Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Qian Zou, Oakland University; Brian Sangeorzan, Oakland University; Xia Wang, Oakland University; Chris Kobus, Oakland University; Gary Barber, Oakland University; Alex Alkidas, Oakland University; Michael Latcha, Oakland University

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Mechanical Engineering

) not knowing what engineers do: this is an obstacle because studies haveshown that women tend to want to pick careers that fit their personality (person-environment fit);b) a lack of female engineering role models and a view of engineering as a male-dominated field;c) a lower level of self-confidence among female students than among male students, even whenperformance levels are the same; d) the effect of socially projected stereotypes about who shouldbe scientists and engineers which pose artificial limits on the participation of talented students inscience and engineering and e) the fact that women tend to choose what are considered “helping”professions - this has been a major selling point in increasing the number of women in law

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Service-Learning in Developing Communities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Giannelli, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-109: PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS FORSERVICE-LEARNING IN ENGINEERINGFrank Giannelli, Lafayette College FRANK R. GIANNELLI graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, PA in May 2007. He received his B.A. in Engineering with a minor in Economics and Business. He is interested in project management and plans to pursue a career in engineering management.Sharon Jones, Lafayette College SHARON A. JONES is an Associate Professor at Lafayette College in the BA Engineering Program. Her research includes environmental and infrastructure policy. Dr. Jones received a BS Civil Engineering from Columbia University, and a PhD Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. She

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Assessing Design Coursework II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katie Grantham Lough, University of Missouri; Robert Stone, University of Missouri

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Design in Engineering Education

applied.” Then the students selectthe functions that are affected by the event and propagate the event through that portionof the functional model. The remaining portion of the event tree generation andcalculation follows the standard event tree analysis procedures. Fig. 6 demonstrates therole that the function based risk assessment approach plays in providing a starting pointfor the event tree analysis. A B C Regulate Transfer Regulate Breaks Are Relative Mechanical Mechanical Mechanical Result of Branch Applied Likelihood

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Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Belle Wei, San Jose State University; Jacob Tsao, San Jose State University

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International

participants to consider working in a foreigncountry. They also witnessed the severity of the energy and environmental issues in China, theU.S., and the world. In Beijing, the air pollution was so serious that the sun was barely visibleon all four “sunny” days during the visit.At the end of each annual program, a student survey is conducted. The survey consists of 20questions that are grouped into three categories: (a) changes in career plan or planning, (b)changes in attitudes and (c) stronger desires to learn more about the world. For each of thequestions, students were instructed to answer “Yes” or “No.” For each of the “Yes” responses,students were directed to identify the top five lessons or impacts first and then rank the five from1 through 5

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Colin Campbell, TechnicalMastery.com Corp.; Steve Lambert, University of Waterloo

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Design in Engineering Education

://www.asee.org.) 2. Collura, M. A., Aliane, B., Daniels, S., Nocito-Gobel, J. “Learning the Methods of Engineering Analysis Using Case Studies, Excel and VBA – Course Design”. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. (On-line at http://www.asee.org.) 3. Richards, L. G., Gorman, M. E. “Using Case Studies to Teach Engineering Design and Ethics”. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. (On-line at http://www.asee.org.) 4. Jensen, J. N. “A Case Study Approach to Freshman Engineering Courses”. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. (On

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Carol Siri Johnson

some of the impediments to diversity in post-secondaryeducation. The impediments that I will discuss in this paper are a) a lack of knowledge about college inless wealthy environments; b) increasing complexity and up-front costs in the college application process;and c) a general social movement away from providing financial aid based on need towards providingfinancial aid to wealthier families. Overall, the gap between the rich and the poor attending college isincreasing and the information literacy required to navigate the labyrinthine system of college educationis reinforcing the gap. A return to the need-based system of financial aid would increase the number ofpoor and minorities attending college and increase the talent pool overall

