Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ernest Kim, University of San Diego; Thomas Schubert, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

≠ Constructing electronic circuits and verifying performance characteristics experimentally. ≠ Writing a PCB test plan with verification test procedures.III. Schematic CaptureThe goal of the laboratory experience was to design a PCB for a simplified discrete transistorversion of the 741 operational amplifier. The design chosen is shown in Figure 1. The designalso allowed exploration of the operation of the different segments of the operational amplifierdesign. Figure 1. 741 Operational Amplifier Equivalent CircuitWhile the schematic is complete, capturing the schematic requires that: ≠ Component geometries must be included in the captured schematic to allow seamless interface to the PCB layout software ≠ Inputs to and

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Chesney, University of Michigan; Ross Broms, The University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

with notes that the student is taking. After thelecture, the student can touch locations on the page, and the Smartpen plays back the audio thatwas recorded at that time. Page 15.230.3Using both methods of audio recording, a research assistant attended and recorded each lecture.After the lecture, the research assistant would review the lecture and populate the followingfields in a table:  Date;  Story Topic: brief description of story;  Story Type, defined as: o 1: directly tied to course material; o 2: not directly tied to course material, but some implicit or explicit moral lesson; o 3: just a

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida; Alfred Ducharme, University of Central Florida; Cameron Ford, University of Central Florida; Kim Small, University of Central Florida; Patrice Lancey, University of Central Florida; Divya Bhati, University of Central Florida

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Minorities in Engineering

years (freshman and sophomore) of a student’s college career in a STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) discipline. In the book Talking About Leaving, WhyUndergraduates Leave the Sciences4, it is stated that nationally 40 percent of undergraduatestudents leave engineering programs, 50 percent leave the physical and biological sciences, and60 percent leave mathematics. The losses are disproportionately greater among women andminorities (also seen with the one-year retention numbers at our university; see Table 1).Thefeeling of a small college experience and a supportive learning community are some of thefeatures that make EXCEL a successful, retention program. Over 90% of the 2006 EXCELapplicants (n = 247) indicated in their

Conference Session

Faculty Development for Distance Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Beverly Davenport Sypher, Purdue University; Steven R. Abel, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Teri Reed-Rhoads, Purdue University; Brenda Berkelaar, Purdue University

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Continuing Professional Development

these on-campus plans would relate to explicating and validatingincentives to engage faculty to acquire change leadership skills. While some did, many served toengage faculty in specific change leadership activities without necessarily explicitly highlightingthe leadership skills being gained as a result of engaging in the activity. This paper willsummarize the lessons learned from the application process, the workshop, and the campus planactivities.IntroductionMost stakeholders in engineering industry and education agree that change is needed inengineering education in order to improve the quality of instruction and produce engineeringgraduates with a wide range of skills (e. g., 1, 2). Despite several calls to action, inertia remains

Conference Session

Web-based Learning in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuejin Xu, Murray State University; Lili Dong, Cleveland State University; Theresa Nawalaniec, Cleveland State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-263: ENHANCING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OFINFORMATION LITERACY AND ETHICS THROUGH AN INTERACTIVEONLINE LEARNING MODULEYuejin Xu, Murray State University Yuejin Xu is an assistant professor of psychology, Murray State University, Murray, KY. His research interests include 1) Learning, teaching, and teacher education, 2) Motivation, critical thinking and decision making processes, and 3) Effect and implementation of technology in the classroom.Lili Dong, Cleveland State University Lili Dong received the M.S.E.E. from Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics, and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China and the Ph. D. degree in Electrical Engineering

Conference Session

Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Brooks, Temple University; Tony Singh, Temple University; Hossein Rostami, Philadelphia University; Fernando Tovia, Philadelphia University; Amithraj Amavasai, Temple University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

include concepts on how students contribute personally throughouttheir lives to reduce the carbon footprint and maintain a safe, sustainable and healthyenvironment. Students are encouraged to choose at least one concept to take up in their life.Except for these steps, there was no difference between the control group and ITS group.The students were asked to rank the overall performance of the TAs and overall learningexperience in the labs on a scale of 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent). TAs were asked to rank the overalljob satisfaction and evaluate the performance of the students. A rubric was provided to the TAsto evaluate the performance of the students. The improvements in all the seven performanceindices over the control group were determined using

