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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Michelle M Alvarado, University of Florida; Katie Leanne Basinger, University of Florida; Diego Alvarado, University of Florida; Behshad Lahijanian , University of Florida

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering

was converted to a flipped classroom environment for half of the course material. The mainobjective of this research pilot project is to investigate the impact of video length and videoactivities on the retention and understanding of Gen-Z engineering students for a software-basedsimulation course. Results show that students are more likely to watch medium-length videos thanshort-length videos, but those who do watch short-length videos have better learning outcomes.KeywordsGeneration Z, flipped classroom, engineering education, video length1. IntroductionThe engineering students today are from Generation Z, the cohort of individuals born from 1996-2010 [1]. They are high-efficiency multi-taskers with 8-second attention spans, typically

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Perceptions, Reflections, Collaborations, and Student Support in Chemical Engineering

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Sheima J. Khatib, Texas Tech University; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; William D Lawson P.E., Ph.D., Texas Tech University

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Chemical Engineering

excellence and innovation in teaching, award- winning scholarship and sponsored research, and professional service at the national, regional and local levels. Creative activities encompass both technical research on geotechnical applications in transporta- tion, and interdisciplinary study of professionalism, ethics, and trust/ trustworthiness in professional-client relationships. A licensed engineer with over 35 years experience in engineering education and practice, Dr. Lawson has provided project management and technical oversight for geotechnical, construction ma- terials, transportation, environmental, and facilities projects nationwide. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020

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Chemical Engineering in the Sophomore Year

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Sarah A Wilson, University of Kentucky

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Chemical Engineering

studentoutcomes on a compressed summer schedule. Performance in the class as measured by acommon final exam was comparable across sections, and there was no discernable impact of theGPA of student entering the course on the final exam score. While the lack of a validatedassessment instrument and small populations preclude firm conclusions, there is a suggestionthat the practices implemented for this course resulted in desired outcomes for the summer onlineoffering at a level comparable to that of the traditional face-to-face course.The authors are willing to share more detail regarding course structure and contest upon request.AcknowledgementsData analysis for this project was conducted under protocols approved by the Internal ReviewBoard as an Exempt

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

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Mohammad Taslim; Kai-tak Wan

inmechanical engineering and (ii) Exploring Engineering, History and Culture in Vietnam which is a technicalelective. Visits were arranged to hydropower stations, local traditional industries such as wooden boatmanufacturing, basket weaving, lantern making and honey bee farms, world heritage national parks, andnumerous local points of interest which were an integral part of this DOC program. Homework, projects,book reports, presentations, two tests and a final exam were based on the standard syllabi and site visits.Learning environment was conducive to promote interdisciplinary academic pursuits, experiential learning,and practical applications in fluid mechanics, mechanical design, hydropower, geology, socio-economicsetc., as well as independent

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

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Pong P Chu

integration of a large system.They demonstrate how to integrate software and hardware in the same system and how thecustomized hardware and the software complement each other. The remaining article is organized as follows: Section 2 discusses the development and theplatform setup; Section 3 provides the detailed description of one case study - an ultrasonicdistance sensor controller core; Section 4 lists other possible project ideas; and the last sectionsummarizes the article.2. Curriculum Development and Codesign Platform Current Digital Design Curriculum To manage complexity, computer system development emphasizes the abstraction and adoptsa layered model. The computer engineering curricula basically follow the model and organizethe

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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Tariq Khraishi

Assignments/Homeworks: 15% 20% 15% Quizzes: 5% Group Presentation: 5% 5% 5% Exam 1: 30% 30% 30% Exam 2 (final): 40% 45% 45% Project*: 10% * not given in 2010 2010-2013 textbook: book by Joseph Priest, 6th edition, Kendall Hunt Publishing Co. 2014-2016 textbook: book by Joseph Priest & Mario Freamat, 6th edition, Kendall Hunt Publishing Co. Table 1

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2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Raymond Lam; Michael Orozco; Erick Mendieta; Bernard Hunter; Joseph Seiter

projects have printed morethan 30,000 fuel nozzle tips in 2018 [2] and GE expects to print more than 100,000 additive partsby 2020 [3]. Engineering components printed by 3-dimensional printers are employed asmechanical structures in an assembly. In order for the printed components to be useful forengineering applications, mechanical properties of printed parts must be known for structuraldesign. The properties provide answers to the strength of the material, the types of stresses acomponent can endure before failure, and the size of a component based on the loads itexperiences. 3D printed materials have recently been studied for their mechanical properties [4,5, 6]. This study was undertaken to further understand the compressive mechanical