Conference Session

Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Bentow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Richard Blais, Project Lead the Way; Laura Bottomley, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Christina Vogt, National Academy of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

represent key lessons learned from gender equity, engineering education,and project management research and “best practices” knowledge bases; and b) periodic live eventseither recorded or in real-time have been offered among and between experts, collaboratingorganizations and their members on specific and ad hoc issues. EEES targets teachers and faculty as away to reach students, therefore our outreach primarily focuses on providing them with the tools theyneed to be more effective and engaging instructors.Creating a successful online community is one of the most compelling yet elusive goals for web-basedapplications. Most online communities grow slowly in the beginning due in part to the need to createmotivation for contributing to the community

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Elisabeth McGrath; Dawna Schultz

Engineering our Future New Jersey: Partnerships, the Critical Element Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology Dawna Schultz, Stevens Institute of TechnologyAbstract: Engineering Our Future NJ is a multi-pronged initiative whose goal is to ensure that all K-12students in New Jersey experience engineering as an integral component of their elementary, middle, andhigh school education. Launched by Stevens Institute of Technology’s Center for Innovation inEngineering and Science Education, EOFNJ has formed alliances with two- and four-year colleges,industry, government, education associations, school districts, and other stakeholder groups todemonstrate the need for and benefits of

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Lisa Schneider; Michael Kelley; Shefford P. Baker

lasting understanding of the basic calculus concepts, b) learn to apply mathematicalconcepts to modeling and solution of engineering problems, and c) experience a sense ofengagement and connection to their interests earlier on in the curriculum resulting in greatermotivation to continue in engineering. This innovation was approved by the faculty in February2007 and an engineering faculty member with experience implementing active and collaborativelearning in engineering classrooms was recruited to lead the development and implementation ofa pilot program. Discussions with the Mathematics Department, which offers the engineeringmath courses, resulted in the development of mechanisms for a cross-college collaborative effortto implement the proposed

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Saeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Tim Lin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Electrical and Computer

= 0) is 1, that is, H (θ ) θ =0 = 1 . Notice that H ( θ ) = H ( z ) z =e jθ and H (θ ) θ =0 = 1 is equivalent to . b) Plot the pole-zero diagram. c) Plot the magnitude response |H(θ)|. And the phase response ∠H(θ). d) Find y(n) as a function of x(n), x(n−1), x(n−2), x(n−3), x(n−4), x(n−5), x(n−6), x(n−7). e) Draw the network structure in direct form. f) Plot y(n) for x(n) = cos(n2π/16). Use MATLAB. g) Plot y(n) for x(n) = cos(n2π/8). Use MATLAB. h) Plot y(n) for x(n) = cos(n2π/4). Use MATLAB. i) What type of filter (LPF, HPF, BPF, BSF) is this system? j) Design Simulink block of the filter and demonstrate it on the TI DSK boar to compare results3.2.2. IIR Filter.The

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Curriculum Implementation of Materials Advances

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Simoneau, Keene State University

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Materials

National Center for Materials Technology MatEd is one Page 12.1454.6of a number of resources that is being created to support faculty. Regardless, society will look tothe engineering and technology community to solve many of the problems associated with ourenvironment. The question remains: will we be ready?AcknowledgmentThis work was made possible in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation, grantnumber - DUE 0501475. References 1. West, G. A., Manta J. G., ISO 14000: An Executive Report, Government Institutes, 1996. 2. Clements, R. B., Complete Guide to ISO 14000. Englewood Cliff: Prentice Hall, 1996. 3

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Wheeless, University of Washington; Brianna Blaser, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

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Graduate Studies

AC 2007-2030: MENTORING OF GRADUATE STUDENTS IN STEM:PERCEPTIONS AND OUTCOMESAmy Wheeless, University of Washington AMY E. WHEELESS is a graduate student at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington and a research assistant at the UW Center for Workforce Development. She will receive her Master’s of Public Administration in 2007.Brianna Blaser, University of Washington BRIANNA BLASER is a PhD candidate in the Women Studies Department at the University of Washington and a research assistant at the UW Center for Workforce Development. She will receive her doctorate degree in 2008.Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington ELIZABETH LITZLER is the Director

