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Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Flores; Thomas Brady; Helmut Knaust; Connie Kubo Della-Piana; Andrew Swift; Jana Renner Martinez

. Approximately 500entering students participated in one of six CircLES summer orientation sessions in the summerof 2000. During the week, students attend general university information sessions (cost oftuition, course catalogue, etc.) and personal development training, such as Math Anxiety andTime Management workshops. In addition to these general sessions that introduce students tocollege life, students participate in activities that connect them to the Colleges of Engineeringand Science, and the faculty and staff. Students have lunch with SEM professors and participatein science and engineering laboratory modules. The engineering module, the “Egg Module,” andtwo science modules, “Air Sample” and “Water Sample,” are designed to build teamwork

Conference Session

Perceived Quality of Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Carnahan; Bruce Vojak; Raymond Price

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationAuthorsBruce A. Vojak is Associate Dean for External Affairs in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois.After receiving a PhD from that institution in 1981 he held positions at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Amoco, andMotorola. Prior to joining the University in 1999 he was Director of Advanced Technology for Motorola’sComponent Products Group. He also holds an MBA from the University of Chicago.James V. Carnahan is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of General Engineering at the University of Illinois.Since 1983 he has taught courses in statistics, simulation and control and also chaired the industrially funded

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Webert Lovencin; Adnan Javed; Fazil Najafi

national and international agencies (Government, Non-governmentalorganizations, Industry etc) exist. Students showing academic excellence get a chance tocomplete their degree in USA or Australia.The academic degree program spreading over 18 months consists of 4 semesters. In the first 3semesters following subjects are taught through lectures, assignments and quizzes:environmental chemistry and microbiology: hydraulics and hydrology; municipal and industrialwaste collection; treatment and disposal; air and noise pollution control; modeling ofenvironmental system, environmental policy and planning etc. The theoretical knowledge issupplemented by rigorous laboratory work, spread over two semesters under the keensupervision of qualified highly

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2001 Annual Conference

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William Keat; James Hedrick; Christine LaPlante; Richard Wilk; Cherrice Traver; Frank Wicks

on evaluation of student performance in several areas.Weekly homework assignments from both lecture and design studio, in-classexercises/projects, design project milestones, oral and written proposal and defense of thedesign project, a midterm and final exam covering material from lecture and designstudio. The last two items were added this year in order to ensure the students would takethe course seriously.Since the presentation of course material in both lecture and design studio was done usingtraditional methods as well as Powerpoint presentations, the classes were taught in anelectronic classroom. For certain classes throughout the term where each student neededa computer, those classes were scheduled in a computer laboratory. A web page

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2001 Annual Conference

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Constantin Chassapis; Kishore Pochiraju; Sven Esche

Session 1566 Implementation of Assessment Procedures into the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Sven Esche, Kishore Pochiraju, Constantin Chassapis Stevens Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe Department of Mechanical Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT) is aiming atdevising a modern engineering program that reflects the recent nationwide trend towardsenhancement of traditional lecture-based courses with a design spine and a laboratory experiencethat propagates through the entire educational program. Another thread to be woven into the

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2001 Annual Conference

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Shlomo Waks; C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw; Barry Lunt

have required laboratory work and if they do have laboratory workhow extensive it is. We tried to identify what programs topics were required, such as computernetworking, hardware, databases, operating systems or business courses. We used this analysis toeliminate from the list those programs that are focused on software algorithm design (such as CSprograms) or on computer hardware development (CE and CET programs) or primarily onbusiness topics (MIS programs). Although many of the programs in the list may include requiredcourses in these topics the programs were not focused on them. Rather the focus seemed to be onapplications of computer systems to solving problems.There were several noteworthy trends gleaned from the Internet survey. Some

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2001 Annual Conference

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Arnoldo Muyshondt; Ing-Chang Jong

