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Programming for Engineering Students I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louis Plebani, Lehigh University

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Computers in Education

AC 2008-2623: USING A SCRIPTING LANGUAGE FOR DYNAMICPROGRAMMINGLouis Plebani, Lehigh University Page 13.1325.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Using a Scripting Language for Dynamic ProgrammingAbstractIn this paper we present a simple programming framework that can be used in teachingDynamic Programming at an introductory level. The target audience for the framework isthe student in an introduction to dynamic programming setting who possesses rudimentaryprogramming skills. The framework takes advantage of the late binding features of thePython scripting language to allow students to model their problem with

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Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brenda Hart, University of Louisville; Veronica Hinton-Hudson, University of Louisville

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-2874: ENGINEERING CAREERS: A DAY FOR YOUNG WOMENBrenda Hart, University of Louisville Director of Student Affairs at the J.B. Speed School of Engineering. Her research interests include recruitment and retention programs for females and under-represented minorities as well as activities for first year engineering students.Veronica Hinton-Hudson, University of Louisville Currently an Assistant Professor in the Computer Information Systems Department within the College of Business. Her research interests include Quality Engineering and applied statistics, Production Operations, Systems Analysis, mentoring, and STEM pre-college initiatives and programs

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Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University; Amir Javaheri, Virginia State University; Stephen S. Tompkins, Virgina State University; Keith Williamson, Virginia State University

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Manufacturing

AC 2008-2236: OUTCOME ASSESSMENT PROCESS IN A MANUFACTURINGENGINEERING PROGRAMJahangir Ansari, Virginia State University Jahangir Ansari is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering in the Department of Engineering and Technology at Virginia State University. He received his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1979 and Ph. D. degree in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering in 1983 both from Seoul National University. He joined the faculty at VSU in 2002. He has over 18 years of industrial experience in different areas including shipbuilding and cement plant industries. His research interests include Structural Vibration, FEM, CAD/CAM/CNC, and Computer Integrated

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Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Dolan, University of Wyoming; Ovid Plumb, University of Wyoming

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2008-463: INTERDISCIPLINARY CAPSTONE DESIGN PROGRAM - A CASESTUDYCharles Dolan, University of Wyoming Charles W. Dolan is H. T. Person Professor of Engineering at the University of Wyoming. He has over 20 years of design experience prior to joining the university faculty. He is a fellow in the American Concrete Institute and serves on the ACI 318 Building Code committee.Ovid Plumb, University of Wyoming O. A. "Gus" Plumb served as Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Wyoming for the past eight years. Page 13.786.1© American Society for Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vukica Jovanovic, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mileta Tomovic, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2008-664: A COMPETENCY GAP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE DESIGNEDUCATIONVukica Jovanovic, Purdue University, West Lafayette Vukica Jovanovic began her academic career in 2001 when she graduated at University of Novi Sad, majoring in Industrial Engineering and Management, Minor in Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation. She was working as Graduate Research and Teaching assistant and lectured various courses at departments of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics from 2001 until 2006. She was an active member European organizing committee of student robotic contest Eurobot and chief of Eurobot organizing committee of Serbian student national competition in robotics

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Mechanics and the Internet

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Holdhusen, University of Wisconsin - Marathon County; Christa James-Byrnes, University of Wisconsin - Barboo/Sauk County; Luis Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin - Waukesha

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Mechanics

AC 2008-741: LESSON STUDY FOR A DISTANCE EDUCATION STATICSCOURSEMark Holdhusen, University of Wisconsin - Marathon CountyChrista James-Byrnes, University of Wisconsin - Barboo/Sauk CountyLuis Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin - Waukesha Page 13.847.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Lesson Study for a Distance Education Statics CourseAbstractA lesson study by definition is a process where faculty develop, teach, observe, analyze, andrevise a single lesson for a single class period. The objectives are to understand student learning,create useable lessons, improve teaching, and build knowledge of pedagogy using a manageableunit of analysis. A

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Becker, Montana State University

AC 2008-777: WEAVING A MICROWAVES THREAD THROUGH THECURRICULUMJames Becker, Montana State University Dr. Becker is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Montana State University. His research and teaching interests include microwave circuits, radio frequency electronics and nanoelectronics. He is a 2004 recipient of the NSF CAREER award. Page 13.1393.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Weaving A Microwaves Thread Through The CurriculumAbstractA set of educational materials being spread across the electrical and computer engineeringcurriculum at Montana State

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Influences on Female Interest in Pursuit of STEM Fields

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacquelyn Mobley, Ecology & Environment, Inc.