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K-12 Engineering and Pre-College Outreach Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvanus Wosu, University of Pittsburgh

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

15 20 Students (Sorted by increasing Pre-Test Scores ) Students (Sorted by Increasing Pre-test scores) (a) (b) 2005 CARE I Basic Algebra 100 90 Pre- and Post-Test Scores (%) 80 70

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Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Minorities in Engineering

and analysis); continuity (all fouryears; reflection before, during, after service); context (messiness of community setting is Page 12.298.9integral to learning); challenge (to current perspectives; not overwhelming); and coaching(opportunity for interaction; emotional, intellectual support).As part of the evaluation process of service-learning in engineering at U. Mass. Lowell, a focusgroup was conducted by independent assessor, Cathy Burack of Brandeis University. Detailedresults are listed in Appendix B. Although small, half of the attendees were women (3 out of 6)and one was Hispanic. The students liked hands-on activities in their

Conference Session

Distance, Remote, and Virtual Experiments

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaoye Li, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2007-2564: AN ARCHITECTURE FOR REAL-TIME REMOTELABORATORIESYaoye Li, Stevens Institute of Technology Mr. Yoaye Li received his B.E. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Manufacturing from Beihang University in 1996 and 1999, respectively. Currently, he is a pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. His research interests include intelligent systems for design and manufacturing as well as remote experimentation.Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology Dr. Sven K. Esche is currently holding a position as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. In 1989

Conference Session

Using Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pilar Pazos, Northwestern University; Robert Linsenmeier, Biomedical Engineering Department and Department of Neurobiology and; Suzanne Olds, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 12.1567.13learning outcomes. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 21(4), pp. 260-268(9).5. Mazur, E. (1997), Peer Instruction: A User’s Manual, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.6. Dufresne, R.J., Gerace, W.J., Leonard, W.J., Mestre, J.P. and Wenk, L. (1996),‘Classtalk: A classroomcommunication system for active learning’, Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 7, 3-47.7. Bransford, JD, Brown, AL & Cocking, RR, eds. (1999) How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School.Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999.8. Linsenmeier, RA, Olds, SA, and Kolikant, Y B-D (2006) Instructor and course changes resulting from an HPL-inspired use of Personal Response Systems. Proceedings, 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference,October

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Technology Literacy for Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shayna Stanton, Student; Michael Bailey, Brigham Young University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

: An opportunity for design faculty? Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, Chicago.4. National Academy of Engineering, and National Research Council, Committee on Technological Literacy. (2002). Technically speaking: Why all Americans need to know more about technology. Pearson, Greg, and Young, A. Thomas. (Eds.).5. Mikic, B., and Voss, S. (2006). Engineering for everyone: Charging students with the task of designing creative solutions to the problem of technology literacy. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Page 12.1610.8 Education, Chicago.6. Christopher

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pat Van Driessche, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Kim Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Chuck Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Robin Little, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Debbie O'Hare, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

Strategic Readers. Matthew W. Baker(ed). Bradenton, FL: International Reading Association (2005).Fountas I. C & G. S. Pinnell. Guiding Readers and Writers Grades 3-6. Lois Bridges(ed). Portsmouth, NH:Heinemann (2001).Fountas I.C. & G. S. Pinnell. Guided Reading Good First Teaching for All Children. Toby Gordon(ed). Portsmouth, NH:Heinemann (1996).Galley, S.M. (2000). Portfolio as Mirrow: Student and Teacher Learning Reflected through the Standards. Language Arts 78, 121-127.Marzano, R.J. What Works in Schools Translating Research into Action. Anonymous Alexandria, VA:Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (2003).Rosenshine, B. & C. Meister. (1994). Reciprocal Teaching: A Review of the

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Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Nathan Vizzi, Rowan University; Krishan Bhatia, Rowan University; Ryan McDevitt, Rowan University

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Engineering and Public Policy

