Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Dupuis, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Benjamin Thompson, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Lawrence Bank, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John Herridge, Autodesk

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Architectural

(a) (b)Figure 1. (a) Case Study Building (b) Revit Model of BuildingSix student Revit homeworks were assigned, each dealing with a different aspect of Revit. Foreach assignment the instructor would post a Revit “start-file” for the model so that all studentsstarted each week from the same point. This simplified the grading, as students were not using Page 13.589.6their own previous model, which may have contained unique flaws, which could then propagatethrough subsequent assignments. This allowed the instructors to independently gage eachassignment and eliminated cumulative errors by students.The order of

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger Hadgraft, The University of Melbourne

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Computers in Education

Profession Formerly Known as Engineering. Chronicle of Higher Education 2003.8 Armstrong RC. A Vision of the Chemical Engineering Curriculum of the Future. MIT, 2005.9 King CJ. Engineers Should Have a College Education. CSHE-8-06 edn: Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2006.10 Atherton JS. Doceo: Competence, Proficiency and beyond. 2003.11 Boyd D. Friends, Friendsters, and MySpace Top 8: Writing Community Into Being on Social Network Sites. First Monday 2006 Dec 2006; 11.12 Shuell TJ. Cognitive Conceptions of Learning. Review of Educational Research 1986; 56: 411-436.13 Koen B. Discussion of the Method: Oxford University Press, 2003.14 Engineers Australia. Guide to Assessment of Eligibility for Membership (Stage 1 Competency). 2004.15

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Alex Friess; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University

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International

implementing different programs totarget that goal. The most common initiatives were identified in a previous manuscript6 and theyare categorized and summarized as follows:1. Education a. Accreditation and quality assurance workshops b. Study abroad programs: i. Undergraduate education abroad (semester or year long experience studying in a foreign country) ii. Graduate education abroad (semester or year long experience studying and doing research in a foreign country) iii. Embedded education abroad (undergraduate or graduate course with a brief international experience embedded. Usually one or two weeks of the course work is done abroad

Conference Session

Mechanics of Materials

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vince Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering; William Howard, East Carolina University

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Mechanical Engineering

importance of boundary conditions leads them to an incorrectprescription of the beam fixity conditions.Simply-Supported Point Loaded BeamIn the first problem, a simply-supported beam of rectangular cross-section is point loadedat some arbitrary point along its length as shown in Figure 1. P Y a L-a h X b Figure 1: Simply supported beam. P = 10, 000 lb , L = 100 in , a = 75 in , b = 3 in , and h = 8 inWhile, in general, a finite element analysis will more accurately predict deflections than,say, internal stresses, this problem

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Crismond, The City College of New York

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

reasoning is critical for students to noticeflaws in their designs, change them and so improve the quality of their final products through theprocess of iterative design. Teaching students diagnostic reasoning in the context of doing Page 13.1259.2technological or engineering design can become an authentic context in K-12 settings for: (a) Teaching science and engineering science concepts related to how the device works; (b) Using inquiry-like observational skills and the capability to zoom in/zoom out attention when analyzing products; (c) Developing a description of the desired behavior of the planned device; and, (d

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

(Figure 5). Several options are available to the user; thesecan be viewed and changed by clicking the OPTIONS button (Figure 6). And finally, thecontrols of the animation are familiar to any user; they are similar to those of a modern DVDplayer (Figure 7). Figure 6. OPTIONS Menu Figure 7. Controls3. Problem Solving MethodologyFollowing is an example of how a student can use the software.As shown in Figures 8 and 9, the student must solve for the two initial velocity vector angles thatwill cause the bullet to travel from point A to point B, with an initial velocity magnitude of 400m/sec. VELOCITY

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

(Figure 5). Several options are available to the user; thesecan be viewed and changed by clicking the OPTIONS button (Figure 6). And finally, thecontrols of the animation are familiar to any user; they are similar to those of a modern DVDplayer (Figure 7). Figure 6. OPTIONS Menu Figure 7. Controls3. Problem Solving MethodologyFollowing is an example of how a student can use the software.As shown in Figures 8 and 9, the student must solve for the two initial velocity vector angles thatwill cause the bullet to travel from point A to point B, with an initial velocity magnitude of 400m/sec. VELOCITY

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

(Figure 5). Several options are available to the user; thesecan be viewed and changed by clicking the OPTIONS button (Figure 6). And finally, thecontrols of the animation are familiar to any user; they are similar to those of a modern DVDplayer (Figure 7). Figure 6. OPTIONS Menu Figure 7. Controls3. Problem Solving MethodologyFollowing is an example of how a student can use the software.As shown in Figures 8 and 9, the student must solve for the two initial velocity vector angles thatwill cause the bullet to travel from point A to point B, with an initial velocity magnitude of 400m/sec. VELOCITY

