated efforts among public, private, and non-profit entities to promoteinnovation and to prepare an adequate supply of qualified STEM workers1. STEM education hasbecome increasingly central to U.S

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Sustainable Construction Practice

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Soller, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Daphene Koch, Purdue University

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Construction

15.730.8curriculum and the relevancy of the information will also be evaluated using the informationreceived from the students. The results of the assessment will be the subject of future studies.Bibliography1. Wahby, W.S. Industry and ET education collaborations from a construction engineering perspective. in 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 2004: American Society of Engineering Education.2. Viswanathan, S. and H. Evans, Harnessing industry collaboration in developing graduate-degree programs, in 2009 ASEE National Conference. 2009, American Society of Engineering Education.3. Dobrowski, T. University and industry collaboration ideas beneficial to both. in 2006 National ASEE

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Easley, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Nicholas Beard, Louisiana Tech University; Glenn Fardsalehi, Louisiana Tech University; Nathan Wallace, Louisiana Tech University; Michael Swanbom, Louisiana Tech University

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Computers in Education

promote the sustainability our curriculum, we implemented a student-runhelp desk. The data collected over the past three quarters clearly show that the help deskprovides a significant amount of assistance for our students and significantly contributes to thesustainability of our project-based freshman engineering program.Acknowledgement and DisclaimerPartial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation’s Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program under Award No. 0618288. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography1. Nelson, J. and Napper, S., “Ramping

Conference Session

Potpourri of First-Year Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Flores, UTEP; James Becvar, UTEP; Ann Darnell, UTEP; Helmut Knaust, UTEP; Jorge Lopez, UTEP; Josefina Tinajero, UTEP

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First-Year Programs

Page 15.685.3of talented engineers6. Figure 1. Breakdown of a large class into PLTL workshops2. Peer Led Team LearningPLTL is a recognized curriculum enhancement strategy adopted in various forms by manyuniversities and colleges across the United States7, 8. In the mid-1990's the National ScienceFoundation initially funded the "Workshop Project" which has blossomed into a nationalmovement and is coordinated by the PLTL organization (www.pltl.org). PLTL engages anexperienced student as the overseer of a small group of learners in the capacity of Vygotsky’s“more capable peer”9. The idea builds on the pioneering observations of Treisman10, 11 from hisstudies as a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley. From

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Javad Shakib, DeVry University; Mohammad MUQRI

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Information Systems

isolated. This paper begins with programming language comparison anddelves into network centric computing, issues in enterprise development, and leveraging the Page 15.842.2power of java in enterprise.Programming Language ComparisonThere is a plethora of programming languages and new ones are being created on a constantbasis for a number of applications. In order to provide some general guidelines for someone whowishes to decide which popular object oriented language(s) to learn and make a judiciousselection for a certain application the following table is presented to help make evaluation andcomparison depending upon the application

Conference Session

Engaging Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole Berge, University of South Carolina; Joseph Flora, University of South Carolina

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Environmental Engineering

engineers’ performance when solving design problems. IEEE Transactions on Education, 42 (4), 281-287.11. Cardella, M.E., Atman, C.J., Turns, J. and Adams, R.S. (2008). Students with differing design processes as freshmen: Case studies on change. International Journal of Engineering Education, 24 (2), 246-259.12. Caicedo, J.M., Pierce, C.E., Flora, J.R.V., Timmerman, B., Nichols, A.P., Graf, W. and Ray, T. (2010) Instructional environments to stimulate critical thought of freshmen civil engineering students. Submitted to: Advances in Engineering Education.13. Palmer, S. (2004). Evaluation of an on-line reflective journal in engineering education. Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 12 (4), 209-214

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Special Session: Next Generation Problem-Solving

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Tamara Moore, University of Minnesota; John Christ; Eric Hamilton, Pepperdine University; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines; Heidi Diefes-Dux

