Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sundararajan Madihally, Oklahoma State Univ.; Marcus Duffy, Oklahoma State University; Lynn Franzmann, Stillwater; Rebekah Reece, Stillwater; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

disinterest in engineering career by nearly 85% of 8 to 17 oldstudents [1]. A major reason cited by the students is the lack of awareness about engineering.As most students advance through middle school science classes, their attitude toward sciencebecome more negative and their interests decrease most in the seventh grade [2-5]. Thus, themiddle grades are a critical period for students, representing the period most beneficial toprovide engaging academic opportunities. With the increase in demand of qualified engineers,the lack of interest has been thought as future problem. There has been a significant increase in academies and workshops to provide an earlyexposure to engineering, which is recognized as a way to prepare K-12 for

Conference Session

Students' Abilities and Attitudes

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria Terrell, Cornell University Math Dept.; Robert Terrell, Cornell University; Lisa Schneider, Cornell University

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Mathematics

: (1) Development of the first draft of the MAI, (2) Pilot testing the MAI,and (3) Preliminary analysis of the pilot test data.To develop the MAI, faculty of second- and third-year engineering courses were surveyed abouthow key concepts and techniques from single variable differential and integral calculus are usedin intermediate-level engineering courses. Based on their feedback, as well as feedback fromadvanced undergraduate engineering students, an initial set of test items was developed. Theresulting MAI consists of five open-ended questions with eleven sub-questions. The test isdesigned to be administered during one hour in paper-and-pencil format.The MAI was administered during the first week of the Fall 2009 semester as a pre-test to

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Everly, University of Cincinnati; Delmer Nicholson, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

, data, test results, and experiences throughout the project. ≠ Prepare a poster board together with a ten minute technical presentation. Page 15.320.2 ≠ Develop and implement one or more embellishments to the project. This is a natural part of a capstone project final report and allows students to offer possibilities for future development for others to consider.The baseline project presented in this paper is the same as that presented by Lapsansky [1]. Thepaper describes a Programmable Power Supply (PPS) wherein the output voltage of the supply iscontrolled via a digital potentiometer and operational amplifier. A

Conference Session

Energy Education and Industry Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David McDonald, Lake Superior State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

addition, Volkswagen expects to be the E-mobility leader and have electric vehicles represent three percent of its product sales by 2018.15The Chevrolet Volt will have a range of 40 miles and the Ford Focus 100 miles. These rangesare consistent with a survey by the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics that indicated thatmore than 75% of people commute 40 miles a day or less.1 The onboard battery charger will becapable of plugging into 110 or 220-volt outlets, and charge times will vary from about 6 to 12hours depending on the outlet type used.The electric vehicle will help provide energy storage in the emerging Smart Grid through the useof Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology. The batteries in millions of vehicles could be used tostore excess

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virginia Mayfield, Monterey High School; Kenneth Currie, Tennessee Technological University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Schneider, Cornell University; Maria Terrell, Cornell University Math Dept.

collaborative, applied, problem-solving workshops into the first-semester engineering mathematics course has on students'abilities and attitudes about using mathematics. It is also intended that the resulting developed,tested, and validated instruments will be appropriate for the assessment of related innovations inengineering and mathematics instruction at other institutions.Goals and ObjectivesThe aim of this project is to assess the effects of integrating engineering applications into coremathematics courses for engineers. We expect this innovation will 1) enhance students’ Page 15.185.2understanding of mathematics as representative of physical

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

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Conference Session

Research on The First Year II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Dagley-Falls, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida

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First-Year Programs

and the Naval Research Laboratory investigating atmospheric propagation in the marine environment. Page 15.734.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Influencing Sense of Community in a STEM Living-Learning CommunityIntroductionThe STEM pipeline continues to shrink. Called a “quiet crisis”, 1 the effects of the shrinking poolwill only be felt “in fifteen to twenty years, when we discover we have a critical shortage ofscientists and engineers capable of doing innovation…” (Jackson in Friedman, p. 253). Importantto this crisis, K-12 students are much less interested in science and engineering than in the pastand are

