Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas at Austin; Rose Stiffin, Flroida Memorial University; Dimitri Tamalis, Florida Memorial University; Michael elliott, Flroida Memorial University; Ayivi Huisso, Florida Memorial Univeristy

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Nuclear and Radiological

intensive one-year preparation to inaugurate this new NuclearCertificate in the fall 2008 academic semester. With the planning of seven new nuclear plants inTexas we feel this new program will go a long way to help fulfill the needed workforce.Course Development Overview The four required undergraduate courses will include Introduction to Nuclear PowerSystems, Nuclear Safety and Security, Nuclear Environmental Protection, and ReactorOperations. Introduction to Nuclear Power Systems is already in place, covers basic nuclearreactor theory, and will be the gateway course for the Certificate Program. Some modificationsto this class will be implemented to address the needs of the Certificate Program. Nuclear Safety and Security will

Conference Session

Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Kuhlman, West Virginia University; Donald Gray, West Virginia University

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Aerospace

are also recounted. Lessons learned by the faculty advisors andsuggestions for other schools planning to participate in this program are summarized. Page 13.1414.2 Introduction Over the past eight years, a hands-on Microgravity Research Team (MRT) two-semester project course sequence has been developed and offered at West VirginiaUniversity (WVU). This course can fulfill a technical elective requirement in either theAerospace Engineering or Mechanical Engineering curriculum. The primary course goal is toprovide students with a hardware-oriented, open-ended, hands-on research projectexperience. Each fall

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Clauss, Grove City College; Blair Allison, Grove City College; Mark Reuber, Grove City College; Stacy Birmingham, Grove City College; Vincent DiStasi, Grove City College

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International

improved their academic standing. This wasattributed to the immersion of the students in a residential study center and the constantavailability of other mechanical engineering students as study partners. This program is now inits second year, and assessment data from this year is used to further support our conclusionsregarding the effectiveness of this study-abroad model.IntroductionIn 2004, Grove City College selected a cross-discipline, multi-level team whose goal was todevelop a strategic plan which will propel the College into the future. Administration, faculty,staff, students, alumni, members of the local community, and Trustees were represented on theteam. After a year of intensive investigation and discussion, a plan was submitted for

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2003 GSW

Authors

Amir Karimi

√ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ ME 4523 Dynamic Systems and Control √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ ME 4603 FEA in Mechanical Design √ √ √ √ √ √ ME 4702 Mech. Systems/Controls Lab √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ ME 4802 Thermal/Fluid Lab √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ ME 4811 ME Project Planning Lab √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ ME 4813 ME Design Project √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √Technical Elective Courses ME 3323 Dynamics of Mech. Systems √ √ √ √ √ √ √ ME 3823 Machine Element Design

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STEM Pipeline: Pre-College to Post-Baccalaureate

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gillian Nicholls, University of Pittsburgh; Harvey Wolfe, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

was 0.848demonstrating the fitted model possessed excellent ability to discriminate between these twoeducational outcomes. The significant variables were overall BY math proficiency; BY sciencequartile; family composition; language minority status; frequency of parental discussions withthe student regarding post high school plans; parental expectations of the student’s advancement;student expectation of personal educational attainment; parental marital status; type of highschool the student planned to attend; the father’s highest level of education; the number of hoursper week the student worked for pay; the student’s ability groups for math and science; thestudent’s math and science grades from grades 6 to 8; ACT math score; SAT math and

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Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debbie Mullins, Texas Space Grant Consortium; Wallace Fowler, University of Texas at Austin

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Aerospace

• Prepare to Present Design at Level III ~4 wks after Level II Presentation Showcase • Final Technical Report • Program Evaluation • Present a STEM concept to • Outreach Report $$ Option EPO Activity any audience or community • K-12 Lesson Plan Area I group. • Photo Documentation Option • Present project work in a • Presentation Report

Conference Session

Retention Tools and Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Jan Collins-Eaglin, Michigan State University; Nathaniel Ehrlich, Michigan State University; Denise Fleming, Michigan State University; Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

responsible for providing vision, direction, planning and implementation regarding the use of technology in instruction of mathematics and science. Mark's research interests are in theories of cognition, how these theories inform the design of instruction, how we might best design instructional technology within those frameworks, and how the research and development of instructional technologies can inform our theories of cognition.Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University Dr. THOMAS F. WOLFF is Associate Dean of Engineering for Undergraduate Studies at Michigan State University and a faculty member in Civil and Environmental Engineering. In the fall of 2005, he was a member of the ASCE Levee Assessment