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2008-134: SURVIVING ENGINEERING: FROM A MINORITY FEMALEPERSPECTIVEJacquelyn Mobley, Ecology & Environment, Inc. Page 13.1125.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Surviving Engineering: From a Minority Female Perspective Jacquelyn R. Mobley, P.E.Abstract – As a practicing female under-represented minority in the field of engineering, I have wonderedwhat I could do to help in the retention and development of minority and women engineering students. Ihave always felt that I represented a unique perspective as one who has lived through the struggle andsurvived. This paper highlights my struggles

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Assessment Issues in Environmental Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debra Reinhart, University of Central Florida

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-175: DEVELOPING A BODY OF KNOWLEDGE FORENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGDebra Reinhart, University of Central Florida Page 13.383.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Developing a Body of Knowledge for Environmental EngineeringIntroductionAt the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE) Board of Trusteesannual meeting in November 2005, a Body of Knowledge Development Working Group(BOKDWG) was created with the following charge: “The Body of Knowledge Development Working Group is charged with defining the BOK needed to enter the practice of environmental engineering at the professional level in the 21st century taking into account other

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Student Learning Techniques & Practices in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-181: THE SCAVENGER HUNT: A TEAM BUILDING EXERCISEMarilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology Marilyn A. Dyrud has taught in the Communication Department of Oregon Institute of Technology since 1983 and regularly teaches courses in technical and business writing, public speaking, rhetoric, and ethics. She is active in ASEE as her campus’s ETD section representative and compiler of the annual “Engineering Technology Education Bibliography.” A past chair of the Pacific Northwest section, she is a regular presenter at annual conferences and a member of the executive committee of the Engineering Ethics Division. She is also active in the Association for Business Communication and

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Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; Ramya Chakinarapu, Texas A&M Corpus Christi

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Instrumentation

AC 2008-283: EXPERIMENTS AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN AMICROCONTROLLER LABORATORYRafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University Dr. Bachnak is Professor of Systems Engineering at Texas A&M International University. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ohio University in 1983, 1984, and 1989, respectively. Prior to joining TAMIU in 2007, Dr. Bachnak was on the faculty of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Northwestern State University, and Franklin University. His experience includes several fellowships with NASA and the US Navy Laboratories and summer employment with Koch Industries. Dr. Bachnak is a registered Professional

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jeffrey J. Heys

Group Projects in Engineering Using a Wiki Jeffrey J. Heys Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287AbstractGroup projects are common in undergraduate engineering course. Wikis are a new medium forgroup projects because they are webpages that are edited using the same software used to viewthe webpage. Advantages include the ability to record changes made by each individual (helpfulfor grading), ability to continuously monitor progress, and a reduced need for face-to-facemeetings for the group members. Projects based on Wikis also introduce new challenges such asthe need for the students to learn another new technology.IntroductionGroup projects are

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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John Adams; Charles Kochakian

1 Inclusion of RFID in a BSEE CurriculumJohn Adams and Charles Kochakian, Merrimack College Department of ElectricalEngineeringAbstractThis paper discusses the evolution of a course in RFID which is now a required part of thecurriculum in Merrimack College’s BSEE program. In 2004 the department identified RFID as animportant emerging technology that would be timely to introduce at the undergraduate level.Initially, the department sponsored two seminar series with sessions taught by industryprofessionals, followed in 2007 with a full course in RFID. Advantages of RFID as a requiredcourse include using it to introduce

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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John Adams; Charles Kochakian

1 Inclusion of RFID in a BSEE CurriculumJohn Adams and Charles Kochakian, Merrimack College Department of ElectricalEngineeringAbstractThis paper discusses the evolution of a course in RFID which is now a required part of thecurriculum in Merrimack College’s BSEE program. In 2004 the department identified RFID as animportant emerging technology that would be timely to introduce at the undergraduate level.Initially, the department sponsored two seminar series with sessions taught by industryprofessionals, followed in 2007 with a full course in RFID. Advantages of RFID as a requiredcourse include using it to introduce

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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John Adams; Charles Kochakian

1 Inclusion of RFID in a BSEE CurriculumJohn Adams and Charles Kochakian, Merrimack College Department of ElectricalEngineeringAbstractThis paper discusses the evolution of a course in RFID which is now a required part of thecurriculum in Merrimack College’s BSEE program. In 2004 the department identified RFID as animportant emerging technology that would be timely to introduce at the undergraduate level.Initially, the department sponsored two seminar series with sessions taught by industryprofessionals, followed in 2007 with a full course in RFID. Advantages of RFID as a requiredcourse include using it to introduce