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Educational Research and Methods

environments, and complex reasoning.Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines Barbara M. Olds is Associate Provost for Educational Innovation and Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines. She returned to CSM in 2006 after spending three years at the U. S. National Science Foundation where she served as the Division Director for the Division of Research, Evaluation and Communication (REC) in the Education and Human Resources Directorate. She remains a consultant to the EHR Directorate. During the 2006-2007 academic year Barbara was a visiting professor in Purdue University’s Engineering Education Department. Her research interests are primarily in understanding and

Conference Session

Two-Year College Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Two Year College Division

sector as an environmental consultant prior to being employed by the Center in 2004. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0903286. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recomendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University Dr. Ernest earned a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1985 and in 1986 respectively, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1991. He has over 18 years of professional experience in

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Ollis

Architecture.Acknowledgement: Funding for development of “Technology Literacy” by the National ScienceFoundation (DUE-0126876) (CCLI-Adaptation and Implementation) is gratefully acknowledged.8. References1. Ollis, D.F., “Freshman Laboratory for Product and Process Engineering,” Innovator (SUCCEED engineering education consortium).2. Beaudoin, D. and D. F. Ollis, “Product and Process Engineering Laboratory for First Year Engineering Students,” 1995 (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada). J. Eng’g. Education.3. Brown, A. and D.F. Ollis, “Team Teaching: A Freshman Rhetoric and Laboratory Experience,” ASEE, Washington, DC, June, 1996.4. Brown, A., Luyendyk, S. and Ollis, D.F., “Implementing an English and Engineering Collaboration,” in Liberal Education in Twenty-First

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rex Fisher

Education: II. Teaching Methods ThatWork”, Chemical Engineering Education, 34(1), 2000, pp. 26-39.5 S. Feiman-Nemser and M. Parker, “Mentoring in Context: A comparison of Two U.S. Programs for BeginningTeachers”, International Journal of Educational Research, 1993, pp. 699-718.6 Kilian, C., Modern Control Theory: Components and Systems (2nd ed.), Delmar, Albany, NY, 2001.7 R. Felder and R. Brent, “Cooperative Learning in Technical Courses: Procedures, Pitfalls, and Payoffs”, ERICDocument Reproduction Service (ED 377038), 1994.8 Knowles, M., Holton, E., & Swanson, R. (Eds.), The adult learner (5th ed.), Butterworth-Heinemann, Woburn,MA, 1998.REX N. FISHER is a Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at Brigham Young

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett

, “U.S. Engineering: Enabling the Nation’s Capacity to Perform,” ASEE National Conference,June 2003, Nashville, TNChristensen, Clayton, The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, HarvardBusiness School Press, 1997.Collins, Jim, Good to Great, HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.Kaplan, Robert S. and David P. Norton, The Balanced Scorecard, Harvard Business School Press, 1996.Lever, O.William Jr., “Selling and Marketing of R&D”, Research Technology Management, Jul/Aug 1997.Miller, Robert B. and Stephen E. Heiman, Strategic Selling, Warner Books, 1985.Moore, Geoffrey A., Crossing the Chasm, Harper Business, 1999.Murray, William J., Relationship Sales Strategies, 1994.Porter, Michael E., Competitive Advantage: Creating

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Myat Hla; Samuel Lakeou

9.1053.12wide-web,, accessed Fall 1998.[3] Ramesh, S. K. “ Virtual Laser Laboratory,”, accessed March 2001.Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø 2004, American Society for Engineering Education[4] Ngo, C.C., M. J. Voon, and F. C. Lai. “A Web-based Measurement Lab for Thermal Sciences,”Proceedings, 2002 Annual Conference and Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education.[5] Lin, P., H. Broberg, and A. Mon. “A Web-based Lab for Distance Learning,”Proceedings, 2002 Annual Conference and Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education.[6] Gustavsson, I. “A Remote Laboratory for Electrical Experiments,” Proceedings, 2002 Annual Conferenceand