. Marchese, J. Mariappan and S. A. Mandayam, "The Engineering Clinic: A four-year designsequence," presented at the 2nd An. Conf. of Nat. Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, Washington, D.C.,1998.5 NJCEP Rebates http://www.njcep.com, New Jersey Clean Energy Program6 NJBPU Press Release http://www.njcleanenergy.com/html/5library/pdf/PR041206.pdf , “New Jersey Leads theNation with Expanded Commitment to Solar and Clean, Renewable Energy”7 New Jersey Pineland National Reserve (Pinelands Commission Site): http://www.state.nj.us/pinelands/8 P.M. Jansson, B. Hill and R. McDevitt "Renewable Energy Resource Assessment: New Jersey Winds" ASEE2006 Annual Conference, June 18-21, 2006, Chicago, IL9 NJCEP Solar Renewable Energy

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Holdhusen, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County

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Engineering Design Graphics

Page 12.1420.9of previous experience, improved their test performance and gained new information from thecollege-level engineering graphics course.Bibliography1. Guay, R. B., Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Rotations, Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN,1977.2. Vandenburg, S. G., and Kuse, A. R., “Mental Rotations, a Group Test of Three-Dimensional SpatialVisualization”, Perceptual and Motor Skills, 47, 1978.3. Yue, Jianping, “Spatial Visualization Skills at Various Educational Levels,” Proceedings of the 2002 AmericanSociety for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2002.4. Sorby, Sheryl A. and Young, Michael F., “Assessment of a Visualization-Based Placement Exam for aFreshman Graphics Course,” Proceedings

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New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Kim, Bradley University

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New Engineering Educators

% for “A,” above 80% for “B,” etc. At the start of the semester, theauthor explicitly informs the class about this “no-curve” policy, in order to establish the expectedlevel of achievement and understanding. The grade distribution for all of the author’s courseslisted in Table 2 typically ends up with the majority of students in the “B” range, and the highest-achieving students get “A” grades. The author confirms that it is possible to challenge thestudents and still get this type of grade distribution.1 Students who are willing to work hard andwho have the ability should do well on the assignments and exams. Students are less inclined tocomplain about a course being unfair if they know that some of their classmates are doing wellon the

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Sheyman, Wayne State University

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Mechanical Engineering

experiments.Integration of the expression (16) in the limits from 0 to τ and from Xcr to X gives X = X eq + ( X cr − X eq ) exp(− χNτ ) (20)The solution of eq. (17) to determine the temperature of the drying material togetherwith conditions (19) and (20) is  y  a A*t   a  A*  t o − t  − B  a  f  y  − 1 −  f   y υ = υ1  −  − 1  (21) y  χNa   y   χ N (a − 1)  a −1   1  1   y  1

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Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Harichandran, Michigan State University

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Civil Engineering

, how does the department teach design courses to meet ABET needs? 3. Your recent hires (assistant professors) are listed below. For each person, please indicate: (a) The person’s potential to secure a P.E. license soon after tenure (b) The ability of the person to teach design courses in their disciplineIn general, department chairs indicated that there has been a change over time with respect tofaculty hiring practices and that the number of faculty with the ability to teach traditional designin on the decline. Nevertheless, the department chairs tended to be optimistic with respect to theability of their faculty to teach design courses and obtain the P.E. license. I paraphrased the re-sponse from them, reviewed degrees

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre; Ahmed Abdul-Rahman, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; Emmanuel Nutsuklo, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; Michael Brenu Osae, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-626: INCORPORATING EQUATORIAL ENVIRONMENTALCONDITIONS INTO AN APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGYWillie Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre Willie K. Ofosu Dr. Willie K. Ofosu is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Pennsylvania State University. He teaches telecommunications, wireless systems, networking, optoelectronics and analog and digital electronic at the Wilkes-Barre campus. He is a member of IEEE, IEE (England), and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) of England. He is currently involved in international activities in cooperation with some faculty members at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. He is an advocate