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Engineering Ethics IV

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2008-540: MUST ENGINEERING ETHICS PRESUME A SECULARFOUNDATION?Robert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy Page 13.917.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Must Engineering Ethics Presume a Secular Foundation?Abstract Current formulations of engineering ethics presume a strictly secular foundation,despite the strong influence religious perspectives have historically exerted on moralphilosophy, particularly in the West. This paper explores a Christian foundation forengineering ethics, and addresses three principle questions: “Why allow for a non-secular foundation for engineering ethics?” This question is important because diverse sources assert

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Instructional Innovations in AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University; Pallab Dasgupta, Texas A&M University

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Architectural

AC 2008-325: AN ARCHITECTURAL WALKTHROUGH USING 3D GAMEENGINEMohammed Haque, Texas A&M University Dr. Mohammed E. Haque is a professor and holder of the Cecil O. Windsor, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Construction Science at Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas. He has over twenty years of professional experience in analysis, design, and investigation of building, bridges and tunnel structural projects of various city and state governments and private sectors. Dr. Haque is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and members of ASEE, ASCE, and ACI. Dr. Haque received a BSCE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, a MSCE and

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Writing and Portfolios

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne Nichols, Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2008-1113: USING CALIBRATED PEER REVIEW AS A TEACHING TOOLFOR STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY IN ARCHITECTUREAnne Nichols, Texas A&M University Dr. Nichols is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Texas A&M University. She teaches structural analysis, design, and planning at the undergraduate and graduate level. She is a civil engineer with research interests in the structural mechanics and modeling of masonry and cement materials. Page 13.1331.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Using Calibrated Peer Review as a Teaching Tool for Structural

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NAFP Panel Discussion: NASA Administrator's Fellowship Program (NAFP); Panel Discussion and Fellow Presentations

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Alim, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2008-2015: THE NASA ADMINISTRATOR'S FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM(NAFP): BENEFITS TO THE HBCUS/MISMohammad Alim, Alabama A&M University Page 13.1247.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The NASA Administrator’s Fellowship Program (NAFP): Benefits to the HBCUs/MIs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities / Minority Institutions) Mohammad A. Alim,*,1,3 M. D. Aggarwal,2 Benjamin G. Penn,3 and Ashok K. Batra2 1 Department of Electrical Engineering, Alabama A & M University P. O. Box 297, Huntsville, Alabama 35762, U.S.A. 2 Department of Physics, Alabama A

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Hudson V. Jackson; Evelyn A. Ellis

Early and Continuous Exposure to Engineering as a Profession: Career Imprinting in Grades PK-12 Hudson V. Jackson, PhD, P.E and Evelyn A. Ellis, Ed.D United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.AbstractIn recent years, there has been much discussion about declining interest in engineering programsthroughout U.S. colleges and universities. Several possible causes for the decline have been identified andare fodder for debate: (1) PK-12 educational systems are not adequately preparing students tocomprehend the connections among science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) andfuture career opportunities and (2) College engineering curricula need to be more

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Hudson V. Jackson; Evelyn A. Ellis

Early and Continuous Exposure to Engineering as a Profession: Career Imprinting in Grades PK-12 Hudson V. Jackson, PhD, P.E and Evelyn A. Ellis, Ed.D United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.AbstractIn recent years, there has been much discussion about declining interest in engineering programsthroughout U.S. colleges and universities. Several possible causes for the decline have been identified andare fodder for debate: (1) PK-12 educational systems are not adequately preparing students tocomprehend the connections among science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) andfuture career opportunities and (2) College engineering curricula need to be more

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Hudson V. Jackson; Evelyn A. Ellis

Early and Continuous Exposure to Engineering as a Profession: Career Imprinting in Grades PK-12 Hudson V. Jackson, PhD, P.E and Evelyn A. Ellis, Ed.D United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.AbstractIn recent years, there has been much discussion about declining interest in engineering programsthroughout U.S. colleges and universities. Several possible causes for the decline have been identified andare fodder for debate: (1) PK-12 educational systems are not adequately preparing students tocomprehend the connections among science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) andfuture career opportunities and (2) College engineering curricula need to be more

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Foster Excellence

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Goang-Shin Liaw, Alabama A&M University; Pabitra Saha, Alabama A&M University; James Foreman, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2008-1145: PREPARING MINORITY ENGINEERING STUDENTS TO PASSTHE FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING EXAMINATIONGoang-Shin Liaw, Alabama A&M University Dr. Goang-Shin Liaw is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Alabama A&M University located in Huntsville, Alabama. He is currently a NASA Administrator’s Fellow, Cohort 10. He has served as Chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering for more than sixteen (16) years and as Interim Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology from 1990 to 1992. Dr. Liaw has been heavily involved in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for many years. He has planned, directed, and executed more than ten research projects at Alabama A&M University