Session 2468 Interactive Web-Based Tests With Immediate Auto-Feedback Via E-Mail to the Instructor: Software and Illustration Arnoldo Muyshondt, Ing-Chang Jong Sandia National Laboratories / University of ArkansasAbstractWeb-based tests are increasingly utilized in education. This paper is written to contribute a basicyet versatile software, with illustration, for creating interactive web-based modules for tests withimmediate auto-feedback to a specified e-mail address for the instructor. Each module assistsstudents in learning new material by offering “tips,” without providing

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2001 Annual Conference

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Tony Rogers; David Miller; Bruce Barna

thermodynamic models, and (3) understand system-wide effects ofchanging process variables (as part of the process improvement aspect). The project, based on the synthesis of maleic anhydride from n-butane, involves severalimportant unit operations that will often be encountered in the capstone project. The students aregiven a set of equipment specifications and process data from which they are supposed todevelop a simulation of the process as it currently exists. Strategies for simulating the process arediscussed in detail and the course instructor is available in the student computing laboratory tohelp with issues as they arise. The project includes a reactor (PFR) with kinetic models, absorption column, vacuumdistillation column with

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine McComas, Cornell University; Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

4,800 users annually fromacademia, industry, and federal laboratories. As the largest single group of nanotechnologyresearchers in the world, NNIN has both a unique opportunity as well as responsibility to assureits users have awareness of societal and ethical obligations. Further, because of this vast userbase, NNIN offers unique strengths and opportunities for research in SEI through the presence ofits large academic and industrial community, the breadth of scientific directions being pursued,and the connections of the research and development being undertaken to issues of societalimpact of technology and of human resources.Further, because of its NSF funding, NNIN remains independent to foster questioning andstimulate research on topics that

Conference Session

International Experience, Effective Instruction, and Student Exchange Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Braun Riggins, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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International

with a hundred or more students while the recitation sessions would beconducted in a small classroom. The problems worked in recitation were checked by theprofessor during class. Little homework was assigned. Evaluation for first and second yearclasses consisted of three tests during the semester and a final exam. For third through fifth yearclasses, evaluation consisted of a final exam, laboratory work, and recitation participation. Sincethere were few homework assignments during the semester, the exam period was intense. Thosewho failed within a certain margin in their first attempt at the final exam were given theopportunity to retake the final exam two weeks later. Grades were not considered of muchimportance. Hiring companies would not

Conference Session

Panel on Innovative Graduate Education Concepts: Organized by the National Institute of Aerospace

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy E. Landis, University of Pittsburgh; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Leidy Klotz, Clemson University; Annie R. Pearce, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

ability to conductindependent research is an essential pillar of the doctoral process. Rigorous independent researchat the undergraduate level is still relatively uncommon in the U.S.; is typically limited to thestrongest students or students in specifically targeted populations 1, 2, 3; is most common in fieldsinvolving laboratory science; and is least common in non-laboratory social sciences andhumanities, with engineering fields somewhere in between 2. Ultimately, this means that studentsentering graduate engineering or construction-related programs of study typically do not havesignificant prior exposure to or experience with the means and methods for designing andimplementing independent research.In response to this knowledge gap, faculty

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ram V. Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar

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Minorities in Engineering

the Department of Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro. For the past twenty five years he has been working in the area of performance evaluation and modeling of poly- meric composites and ceramic matrix composites. He has worked with several federal laboratories in the area of fatigue, impact and finite element modeling of woven composites including US Army, US Air force, NASA-Langley Research Center, National science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In addition he has collaborated with Rice University, Texas A&M University, Tuskegee University, Air Force Institute of Technology, University of Dayton, Florida State University

Conference Session

FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Ruth Archer, Michigan Technological University; Meral Jackson, Michigan Technological University; Mary A. Fraley, Michigan Technological University; Crystal Lynn Payment, Michigan Technological University