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanna Daly, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods

decision, why aspects of the experience were or were notimportant to them, how one concept or meaning they discussed related with otherconcepts or meanings they discussed, and how one priority, reflection point, orexperience compared to another. While general ways to follow-up with participants maybe the most important part of the interview for achieving the outcomes of aphenomenography2, 4, 9, often follow-up prompts cannot be pre-planned because theydepend upon what the participant says during the interview.The development of the interview protocol in this study was governed by the focus ondesign as the particular aspect of the world being investigated. The goal of the questionsin the protocol was to prompt participants’ discussions on their

Conference Session

LABVIEW-Based Experiments and Robotics Laboratory

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olawale Akinwale, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Lawrence Kehinde, Texas Southern University; Kayode P. Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; A. M. Jubril, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Olutola. P. Jonah, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Soji Ilori, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

’ environment. This research work aims to set up an onlinecontrol engineering experimentation platform in the field of robotics. The aim was and is toexpand the set of online experiments in the Control Engineering field while introducingnewbies to robotics. The set of online experiments which this research work would put up arebased on a robotic arm.Three experiments have been set up at the Obafemi Awolowo University by this researcheffort. The experiments are: 1. A simple slider control experiment 2. An effect of gravity experiment Page 14.39.2 3. A trajectory planning experimentII. ReviewA lot of work has been done in the development of online

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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First-Year Programs

complete design to include procedures used, lessons learned,hand-drawn plans and material costs must be part of the lab report. Students are informedabout the need to draw plans for their final design project using PC paint or somethingequivalent. Many teams choose to draw the plans of their bridges using a drawingpackage even in this first laboratory. Some students will take apart a working bridge ifthere is time left to go for a more efficient design that carries the full 7 books…passionateengineers, future civil engineers? Most student groups focus their lessons learned on thefact that triangular shapes are more stable and stronger, shorter members make thestructure more stable, and connection design is critical (note: the purple connectors

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ERM Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Julie Trenor, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

provided a strong foundation of findings, one limitation was that the studypredominantly focused on science students and not engineering undergraduate researchers.Our own prior work 7 on undergraduate research experiences previously focused on socialcognitive aspects of an NSF funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program,finding that the experience positively impacted participants’ academic and career plans,especially for doctoral level work. We utilized a mixed-methods approach to gain in-depthinformation about the impact of the undergraduate research experience, and particularly the roleof graduate student mentors, on participants’ self efficacy

Conference Session

International Aspects of Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

involved in department level planning and decision-making, completelaboratory setup and training, computer software setup and training, infrastructure assessment,faculty hiring, supply acquisition, and student development. Many of these critical, additionaltasks were unfamiliar to us, since they are typically done by other senior administrators or bythose in specialized jobs within our department. We were also challenged with ensuring NMAAinstructors could adequately explain material to those for who English is a second language,convincing them that our advice was in the best interest of student learning, and continuallymaking changes on the fly. This paper will detail the challenges we faced and investigate thecorrelation that exists between our

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Ekenseair, University of Texas, Austin; Carolyn Bayer, University of Texas, Austin; Margaret Phillips, University of Texas, Austin

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Chemical Engineering

17% MS/ BS PhD 20% MS, BS 60% PhD MD 38% BS 65% 11% 9% (a) (b) (c) Figure 1. Distribution of ultimate or planned education levels of (a) the entire Peppas laboratory undergraduate population; (b) the Peppas laboratory undergraduate researchers surveyed; and (c) other undergraduate researchers.One key question we sought to address

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xia Wang, Oakland University; Gary Barber, Oakland University; Laila Guessous, Oakland University; LianXiang Yang, Oakland University; GuangZhi Qu, Oakland University; Ishwar Sethi, Oakland University

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International

as research/teaching collaborationswith several foreign universities. In developing the plan for this exchange program, the OUfaculty team sought to draw upon its numerous professional and personal contacts andcollaborators at a number of different universities in China and paid visits to a number of theseuniversities. For the 2008 trip, it was determined that Beijing Jiaotong University would providethe best fit for this program in terms of the compatibility of their research with that of the OUfaculty team, and their ability to host U.S. students and provide them with a rich educational andcultural immersion experience.Founded in 1896, Beijing Jiaotong University is one of the oldest Universities in China. BJTU isa multidisciplinary

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

their curriculum. This paper provides a first year update of this twoyear project and includes a description of each of the nine newly developed modules, theassessment plan, and the results of the assessments to date.Project Introduction and Objectives East Carolina University (ECU) is a large regional university that serves eastern ruralNorth Carolina and the eastern region of the United States. The industries and businesseslocated among the small towns of eastern North Carolina have a need for a broadly skilledgeneral engineer. The rationale for a general engineering program at ECU is made byKauffmann et al.1 “Instead of the traditional engineering disciplines, these operations requireengineering generalists with a strong theoretical