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gabriel Alungbe, Morehead State University; Xiaolong Li, Morehead State University; Jason Stepp, Morehead State University; Ahmad Zargari, Morehead State University

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Construction

construction FUNCTION/ROLE: Project Management Cost Management Time Management Quality Management Contract Management Safety Management 2. One of the following: a. An undergraduate (4-year BA/BS level) or graduate degree in construction management, architecture, engineering or construction science. b. A 2-year undergraduate degree (AA/AS level) or certificate in construction management, architecture, engineering or construction science AND 4 years experience in general design/construction. (This experience is in addition to the 48 month CM requirement.) c. No degree/certificate in construction management, architecture

Conference Session

Global Cooperative Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Akins, Georgia Institute of Technology; Debbie D. Gulick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jack Lohmann, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Willingness to serve as ambassadors for the program and as mentors for future studentsEmployers—In order for employers to be a part of the GEIP, they must agree to certainminimal requirements. These are set forth in the following: Be an organization which develops, produces and supports products and services internationally Provide at least 20 engineering internships per year ranging from 12 to 26 weeks Provide an international project in which the student will a) go abroad, and b) interact physically or virtually with people from other cultures and countries outside of the host company culture/country Encourage an internship environment in which students can gain second language capability Appoint a

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Panchul, UTSA; David Akopian, UTSA

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Electrical and Computer

phone. It can be observed that the energyis accumulated on the up-left corner. Low intensity (darker) area corresponds to low energy DCTcoefficients. (a) (b) (c) (d)Figure 5. The compression property of DCT for JPEG imaging format: (a) original image;(b) DCT of the image; (c) half of DCT coefficients is discarded; (d) original imagereconstructedAn example of assignment: 1. Select an image. 2. Perform DCT on it 3. Using Digital Retouching change values of an area of the image into 0.0 4. Perform Inverse DCT 5. Observe that the original image is still identifiable even though a large fraction of coefficients is nullified.5. Developer ScenarioUniversity has a

Conference Session

The Impact of Engineering Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Malady, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Whitney Bopp, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alexa Jones, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Brittany McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kim Norris, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Amy Bell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Women in Engineering

school’s program (teaching, grades, workload, pace) andclimate (competition, lack of support, discouraging faculty and peers). Despite the fact that 45%of leavers had A or B averages in their engineering course work, they were more discouragedwith their grades than stayers. Even women who were performing well academically werediscouraged by their grades—they were displeased with how they obtained their A and B grades.One unique aspect of the WECE study was its inclusion of engineering faculty. Unfortunately,the faculty interviews were focused on: evaluating the women students, their perceptions of theclimate for women students, and their beliefs about WIE support programs. There was nothingabout pedagogical practices on the faculty surveys.Seymour

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Stewart Ross, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Michael Ostendorf, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Scott Cray, Minnesota State University-Mankato

Liu, M., "ThermoNet: A Web-Based Learning Resource for Engineering Thermodynamics," 2000 ASEE Annual Conference (American Society for Engineering Education, 2000).2. Young, V., and Stuart, B., "A Theme Course: Connecting the Plant Trip to the Text Book," Journal of Engineering Education, October, 475-479 (2000).3. Young, V.L. and Stuart, B.J., “The Theme Course: Connecting the Plant Trip to the Text Book,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 89, No. 4 (2000).4. Felder, R.M., Woods, D.R., Stice, J.E., and Rugarcia, A., “The Future of Engineering Education II. Teaching Methods That Work,” Chem. Engr. Education, Vol. 34, No. 1 (2000).5. Anderson, E.E., Sharma, M.P., and Taraban, R., “Application of Active Learning

Conference Session

Professional Skills and the Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; daniel ferguson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Howard, Illinois Institute of Technology; June Ferrill, Rice University; Lisa Getzler-Linn, Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

able to see a much more comprehensive approach to writing an actual“code” and one to which they could then assign measures.The grading score used by Lehigh was somewhat different than that used by IIT. The Codeswere evaluated relative to their own worksheet options (rather than requiring “1 from column Aand 2 from column B”). For example, if a team ended up with four canons that made sense, theygot 40 out of 40 points for that section. The Overarching Standard was worth 10 points, eachcanon was worth 10 points (minimum of 4) and the overall thoroughness and correct assignmentto the 7 Layers of risks/ behaviors identified was worth 10 points. Thus, a team that wrote fourcanons, scored a 9 for their Overarching standard and an 8 for their

