Conference Session

Research in Multidisciplinary Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the REU program.Technical CommunicationSince technical communications skills are essential in technical careers2, one of the ABETcriteria is the “ability to communicate effectively.” The teaching of technical communication,however, is a long-term process. Such training is often integrated into curricula3-6. As a result,all three University’s provide workshops on aspects of technical communication and theUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell’s College of Engineering requires the review (and revision)of at least one piece of student writing every semester during an undergraduate student’suniversity career. The challenge, therefore, was to provide some technical communicationtraining in a 10-week-long research program.During Year 1, training in

Conference Session

Engineering and ET Relationships & Professional Development

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

, and this may well be an arduousjourney, because we want to retain our roots in ‘hands-on’ education while satisfying therequirements for full engineering instruction. However, this departure from civil engineeringtechnology would leave a void in the preparation of civil engineering ‘technologists’ both for siteengineering and the traditional “number-cruncher” in the office. It would appear that there willbe an increasing demand for technologists for both field and office engineering, but career pathpotential has not yet been established in education and industry. The technologist will be in evergreater demand as the educational background and expectations of graduating civil engineerswho directly pursue their Master’s degree grow. This paper

Conference Session

Potpourri II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Waterfall, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Elizabeth Albrecht, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

• Extend advising to the classroom; advising is not limited in function, location, time, etc. • Utilize a developmental advising approach according to Winston, Ender and Miller:14 o Academic advising is a continuous process with an accumulation of personal contacts between advisor and student – these contacts have both direction and purpose. o Advising must concern itself with quality-of-life issues, and the advisor has a responsibility to attend to the quality of the student’s experience in college. o Advising is goal related; the goals should be established and owned by the student and should encompass academic, career, and personal development areas. o Advising requires

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Unique Approaches

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn S Jordan, Purdue Univeristy; Robin Adams, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

brief discussion of future directions forresearch. Figure 1: Picture of the author’s paper-shredding Rube Goldberg machine Page 13.1.3Background and contextReuben Lucius Goldberg (1883 – 1970) started his engineering career designing sewer systems.In 1914 after six months, he left engineering practice to become a cartoonist. His cartoons took asatirist point of view on technology, with his major underlying message being that technologymisapplied often makes life unnecessarily complicated. According to Goldberg, his cartoonsrepresent “a symbol of man’s capacity for exerting maximum effort to achieve minimal results.”He conveyed this

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown; Norman Voigt, Penn State, New Kensington

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Civil Engineering

similar attributes appropriate to the program educational objectives. Individual faculty members must have educational backgrounds, industrial experience, professional practice, communication skills, and technologically current knowledge that support the field of instruction and program educational objectives. Collectively, the faculty must be capable of providing students an appropriate breadth of perspective and effective instruction in the use of modern technical and non-technical Page 13.1257.3 methodologies in careers appropriate to the program educational objectives.”2In both cases, engineering experience, professional practice

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

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Wenyen Huang, SUNY New Paltz; Ping-Chuan Wang, State University of New York at New Paltz; Seth Pearl, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Engineering Programs at the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz. He received his B.S. from National Tsing-Hua Univer- sity in Taiwan in 1990 and M.S. and Eng.Sci.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Columbia University in 1995 and 1997, respectively. Subsequently he joined IBM Microelectronics as an R&D sci- entist/engineer for a 21-year career in the microelectronics industry to develop advanced semiconductor technologies. He joined SUNY New Paltz in 2018 with expertise in materials science and solid mechan- ics, as well as research interests in stress-induced phenomena in engineering materials, microelectronics reliability and additive manufacturing of metals. He has over 50 technical

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2008 GSW

Authors

Matthias W. Pleil

’ lack of interest, motivation, knowledge and skills required to compete in theglobal economy. By leveraging the Sandia National Laboratories University Allianceand its MEMS Design competition, Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) hasenabled undergraduate Manufacturing Technology MEMS (Micro ElectromechanicalSystems) students to compete with graduate and undergraduate engineering studentsacross the nation from Universities including: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, University ofNorth Carolina, and the University of Illinois. The CNM design teams finished first orwere runners up over the last three years resulting in many students realizing that they toowere capable of pursuing an engineering career. Due to the high placement within thecontest

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2008 GSW

Authors

Carol Costello; August Allo

resumes_________________________________________________________ Practicing the job interview____________________________________________________ Other suggestions for topics concerning communication to help you be more professional on the job. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education Attachment 2Exit Questionnaire for EE 4811—Design One November 30, 2007Name (optional)__________________________E-Mail(Optional)_____________________________We follow up with selected students as they proceed into the Design II class and careers

