Conference Session

Mobile Robots in Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Reed, Louisiana Tech University; Taylor Creekbaum, Louisiana Tech University; Matthew Elliott, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Davis Harbour, Louisiana Tech University

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Computers in Education

AC 2008-2360: UTILIZING ROBOTICS TO FACILITATE PROJECT-BASEDLEARNING: A STUDENT PERSPECTIVEAnthony Reed, Louisiana Tech University Anthony Reed is a sophomore at Louisiana Tech University majoring in biomedical engineering. He graduated from a residential high school in Louisiana and plans to pursue a career in medicine after graduating.Taylor Creekbaum, Louisiana Tech University Taylor Creekbaum is a sophomore at Louisiana Tech University majoring in biomedical engineering. He graduated from the same residential high school as Anthony Reed, and he has a special interest in computer applications.Matthew Elliott, Louisiana Tech University Matthew Elliott is a freshman at Louisiana Tech

Conference Session

Applications of Engineering Economy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Kelley, Baylor University; Robert Doty, Baylor University; Bill booth, Baylor University; Cynthia Fry, Baylor University

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Engineering Economy

assurance for career success, as a combination of professional skills is needed.4Successful careers require an understanding of how a business functions and familiarity withcontemporary issues in a global and societal context.5 A variety of innovative and successfulapproaches have been used to expose students to global issues. Selected engineering standardsare used to lead into global manufacturing.6 The Engineering Projects in Community Service(EPICS) has a international component.7 A multi institution, multi country initiative seeks topromote international cooperation and generate new partnerships.8 Although engineeringstudents traditionally have elected not to study abroad, new international programs andrecruiters’ expectations are leading more

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

professionally as a result of the REU Bonds Experience.” This statement yielded anaverage response on the Likert scale of 4.6 ± 0.75 while the statement “I am well informed about researchenvironments and career options,” earned a 4.15 ± 0.81 indicating that the participants overwhelmingly agreed thatthis program had a positive impact on their professional skills and perceptions. To further explore the role of thecourse, the participants were asked, “How satisfied have you been with how the class interfaced with your researchexperience?” which yielded an average response of 3.55 ± 1.10. This number is slightly lower with a large standarddeviation indicating that opinions were quite diverse regarding the course attributes. This has been targeted as anarea

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Naumov, Purdue University Calumet; William Obermeyer, Purdue University Calumet; Rahul Singhal, Purdue University Calumet; Eduardo Garcia, Purdue University Calumet; Nasser Houshangi, Purdue University Calumet

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

a validation engineer. Contact him at naumov82@gmail.com.William Obermeyer, Purdue University Calumet William J. Obermeyer is an undergraduate computer science student at Purdue University Calumet and anticipates graduating with highest distinction in May 2008 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science, Associates of Arts in History, and minor in applied mathematics. He intends on obtaining a graduate degree in mathematics from Purdue University – Calumet to pursue his passions of education with a career in academia. Additionally, William has over ten years software development and engineering experience. Contact him at obermeyer@calumet.purdue.edu.Rahul Singhal, Purdue

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed El-Sayed, Kettering University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho

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Design in Engineering Education

between the students’ state at the courseentry and the desired program outcomes can be achieved. This paper addresses the naturalintegration of a capstone course with its educational program from a logical perspective. Thisperspective goes beyond providing the "finishing touch" and mere “demonstration” to activelypursue the profile of an expert in the field as the logical outcome for the course and the program.IntroductionCapstone courses and experiences are the “culminating experiences in which students synthesizesubject-matter knowledge they have acquired, integrate cross-disciplinary knowledge, andconnect theory and application in preparation for entry into a career.1 Capstone courses areusually taken last in the sequence of courses at the end

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lyubov Kurkalova, North Carolina A&T State University; Keith Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephen Johnston, North Carolina A&T State University

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Graduate Studies

to numerous reports ofthe need for engineering graduates with strong technical skills as well as a broader education,and (3) to emphasize to students that energy and environmental technology decisions are drivenby economic considerations.The two course sequence EES 810 (Theory and Practice of Energy and EnvironmentalEconomic Policy Analysis) and EES 811 (Application of Energy and Environmental EconomicPolicy Analysis) are the starting point for the thread of economic analysis that runs throughoutthe EES course of study. This part of the EES curriculum is designed to provide students withsome basic economic analysis tools that can be used throughout their career to analyze energyand environmental technologies not just in terms of technology