Conference Session

Physics Education Research (PER) Relevant for Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chandralekha Singh, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

have with questionsrelated to the force on a charged particle in an external magnetic field:Question (4): A particle with charge +q and speed v enters a region with uniform magnetic fieldof magnitude B pointed opposite to the direction of the particle's initial velocity as shown below.How will the motion of the particle be affected as it moves through this region? Page 13.718.9In response to the question (4) above, students performed significantly better on the post-testcompared to pre-test. The most common incorrect response to question (4) was option (c)followed by options (d) and (e). Interviewed students were asked such questions in the context ofa lecture-demonstration related to the effect of bringing a powerful bar

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 2

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristyn Jackson, Stanford University; Tori Bailey, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen Chen, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

or corrections? Please verify the following information about your plans following the completion of your undergraduate degree. P1 Plans for after graduation: P2 How have your plans changed since you have been at the school? P3 Other than going to graduate school, what other options did you consider after graduating from college? P4 Please describe those in more detail. a Graduate School: b Working: c Other: Please tell us about how you chose your dual degree master’s program. M1 How did you search for graduate school

Conference Session

Learning about Electric Energy Conversion

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. El-Hawaray, M.E. (2002). Principles of Electric Machines with Power Electronic Applications. IEEE Press. Piscataway, NJ.4. Kissell, T.E. (1997) Industrial Electronics. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, NJ.5. Cleaveland, P. (2007). AC Adjustable Speed Drives. Control Engineering. 54 (11) 73. Page 13.1341.8 Appendix A Variable frequency operation of an induction motor OBJECTIVEAfter conducting this experiment, the student should be able to: a. Describe the relationship between motor speed and applied frequency b. Describe the relationship between applied

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University; Jay Laird, Metaversal Studios; Lisa Regalla, Museum of Science Boston; Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Ahmed Busnaina, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

dominant force, causing Harold to plummet to the floor.In World 1, players also learn about the effects of surface area on adhesion and can crawl toincrease contact with the surface and thus, increase adhesion. In addition, Harold can takeadvantage of the water “power-up” item, which is found scattered through the levels, totemporarily increase his adhesion. Finally, Harold can lure enemies onto rough surfaces, whichdecreases adhesion, making it easier for enemies (or Harold) to be pulled off the ceiling and fall. Figure 2 a & b: Depictions of Harold, as Geckoman, evading enemy assault in Worlds 2 and 3In World 2 – a puddle on the laboratory floor shown in Fig.2a, Harold is still at the nanoscale

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jakob Bruhl, United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky; Elizabeth Bristow, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

30 Number of Cadets 25 20 15 10 5 0 F D C- C C+ B- B B+ A- A A+ Figure 1 Comparison of Grade Distributions on Mid-Term ExamsA critical question to answer concerning the increase in performance was “did those studentswho used Video AI in their preparation for the exam

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thorsten Wagener, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Civil Engineering

infiltration theorySmall-scale Spill/Infiltration Understand and be able to University Park, Pennsylvania apply a simple infiltration algorithm, calculation of fluxes in the unsaturated and saturated soil zonesLand Development (Fig. 3(b)) Understand and be able to Central Pennsylvania calculate watershed runoff using the curve number method, the unit hydrograph and a simple channel/reservoir routing schemeDesign Flood for Control Understand

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Chalmers, United States Military Academy; Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

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New Engineering Educators

clearlydemonstrated a failure to grasp and apply the course material. But did a cadet fail if theyachieved a C- or a B- for a grade? We devised a numerical method to clearly delineate whatclassified a failing performance. At the author’s request, the Dean’s Office tabulated eachstudent’s grades for all of their courses while at the academy in numerical format. We thenconducted a quick statistical analysis with a normal distribution to determine the mean (GPA) ofeach cadet’s grades and then found one standard deviation. The standard deviation in thenegative tail of the normal distribution provided the metric to determine failure for each student.If a student’s final grade in our course fell within that negative tail, or below one standarddeviation from their

Conference Session

Innovations to Curriculum and Program

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

teaching: an investigation at one U.S. medical school. Academic Medicine. 78(11):1191–200.10. Downey, G.L., J.C. Lucena, B.M. Moskal, R. Parkhurst, T. Bigley, C. Hays, B. K. Jesiek, L.Kelly, J. Miller, S. Ruff, J. L. Lehr, and A. Nichols-Belo. 2006. The Globally Competent Engineer: Working Effectively with People Who Define Problems Differently. Journal of Engineering Education. 95(2): 107-122.11. Durocher, D.O. 2007. Teaching sensitivity to cultural difference in the first-year foreign language classroom. Foreign Language Annals 40 (1): 143-160.12. Fuertes, J.N, M.L. Miville, J.J. Mohr, W.E. Sedlacek, D. Gretchen. 2000. Factor structure and short form of the Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale. Measurement