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2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Mehdi Rahmani-Andebili

programming, and non-linearprogramming.Moreover, in the undergraduate course (ENT 473), just the concepts of the above-mentioned subjects arediscussed.Each course is considered as a regular 3-credit-hour course. Additionally, the course of “Power SystemAnalysis 1” needs to be considered as the prerequisite course for ENT 573. Moreover, the students’ learningassessment will be based on students’ class participation, assignments, written exams, researches, computersimulation projects (just for ENT 573), and presentations.2. The Reasons for Addition of the Courses to CurriculumA considerable portion of energy consumption, carbon emissions, and global warming are related to thetransportation sector. Fig. 1 shows the air pollution in Donora, PA, US, on

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Md. Nizam Uddin; Yeshaswini Baddam; Polo Osornio-Cornejo; Eylem Asmatulu

of electrospun nanocomposite fibers with variousnanoparticle inclusions: (a) REPS only, (b) 5 wt%, (c) 10 wt%, and (d) 15 wt%.4. Sustainability Training of Engineering Students Sustainability enables engineers to reduce environmental pollution, cost, and use of naturalresources in new designs and products. Due to the limited natural resources and lack of clean water,sustainability should be considered for design and manufacturing. Department of MechanicalEngineering at WSU has over 480 undergraduate and 100 graduate students, and a significantportion of them consider sustainability research projects during their studies. Mr. Polo Osornio-Cornejo (undergraduate student), Mr. Md. Nizam Uddin (PhD Candidate) and Ms. YeshaswiniBaddam (MS

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Yeshaswini Baddam; Md. Nizam Uddin; Thisath Don; Eylem Asmatulu

processing methods for 4D printing technology. Starting Smart Materials/ Printing External Form of Future Research Reference Composites Used Process Stimuli Material Produces Barium Titante BaTiO3, Digital electrical charge Investigate Piezoelectric BTO) nanoparticles Projection when stress is coefficient upper limits & polyethylene glycol printing applied and vice their relationship with other diacrylate matrix (DPP) versa parameters. [23

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Amardeep Kaur; Theresa Swift

components ofeach lab experiment. The lab manuals were also updated to include the current details andoperations of all the equipment and tools in use.In the third step, a list of viable alternatives to the robot kit was created. The prime objectives ofthis task were cost and time. The robot kit is priced at $80 and some students thought that it wasa hefty sum for a kit that was just used once and had no use for them later on. Instructors and thelab coordinator involved in the redesign project also felt that, for the learning outcome ofworking with printed circuit boards and learning soldering skills, there were cheaper optionsavailable and by creating a choice, students could choose projects that were fun and usable tothem. Two weeks were scheduled

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Md. Nizam Uddin; Fenil Desai; Arvind Murali; Andrew Swindle; Eylem Asmatulu

contact angle of carbonized electro-spun nanocomposite fibers with variousnanoparticles inclusion.3.3 Training of Engineering Students Sustainability of engineering education will be the drawing force for the technologicaldevelopment not only in Midwest, but also in the U.S.A. Nanotechnology is one of the leadingtechnology in number of different industries, including transpiration, energy, medicine, defense,electronics and other manufacturing industries, and this technology can address some of the majorconcerns in global water issues. Department of Mechanical Engineering at WSU has nearly 500undergraduate and 120 graduate students, and a big portion of these students considersustainability research projects on environmental issues. During

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2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

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Harold R Underwood, Messiah College

Paper ID #31998Circuits for a Multidisciplinary Engineering Student MixDr. Harold R Underwood, Messiah College Dr. Underwood received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) in 1989, and has been a faculty member of the engineering Department at Messiah College since 1992. Besides teaching Circuits, Analog Electronics, Electromagnetics, and Communica- tions Systems, he supervises engineering students in the Communications Technology Group on credited work in the Integrated Projects Curriculum (IPC) of the Engineering Department, and those who volun- teer via the

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2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

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Abigail R Brown; Barbara Cerefin, Rowan University; Lauren Gallo, Rowan University; Sarah Ramsey, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University

involved inManagement - extracurriculars, jobs, workload, numerous activities and sports while alsoBalance and living situation. challenging myself with difficult courses like(TMB) AP World History and AP Chemistry.”Learning Styles Mentioned topic of learning “In school, I've always thought of myself as a(Learning) style, such as visual, project, visual learner and I also felt as if I learned well hands-on, auditory, etc. from hands on work too.”Study Habits Discussion of study habits, lack “Because my courses are paced much faster(Study) thereof, or need to change, than high school courses, I

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 8

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Weidong Kuang, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Abhijit Baul, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

attendance check, all students in the classare required to take pictures (10 pictures in our project for averaging) through the built-in webcamera. These pictures are used to generate the student face database as a reference for real-timeface recognition. To check the attendance of a student for the class, the computer takes facepictures of the student through the real-time video stream and employs deep learning neuralnetworks to predict whether the student matches anyone in the database, and (if yes) furtheridentifies the name of the student. The result of this face recognition will be used to update theattendance record in the format of an excel file. Fig.1 Architecture of the proposed attendance system2.2 Face Detection