Conference Session

Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dave Wangrow; Doug Tougaw

Downing, Ali Naqvi, Dan Feiertag, Dave Swingle, Dave Gould, and Peter Hohmeier for valuable assistance in the process of developing and reviewing course material. References 1. D. R. McKinnis, et. al., “The Instructional Benefits from Faculty Participation in Industrial Outreach,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, no. 3, 2001, pp. 429-436. 2. M. Gorman, et. al., “Transforming the Engineering Curriculum: Lessons Learned from a Summer at Boeing,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, no. 1, 2001, pp. 143-150. 3. S. Bhavani and M. D. Aldridge, “Teamwork Across Disciplinary Boundaries: A Bridge between College and the Workplace,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 89, no. 1, 2000, pp. 13-16. 4. T. Yamada and R. Todd, “The Quest for

Conference Session

Library Instruction Forum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Derby; Bruce Reid

://www.wrl.org/info/gis/gis.descrip).Beard, K (1995) Digital Spatial Libraries: A context for engineering and Library Collaboration, Information Technology and Libraries Vol. 14, pp 79-86.Boxall, James (2003) Geolibraries: Geographers, Librarians, and Spatial Collaboration, Canadian Geographer, Toronto, Vol. 47, Iss. 1; pg 18.Derby, F. W. and Ofosu, W. (2000) Geographic Information Systems as a Complement to Information Science and Technology Program at Penn State, Proceedings of the 2000 ASEE conference, St. Louis, MO, ON CDROM.Frazer, S. L. (2002) Virginia Geographic Information System (GIS) Programs and Resources for Libraries, Virginia Libraries, September 2002, pp. 18-20.Biographical informationBRUCE REID is

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Johnson

Competence 17. Program Review and DevelopmentFor each standard enumerated above, a specific matrix was developed to show how the variouscourses in the program meet the State Board of Education criteria for adoption of a new teachingcredential proposal. This process consumes much space, and only an example for Standard 2 isshown below. Our breadth courses address Standard 2 by developing foundations in communication;production; power, energy and transportation; and technology. The table below outlines inwhich course/s the required areas are covered. Following the table is a catalog description listingof all breadth courses that address Standard 2.Required foundation areas. a.) Communications b.) Production c.) Power, energy and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Papers Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Harter; Mark Dean; Donna Evanecky

social engineering. It is partly in order to prevent this misuse that we haveundertaken a study of systems thinking at our home institution, where the conversation about itsethical implications will undoubtedly continue.Bibliography1. Ackoff, R. (1971, July). “Towards a system of systems concepts.” Management Science 17(11):661-671.2. Bausch, K. (2001). The emerging consensus in social systems theory. New York: Kluwer Academic/ Plenum.3. Blackburn, S. (1999). Think. New York: Oxford University Press.4. Capra, F. (1996). The web of life. New York: Anchor.5. Deming, W.E. (2000). The new economics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: The MIT Press. (Original work published 1994)6. Forrester, J. (1999 June 8). System dynamics: The foundation under

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence O'Connor; Nghia Le

. LENghia T. Le is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology of Purdue University. Heteaches at Purdue University, School of Technology at New Albany, Indiana. He earned his B. S. and M. E.E. E. degrees from the University of Louisville. He specializes is instrumentation and controls. He can bereached at: nle1@purdue.edu.TERRENCE P. O’CONNORTerrence P. O’Connor is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology for PurdueUniversity. He teaches at the New Albany site where he has taught all but one of the courses in the twoyear degree offered there. He is primarily interested in ELF/ULF signal detection in the area of research,but also has delved into engineering ethics. He is a graduate of Northern Arizona University