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

State University developed a curriculum that providesstudents with balanced coverage of ABET and the University core requirements. The programoutcomes have been adopted considering the University and school mission, program objectives,(a) through (k) defined by Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), andspecific outcomes for manufacturing engineering as defined by the Society of ManufacturingEngineering (SME).Our MANE program focuses on the areas of automation, quality, manufacturing process,engineering analysis and manufacturing design to prepare students for successful careers inmanufacturing engineering and allied professions. This paper presents a brief description of themajor components of our assessment that fulfill the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Rohlfing, Arizona State University; Erin Kube, Arizona State University; Brandon Yabko, Arizona State University; Erika Murguia, Arizona State University; Jennifer Bekki, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Bianca Bernstein, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

ofgraduate school completion1 In the physical sciences and engineering, attrition is most commonwithin the first three years2,3. While women represent 22% of the doctoral students inengineering, they receive only 17% of the doctorates; the dropout rate for women is roughlytwice that of male PhD students in the same fields4,5. Additionally, even women who persistthrough their doctoral program remain unlikely to actually embark on a career in science orengineering; 36.5% of women with degrees in science, compared to 27.4% of men, never beginscience careers5.The purpose of CareerWISE, an NSF-funded research program, is to improve the retention offemale STEM doctoral students (and, indirectly, the likelihood of their entry into STEM-relatedcareers

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: Using Case Studies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Ethics

programs has recognized this need. As a result the EngineeringAccreditation Commission (EAC) and Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of ABET,Inc.1 has mandated that undergraduate engineering curricula include the study of ethics. This is aprecautionary approach requiring students to think in ethical terms at all times and not just whenthings go wrong. It could be viewed as defensive ethics by training students how to respond to Page 14.1182.2possible events and anticipate the consequences of their actions. Many ethical lessons areunfortunately learned during an engineer's career only after some unforeseen consequence orunnoticed flaw. The

Conference Session

Modeling Student Data

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Michigan State University. He earned his M.S. degree in pavement engineering in 1988 from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and his Ph.D. in pavement and materials engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, in 1995. Dr. Buch began his academic career at Michigan State University in 1996. Dr. Buch teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in concrete materials and pavement engineering. He is also involved in teaching short courses on pavement design and rehabilitation and pavement materials for practicing engineers in Michigan. He is a co-PI on two National Science Foundation grants in the areas of integration of computation in engineering curricula and in the area of

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jan Machotka, University of South Australia; Zorica Nedic, University of South Australia; Andrew Nafalski, University of South Australia; Ozdemir Gol, University of South Australia

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-1171: A REMOTE LABORATORY FOR COLLABORATIVEEXPERIMENTSJan Machotka, University of South Australia Jan Machotka is an electrical engineering graduate of the Czech Technical University in Prague. He spent more than 10 years working as a professional consultant in industry in Czechoslovakia and abroad. He started his academic career 20 years ago at the South Australian Institute of Technology. He is currently a Programme Director for undergraduate, postgraduate and transnational students at the University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. He is also responsible for final year students’ projects for four engineering streams in the School of Electrical and Information Engineering

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zorica Nedic, University of South Australia; Andrew Nafalski, University of South Australia; Ozdemir Gol, University of South Australia; Jan Machotka, University of South Australia

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Electrical and Computer

Nafalski, University of South Australia Andrew Nafalski's career spans several decades in academic and research institutions in Poland, Austria, the UK, Germany, France, Japan and Australia. He holds BEng(Hons), GradDipEd, MEng, PhD and DSc degrees. He is Chartered Professional Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK), Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (USA) and Honorary Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society. He is currently a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of South Australia in Adelaide and Professor of Information Technology and

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahmoud Alahmad, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jamie Tills, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Steven Swanson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Architectural

workshops is to bring together AE students, electrical apprentices, andindustry professionals to facilitate learning based on proven methods supported byresearch. This entails exposing students to careers and practices in the electricalconstruction industry. By doing so, students will be influenced to design electricalsystems that better meet the needs of electrical contractors. Not only will this projectbenefit students, it will also introduce the electrical construction industry to theunderlying fundamental design principles used by AE students. This project willpromote the development of practical and code-related learning modules expected to bedistributed by NECA and other construction and training organizations.Section two will provide details

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego; Lal Tummala, San Diego State University

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Engineering Technology

years of industrial and academic experience encompassing engineering and environmental consulting, research and development, and technology development. Career experience includes teaching at the University level, conducting fundamental research, and developing continuing educational courses.Howard Evans, National University, San Diego Dr. Howard Evans was appointed founding Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology, National University, in October, 2003. He received B.S. degrees in Physics and Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Science from the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Evans has over 20 years of executive and

Conference Session

Engineering and Mathematics Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Athanasios Tsalatsanis, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, University of South Florida; Autar Kaw, University of South Florida

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Mathematics

-30: Between 21 and 30 hours outside the school >30: More than 30 hours If the student has been Yes 5 Trnsf transferred from another No institution If the student has made a Yes 6 Crch career change No The number of semesters <4