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

of the term.The data supported two findings:1. Knowledge flows back to students from their own design as real-world constraints are enforced. As the students learn from their design, they develop a conceptual framework of how their design works or does not work. As this conceptual framework develops, misconceptions can also develop within that framework. These misconceptions can be very Page 15.1120.2 robust, require multiple interventions to resolve, and interfere with correct understanding of their design. Furthermore, these misconceptions can prompt unsuccessful design process strategies, which may deter learning the design

Conference Session

Research in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Mark Shreve

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

reported 19 different strategies for completing the materialrelated to the textbook. The top 3 strategies were: 1) watched the voiced-over PowerPoint, readand reviewed the chapter(s), and then completed the online assessment (30%); 2) read andreviewed the chapter(s) and then completed the online assessment (11%); and 3) read thechapter(s), watched the voiced-over PowerPoints, and then completed the online assessment(7%). Approximately 13% of students did not use a study strategy that involved viewing thevoiced-over PowerPoints5.This study was repeated during the fall 2008 semester with 3 sections of GC120 (74 students).The same streaming media presentations of the textbook material were available to studentsonline. The post course survey revealed

Conference Session

IE Applications and Systems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

implicationsof defining “systems engineering.” Some of the questions we address here are as follows.What are the real-world problems that systems engineering claims to study, what are theprincipal methods of systems engineering and how different are they from those ofindustrial engineering, and what is and should be taught in programs in systemsengineering? What can students expect to learn and what jobs can they obtain aftercompleting their studies?IntroductionWith two recent actions, the industrial engineering community seems to haverelinquished any exclusive claim on the use of the phrase “systems engineering.” Thoseactions are (1) the vote by IIE membership to reject a proposal to add “systems” to itsname and (2) the determination that ABET’s new

Conference Session

Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tianyi Li, Northwestern University; Walter E. Thain Jr., Southern Polytechnic State University; Thomas Fallon, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Cisco2600 routers was c2600-is-mz.122-8.T10.bin, which was a basic IOS image. Memory allocationsfor each router instance were 128MB RAM, 128kB NVRAM, and 32MB for each of the twoflash memory cards.The simulation example described here consisted of three 2621 routers connected to each othervia a fourth router acting as a frame relay switch. The network was the same as one implementedwith actual routers in the TCET lab as a lab exercise. Routers were connected to the frame switchusing serial links operating with 1200 kHz clock speeds. The low clock rate was chosen toreduce the probability of simulation difficulties.Fig. 1 shows a screenshot of the GNS3 interface with the frame relay network. The middle panelis the schematic window, the left “Nodes

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

that can be expected from bothnew and used tennis balls.1. IntroductionExperienced tennis players distinguish old tennis balls from new tennis balls by assessing theextent to which the balls dissipate energy during impact with the tennis court. Such bouncing testsrelate directly to the concept of the collision of particles, a unit that appears in many curricula thatare relevant to the education of physics and engineering maj ors [3,9, 101. In this article, we illustratehow we have used software commonly available in Microsoft Windows XP to demonstrate andanalyze energy dissipation that occurs when a tennis ball bounces off the court during a game.We collected data directly from bouncing tennis balls and used them to illustrate a

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

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Materials

detailed Student LearningOutcomes (SLOs) for the course, the following 13 outcomes were targeted for improvementusing the biomedical device focus approach. Page 15.863.4 3 Targeted Students Learning Objectives 1. Select the appropriate engineering materials for specific engineering applications using: yield strength, tensile strength, ductility or elongation, flexural strength, hardness, fatigue life, wear, and creep; 2. Describe why each of the fundamental mechanical engineering properties of materials covered in the course

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Joshua Hewes, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