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering III

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Beheshti; Edwin Dado

Information technology in Construction, Vol. 3,http://itcon.org/, Sweden, 1998.[7] FUTCHER, K.G. and Rowlinson, S.: IT Survey within the Construction Industry of Hong Kong,Proceedings of the 8th International Conf. on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Canada, 1999.[8] O’BRIEN, M.J. and Al-Biqami, N.M.: Survey of Information Technology and The Structure of the SaudiArabian Construction Industry, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Durability of BuildingMaterials and Components, Canada, 1999.[9] RIVARD, H.: A Survey on the Impact of Information Technology on the Canadian Architecture,Engineering and Construction Industry, Electronic Journal of Information technology in Construction, Vol. 3http:/itcon.org, Sweden, 2000.[10

Conference Session

TIME 1: Controls

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Kiefer

that was covered in the weekly projects, and the studentswere able retain the knowledge they had gained because of the reinforcement throughapplications.The final projects were also a good way to motivate the students for future learning. Thestudents learned how to independently find information about specific sensors and actuators thatwere necessary for their projects even though they may not have used those specific sensors inthe smaller projects. They also had a great feeling of accomplishment as their projects cametogether and most were glad they had taken the course.Bibliography1. Netmedia Inc., Support Documents for BX-24 Basic Express Microprocessor version 1.46, Tucson, AZ, 2000.2. Kiefer S., Tri-State University Faculty Web Site

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Messervey; MAJ Dave Borowitz; LTC Keith Landry; Ronald Welch

. Page 9.1095.10 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Bibliography1. Educating Future Army Officers for a Changing World, Office of the Dean, United States MilitaryAcademy, West Point, NY 2002.2. Dick, Walter and Lou M. Carey. The Systematic Design of Instruction. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996.3. Gagne, Robert M., Leslie J. Briggs, and Walter W. Wager. Principles of Instructional Design.Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 19924. Wankat, Phillip C. and Frank S. Oreovicz. Teaching Engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993.5. Lowman, Joseph. Mastering the Techniques of Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995.6

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Steven Barrett

temporarily to allow lower priority tasks an opportunity to execute. • Suspended (S) - In the suspended state the task is waiting for some resource. Once the resource is available the task transitions to the ready state and awaits processor time. • Rescheduling (X) - The rescheduling state is entered whenever a task runs to completion but does not need to be repeated and enter the ready state right away. A scheduling algorithm is used to determine how tasks are prioritized to obtainprocessor execution time. A single type of scheduling algorithm does not fit allapplications. In fact, there are multiple types of scheduling algorithms briefly describedbelow. A particular scheduling algorithm is employed for a specific application [4-6

Conference Session

Math Software Use in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian Leslie

foundation and skills so that notime need be spent in class teaching the students programming. In addition, the authors willmake themselves available for consultation with any faculty that wish for or require additionalhelp.The long term goal is make one or both of these packages an integral part of the undergraduateengineering curriculum. Not only will this expand the scope of problems that can be addressed incourses, but will provide the student will valuable skills when they enter the workforce.References1. Chapra, S. C. and Canale, R. P., “Numerical Methods for Engineers, 4th Ed.”, McGraw Hill (2002)2. Brannan, K. P. and Murden, J. A., “From C++ to Mathcad: Teaching an Introductory Programming Course with a Non-Traditional Programming

Conference Session

TIME 9: Thermal Fluids/Fluid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schumack

constraintsincluding continuity, the energy equation, and the Colebrook formula are satisfied. A series ofprogressively more complicated examples will demonstrate the method.Example 1 A simple example will introduce the Excel Solver tool and demonstrate how it canbe used to calculate f for a given Re and relative roughness. The friction factor is desired for Page 9.1108.2water flowing at 17 m3/s through a concrete pipe with a diameter of 2.75 m. Referring to Figure Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education1, inputs