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University

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Information Systems

is designed for students who seek to develop their problem-solving andanalytical skills. Degree candidates in engineering, mathematics and science, as well as workingprofessionals who wish to advance their careers or gain certification are attracted by the depth ofthis curriculum. The CCNA Exploration curriculum is designed to be integrated into varioustechnology curricula or programs offered at postsecondary institutions such as technical schools,colleges, and universities. In this paper the content of classical networking textbooks, includingwell established reference books1, 2, 3, are reviewed for the purpose of developing an effectivenetworking curriculum. Various objectives of the Cisco networking academy, which is a set ofwell

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Ted Lee, University of Southern California

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Chemical Engineering

, with highest scores in the areas of data analyses and interpretationwith a mean score of 3.4. We correlated the laboratory rubric score with grades in the courseaccompanying each degree project element for which the rubric was utilized and found highlypositive correlations (r = .66, p 0.70 indicates reliable measure),trouble shooting confidence (α = 0.84), career encouragement (α = 0.71), career exploration (α= 0.72), satisfaction with college, (α = 0.78), and course anxiety (α = 0.78). Reliability statisticsfor each of the subscales were obtained by computing inter-item correlations. Page 14.24.10

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics V

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Oliver, University of Toledo

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Engineering Ethics

SeniorEngineer/Scientist. In early 1997, Branch left Lockheed Martin for his new career at McDonnellDouglas. Later that year, McDonnell Douglas and Boeing merged to form The BoeingCompany.26 Shortly after Branch left Lockheed Martin, a fellow employee reported seeing him withproprietary Lockheed Martin documents, prompting an internal investigation. The investigatorreported that Branch did not have any proprietary Lockheed Martin papers.27 Boeing was pleased in late 1998 when the first round of EELV contracts was awarded bythe Air Force. It was generally thought that Lockheed Martin was a superior rocket builder.Evidently, Boeing’s lower prices helped Boeing to win 19 of those first 28 EELV rockets.28 Again, in June of 1999, a Boeing

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1996 Annual Conference

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Dr. John W. Nazemetz; Dr. John B. Solie; Dr. David R. Thompson

Experience in Solving Open-Ended Problems Introduce the Student to the Ethical Considerations in Design Assisting the Student in making Career Decisions The committee developed a possible course syllabus based upon a two credit hour course that wouldhold a one hour lecture and a two hour lab each week. Key concepts for the course included the design andconstruction and physical display (testing) of the solution to a semester long design project. Of the fifteenweeks of instruction, nine lectures and eight labs focused upon CAD and the remaining classes (five lectures,seven labs and a midterm) were used in pursuit of the design project. The faculty assigned to teach the classwere to meet the spirit of

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynita Newswander, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

engineering. She has an NSF CAREER and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award for this work. Page 14.683.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 IGERT Funding and the Institutionalization of Interdisciplinary Graduate EducationAbstract Interdisciplinary graduate education is key to the preparation of tomorrow’s engineers,researchers and faculty. The U.S. National Science Foundation’s Integrative Graduate EducationResearch Traineeships (IGERTs) provide funding to train students in interdisciplinary scienceand engineering

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Burkett, University of Alabama; Charles Snead, University of Alabama

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Electrical and Computer

important in today’s competitive environment.The goal of the laboratory was to exercise and enhance the creative process in lower level ECEstudents. This trait, creativity, is considered to impact globalization1 yet most engineeringprograms do not emphasize this skill. Globalization is stressed as a critical issue for the successof future STEM professionals in The Engineer of 20202 and Educating the Engineer of 2020.3 Adisadvantage in de-emphasizing creativity is that functionality may dominate the design processwith little regard to visual considerations.1 Project objectives include: 1) Making ECE more appealing to students early in their academic career

Conference Session

“And Other Duties as Assigned”

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University

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Engineering Libraries

) Research center support (Regenstrief center) Page 14.862.12 Meebo/Qwidget reference Data archiving (staffed when open; 56; 68* hours/week) New professors open house Patent training seminar (4/sem.) Career seminar* First and last 3 weeks of semester¹As of June 26, 2008 - SFX²As of June 26, 2008 – Engineering Standards Database

Conference Session

Getting Started: Objectives, Rubrics, Evaluations, and Assessment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Mia Markey, University of Texas, Austin; Wonsoon Park, University of Texas, Austin