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Engineering Ethics and Global Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roobik Gharabagi, St. Louis University

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Engineering Ethics

., “Teaching Engineering Ethics a Case Study Approach”, Center for Study of Ethicsin Society, Western Michigan University.7. Joseph T. Bpcharth, “Contracts and Legal Environment for Engineers and Architects”, Mc Graw Hill8. Applied Engineering Ethics, Case of the Month Club, www.murdough.ttu.edu/FP.cfm.9. Alan D. Wilcox, “Engineering Design for Electrical Engineers”, Prentice Hall, 1990.10. B. Hyman, “Fundamentals of Engineering Design”, Prentice Hall, 1998.11. M.W. Martin, R. Schizinger, “Ethics in Engineering”, McGraw-Hill, 1996. Page 12.413.6

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State University; Glen Thorncroft, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Page 12.432.7 Table 1. Average GPAs for Students in Thermal Engineering, Grouped by Which Faculty Member the Students had for Thermodynamics (the prerequisite). GPA 95% CI n= Prof. A 1.4 0.5 19 Prof. B 1.9 0.4 28 Prof. C 2.1 0.3 43 Prof. D 2.1 0.4 22 Prof. E 2.2 0.3 17

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Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Mark Nelms, Auburn University; Regina Halpin, Program Evaluation and Assessment

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

they were “doing”science, it is essential to provide the teachers an opportunity to discover for themselves how theteaching standards are applicable to their own teaching and classroom methods. Facultyplanning to implement a similar workshop should note that the programmatic design should startwith the appropriate teaching standards and the content should be selected to align with thestandards; not the reverse. The curriculum standards checklist used for the curriculum standardintegration portion of this workshop is given below.NSTA Content Standards, Grades 5 – 82Standard A: Science as Inquiry___Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry___Understandings about scientific inquiryStandard B: Physical Science___Physical and chemical properties

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mireille Battikha, Consultant

AC 2007-729: CASE-BASE FOR DELIVERING INTEGRATED EDUCATION WITHMULTIMEDIA DECISION-SUPPORTMireille Battikha, Consultant Page 12.346.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Case-Base for Delivering Integrated Education with Multimedia Decision-SupportAbstractThis paper illustrates the use of a multimedia case-based system designed to enhance the learningprocess by providing decision-support for integrated education in construction engineering aswell as with other engineering disciplines. Sections of digital videos related to constructionmethods and materials, schedules as well as design alternatives have been collected to

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Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

. Page 12.987.8Bibliography1. Hagenberger, M., B. Engerer, and D. Tougaw. 2006. Revision of a first-semester course to focus onfundamentals of engineering. ASEE. Paper 2006-1360.2. Hampe, M. and S. Wolf. 2006. How to provide first-year-students with a really good start into their studyprogram. ASEE. Paper 2006-1284.3. Elzey, Dana. 2006. Teaching Intro to Engineering in Context – UVA Engineering’s New Cornerstone. ASEE.Paper 2006-1574.4. Patterson, Kurt. 2006. Critical connections: a first-semester course in environmental engineering. ASEE.Paper 2006-1102.5. Carlson, L.E., J.F. Sullivan, A.J. Bedard, D.M. Etter, and A.R. Pleszkun. 1995. First Year EngineeringProjects: An Interdisciplinary, Hands-On Introduction to Engineering. ASEE. Session

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Sustainable Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stanley Greenwald, New York Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

economic development, the peak demand of the gridwill reach about 17512 MW by 2013 and will exceed its Dependable Capacity by 2007. Due to this, therewill b e a need for more power plants to supply the grid. Electric supply comes from a number of powerplants operated by the National Power Corporation and Private Independent Power Producers in theisland.Proposed Power PlantPresently, the Luzon Power Grid has enough power supply to energize its customers, one of which isQuezon City. The proposal to create a municipal Solid Waste power plant within the area of the city isnot intended to make the city independent in its power needs. Rather, the construction of the plant hopesto put more power on the grid as older power plants are retired with the