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Foster, University of Toronto; Alexandra Heeney, University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education

is now working with Jason Foster, Engineering Science Design Educator, on integrating SD concepts into the Engineering Science design Praxis Series of courses from curriculum planning through to implementation as a TA for some of these courses. Page 14.1216.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Praxis III – promoting an interdisciplinary approach to solving global problems through a course focusing on sustainable development and engineering designAbstractThis paper will discuss how Engineering Science, a

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Crossdisciplinary Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Green, University of Maryland; Judy Frels, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

situations. October 9-10, 2008. ≠ Marketing in Technology-Driven Industries. Getting your product out to your customers and effectively communicating its benefits is only part of the challenge of marketing. Choosing the right group of customers to approach first, ensuring those customers will be delighted with your offering and formulating a plan of attack for follow-on waves of customer acceptance are key to the long-term success of your venture. You’ll leave this module with a step-by-step approach for each of those phases as well as a strong “elevator pitch.” You will also gain a deeper understanding of why branding matters in the high-tech arena. October 31, 2008. ≠ Innovative Product Design &

Conference Session

Communication and Collaboration

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Sharp, Vanderbilt University; Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

of a paper and use the checklist to rate it. Another method is to have studentsrate the same example and then discuss it. In this way, the professor is training or “calibrating”the reviewers. For those interested in more intensive calibration of student peer reviewers,Carlson and Berry discuss the Calibrated Peer Review√ online system.11Student FeedbackAs part of the course requirements, at the end of the semester ES 210w students rate theirknowledge gained in meeting course instructional objectives. The instructor uses thisinformation to plan for the next semester. Students respond to an anonymous self-assessmentinstrument, rating how much they knew about the objectives when they entered the course andhow much they now know after taking the

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Arch Engineering II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Betz, SUNY-College of Technology

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Architectural

hidden parts of the design process. We still teach freshmen hand drawingnot because we think the skill of drafting is important but because we recognize the importanceof thinking through the process of plan, section, elevation, and axonometric without themediation of technology. Thinking with just a pencil in many ways is an extension of our fingersand hands and in this sense is completely transparent. McCleary’s example gives us a clear ideaof how technology mediates our experience and transforms the process so the parallels appliedseem clear to us in the design development process in architecture. An example of CAD designautomation here is the auto-roof design featured on Autodesk® Architectural Desktop 3.3. SeeFIGURE 1: Time Comparison of

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Improving ME instructional laboratories

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Mayhew, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

validate engineering principles encountered in lecture coursessuch as system dynamics or fluid mechanics.From conversations over several years with colleagues from various institutions, we note thatmechanical engineering (ME) laboratory courses like ours often suffer from neglect and a lowlevel of student engagement. In a previous paper [1] we describe a plan to improve ME labs byimproving student engagement and by more closely meeting the learning objectives appropriateto engineering laboratories. The purpose of this paper is to present our accomplishments to datein the measurements course.Prior condition of the measurements courseOur version of Mechanical Measurements is a two credit-hour, junior-level course that meets forone lecture hour and

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Collaborations and Interactions

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shi (Stan) Lan, DeVry University-Chicago; Yaqing Mao, Beijing Normal University, China

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International

Page 11.21.2studying outside the classroom; (c) on paid-jobs; and (d) on leisure activities.The actual sample included students in an electronics program at a four-year university campusat Chicago, and the students in a comparable electronics program at a four-year universitycampus at Beijing. The research found that electronics students sampled in China spentsignificantly more time on attending classroom lectures and scheduled labs, on studying outsidethe classroom, and on leisure activities than their counterparts in the United States. However, theresearch also found that electronics students sampled in China spent significantly less time onpaid-jobs than their counterparts in the United States.Two-way ANOVAs (analyses of variance), planned

Conference Session

New Topics in IE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sreekanth Ramakrishnan, SUNY Binghamton; Justin Sturek, SUNY Binghamton; Sumit Parimoo, SUNY Binghamton; Krishnaswami Srihari, SUNY Binghamton

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Industrial Engineering

2006-433: STREAMLINING THE WORKFLOW OF AN ENROLLMENTMANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT THROUGH INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERINGCONCEPTSSreekanth Ramakrishnan, SUNY Binghamton Sreekanth Ramakrishnan is a doctoral student at the Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering at Binghamton University, State University of New York at Binghamton. His research interests include Enterprise Resource Planning, Business Process Reengineering and Simulation-based Frameworks. Currently, he is a research associate with IBM Enterprise Learning, Poughkeepsie, NY. His email address is sramakr1@binghamton.edu and his webpage is http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~sramakr1.Justin Sturek, SUNY Binghamton Justin Sturek