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Abdelrahman, Tennessee Technological University; Cynthia Rice-York, Tennessee Tech University; Dalton York, Tennessee Tech University; Cynthia Stowers, Clark Range High School; Robert Sircy, Tennessee Tech University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

as the “equipment mini-grant” to spend on resources and equipment for their classrooms to aid in the delivery andimplementation of their learning modules. The proven model for this learning module is the Legacy Cycle Module11 based on theresearch findings of the VaNTH project group. The Legacy Cycle lesson format consists of sixstages 1) a challenge question, 2) generate ideas, 3) multiple perspectives, 4) research and revise,5) test your mettle, and 6) go public. The cycle is based on current learning theory presented inHow People Learn: Mind, Brain, Experience, and School6. During the summer research institute,a one-day Legacy Cycle workshop was provided to the teachers. The workshop provided theframework for the teachers to develop

Conference Session

Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Gisela Coto Quintana, SINAES; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Oscar Harasic, Organization of American States; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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International

to enhancecapacity building, economic development and to promote global engineering education andquality assurance in engineering programs.Introduction and BackgroundEducation is a critical component of progress for countries throughout the world. Countries withstrong and accessible educational systems are characterized by greater development and theirpeoples enjoy a higher quality of life. Engineering education is especially important inenhancing the quality of life because technology is such a critical component of progress anddevelopment.1-6 Historically, the competencies of engineers and technology practitioners havebeen strongly linked with individual countries.7 This is inconsistent with the internationalizationof engineering education

Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

by Making it FunAbstractThis paper describes a workshop, led by female Engineering Technology students with supportfrom female faculty members, that introduces engineering concepts to 4th -7th grade girls througha series of interactive laboratory experiments. The day-long workshops are offered to area GirlScouts and are intended to increase the girls’ interest in engineering. In support of this goal,hands-on experiments are carefully designed to: 1) show the girls that science can be both funand creative 2) connect science and engineering to things in everyday life that they already knowand care about 3) demonstrate that women can make a positive impact on the world with a careerin engineering.The workshops take place on the college campus

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships: Bringing Industry into the Curriculum Development and Design Cycle

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Osman Cekic, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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College-Industry Partnerships

education of engineers should be purely industry- driven,industry can play a stronger role in the development of some of the attributes needed of today’sengineers. This claim is neither unique nor new, however, the steps taken to achieve this goal islimited. McMasters and Matsch14 claimed that “the curricula in most American universitiesoveremphasize engineering science at the expense of engineering practice” (p.1). While theyagree that there needs to be strategically mapped shared goals and objectives between academia Page 15.732.3and industry, the authors claim that such cooperation does not exist. Such cooperations, however,have not been a

Conference Session

Retaining Women Engineering Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Stephanie Jaros, University of Washington; Suzanne Brainard, University of Washington; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

the impact of gender for eachrace/ethnicity group? What is the impact of race/ethnicity for each gender group? This analysisexamines four main concept areas which measure student perceptions of their experiences,abilities and likelihood of leaving engineering: professor-student interactions, student-studentinteractions, self-confidence and risk of attrition.These questions are increasingly relevant as a result of expected demographic shifts in the USpopulation. The US Census Bureau projects that by 2050 all ethnic minority groups willcomprise 54 percent of the United States population.1 This will be a major shift from 2008 whenminorities made up one-third of the US population. Another demographic shift is related to thepercentage of women

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Mora, New Mexico Tech; Ricardo Negron, WPAFB; Robert McGahern, DDR&E; Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

content and processes knowledge, enhance teacherattitudes and dispositions toward best teaching practices, enhance teacher self-efficacy throughattitudes of preparation in content and teaching skills, and to introduce the research-basedcurriculum.Changes in Teacher Content Knowledge—Teacher content knowledge changes were measuredwith pre/post content tests prior to and after the summer institute component of the professionaldevelopment. The tests were a mixture of multiple choice, extended answers, and in some cases Page 15.909.4performance assessments.Table 1 indicates that, overall, the 196 teachers who participated in the summer

Conference Session

Tablet and Portable PCs for Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; M. Hossein Hariri, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon Sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

be less effective forstudent learning. As Kenneth Kiewra of the University of Nebraska Lincoln has noted,“notetaking during lectures is occasionally no more effective than not recording notes . . .because of the often incomplete notetaking styles of college students”1 A better procedure,Kiewra suggests, is to “supply learners with a set of notes prepared by the instructor, rather thanhave them [students] record and review personal lecture notes. Under such conditions, studentswould not have to divide their attention during acquisition between listening and notetaking andcould subsequently review a far more complete set of notes than they would review typically.”1