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Demei Shen, University of Missouri; David Jonassen, University of Missouri; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

analyzes and resolves the assessment case, students needto identify the perspectives of stakeholders, apply various ethical theories and ethical canons tothe case, generate alternative solutions, and make a personal decision. A rubric (Appendix B)was used to assess their problem solving performance on the case analysis essay. The maximumscore is 20.Independent Variables Independent variables in the present study include students’ use of one of the twodifferent CFH environments, and students’ epistemological development scores.Measures of Epistemological development Epistemological development was measured with the Learning Environment Preferences(LEP) instrument39. The LEP is an objective measure for the Perry scheme of

Conference Session

Electromechanical Curricula

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, Alfred State College; David Hunt, State University of New York, Alfred

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Engineering Technology

Biomedical Engineering Laboratories”, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, July-Aug. 2003, pp. 101-110.3. B. Ray, “An Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Course for Electronics Engineering Technology Students”, Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, June 22-25, 2003.4. N. Ertugrul, “Towards Virtual Laboratories: A survey of LabVIEW-based Teaching/Learning Tools and Future Trends”, Int. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 16, no. 3, 2000, pp. 171-180.5. T Schwarts and B Dunkin, “Facilitating Interdisciplinary Hands-on learning using LabVIEW”, Int. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 16, no. 3, 2000, pp. 218-227.6. A. Buckman, “A course in Computer-Based Instrumentation: Learning LabVIEW with Case Studies”, Int. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 16

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

understand this leap it is necessary to derive the irreversible bimolecular-type second order reaction2performance equation: Starting with the generic second order reaction: A + B → products (1.1) The corresponding rate equation is as follows2: dC A dC B (1.2)  rA     k tot C AC B dt dt It is possible to follow the derivation of this equation in Chemical Reaction Engineering, byOctave Levenspiel in Chapter 3. The following is the end result of the derivations

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

understand this leap it is necessary to derive the irreversible bimolecular-type second order reaction2performance equation: Starting with the generic second order reaction: A + B → products (1.1) The corresponding rate equation is as follows2: dC A dC B (1.2)  rA     k tot C AC B dt dt It is possible to follow the derivation of this equation in Chemical Reaction Engineering, byOctave Levenspiel in Chapter 3. The following is the end result of the derivations

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

understand this leap it is necessary to derive the irreversible bimolecular-type second order reaction2performance equation: Starting with the generic second order reaction: A + B → products (1.1) The corresponding rate equation is as follows2: dC A dC B (1.2)  rA     k tot C AC B dt dt It is possible to follow the derivation of this equation in Chemical Reaction Engineering, byOctave Levenspiel in Chapter 3. The following is the end result of the derivations

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Buechler, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Development of an Undergraduate Distance Learning Engineering Degree for Industry—A University/Industry Collaboration,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 87, No. 3, 1998, pp. 277–282. 10. T. Eppes, P. Schuyler, T. Oruganti, “Pilot Test Results of a New Distance Laboratory Platform” Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference 11. M. Soma, B. Ngo, J. Yan, R. Christie, and E. Riskin, “Hands-on Circuit Design and Test Laboratory for Distance Learning in Electrical Engineering,” Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference Page 13.148.6

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Whittington, Purdue University Calumet; Kim Nankivell, Purdue University Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University Calumet

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Engineering Design Graphics

skillsThe importance of soft skills can be seen in the Technology Accreditation Criteria for theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. TAC/ABET Criterion 2 lists the elevenareas of expertise a graduate must possess upon program completion, known as the “a-k”criterion. Under this standard, an engineering technology program must demonstrate that graduateshave: a. an appropriate mastery of the knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of their disciplines, b. an ability to apply current knowledge and adapt to emerging applications of mathematics, science, engineering and technology, c. an ability to conduct, analyze and interpret experiments and apply experimental results to improve processes

Conference Session

Gender & Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Christensen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Willard Nott, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Douglas Edwards, Westlake High School; Leann Yoder, Jets, Inc.; Christina Ho, Engineers Without Borders; Shannon Flanagan, Engineers Without Borders; Stephanie Hurd, JETS, Inc.; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Cathy Leslie, Engineers Without Borders; Samuel Graham, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, D., and B. Gallant, "Providing engineering students a global perspective through a project for developing communities - lessons learned at the University of Hartford", ASEE Annual Conference and Expo, Chicago, IL: ASEE, 2006.[20] Polito, C., and R. Husfeld, "Lessons learned from an international service learning project", ASEE Annual Conference and Expo, Portland, OR: ASEE, 2005.[21] Thomas, E., A. Azman, R. Sandekian, and B. Amadei, "Engineering education through service learning: Page 13.1073.13 two case studies", ASEE Annual Conference and Expo, Chicago, IL: ASEE, 2006.[22] Bielefeldt, A