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Technological Literacy II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Nippert

science web site) 2. A background in “Usability” as applied to software interfaces and web site design. This was key to designing the interface of the simulations.We want the teacher to participate in the details of creating a web site s that they have theexperience of creating web-based educational material. Therefore, we provide instructionin the use of Microsoft FrontPage™, a software tool used in the creation of web sites.This tool was chosen because it was already available on the campus network. Also, wewant the participating teachers to be able to evaluate the large amount of multimediamaterial that is available for their use on the Internet.Virtual LaboratoriesRecently, much has been done to create Virtual

Conference Session

Lessons Learned From Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Avitabile; Charles Goodman; Tracy Van Zandt

. Page 9.437.10 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering"VI AcknowledgementSome of the work presented herein was partially funded by the NSF Engineering EducationDivision Grant EEC-0314875 entitled “Multi-Semester Interwoven Project for Teaching BasicCore STEM Material Critical for Solving Dynamic Systems Problems”. The authors aregrateful for the support obtained from NSF to further engineering education.VI References1) Starrett,S., Morcos,M., “Hands-On, Minds-On Electric Power Education”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 90, No. 1, pp93-100, January 20012) Pavelich,M.J., “Integrating Piaget’s

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano

reports to sponsors andso on. What is then appropriate for Engineering Technology? We cannot establish ourselves asan independent discipline if we don’t have our own set of best practices in dissemination ofscholarship but continue following what our colleague s in other areas, mainly engineering do.Engineering has used publication in peer reviewed journals and in conference proceedings as thetraditional methods to disseminate the scholarship in their discipline. Is Engineering Technologyfollowing the steps of Engineering? Should we consider the same dissemination procedures? Orshould we consider –and accept- other methods of dissemination? If we are accepting differentdissemination methods, will all have the same value? Or will we weight

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Tricamo; Dennis Depew

Session 1455 Enabling the U.S. Engineering Workforce to Perform: Building Organizational Sustainability for Innovation in Professional Graduate Engineering Education S. J. Tricamo,1 D. R. Depew,2 A. L. McHenry,3 D. D. Dunlap,4 D. A. Keating,5 T. G. Stanford 5New Jersey Institute of Technology 1 / Purdue University 2/ Arizona State University East 3 Western Carolina University 4 / University of South Carolina 5 AbstractThis is the second paper in the panel session of the National

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial/Innovative Communication

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Gonzales

course work when circumstances occur such that course material is similar in contentto their past experiences, preparations, or similar in content to a corporate or military levelskill competency. Page 9.38.10REFERENCESAnnenberg/CPB Project and PBS Adult Learning Service.Bates, A. W. (Ed.). (1984). The role of technology in distance education. New York: St. Martins Press.Dillon, C. L., Walsh, S. M. (1992). Faculty: The neglected resource in distance education. The American Journal of Distance Education, 6(3).Distance Learning, http://www.westga.edu/~distance/main11.htmlGarrison, D. R. Shale, D. (1990). Education at a distance: From issues to

Conference Session

Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Turner Stuart; Cary Fisher; Jason Bartolomei

1387 Using the Systems Engineering Method to Design A System Engineering Major at the United States Air Force Academy J. E. Bartolomei, S. L. Turner, C. A. Fisher United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy CO 80840 (719) 333-2531Abstract:In response to an articulated customer need for more engineering graduates who can “think insystems engineering terms,” the United States Air Force Academy recently began the process ofdeveloping a new undergraduate academic major in systems engineering

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeremy Linder; Murat Tanyel

Tanyel is a professor of engineering at Geneva College. He teaches upper level electrical engineering courses.Prior to Geneva College, Dr. Tanyel taught at Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA from Aug. 1995 to Aug. 2003. Priorto 1995, he was at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA where he worked for the Enhanced Educational Experience 4for Engineering Students (E ) project, setting up and teaching laboratory and hands-on computer experiments forengineering freshmen and sophomores. For one semester, he was also a visiting professor at the United ArabEmirates University in Al-Ain, UAE where he helped set up an innovative introductory engineering curriculum. Dr.Tanyel received his B. S. degree in electrical engineering from