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First-Year Programs

a short project evaluationwhich is summarized below.1. Overall ENG1101 ProjectAs shown in Table 2, the components used from ENG1001, were the initial research and projectmanagement, design construction, design pre-testing and testing, and the final report. Two of thethree instructors did require students complete an integrated design project ethical analysis. Theremaining instructor included engineering ethics via traditional case study analysis. The ethicsanalysis identified cultural and environmental concerns when utilizing wind energy based on a Page 25.129.7University of Massachusetts-Amherst Renewable Energy Resource Laboratory fact

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert G. Ryan, California State University, Northridge

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Mechanical Engineering

for our students, work iscurrently under way to optimize the entry of transfer students into our program by encouragingour local community colleges to develop articulated versions of our lower division designcourses.References 1. R.Ryan and N. Ho, “A Sophomore Design Sequence for Mechanical Engineering Students”, presented at the 2006 ASEE Pacific Southwest Section Conference, Pomona, California, April 20, 2006 2. www.cdio.org 3. N. Ho and R. Ryan, “Designing a Sequence of Design Courses to Improve Student Performance and Retention at a Minority Institution”, presented at the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference 4. E. Cooney, “Laboratory Report Grading Rubrics: What High School Teachers are Doing”, presented at the

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ricardo G. Sanfelice, University of Arizona; Giampiero Campa, MathWorks; Manuel Abraham Robles, University of Arizona

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Design in Engineering Education

2008, he was a Postdoc- toral Associate at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He visited the Centre Automatique et Systemes at the Ecole de Mines de Paris for four months. He is the recipient of the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, the Air Force Young Investigator Research Award (YIP), and the 2010 IEEE Control Systems Magazine Outstanding Paper Award. He was an Air Force Summer Faculty Fellow in 2010 and 2011. His research interests are in modeling, stability, robust control, observer design, and simulation of nonlinear and hybrid systems with applications to power systems, aerospace, and biology.Dr. Giampiero Campa, MathWorks

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Ronald J. Bennett Ph.D., Univeristy of Saint Thomas; Hugh Jack P.Eng., Grand Valley State University; Steve Wendel, Sinclair Community College; Mark J. Stratton, Society of Manufacturing Engineers; V. Raju, VIT University; Winston F. Erevelles, St.Mary's University; Phil Waldrop, Georgia Southern University

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Manufacturing

Systems and Control, Qualityand Continuous Improvement, and Manufacturing Management. The roof structure emphasizesthat laboratory experiences, quality, continuous improvement, and problem analysis pervade themanufacturing engineering field and integrate its various facets. Below the building foundation are more detailed lists of the Four Pillars subjects. Thesemake up the content of the programs. This list constitutes the basis for SME certification examsfor Certified Manufacturing Engineer and Certified Manufacturing Technologist.2. The Four Pillars and the SME Center for Education The Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering is a tool for promoting greaterunderstanding of the breadth and depth of the field of manufacturing

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renata A. Revelo Alonso, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

101 covers some of the scientific andmathematical principles that underlie the operation of information technologies, and theengineering processes by which the technologies are created. In particular, ECE 101 showsstudents how engineers negotiate tradeoffs as they design devices to meet social needs. Intendedfor students outside the College of Engineering, ECE 101 meets the campus’s general educationrequirements in physical sciences and in quantitative reasoning.In each semester, the enrollment in ECE 101 ranges from forty to sixty students, mostlyfreshmen and sophomores. Each week, students in ECE 101 attend two 50-minute lectures taughtby the instructor and one two-hour laboratory session led by a graduate teaching assistant. In

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Andrew J. Holtz P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural

Class (IPD) - Architectural Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management and Landscape Architecture completed end- of-quarter surveys. C. ARCE and BRAE Department Graduates with typically one year of industry experience were surveyed as a one-time effort.A. ARCE DESIGN LAB SURVEYS - In ARCE senior level design labs; ARCE 451 Timberand Masonry Design and Constructability Laboratory and ARCE 372 Steel Design andConstructability Laboratory students, six classes of approximately 16 students each were askedthe following questions over a period of three years 6:  Do you think you are a better team member because of what you learned on the team projects? The majority of the students

