Conference Session

Professional Issues in Civil Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E James Nelson, Brigham Young University; Gus Williams, Brigham Young University; Paul Richards, Brigham Young University; Grant Schultz, Brigham Young University; Travis Wight, Brigham Young University; Jeff Armstrong, Armstrong Forensic

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Civil Engineering

address the perceived shortcomings. This reasoning wasincluded in many of the comments but is best presented by the following received from anacademic leader: “I support the bachelor's plus 30 hours but I do not support meeting that by trying to offer more master's degrees. There are perfectly good engineers who have bachelor's training and should become registered but are, for whatever reason, not suitable candidates for master's programs. We are trying to increase our master's numbers because we are currently turning away qualified applicants, not because we are gearing up to meet B+30 demands. My primary concern as this discussion has progressed is that we will lower the standards for obtaining a

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Sutherland, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

) coordinate pairs can be similarly defined. For the planar four-bar, with each body-fixed coordinate system x-axis lined up with a line connecting each body’s revolute joints, themoving link is will be either 0 (i=3,5,7) or (i=2,4,6). If the fixed link d is horizontal as shownand its coordinate system is chosen to be coincident with the absolute coordinate system, whichlocated at the ground-crank revolute joint, then 1 = 8 = 0. The is define the absolute angle ofrotation of each moving link. If the mass center of each link is also at the link mid-point, thenr1=0, r2=r3=a/2, r4=r5=b/2, r6=r7=c/2 and r8=d. Applying Newton’s Second Law in 2-D form to body 2 yields k3•(x6-x5) – k2•(x4-x3) = m2•X2 k3•(y6-y5) – k2•(y4-y3) = m2•Y2

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Recruiting, Retention, Enrichment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

Future. Second Edition. American Society of Civil Engineers. www.asce.org5. Anderson, N.R. and M.A. West. 1998. Measuring climate for work group innovation: development and validation of the team climate inventory. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 19, 235-258.6. Armstrong, S.J. 2000. The influence of individual cognitive style on performance in management education. Educational Psychology. 20 (3), 323-339.7. Aritzeta A, Senior B, Swailes S. 2005. Team role preference and cognitive styles - A convergent validity study. Small Group Research. 36 (4), 404-436.8. Aronson, Z.H., R.R. Reilly, and G.S. Lynn. 2006. The impact of leader personality on new product development teamwork and performance: The moderating role of uncertainty

Conference Session

International Study Abroad Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E James Nelson, Brigham Young University; Rollin Hotchkiss, Brigham Young University; Lourdes Manley, Brigham Young University; Oscar Dzul, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas; Joshua Draper, Brigham Young University

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International

its participants.References Page 14.451.121. F. Hernaut and D. Theis, Research and Engineering Education in a Global Society. Available from:http://w4.siemens.de/FuI/en/archiv/ zeitschrift/ heft1_98/artikel08/index.html.2. [Online] May 2007. Available from: http://www.globalization101.org/Whatis Globalization.html [cited May 14 2:45 pm]3. T. Hedberg, The Role of the Global Engineer: A European view. In D. Weichert, B. Rauhut, and R. Schmidt,editors, Educating the Engineer for the 21st Century. Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Global EngineeringEducation, New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow, 2004. Kluwer Academic Publishers

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Alahmad, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Patrick Wheeler, University of Nebraska, Omaha; Avery Schwer, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Dale Tiller, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Andrea Wilkerson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Joshua Eiden, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Architectural

) (b) Figure 3 – Real-time Monitoring Devices Used in the Study (a) Aztech In-Home Display; (b) Power Cost Monitorb. Phase IIDuring the second phase 500 letters were initially sent to electrical utility customers as aninsert in their bill seeking volunteer participants for the study. The respondents to the letterwere asked to fill out a four question survey to indicate their willingness to participate. Theresearch team set device installation appointments with those interested in participating.During this phase monitors were installed in 13 utility employee residences, 6 research teamhomes, and 20 customer residences. Each installation involved contacting the participant viaphone or email, setting up an