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New Engineering Educators

member to either have this skill set or to be willing to work for it?In this paper, we offer our experiences and advice for new faculty as they begin the process ofanalyzing instruction. We caution that educational research is time consuming and that one needsto thoughtfully reconcile if it is worthwhile and if it is the right time in your career to take onsuch endeavors. We will share what we’ve learned in this process and warn you of the error ofour ways. This paper is not meant to be an exhaustive explanation of the techniques and tools forscientific inquiry of education, but rather it provides a practical look at how and why to conductsystematic studies on instruction.A basic definition states, “Educational research is the application of the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Nelson, Mississippi State University; Byron Williams, Mississippi State University; Gary Butler, Mississippi State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2009-239: A MODEL FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION:MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITYGerald Nelson, Mississippi State University Gerald Nelson, an industrial engineering graduate (1974) with an MBA (1985) from Mississippi State University, began his career with a co-op experience at Rockwell International. Nelson worked five semesters with Rockwell before joining them full time after graduation as a Project Engineer and Program Manager. Nelson’s career includes former positions as Plant Manager, Trinity Industries; President and Chief Operating Officer of the Wear Resistance Group of Thermadyne Industries, Inc.; Executive Vice President of Operations, Viasystems Group, Inc.; and Chief

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Grandin, University of Rhode Island

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International

target Page 11.1016.2language, with the expectation that they return home for year five fully proficient in their secondlanguage and with substantial cross-cultural communication skills. Students complete their twodegrees in the fifth year at URI, with the expectation of then finding employment with a firmactively engaged in global activities. Indeed, the placement rate for IEP graduates is extremelyhigh, with the great majority employed by firms working globally and many students joining thecompanies with which they interned. Most graduates are based in the U.S. but each year a fewlaunch their careers in positions abroad.Now in its nineteenth

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; David Wormley, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 11.3.2taken to implement the change, typically curricular or pedagogical innovation, the current statusof the change, and the lessons that we learned in the process. At the close of the article, wediscuss the major challenge facing all of engineering education at this time, which is how tobetter prepare our students to succeed in a marketplace being transformed by globalization.The Beginning: ECSELA 15 year period of sustained effort to renew and enhance undergraduate engineering educationat Penn State began with the creation of the team that eventually became the ECSEL Coalition.The team was formed by the Deans of the seven coalition partners, many of whom had workedtogether over the course of their careers, including John Brighton of

Conference Session

Improving ME instructional laboratories

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Chastain, Clemson University; Harvin Smith, Clemson University; Mason Morehead, Clemson University; David Moline, Clemson University; John Wagner, Clemson University

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Mechanical Engineering

(TAs) are responsible for two three hour sections. Mechanical engineering students completingthe program at Clemson indicate that the top three near-term professional career plans are topursue (in descending order) design positions, manufacturing positions, and graduate schoolopportunities7. The senior level laboratory should satisfy three key items: (i) accepted ABET(Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) syllabus, (ii) general learning goalscollectively established by the faculty, and (iii) student career needs. Consequently, studentsshould learn how to use common instrumentation, sensors, actuators, and data acquisitionsystems that complement analytical and numerical solutions to investigate engineering problems.Although the

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alison Tramba, University of Virginia; Edmund Russell, University of Virginia; P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia

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Engineering and Public Policy

2006-1046: PUBLIC POLICY AND ENGINEERING DESIGN: A CREATIVEPARTNERSHIP IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAlison Tramba, University of Virginia Alison Tramba is an undergraduate student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. She plans to graduate in May, 2007, with a double major in Systems Engineering and American Studies. An internship in Washington, DC, research at UVA, and participation in interdisciplinary projects with the School of Architecture have motivated her to pursue a career in policy regarding housing and infrastructure provisions. Alison is also a two-term representative to the university's Honor Committee.Edmund Russell, University of Virginia

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

activities has numerous benefits tothe education and professional development of students. In particular, Seymour et al.1 did anexhaustive study to document the outcomes of summer research experiences for students inscience, math, and engineering fields. The benefits of undergraduate research were grouped intosix main areas: personal/professional; thinking and working like a scientist; skills; refiningcareer/educational paths; enhanced career/graduate school preparation; and changed attitudestoward learning and working as a researcher. Some of these beneficial outcomes may bedifficult to achieve in traditional coursework that comprises the bulk of most engineeringcurricula.Within environmental engineering and other fields, most of the research in

Conference Session

Design Projects in Wind and Solar Energy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Billy Hill, Rowan University; Ryan McDevitt, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

while setting up different size wind datacollection towers. These skills are invaluable when it comes to entering into a career, whetherthe career be engineering or some other profession.III. Project DescriptionDetermining feasibility of wind power requires the erection of tall masts outfitted withanemometers, wind vanes and data loggers in order to collect data on wind speed and direction.The data collected aloft is sent down to a data logger at ground level and stored there untilcollection of the data was required. But before this could be done, specific procedures had to betaken to raise these 20 and 30 meter towers. Before beginning erection of towers, a suitablelocation for the tower had to be established. Each site was looked at and