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University; Moustafa Moustafa, Old Dominion University; Julie Moustafa, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Design Graphics

3 COMM 101R, Public Speaking 3 Gen Ed, Soc ial Sc ience Perspective (S) 3 Page 12.1538.3Figure 1Three course in the first two years are dedicated to drafting and design. Those coursesare:MET 100 – Engineering GraphicsCourse (Catalog) DescriptionLecture 2 hours; laboratory 2 hours; 3 credits. A modern treatment of the basic principlesof engineering drawing, including graphing, orthographic projection, sectional views,multiview drawings, pictorial

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Schreiner, Western New England College; Judy Cezeaux, Western New England College; Diane Testa, Western New England College

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Biomedical

(GCR) Spring Semester BME 302 Engineering Physiology II (MR) BME 306 BME Laboratory II (MR) BME 340 Biomaterials (MR) BME 350 Biomedical Thermal Systems (MR) Sequence Elective (MR) College Wide Requirement (GCR) Senior Year Fall Semester BME 405 BME Senior Laboratory (MR) BME 437 BME Senior Design Project I (MR) BME 451 Biomechanics (MR) Sequence Elective (MR) BME Technical Elective (MR) College Wide Requirement (GCR) Spring Semester BME 440 BME Senior Design Project II (MR) Technical Elective (MR

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erol Ozan, East Carolina University; Mohammad Tabrizi, East Carolina University; Karl Wuensch, East Carolina University; Shahnaz Aziz, East Carolina University; Masao Kishore, East Carolina University

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Educational Research and Methods

SDEmail communication with instructor 4.25 1.04Online digital drop box (for submission of projects, 3.72 1.47homework, assignments)Online asynchronous discussion board 3.35 1.55Slide presentations (e.g. PowerPoint) 2.96 1.58Course-specific web page 2.93 1.60Online testing that is not proctored 2.80 1.66Archived online lecture/meeting (asynchronous) 2.60 1.61Online synchronous chat room 2.10 1.37Telephone communication with instructor 2.07 1.36Proctored online testing

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Business & Entrepreneurial Information for Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Drew, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Libraries

needs of the University.” This partnership, as you will learn,helped us realize our potential by pushing the boundaries of our “highly technologicalenvironment … staffed by skilled experts who assist and instruct users wherever they may be.”3We support more than 3800 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students, and 325 full and parttime faculty. Two-thirds of our students complete one or more significant projects off campusand overseas.4As part of the library’s information literacy planning process we began outreach to variousinstitutes and centers on campus. This opened dialogue about the research needs of certain focusareas. One in particular resulted in collaboration between the library and the Collaborative for

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jinwen Zhu, Missouri Western State University; Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

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Engineering Technology

established at the Northwestern University, with apartnership between Northwestern, Purdue University, the University of Michigan, ArgonneNational Laboratory, and the University of Illinois at Chicago and Urbana-Champaign, todevelop educators to introduce the nanoscale science and engineering concepts into schools andundergraduate classrooms7,8. All the noted efforts and programs focus on science andengineering education. However, there are only a few projects, which address the challenges intechnological education for nanotechnology. The projects include the "regional center fornanofabrication manufacturing education" created at the Pennsylvania State University with agrant support from the state and NSF. A partnership between the state

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madhukar Vable, Michigan Technological University; William Kennedy, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanics

concrete experiences directly, employ reflective observations regarding thoseexperiences, engage in a periods of abstract conceptualization, and then participate in learningactivities that involve active experimentation such as projects and classroom discussions. Once,again, the inclusion of rich case studies from other domains such as MOM in Action would seemconsonant with Kolb’s ideas.Another influential contemporary educator long concerned with human learning, John Biggs,argues11 that a student’s choice of learning strategy and his/her motive for learning largely prede-termine the depth and durability of their learning. Biggs argues that students engage in superficiallearning when their study strategies primarily involve doing the least that

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murat Tanyel, Geneva College

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Computers in Education

AC 2007-1038: COMPARING THE WALSH DOMAIN TO THE FOURIERDOMAIN WITH A LABVIEW-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS TOOLKITMurat Tanyel, Geneva College Murat 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. Prior to 1995, he was at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA where he worked for the Enhanced Educational Experience for Engineering Students (E4) project, setting up and teaching laboratory and hands-on computer experiments for engineering freshmen and sophomores. For one semester, he was also a visiting professor at the United Arab

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students, Part 2

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Santi, Colorado School of Mines

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Educational Research and Methods