Conference Session

Project-Based Service Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Swan, Tufts University; Mary McCormick, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

the twenty-first centurypractice demanded fundamental changes in the dominant engineering-science paradigm” (17). Inthe 1992 annual report, ABET President John Prados challenged the Board of Directors toconsider radical revision in accreditation philosophy, criteria, and procedures. Thus, EngineeringCriteria 2000 (EC 2000) was developed and was structured similarly to previous criteria, butwith the addition of the engineering “professional” skills. Criterion 3 of EC 2000 lists thefollowing outcomes of engineering education (1): (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright; Paul Skaggs; Richard Fry, Brigham Young University; C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

with activities to helpthem semantically encode the primary principles of innovation, and b) to help them prepare forthe final two innovation activities: a formative ideation project, and a summative capstoneexperience.Both the formative ideation project, and the innovation capstone experience required the studentsto demonstrate how they came to their solutions as a result of using/engaging the principles andprocesses of innovation. The participants were assigned and completed the ideation projectduring the first day of instruction. It provided the participants with the opportunity toimmediately put into action the principles and processes they had experienced in the innovationmini-activities. The ideation project required the participants to

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Enayat Mahajerin, Saginaw Valley State University; Anca Sala, Baker College

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Mechanical Engineering

: F(2), D(0), C+(1), B-(1), B(4), B+(1), A-(2), A(3)The PercentileThe Pth percentile of the overall course grade, G, was evaluated by sorting G from low tohigh. A desired Pth percentile was obtained by (n+1)*P. For n=14 students the 25th, 50thand 70th percentiles were:G = 16.3 56.7 77.7 80.4 82.8 83.1 85.0 85.4 86.8 89.6 89.9 91.3 92.1 92.2For the 25th percentile we selected 0.25*(n+1) =3.75 or roughly 4 observations. Thisvalue corresponds to 80.4. The grades show 10 observations larger than 80.4, and threeobservations smaller than 80.4. The 50th and 70th percentiles were evaluated similarly:50th Percentile=7.5 or roughly 8 observations corresponding to 85.4%. This correspondsto: six grades larger than, and five grades smaller than 85.4

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susana Lai-Yuen, University of South Florida; Kingsley Reeves, University of South Florida

for integrating mechanical engineering concepts,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90(4), 2001, pp. 527-534.5. Jorgensen, J. E., Mescher, A. M., and Fridley, J. L., “Industry collaborative capstone design projects,” International Conference on Engineering Education, August 6-10, 2001, pp. 7B6-12 – 7B6-17.6. Kunst, B. S., and Goldberg, J. R., “Standards education in senior design courses,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, July/August 2003, pp. 114-117.7. National Academy of Engineering, The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century, 2004.8. Prince, M., “Does active learning work? A Review of the research,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 93(3), 2004, pp. 223-231.9

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominic Halsmer, Oral Roberts University; Nate Roman, Oral Roberts University; Tyler Todd, Oral Roberts University

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Design in Engineering Education

example, a recent pronouncement of theNational Academy of Engineering lists “reverse engineering the human brain” as one of thegrand challenges for the next century. The applicability of engineering design principles tonatural systems has been well recognized, but ambitious attempts to further reverse engineersuch complex systems will require the latest advances in design thinking. The recent concept ofdesign affordance readily lends itself to the analysis and understanding of complex naturalsystems that exhibit multiple interactions between subsystems.Traditionally, reverse engineering has been based on the analysis of decomposing engineeredsystems into functional components. Recently, the concept of affordance, or what one systemprovides to a

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Beams, University of Texas, Tyler; Luke Niiler, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

assessment 1; a plan for the incremental implementationof writing skills instruction in Engineering courses 2; an outcomes assessment 3; the use ofwritten workplace materials in Engineering courses 4,5 ; a review of shared assumptions aboutwriting skills among Engineering faculty 6; a multiple-trait scoring guide 7; and the first threeiterations of this longitudinal study 8,9,10. To date, there is no other longitudinal study ofEngineering students’ writing skills on record. Our four years of work therefore begins toaddress this gap in knowledge, and it is hoped that this project will be understood as (a) adescription and analysis of trends observed within a single cohort of subjects; and (b) aninvitation for other researchers to begin contributing