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Flores, University of Texas-El Paso; Ann Darnell, University of Texas-El Paso

of underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering andmathematics (STEM). The first year of the program was spent strategizing and planning toaccomplish this goal with an outside Advisory Board that was developed with nationallyrecognized academicians and industry leaders in science and engineering. Their assistance wasused in identifying curricular and co-curricular changes needed in STEM undergraduateeducation that would result in qualified and capable engineers and scientists of the future.Curriculum could not be ‘watered down’ to improve student retention and graduation rates.Instead, other solutions were sought.Ideas for change in engineering education at UTEP began forming during the proposal stage andfirst phase of MIE

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech; Robert Kavetsky, Office of Naval Research; Robert L. Stiegler, NSWCDD; Peter N. Squire, NSWCDD; Juanita Jo Matkins, College of William and Mary; Gail Hardinge, College of William and Mary; John A. McLaughlin, McLauglin Associates

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 11.1423.1 JOHN MCLAUGHLIN – Dr. McLaughlin is a senior consultant in strategic planning, performance measurement, and program evaluation. He is presently working on several projects including the Environmental Protection Agency, Health and Human Services Administration on Aging and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as well serving as the lead evaluation consultant to seven national centers.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Page 11.1423.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 VDP--A Mentor-Focused Middle School Outreach ProgramAbstractThe Virginia Demonstration Project (VDP) is a science and math

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Covington, California State University-Northridge; G. Michael Barnes, California State University-Northridge

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Educational Research and Methods

most educatorswould admit that planning and time management are often not an explicitly addressed element ofthe Computer Science and Engineering curriculum. Rather than teach students how to managetime, most instructors do the work themselves, incorporate the results into the time frames anddeadlines documented in the course syllabus, and assume that students will allocate their timeaccordingly. In reality, many students, especially those with weaker performance, do not knowhow to do this, or do not realize the consequences of not taking deadlines seriously. We showthat a brief periodically administered self-assessment survey that requires students to state howmuch time they have allocated on class tasks helps students better manage their time

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Ted Foster, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Dean Sheridan, Glen Elg High School, Howard County Public Schools, Maryland; Carolyn Parker, George Washington University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

mechanism must be constructed ONLY with the provided materials. Two launches were allowed for distance (counting only the furthest distance) and four launches at the target (counting each of the four launches for accuracy). The ping pong ball had to be launched by one selected team member from the constructed mechanism, which had to be free standing and not taped to the launching table or floor starting position. Thirty minutes was allocated for the design, planning and construction phase. – The materials provided were: • 3 plastic cups • 10 tongue depressors • 8 rubber bands • 1 plastic spoon • 8 thumb tacks

Conference Session

IP and Supporting Student Startups

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Silvernagel, University of North Dakota; Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

fromclassroom and extracurricular projects.This paper is organized as follows. Section 2 describes the content of the research instrumentused in a pilot study in three undergraduate classes at the University of North Dakota during the2005 fall semester. Tabulated results and observations/interpretations are presented in Section 3.Section 4 examines the possibility that service-oriented innovations generated by students at theuniversity may have greater commercialization potential on a shorter timeline than patentableinventions. A summary is provided in Section 5, along with future plans for developing andadministering this research instrument on a much larger scale.2. Student-Generated Intellectual Property Research InstrumentThe research instrument

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suining Ding, Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Architectural

anticipated that the results of assessment will be used for future courseimprove ment and cross-culture studies.Introduction This course covers a wide range of subject matters from cultural impact on humanbehaviors to space perceptions and designs. The comparisons are focused on several topics suchas palace architecture, houses, gardens, temples/churches, city planning of the Eastern and theWestern. The comparisons were between same types of buildings that were built during the sametime period. Since it is very hard to find a textbook, which covers all subject matters in thiscourse, writing a student manual becomes the first task. The student’s manual was developedbased on the course syllabus total about sixty pages. Each part of the manual

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey Wood, Southwest Tennessee Community College

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Two Year College Division

successful that ENTC gained three more grants tocontinue its distance learning development. The trial run validated many of the concerns facultyhad about adapting technical curriculum to this medium but it also brought about solutions. Noteverything went as planned and one unexpected problem in particular caused the department torethink its strategy. This paper will examine the ENTC distance learning model and how itattempts to meet the needs of a two-year engineering technology program and the community itserves. The paper will discuss strengths and limitations of the equipment and software and willprovide critical comment on the course management strategy used. Finally, the paper will discusshow the model was redesigned into what is now a

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of Mines; Ramona Graves, Colorado School of Mines; Craig Van Kirk, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

presentation skills? Why or why not? What could be done to improve your oral presentation skills? ABET Criterion 3h: the need for abroad education necessary to understand the impact ofengineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context is met throughCSM’s system and stem courses and many of the junior and senior PE courses. Minimalsupporting evidence is necessary or provided in the supplemental document. ABET Criterion 3i: a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-longlearning is demonstrated based on six data sets including the preparation of “Individual Life-Long Learning Plans” by students, alumni surveys, research activities, student involvement instudent professional groups