Conference Session

Teaching College Algebra and Using Mathematics Tutoring Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyounkyun Oh, Savannah State University; Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Sujin Kim, Savannah State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

fromthe textbook and solves problems on the board has been primarily used as the mode ofinstruction for the past few decades. However, various problems including students’ insufficient Page 15.317.2high school preparation, outdated curriculums, lack of reflection of students’ needs, change ofstudents’ attitude, and etc. have led school to confront these problems seriously because themajority of the students’ performance has become worse in the course causing the FWD (Fail-Withdrawal-D grade) rates to be inordinately high. Small1,2 states that the high FWD rates haveshown up nation-wide in the 40 – 60 % range. Figure 1 presents our university’s

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurement Innovation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Instrumentation

and the deployment of geographically widespreadsensor networks. Recently, with a new administration in place, initiatives in clean and renewableenergy and efforts to improve the efficiency of our aging infrastructure have rapidly gainedtraction on both a federal and state level. Under the 2009 American Recovery and ReinvestmentAct (ARRA), funding through the Department of Energy (DOE) for $36.7 billion dollars hasbeen allocated to various energy related initiatives1. Figure 1, shown here, gives a furtherbreakdown of the general areas to be funded. Figure 1 – Breakdown of DOE funding from the ARRA Act (Source DOE)Through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) there is funding for$16.8 billion dollars for various

Conference Session

Women in Biomedical Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Rice University; Sangeeta Bhatia, MIT; Gilda Barabino, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

., for fixing the leaky pipeline.IntroductionThe lack of gender diversity in all engineering disciplines is an important national problem. Asnoted at the Summit on Women in Engineering 1, “we simply need people with the best mindsand skills, and many of those are women.” Furthermore, the literature suggests that a moreinclusive workforce is more innovative and more productive 2-4. In academia, the educationalbenefits of diversity are significant 5. Students with the most classroom experience withdiversity are more engaged in learning and self-report more gains in critical thinking, problemsolving and self-confidence 5. Similar benefits have been found in graduate medical and lawschool environments 6. Also, multiple lines of evidence suggest that

Conference Session

Industry based new Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in Industrial Technology and Industrial Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Little-Wiles, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Erich Bauer, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

mirror that of their on campus, traditionalcolleague for greater engagement. Page 15.363.2A closer look at these urban, commuter students and what type of learning opportunities andlearning management system they are provided at the School of Engineering and Technology atIUPUI was the goal of this study. Several key questions guided the research such as: 1. How do administrators plan for this type of student and best accommodate their learning? 2. How do we create that “sense of community” for commuter students as we have done so well with traditional on-campus students? 3. What type of learning environment would best benefit an urban

Conference Session

Industry based new Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in Industrial Technology and Industrial Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xuefu Zhou; Xiaodong Yue; James Everly

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

,networking and data communications. Recently, educators have also confirmed the importanceof teaching encryption basics to general students 1.Public-key cryptography is one of the major topics in our computer security course. Thoughtstudents seem to be very interested in this topic, teaching public-key cryptography is somewhatchallenging since understanding the theory requires a high level of mathematical knowledge andskills. This particularly presents a challenge to engineering technology students. This papershares our experience of teaching engineering technology students public-key cryptography. Thepaper is organized as follows. First, it briefly introduces the public-key cryptography basics anddescribes our approach to teach public-key

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Educated Person

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; James DeLaura, Central Connecticut State University; Patrick Foster, Central Connecticut State University; David Sianez, CCSU

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know MoreAbout Technology 1, technological literacy is described as a critical characteristic of informedcitizenship. At the same time, the authors note that “most people have very few direct, hands-onconnections to technology, except as finished consumer goods” and that this “lack ofengagement” is responsible, at least in part, for societal shortfalls in technological proficiency.Overwhelming evidence exists that students from all backgrounds have the capacity to becometechnologically literate, and that children of all ages can and do engage in complex reasoningabout the world 2, 3. However, according to recent statistics published by the NationalAcademies, “Just more than one-third of fourth graders

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island

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Design in Engineering Education

students, and our system differently.A research study by Scott and Yates 1 identified a number of successful young engineers in Page 15.1229.2Australia, as defined by their supervisors in industry. Many of these graduates were interviewed,and a collection of over 40 factors related to their successful work performance were identified.Using these factors, a larger number of recent graduate engineers were given questionnaires torank the quality of their educational experience. They ranked many “people skills” andorganizational skills as crucial to success, most of which were not part of their learning in anengineering undergraduate program. As a

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Liles, NCA&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Courtney Lambeth, NCA&T State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