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch

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Mathematics

style and brain hemisphericpreferences (see Appendices A and B for test copies). The tests were given shortly afterintroducing the course and its project-directed concept, and the results were discussed with thestudents, who also received handouts of Linksman’s characterizations for each of the learningstyles and brain hemispheric preferences to use as they studied the math concepts throughout thecourse. Among the conclusions of this study were that students’ documented superlinks did notconfirm the assumptions made in the first study, thus identifying the necessity for testingstudents’ preferences; sample projects proved helpful; and more research was needed.The third study extended the second study in three primary ways: ≠ it continued

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Meyer, Purdue University; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

instructors (“A”, “B”, and “C”) were involved in these trials. Page 14.608.6Question List: 1. I chose the traditional lecture option by default (i.e., arbitrarily). 2. I chose the traditional lecture option based on my Index of Learning Styles survey results. 3. I was glad that I had a choice between two different course delivery options. 4. I used the on-line lectures in addition to attending the “live” class lectures. 5. I used the on-line lectures instead of attending the “live” class lectures 6. The Lecture Workbook class note format helped me learn the course material. 7. I made effective use of both formats of the Lecture Workbook (skeleton and

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Elimchili Lyaro; Jennifer Biddle; Jaclyn Stanfield

Diagram 4Figure 3 – (a) Vehicle – Vehicle Communication (b) MHOVLS – Vehicle Communication (c) Vehicle – Driver Communication Figure 4 – (a) Acceleration System (b) Braking System Figure 5 – (a) Steering (b) Lane – Vehicle (c) Hazard 54.2. Functional analysisThe functional analysis of this design report describes the overall functions and options theSmart Car System encounters during an operational scenario. Each function has a color codesdesignation as shown in Figure 6. Figure 7 shows a high level operational scenario. Figure 6 – Smart Vehicle System Color

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty and Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Mary Virnoche, Humboldt State University; Lonny Grafman, Humboldt State University; Forrest Stamper, Hoopa Valley High School; Laura Atkins, Humboldt State University; Rebecca Raymond, Humboldt State University; Katie Mills, Humboldt State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

district claims 100% free and reduced lunch counts Page 14.705.8for the school13.Mr. Forrest Stamper, one of the DYF 2008 Teacher Institute participants agreed to co-teach thecourse. Sixteen students were selected for the course, 5 seniors, 9 juniors and 2 sophomores. Allstudents were required to have at least a B grade average. The first week of the semester, thestudents traveled one hour to come to the HSU campus where they registered for their class andreceived their HSU library cards. They met Dr. Jacquelyn Bolman, Director of the HSU IndianNatural Resources Science and Engineering Program as well as ENGR 215 lecturer LonnyGrafman.The first

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murali Krishnamurthi, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Peters, AssociateProfessor of English and Director of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program, for hisencouragement of this effort, and the staff of the University Writing Center at Northern IllinoisUniversity for their assistance. This effort would not have been possible without the support ofthe chair and faculty members of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering atNorthern Illinois University.References1. Bean, J.C. (1996). Engaging ideas: The professor’s guide to integrating writing, critical thinking, and active learning in the classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.2. Benson, B. K. (1997). Coming to Terms: Scaffolding. The English Journal. 86, 7, 126-127.3. College Board (2004). Writing: A Ticket to Work … or a Ticket Out

Conference Session

Tablet and Portable PCs for Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bowman, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Practice, Donovan, S. M., J. D. Bransford, and J. W. Pellegrino, editors. Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education National Research Council, 2000.2 Robins, A., Haden, P., and Garner, S. Problem Distributions in a CS1 course, Proceedings of the 8th Australian Conference on Computing Education, 2003.3 McDowell, C., Werner, L., Bullock, H. E., and Fernald, J, Pair Programming Improves Student Retention, Confidence, and Program Quality. Communications of ACM, 49(8):90-95, 2006.4 Hanks, B., Problems Encountered by Novice Pair Programmers, ACM Journal on Educational Resources in Computing, 7(4):Article 2, 2008.5 Bandura, A. Social Foundations of Thought and