-student interaction, and the post-test consisted of a shortinterview where revisions in the student’s understanding were probed.Two misconceptions were addressed in this class as well. The first involved the informationneeded and the nature of the questions that should be asked in order to select the proper drillingand sampling methods for subsurface drilling investigations. Over several years of teaching aclass in Site Investigation, the author has noticed that students are mystified as to whichcomponents of the project tend to drive the selection of drilling and sampling methods: Is it thesoil type? The purpose of the investigation? The level of detail required? As a consequence,many of them focus on the wrong parameters or improperly weight

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Technology Literacy for Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak, Hope College

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

the engineeringcourses for non-engineers include Project-Based Introduction to Engineering at theUniversity of New Haven4, Technology 21 at the University of Denver,5 Materials: TheFoundations of Society and Technology at Washington State University,6 and HowThings Work at North Carolina State University.7 More complete summaries of recentlydeveloped courses for non-engineers can be found in Byars,8 and Krupczak and Ollis.9Science and Technology of Everyday Life at Hope College.The work reported here is based on the results of teaching the “Science and Technologyof Everyday Life,” at Hope College. This course is intended for students from non-technical majors and includes students from business, history, fine arts, and pre-serviceeducation

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Unique Developments in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Harby, UCM; Patricia Polastri, UCM; Chakapong Chuenprasertsuk, UCM

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Engineering Technology

automated way of developing a program. The project here presented, combines someof the key concepts from the above mentioned techniques to produce a unique and effectiveautomated method.The state diagram approach is one of the most used methods2, showing the flow diagram forsequential processes. First a diagram is constructed, showing all possible paths the process cantake; and then Boolean conditions are added for each present path. The diagram is then easily Page 12.77.2converted to a PLC program and tested. Changes are made to the Boolean conditions and thenthe new program is tested. This process of trial and error continues until a bug free

Conference Session

Development of Undergraduate Distance Education Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Rajala, Mississippi State University; Tom Miller, North Carolina State University

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Continuing Professional Development

Engineering degree, the VBEE program offered: • Five undergraduate courses • A computer science certificate program • A bachelor of science in engineering with emphasis in nuclear engineering. This program was industry sponsored and delivered in partnership with three community colleges. • The Engineering Entrepreneurs Program seminar series (an engineering education coalition sponsored project) to students at NC A&T State University.The College also had in existence at that time one site-based 2+2 undergraduate program locatedat the University of North Carolina Asheville.To meet the demands of the adult part-time learner and other place-bound students, the Collegeof Engineering felt it was important to develop

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Llewellyn Mann, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland; Gloria Dall'Alba, University of Queensland

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Environmental Engineering

, alternately, that can return to industrial cycles to supply high-quality raw materials for new products; • Transportation that improves the quality of life while delivering goods and services; • A world of abundance, not one of limits, pollution, and waste.Building on this, McLennan2 puts forward the following definition of sustainable design:“Sustainable Design is a design philosophy that seeks to maximize the quality of the builtenvironment, while minimizing or eliminating negative impact to the natural environment.”Sustainable design is seen as a philosophy, an approach to design that can be applied to anyobject or project. It tries to enhance quality which as McLennan (p5) argues is about “creatingbetter buildings for people, better

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Kramer, Kansas State University; Todd Easton, Kansas State University

support all of these newstudents. We are currently supporting most of these students on department funds to assistfaculty members with their courses. However, we foresee that the program will soon exceed ourneeds for these assistants. Furthermore, our departmental priority for extramurally fundedresearch assistantships is to support Ph.D. students. Consequently, we are working to developapplied research projects that can utilize the B.S./M.S. students to work on projects for industrythat support our research priorities.8. ConclusionThe success of the Concurrent B.S./M.S.I.E. degree has been astounding from both thedepartmental and students’ perspectives. This program has been extremely beneficial for boththe IMSE department and its students. The

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Burton, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

Computer Engineering.The strong focus on real world problems and practical applications throughout the programnot only has the significant benefit of producing work ready graduates who are immediately ofvalue to an employer, but also has the benefit of maintaining students’ interest because theycan see a clear connection between what they are learning and where that knowledge can beapplied. It enables first year engineering students to see the road ahead and helps to focusthem on that road.Laboratory sessions, run in conjunction with lectures, focus on real world projects andproblems and enable first year students to make an immediate connection between theory and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Borenstein, Georgia Tech; Matthew Drake, Duquesne University; Robert Kirkman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie Swann, Georgia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

schemata frame thesituations in which they find themselves. For example, one person may frame a gift-givingsituation as a potential conflict of interest while another frames it as a very nice perk of doingbusiness. Moral imagination takes on a more critical function when it leads people to reframethe situation, either by taking up another person’s point of view or by projecting narratives ofwhat might happen next. In this light, ethics education can be seen as increasing students’ stockof conceptual schemata and narrative possibilities, which would have the effect of making themmore sensitive to the ethical dimensions of everyday situations. Accordingly, one goal of ethics assessment could be to determine whether and whatforms of ethics