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David H. Hoe, University of Texas, Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

brief history of how undergraduate research in FPGA design was initiated.The FPGA Design class introduces the student to the concepts of reconfigurable logic design,including how to write VHDL code to synthesize basic digital logic designs, such as countersand adders, as well as how to use the tools for simulation and debug. Our laboratory is equippedwith FPGA development boards from Xilinx. The students learn how to use the associateddesign software from Xilinx, which includes the ChipScope virtual logic analyzer, thePlanAhead tool, and the ISIM simulator4. Some unique features of this course include adiscussion of the relevant VLSI design issues, testing FPGAs using high speed logic analyzers,and design with soft processor cores. An

Conference Session

Out-of-School and Informal Activities

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yair Joseph Mega P.E., Northeastern University; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Daniel Sullivan, Northeastern University; Lauren Horn, Northeastern University; Charles A. Dimarzio, Northeastern University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Harvester Using Magnetic Material Lung Imaging Using Optical Coherence TomographyMechanical & Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering Design in the Laminar Flame Laboratory: Design of a Combustion Vessel Retracting System Load-Bearing Capabilities of Ambulation Aids Development of Wood-Plastic CompositesSchool of Pharmacy Cellular Delivery Using Nano-EmulsionsLab mentors are required to submit a full abstract of the proposed research assignment inaddition to detailing specific research activities, required background knowledge andexpectations of participants during the course of the summer program. Each year, new facultyinterested in participating meet with program staff in addition to being encouraged

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

course content as theylearn. The projects have been carefully selected and designed to support the program learningobjectives. The careful selection and integration of projects to meet specific learning objectivesis an aspect of an effective inductive learning pedagogy called Challenge Based Instruction. A positive and supportive learning environment is essential to effectively accomplishing thelearning objectives that the curriculum and pedagogy is intended to support. The ultimateobjective of the PREP program is to prepare students for and motivate them toward highereducation particularly in STEM fields. The university setting is an ideal environment for theprogram. Exposure to college students, STEM faculty, campus laboratory and research

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward F. Glynn P.E., Villanova University; Frank E. Falcone, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

these interactions.IntroductionThe Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Villanova University has recentlyrevised its curriculum. In particular, the Department reduced the number of credits in thecurriculum by consolidating several related topics into a few key courses. One of these courses,Civil Engineering Fundamentals, is taught in the fall semester of the sophomore year and servesas an introduction to the engineering program. The course includes three 50-minute lectures andone 3-hour laboratory session per week over a 14-week semester. There are two sections of thecourse, each of which has between 20 and 30 students. Fundamentals is designed to helpsophomores develop many analytical, interpretive and field-based skills and

Conference Session

FPD II: Hands-on Curriculum in the First Year

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beverly K. Jaeger, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

emerging trend. Computing projects that are usedto control physical hardware were added to the Engineering Problem Solving and Computation course inorder to make strong connections to the many embedded computing applications used in students’everyday experience and in society in general. Moreover, witnessing computer instructions produce light,sound, and motion engages the students’ senses and provides the sort of immediate feedback essential forconstructive and memorable learning.In order to accomplish the goal of introducing hands-on laboratory experiences to over 600 students,Northeastern University teamed with the not-for-profit company Machine Science Incorporated toconduct a pilot study using a custom kit of electronic components in the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Evelyn Hanna Laffey, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; Kimberly A Cook-Chennault, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Linda S. Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineering Kimberly Cook-Chennault is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering De- partment at Rutgers University and Associate Director for the Center for Advanced Energy Systems (CAES). She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and Stanford University, respectively, and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Michi- gan. Prior to receiving her doctorate, Cook-Chennault worked at Ford Motor Company, Cummins Engine, Visteon, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories as a summer intern and Project Engineer. As a product engineer with Ford and Visteon, she designed seat and washer bottle assemblies, and established design