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson

PRI CIPLES OF U IVERSAL DESIG FOR E GI EERI G STUDE TS Suzanne Keilson mailto: skeilson@loyola.edu Loyola University Maryland 4501 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210 The language and principles of universal design and accessibility represent an important shift in emphasis in design and design education. This has initially been most important for those designing homes for independent living for the aged and disabled and has had a broad impact in home design fields. Another area where accessible and universal design has made inroads is in web

Conference Session

Design Education in Manufacturing Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramesh Narang, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Jihad Albayyari

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

summarized as given in equation (2). Thus,relationship similar to equation (2) can be developed for different customer segments: Fmust / be Fperformance Fattractive FreverseProduct Characteristics = + ± ± (2) cmust / be cperformance cattractive creverseApplication of Kano AnalysisKano's model employs a specific questionnaire format since the type of customer requirementcannot be detected by traditional customer surveys. In order to detect the types of the product orservice characteristics, attractive (A), basic (B), and one-dimensional (O) requirements areidentified through a specially designed questionnaire that contains a

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Thomas MacCalla; Jacqueline Caesar; Michael Maxwell; Shay Vanderlaan; Sandra Valencia; Terena Henry; Matt Leader

, Federal Policy, and Legislative Action. Washington, D.C.: Center for Democracy and technology, March 21, 2008. http://opencrs.com/document/RL33434/4. The National Science Foundation. Fostering Learning in the Networked World, The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge, A 21st Century Agenda for the National Science Foundation. Report of the NSF Task Force on Cyberlearning. Arlington, Virginia. June 24, 20086. Jolly, Eric J., Campbell, Patricia B., Perlman, Lesley. Engagement, Capacity, and Continuity: Trilogy for Student Success. GE Foundation, September 2004 Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University; Michael Raymer, Wright State University; David Reynolds, Wright State University; Richard Mercer, Wright State University

Model for Engineering Mathematics Education, and has also led an NSF supported research project to develop the nation's first undergraduate curriculum in bioinformatics.David Reynolds, Wright State University David B. Reynolds is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering at Wright State University. He is a Co-PI on WSU's National Model for Engineering Mathematics Education, and has also conducted NSF supported research to develop human factors engineering undergraduate design projects for persons with disabilities.Richard Mercer, Wright State University Richard E. Mercer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and

Conference Session

OMCED Topics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manhar Dhanak, Florida Atlantic University; Ronald Yeung, University of California, Berkeley; Spyros Kinnas, University of Texas, Austin

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Ocean and Marine

activities at CISD. • During fall semester, students are encouraged to participate in the NNRNE supported internship program. Page 14.686.63. Impact on Ocean Engineering Education and TrainingThe NNRNE program has helped to a) enhance the education and training in ocean and navalengineering offered by the FAU-Consortium Institutions through collaborations between theinstitutions and through student interactions with CISD whereby they gain vital practicalexperience in ship design, and b) provide students with career paths in naval engineering inindustry and government. The impact can be assessed in terms of the following five

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

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Biological & Agricultural

AC 2009-437: BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTAND ASSESSMENTStacy Klein, Vanderbilt University Stacy Klein is the Associate Dean for Outreach and an Associate Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering in the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering.Rick Williams, East Carolina University Rick Williams is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University.Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University Stephanie Sullivan is a Teaching Instructor in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University.Loren Limberis, East Carolina University Loren Limberis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at East

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

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

and Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Systems, ACM 2002. http://www.acm.org/education/education/curric_vols/is2002.pdf6. Lunt, B., etc all, Information Technology 2008 Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Technology, ACM 2008 http://www.acm.org/education/education/curricula/IT2008%20Curriculum.pdf7. Cannon, K., Caudle, K., and Chiarella, A., CCNA Guide to Cisco Networking Fundamentals, 4th edition, Course Technology, 2009 http://www.course.com8. Tanenbaum, A., Computer Networks, 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 20039. Stallings, W., Computer Networking with Internet Protocols, Prentice Hall, 200410. Forouzan, B., Data Communications and Networking, 3rd edition