– Humanities, 4 – Social Sciences, 10 –Sustainability, 11 – Contemporary Issues & History, 12 – Risk & Uncertainty, 17 – PublicPolicy, 18 – Business & Public Administration, 19 – Globalization, and 20 – Leadership. Inaddition, the committee identified Outcomes 5 – Material Science and 24 – Professional &Ethics as outcomes that may be challenging for programs to fully implement.The purpose of this paper is threefold: (1) provide an analysis of Northern Arizona University'scurrent undergraduate civil engineering curriculum with respect to the BOK2 with attentiongiven to the challenging outcomes; (2) propose a revised BOK2-orientated curriculum withinNorthern Arizona University's context; and (3) provide an analysis of that

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Holbert, Arizona State University; Lisa Grable, North Carolina State University; Patricia Dixon, Florida State University; Sharon Schulze, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

program consist of three major thrusts: (1) aresearch experience for teachers, (2) a Young Scholars program for high school students, and (3)summer camps for middle school girls and minorities. Along with faculty, graduate andundergraduate students act as mentors to both the teachers and precollege students. Assessmentdata are being collected to gauge the efficacy of the precollege program.IntroductionThe Future Renewable Electrical Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Centeris an NSF-supported engineering research center (ERC). The vision of FREEDM is an efficientpower grid integrating highly distributed and scalable alternative generating sources and storagewith existing power systems to facilitate a green energy based society

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aloundeth Oupraxay, National University, San Diego, USA; Mudasser Wyne, National University, San Diego, USA; Patrick Olson, National University, San Diego, USA

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

only device available is called HTC Dream also more popularly known asG1 by T-Mobile. The specifications for such a device include 192 MB RAM, screen with aresolution of 480 x 320 and MSM7201 chipset with a frequency of 528MHz [1].The OHA [3] is agroup of handset manufacturers and a flurry of new products is expected in the near future with lotof improvement in performance [6]. The implementation of MOMS was completed andsuccessfully tested using a commercially available smart phone (G1) from T-Mobile. However, themain issue during the design and implementation was the simplicity and ease of use in managingand entering orders using one hand or finger on a small touch-screen. Unlike laptops, using mobiletouch-screen without hectic feedback can

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yunfeng Wang, The College of New Jersey; Christopher Ault, The College of New Jersey; Teresa Nakra, The College of New Jersey; Andrea Salgian, The College of New Jersey; Meredith Stone, Independent Evaluator

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

intended to motivatestudents to reach across the boundaries of their own disciplines and advance their criticalthinking, creative problem-solving and computational thinking skills, while learning the relevanttechnical knowledge. The structure, objectives, assessment strategies, results, and studentdeliverables from the first course offering are the focus of this paper. These promising resultsprovide a model with which to evaluate effective approaches for interdisciplinary highereducation.1. IntroductionInterdisciplinary education is becoming increasingly important in preparing undergraduatestudents to be able to participate in the emerging knowledge-based economy and meet complexsocial demands in the modern world1,2,3,4. It has grown at a

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Walesh, S. G. Walesh Consulting; Javier Conde, National University of Distance Education; Jose M. de Urena, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Jose Turmo, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Raul Vizcaino, University of Castilla-La Mancha

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Civil Engineering

integrated in the following modules with the numbersin parentheses indicating the approximate class hours devoted to the topics: 1) Organizational Behaviour (leadership and organizational behaviour, economic theory of leadership), (40); 2) Leadership Basis and Types of Leadership (leadership and types of leadership, how to improve leadership abilities), (40); 3) Grounds of Negotiation. Cooperation, Conflict and Negotiation (key strategies of negotiation, conflict resolution), (40); 4) Company Management in Civil Engineering (company management, project managing and leading, social responsibility in business), (40); 5) Strategic Company Management. Enterprises and Business Plan