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Basha, University of the Pacific; Luke S. Lee, University of the Pacific

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Graduate Studies

complicated systems spanningboth fields, and to explore new research boundaries.The Sensor Networks for Infrastructure Systems course provided a combination of depth andbreadth to both undergraduates and graduates. The course consisted of two hours of lecture andthree hours of laboratory time each week with content divided into three topic areas eachincorporating a multi-week lab project. The final weeks of the course were devoted to large-scalefinal projects where student teams monitored actual structures on the university campus.The course was assessed in comparison to two other courses offered concurrently: a graduatecourse in networking for ECPE/CS students and a mixed course in water resource engineeringfor civil engineering students. Assessment

Conference Session

Topics in Computer Science and Programming

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Te-shun Chou, East Carolina University

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Computers in Education

an explicitor implicit security policy and classified incidents into the probe, scan, account compromise, rootcompromise, packet sniffer, denial of service, exploitation of trust, malicious code, and Internetinfrastructure attacks in 1997. In 1999, Lincoln Laboratory at MIT created the KDD99 data set,which is known as “DARPA Intrusion Detection Evaluation Data Set”7. The data set includesthirty-nine types of attacks that are classified into four main categories: denial of service (DoS)attacks, probe attacks, user to root (U2R) attacks, and remote to local (R2L) attacks.The goal of this paper is to provide a detailed analysis of those four categories of attacks. Theexperiments simulate attacks that are conducted by attackers in the real world

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-year Programs in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Wilczynski, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Michael Crowley, University of Southern California

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Electrical and Computer

same time, but more meetings arerequired. The most successful teams seem to be the ones whose meetings are the mostproductive. The team that did the kitting cell video claimed never to have all night sessions;rather, they had an open meeting time every day from 5-11pm in our computer laboratory. Teammembers came and went as they could and did other homework when their presence was notrequired. Team meetings came together dynamically and on demand. We currently have pre-reserved five rooms for 3 hours each evening Monday through Thursday. In addition, thefacilities manager now keeps the computer laboratory open round the clock all weekend duringthe weeks of the team project.One of the challenges that we face with our course redesign approach is

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

John Johnston; Ed Dammel; S.K. Ramesh; Eric Matsumoto

Session 2326 A Simple Beam Test: Motivating High School Teachers to Develop Pre-Engineering Curricula Eric E. Matsumoto, John R. Johnston, E. Edward Dammel, S.K. Ramesh California State University, SacramentoAbstractThe College of Engineering and Computer Science at California State University, Sacramentohas developed a daylong workshop for high school teachers interested in developing andteaching pre-engineering curricula. Recent workshop participants from nine high schoolsperformed “hands-on” laboratory experiments that can be implemented at the high school levelto introduce basic

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Hare; Roger Russell; Miriam Ferzli; Michael Carter; Yusef Fahmy; Eric Wiebe

and speaking.It is necessary, therefore, that those who are most able to help their students learn to think likeengineers should also play an important role in helping them learn to write and speak likeengineers. This places the responsibility back on engineering professors. Of course, the challengehas always been about finding time in engineering courses for teaching communication skills.One response to that challenge is to take advantage of the opportunities for teachingcommunication skills that already exist in the curriculum. While Wheeler 6 lists a number ofpossible venues for writing in the engineering curriculum, the most ubiquitous and yet the mostoverlooked is the lab report.Practically all engineering students take laboratory

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Cardenas; Patrick Little

aframework for describing effective engineering design studio courses, particularly at theintroductory level. The basic elements of such a framework consist of four basic areas: physicalspace, pedagogy, student exercises, and assessment.Physical space can have a profound effect on how students react in any active learning situation.In conversations with educators from Stanford regarding their success in visual thinking andengineering design, one of the most important elements reported was the need for “great views”and good lighting. Unfortunately, the physical space typically used to teach engineering designis markedly different than that for any of the visual arts. Often a conventional classroom is used,or a laboratory space equipped for physics or