Conference Session

Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Kenneth Simonson, University of Cincinnati; Latiera Evans, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Testing a Towertotal number of pennies the tower could hold on a cup, and which cup heldthe most pennies. If more than one tower held the same amount of pennies, then the tiebreakerwas the tallest structure. Students were awarded first, second, and third prizes for the TerrificTower competition. At the end of the competition, certificates were awarded to parents andstudents. Students with perfect attendance received a trophy.Summer InstituteThe Summer Institute is offered to students who have earned a "B" average or higher in math andscience courses during the academic year. The five-week program met Monday to Thursday, 9:00a.m. – 3:30 p.m., and Fridays were reserved for hands-on activities organized by engineeringfaculty members and for field

Conference Session

Building Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adrianne Prysock, Georgia Institute of Technology; Leyla Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary May, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

former, SURE participant. The talk led thestudents through the former participant’s process of turning his SURE research into apublication. The workshop highlighted the significance of reading previous literature to know thecontribution of the work to the field, working diligently to produce and document results as wellas telling a story through the work. The speaker emphasized that while it can be difficult toproduce quality results in a ten-week time frame, networking within the research group cansustain the students collaboration on the work resulting in a publication. Notes provided to thestudents are located in Appendix B of the work.Graduate School Preparation ActivitiesSince the purpose of the SURE program is to increase the number of

Conference Session

Project-Based Student Learning: Part I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Everly, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Page 14.638.25testing, and troubleshooting are required by each student. Also, calibration skills are required forsuccessful completion of the project. Over the past five years the author has found that studentattitude towards the course and subsequent feedback to be most rewarding, and I was veryencouraged by the level of student involvement in the project. In addition, the effort expended inhardware construction and testing offered students an opportunity to gain a “broader technicalview” of the radio frequency communication process.Bibliography[1] Rutledge, David B., The Electronics of Ratio" Cambridge University, 1999[2] Burdick, W. Burdick, W.N6KR, founder of Adventure Radio Society, innovators and co-owner of Elecraft, Retrieved

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei PAN, Idaho State University; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University; Kenyon Hart, Idaho State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

to compare it to the analyticalformulation presented above.>> n=0:1:10; B=[1]; A=[1, -5/6, 1/6]; x=2.^n; y=filter(B,A,x)y = 1.0e+003 * Columns 1 through 10 0.0010 0.0028 0.0062 0.0127 0.02550.0512 0.1024 0.2048 0.4096 0.8192 Column 11 1.683 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 y(n) 800 600 400 200 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 nExample 2. Design a digital lowpass prototype filter using bilinear transformation (withpre-warping) and Chebyshev-I analog filter which has 0.5 dB ripple in the passband,0 Hz to 3.5 kHz. The minimum

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

concepts during class ≠ Discussions during class ≠ Student performance in graded works ≠ Student feedback from course evaluationsVerbal questioning of the students yield that learning law terms still seem to be a challenge sincethese students are very technically oriented making achievement of a high level of sophisticationa little bit harder. However, acceptable responses are commonly given by the students.Discussions are favored by the students, and interesting and accurate points are made by themduring these discussions. Student performances are above the ABET threshold set (B- or 80%).This can be attributed to small class sizes of 5-7 students over the 4 years. Student courseevaluations indicate some interest towards the law content

Conference Session

Tree-huggers, Diggers, and Queers--Oh my!

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Cech, University of California, San Diego; Tom Waidzunas, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

AC 2009-1862: “ENGINEERS WHO HAPPEN TO BE GAY”: LESBIAN, GAY, ANDBISEXUAL STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN ENGINEERINGErin Cech, University of California, San Diego Erin Cech is a doctoral student in Sociology at the University of California, San Diego and received bachelor's degrees in Electrical Engineering and Sociology from Montana State University. Her research examines the role of gender schemas in the reproduction of labor market gender inequality, the intersection of technology and social justice, and inequalities in science and engineering.Tom Waidzunas, University of California, San Diego Tom Waidzunas is a doctoral student in Sociology and Science Studies at the University of