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josh Coffman, University of Arkansas; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Daniel Jensen, United States Air Force Academy; Christina White, Columbia University; Ashland Brown, University of the Pacific; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific; Kristen Kaufman, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

quizzes. The number of questionshave been condensed and the questions rewritten to remove much of the jargon. Page 15.1110.4Figure 1. Multiple-Choice Quiz Question Checklist Form.7,10-12,14,27,28 Page 15.1110.5 Figure 1. Multiple-Choice Quiz Question Checklist Form.7,10-12,14,27,28 ‘Continued’The Multiple-Choice Quiz Question Checklist Form was divided into four domains based onthe guidelines described in Haladyna.11 Almost all other books were not categorized intodomains. The four checklist domains used in this paper are as follows: • Content. This domain is used

Conference Session

ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna M. Zajicek, University of Arkansas; Shauna A. Morimoto, University of Arkansas; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Valerie H. Hunt, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

supporting the groundwork necessary to transforminstitutional practices systemically, the Institutional Transformation Awards seek to createpositive, sustainable, and permanent change in academic climates.”15The NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (IT) program was initiated in 2001 with theobjectives 1) to increase the representation of women in STEM; and, 2) to encourageorganizations to implement institutional changes that would empower women scientists to fullyparticipate in STEM disciplines. Since 2001, 37 institutions of higher education have receivedthe NSF ADVANCE IT awards totaling over $130M,i and 19 have completed their five-yearprojects. Although the nature of ADVANCE IT projects varies among universities, theircommon purpose is to

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Melissa Roberts, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

education. At Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech),we had three different groups (faculty, graduate students and upper level undergraduate students)develop design activities. These activities were developed for the ENG1001/1100 coursesequence for first-year students who were enrolled in pre-calculus as their first math course atMichigan Tech as part of an NSF CCLI Phase 1 grant (DUE: 0836861). All groups developedengineering activities that included a: Design/Model/Build sequence, Matlab mathematicalmodel, spreadsheet analyses, and technical communication of their activities. For thecomponents listed previously, lectures and class activities, project description and deliverablesand example Matlab codes were developed for the

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

College-Industry Partnerships

interested in you as a job candidate.” 7 Haitao Chenginterned at the Bayer Corporation and felt that “the approaches taken in industry are quitedifferent and this experience let me see how the ‘real world’ problems are tackled. It’salso clear that the internship is very valuable when seeking employment.” 7In practice, the internship is “the new rung on the corporate ladder.” 1 It is essential thatthe student intern demonstrate professionalism and accountability in all aspects of theiragreement. They must fulfill their commitments to the best of their ability, and makeconsistent contributions to the hosting firm. In addition to the hosting firm’s technicaland supervisory responsibilities, the intern is required to integrate formal

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

could also be used in anappropriate upper level electrical or chemical engineering course. Subsequently, we describesome future plans for the activity which, along with some other curricula, may culminate in theintroduction of a stand-alone nanotechnology course and possibly a minor in nanotechnology. Page 15.61.2Device Physics of a Thin Film Organic Solar Cell Incorporating the Fullerene, C60Shown below in Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a thin film polymer solar cell1incorporating the fullerene C60. Commercial glass substrates coated with indium tin oxide (ITO)with a sheet resistance of about 10Ω/□ are used to form the anodes. The

Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuan-Lin Chen, MingChi University of Technology; Shun-Chung Wang, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

atMingchi University in Taiwan. The evaluation results from the students measured before andafter using the approach are very encouraging which demonstrate its efficiency and success.The goals of micro-controller application coursesThe goals of presented teaching approach for micro-controller application course are thatstudents should gain knowledge of the principle of micro-controller operations and could designa real-world application project based on micro-controller topics. The period of the micro-controller application course at Mingchi University in one semester is a total of 51 hours (3 hoursper week times 17 weeks.) The syllabus of this industry-oriented micro-controller course isdescribed in Table 1. We teachers have already integrated