“thinking outside of the box” in the scientific discovery process. Following is afull description of the summer camp which was intended in part to forward the purpose of theERC Education and Outreach Program and the overall vision of the Engineering ResearchCenter. Also included are 1) assessment procedures utilized to measure change in camperlearning over time; 2) discussions surrounding ways the concepts of creativity and innovationwere intrinsically linked to summer camp activities; and 3) future directions.Nano-to-Bio Summer CampHeld in summer 2009, the Nano-to-Bio Summer Camp was the result of a major collaborationamong partnering institutions, utilizing faculty and mentors from two geographically distantcampuses. This five-day commuter camp

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Denton, Purdue University; Marc Williams, Purdue University; Joseph Kmec, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

ofrotation to the eccentric mass and ωf is the rotor’s rotational speed in units of radians per second.The resulting applied force is modeled as F(t) = (meωf2)sin(ωft).1 Experimental data verifies thevibration energy caused by mass unbalance is essentially all included in a single sine wave at thefrequency corresponding to operating speed. Figure 1. Typical unbalance conditionAwareness of the existence of mass unbalance dates back at least several centuries.2 As Page 15.855.2machinery operating speeds have increased, understanding the force that mass unbalance causesand reducing that force have become critical

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Leonid Revzin, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

DispenserTaking aliquots by the Moore pipette requires time, high attention and manual skills, the lack ofwhich causes errors in students' experiments9. We developed and implemented a simpleautomatic dispenser (see Figure 1). F E C B A D Page 15.815.3 Figure 1. A. Servo motor; B. Plastic rail; C. Syringe; D. Tip; E Crank; F Interface.The device is a slider-crank mechanism constructed out of a servo motor A

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra Groen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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New Engineering Educators

 University  of  California,  San  Diego11   Formal   Dyadic  University  of  Missouri,  Columbia15   Formal   Dyadic  University  of  Montana23   Formal   Dyadic  University  of  North  Carolina14   Informal   Dyadic  University  of  Rhode  Island1   Formal   Group  Table 1: Mentoring Paradigms at Various UniversitiesFormal mentoring programs were deciphered from informal programs by the method in whichthe mentoring relationships were formed. Informal mentoring groups were not formed by astructured model and many participants were voluntary.In

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Orabi, University of New Haven

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Design in Engineering Education

process was to secure several projects from industry together with a commitment from apracticing engineer to serve as project liaison (the client). At the end of the semester, thecollege will hold a senior- project symposium in which each student team will present the resultsof its work to their clients and other invited to participate in the evaluation process.This paper will discuss the development of industry-sponsored projects into a mechanicalengineering capstone design courses. Examples of the current projects will be presented.IntroductionSenior design engineering courses have increasingly used industry-sponsored projectsthat give students opportunities to address real world problems [1-4]. Capstone design coursesare also a site for

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Information Systems

AC 2010-803: HANDS-ON HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING: DEVELOPINGA CLUSTER COMPUTING COURSE FOR REAL WORLD SUPERCOMPUTINGThomas Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette Page 15.637.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Developing a Course for Hands-on High-Performance ComputingAbstractHigh-performance computing (HPC) based on commodity hardware and open-source softwarehas become the dominant paradigm for supercomputing today.1, 2 Thus a great unmet need existsfor skilled students and practitioners who can design, develop, deploy, and operate HPC-basedsystems to support discoveries in industry and academe.To address these needs, we have developed two courses in

Conference Session

Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandy Feola, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

industry professionals to activelyparticipate as content providers. Finally, influences to adopt social media technologiesfurther drove development of more features that promote collaborative relationshipsbetween students, teachers, and industry. Examples of how social media concepts plan tobe used used in the careerME.org website called my.careerme, are also explored.1. Introduction – How to Address a NeedWhen the project conceptualization process started in early summer 2008 for the Societyof Manufacturing Engineers (SME) – Education Foundation1, the idea was to create aweb portal to show high school and college students, primarily between grades 11-14,that there are and will continue to be lucrative, high paying jobs in manufacturing;despite

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Christina White, Columbia University; Kristin Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Richard Crawford, University of Texas at Austin

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

are effective, efficient, economical, and ecological. Each student in the class hasexciting opportunities to identify new product ideas, i.e., inventions, and embody theseideas in the development of prototypes and conceptual models.The course is not structured like a traditional lecture-type course. The classes areintended to be highly interactive, with a mixture of discussions, multimedia presentations(PowerPoint presentations, short videos, DVDs, etc.), and hands-on activities. A collageof images from the course activities is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Collage of Course ActivitiesClass participation is actively encouraged, highly valued, and key to an optimalexperience. Additionally, several out-of-class