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Survivor: The First Few Years

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University; Ana Elisa Goulart, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2008-252: NEW FACULTY MEETINGS: SURVIVING THE FIRST YEAR OFTHE TENURE TRACK TOGETHERRyan Beasley, Texas A&M University Ryan Beasley is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2006 as a result of his work on the control of surgical robots. His research activities involve designing surgical robots, developing virtual reality tools to enhance image-guided surgery, investigating haptic interfaces, and devising control algorithms for all the above.Ana Elisa Goulart, Texas A&M University Dr. Ana Goulart is an assistant professor in the Telecommunications Engineering Technology program in

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Approaches to Active Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Linsey, Texas A&M University; Austin Talley, University of Texas at Austin; Kristin Wood, University of Texas at Austin; Daniel Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin

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Mechanical Engineering

Fisher, C.A., “Cramming Twenty pounds into a Five-Pound Bag: Increasing Curricular Loads on Design Students and Enjoying it!,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June, 2002.[17] Roselli, R., and Brophy, S., “Effectiveness of Challenge-Based Instruction in Biomechanics,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 95, No. 4, pp. 311-324, 2006.[18] Jensen, D., Wood, J. and Wood, K., “A Design Methodology for Hands-on Classroom Experiences,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June, 2004.[19] Linsey, J., Cobb, B., Jensen, D., Wood, K.L., and Eways, S., "Methodology and Tools for Developing Hands- on Active Learning Activities". in Proceeding of 2006 ASEE Annual

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Novel Courses and Content for ChEs I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen White, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Chemical Engineering

National Teaching Institute and has won a number of institutional and national awards for teaching. Page 13.432.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Development of Kinesthetic Active Exercises for a Transport Phenomena CourseAbstractTeaching techniques that provide hands-on experiences could be useful in helping all learners,but especially kinesthetic learners, to understand conservation of mass, momentum, and energy.Helping kinesthetic learners is of particular interest in engineering since many engineeringstudents are kinesthetic learners. The focus of this work is a required

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BME Courses & Curricular Content

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Cardinal, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

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Biomedical

AC 2008-1276: A CASE-STUDY BASED COURSE ON "DEVICE EVALUATIONAND FDA APPROVAL"Kristen Cardinal, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Page 13.10.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Case-Study Based Course on “Device Evaluation and FDA Approval”AbstractPreclinical evaluation of new devices and therapies is an integral part of research anddevelopment in the medical device industry, and the regulatory process for FDA approval is amajor driving force behind much that goes on in a company setting. A large number ofgraduating biomedical engineers enter this medical device industry or a related environmentupon graduation from our

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Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle Camacho, University of San Diego; Christina Aneshansley, University of San Diego

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2008-1348: APPLYING "CULTURAL CONSENSUS ANALYSIS" TO ASUBGROUP OF ENGINEERING EDUCATORSSusan Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. She is currently Professor and Coordinator of Electrical Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her teaching and research interests include electronics, optoelectronics, materials science, first year engineering courses, as well as feminist and liberative pedagogies. Dr. Lord served as General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education Conference. She has been awarded an NSF CAREER and ILI grants. She is currently working on a collaborative NSF-funded Gender in

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Capstone Design II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Conrad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; William Heybruck, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Frank Skinner, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Linda Thurman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

Park, North Carolina; and at BPM Technology in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Conrad is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He is also a member of ASEE, Eta Kappa Nu, the Project Management Institute, and the IEEE Computer Society. He is the author of numerous books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers in the areas of robotics, parallel processing, artificial intelligence, and engineering education.William Heybruck, University of North Carolina at Charlotte William Heybruck received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2001. Prior to becoming the Director of the UNC

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Student Learning Techniques & Practices in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Jodi Sutton, HCC; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-1468: THE TOOTHPICK FACTORY: A SIMULATION GAME FOR THESOFT SKILLSMarilyn Barger, University of South Florida MARILYN BARGER is the Principle Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Center for Manufacturing Education funded by NSF and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa Florida. She earned a B.A. in Chemistry at Agnes Scott College, and both a B.S. in Engineering Science and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Environmental) from the University of South Florida, where her research focused on membrane separations. She has over 20 years of experience in developing curriculum for engineering and engineering technology for elementary, middle, high