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andres Goza, Rice University; David Garland, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

wished to study architecture. This indicates the success of DREAM inpresenting physics concepts in an exciting and intellectually stimulating format.IntroductionOver the range of years form 2006-08, 25% of Houston’s population was African American and37% Hispanic or Latino 1 . Students from these groups, however, are generally underrepresentedin college, specifically in the STEM fields. Nationally only 11% of baccalaureate degrees in Page 15.953.2engineering were conferred to these two groups in 2006 2 . Over 30% of both the AfricanAmerican and Hispanic/Latino population in the US is under the age of 18 3,4 . Therefore,extending knowledge of STEM

Conference Session

Service Learning and Societal Issues in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Sevier, Boise State University; Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

SL andNSL groups of students participated in collaborative project-based learning environments tocomplete given assignments, the types of collaborative learning differed in several ways: 1) TheSL students completed one comprehensive project for 7 ½ weeks, whereas the NSL studentscompleted a series of small scale problem-solving projects, 2) The SL students worked with thesame members of a team throughout the project, whereas the NSL students worked with differentteam members for each project (teams of four members worked on the SL project, and teams ofthree members completed the NSL projects), and 3) Each SL team worked with a client from thecommunity to solve a real problem (i.e., real-world learning experience), whereas NSL teamssolved a

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering activity. A new 30,000 sq.ft. building was nearingcompletion and two issues were being addressed: an outdoor art piece needed to be placed in frontof the building as per requirements by the university to provide 1\2 percent of the building’sconstruction cost to visible public art work. This was accomplished through the purchase of avibrant sculpture created by Charles McGee, a prominent artist from the Detroit area and shown inFigure 1. As with the artwork placed across campus since the mid 1990s, the McGee sculpturepresented a clear statement that there were definite ties between various disciplines across campus,especially with engineering and art. The visible nature of the art displays made it clear to allentering non art oriented

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Singli Garcia-Otero, Virginia State University; Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

established in 2001 as a traditional program of study,with most of the freshman directly graduated from high school. The program underwent ABETaccreditation during the 2006-2007 academic year for the first time, and the first cohort ofstudents graduated from the program in May 2006.Senior Design was initially a one-semester course with multiple teachers. Each teacher taught adistinct section. Each student selected his own teacher/section. Generally there were 3 or 4sections, each section having only 1 to 3 students. One problem with this initial structure wasthat the sections were very non-uniform. Another problem was that the class focused almostexclusively on building a working prototype, and neglected the overall process of design(especially soft

Conference Session

Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

appreciation of the uses and value of money.” 1 Money is easily associated withwork and children begin the understanding process of knowing that their work has value and isrewarded with both knowledge and payment. Parents who instill in their children the knowledgethat work involves both a learning process and an earning process will make their childrenrounded individuals in the working world.“In the very beginning when children are very young money education can begin simply byteaching them to identify various coins. You can then reinforce what money is used for by takingyour children shopping even at an early age and pointing out what is going on.” Many parentsalready present these fundamentals to their young children. It does not require a great

Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

International

data, to help guide the process of shifting from the old tothe new paradigm. The stakeholders should realize the shortcomings and discrepancies of thecurrent systems, be stimulated to debate, and eventually should arrive at scenarios that can beimplemented, to ensure the vitality and currency of engineering education in the Region.IntroductionAchieving change via engineering education reform is a formidable challenge to any college ofengineering, whether in North America or anywhere else in the world! This paper, is a follow upto prior papers (1-6) on engineering education reform in the Arab Region of the Persian Gulf(Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and the Sultanate of Oman)focusing on vital issues that have been

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Udaya Bhanu Prakash Sunku, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

become indispensable for most engineeringprofessionals. In an increasingly competitive global economy, there is expanding product varietyand decreasing product lifetimes.1 Today’s engineering and engineering technology studentswill enter a workplace where CAD is used throughout the development process 2. CAD hasbecome a valuable tool that allows engineers to quickly create and update designs andcommunicate them to others. The ability to use CAD is essential for most engineers today.Most engineers will likely use several versions of CAD programs over their career. This may bedue to the changes in their job, software changes at their company, or general softwareversioning (Pro/Engineer has had eight major versions in the past ten years). For their