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2008 GSW

Authors

Mario Ortiz; Professor Andrea Mammoli; Professor Peter Vorobief

employed as a GK-12 Fellow. This studentworks as a visiting scientist in Albuquerque Public School science classes. GK-12 Fellows researchand create labs and assist students and teachers with science learning and understanding. Energytopics related to the solar project have been taught at a middle school level. It is the goal of allparties involved with the GK-12 program to inspire scientists and engineers of the future. TheMechanical Engineering building solar project along the GK-12 Fellowship have the potential ofsteering careers toward one of the most important challenges facing society today. Conclusions1. The life cycle analysis for the UNM ME buildiing shows minimal cost savings as a result ofenergy

Conference Session

Survivor: The First Few Years

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

advanced degree or pursue acareer in research. Therefore, it is necessary to have well-defined projects that enable successively moreindependence as the participant’s competency grows. It is important that the project enable true research and thatthe participant does not simply act as a lab technician for a graduate student’s project. This section will discuss howto structure 10-week REU student projects to maximize productivity for the faculty member’s research whilesimultaneously facilitating a transformative and positive experience for the undergraduate both in the laboratory andin crafting their own professional career credentials

Conference Session

Innovations in ME Laboratory Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Davis, Kettering University; Craig Hoff, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

theexercise.Requiring the teams to perform the laboratory exercise on their own time provides a bettersimulation of the requirements they will face in their careers. The teams will need to becomeself sufficient, learning to rely on the use of manuals, and professional standards, etc. in order toperform their jobs. In order to help them begin to achieve this process, faculty members providea more detailed tutorial to the host team, and lists of references for all teams. Two hour timeslots are setup to conduct each exercise. If a team fails to complete the exercise during this timeslot, they must schedule another time with the host team. This encourages teams to comeprepared to test.An example laboratory exercise is presented in the Appendix. This exercise, a

Conference Session

Engineering Student Involvement in K12 Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malinda Zarske, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado at Boulder; Janet Yowell, University of Colorado at Boulder

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

is now amechanical engineering instructor at CU-Boulder and is involved in grant-sponsored researchinto the reasons high school girls go on to choose a career in engineering. Another former Fellowstarted a company which offers the opportunity for high school students to become involved inbuilding elementary schools in developing communities. Yet another Fellow alumnus is teachingaerospace engineering at a high school as part of Project Lead the Way. Last, but not least, a pastFellow is coordinating the current incarnation of the TEAMS program and co-authoring thispaper. Even years later, some of our former Fellows harbor big dreams, envisioning for their ownfuture some deeper involvement in K-12 engineering activities such as developing a

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University; Joe Jien-Jou Lin, Purdue University; Alexander Malyscheff, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

’ Retention based on Cognitive and Non-cognitive FactorsAbstractEngineering students’ affective self-beliefs can be influential factors directly or indirectlyaffecting their academic success and career decision. This paper examines whether students’non-cognitive factors can be used, alone or in combination with cognitive factors, in artificialneural network (ANN) models to predict engineering student’s future retention. Four ANN basedretention prediction models using different combinations of non-cognitive and cognitive factorsare presented. The independent variables includes survey items from nine non-cognitiveconstructs (leadership, deep learning, surface learning, teamwork, self-efficacy, motivation,meta-cognition, expectancy-value, and major

Conference Session

Educational Software

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Michael Morrow, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Mark Allie, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Thad Welch, Boise State University

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Computers in Education

snapshot ofthree different progress points for incorporating real-time DSP into these activities.4.1 At the University of Wisconsin-MadisonThe Society of Women Engineers holds a one week summer program entitled “Engineering To-morrow’s Careers” for young women between their junior and senior years in high school. Theintent is to expose them to engineering and allow them to interact with people who work in a Page 13.1352.8variety of engineering disciplines. As part of this experience, we have hosted a 90-minute combi-nation classroom/lab session entitled “What is digital? (and why do I care?).” In the classroom,we start off by asking them to

Conference Session

Focus on IE Course Design and Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Cathy Hall, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; John Garner, East Carolina University

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2008-2708: PREDICTING ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR FIRST SEMESTERENGINEERING STUDENTS USING PERSONALITY TRAIT INDICATORSPaul Kauffmann, East Carolina University Paul J. Kauffmann is Professor and Chair in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. His industry career included positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr. Kauffmann received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Professional Engineer.Cathy Hall, East Carolina University Cathy W. Hall is a professor in the Department of Psychology at East Carolina University. She

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ram Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University

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Graduate Studies

directly from their undergraduate semesters, armed with Bachelorsdegrees, but unhappy with the job market and their career prospects.Just as their motives for being in this class are diverse so are their academic backgrounds for theCSE graduate students. Many students have undergraduate degrees in mathematics orengineering, whereas some have majored in Biology, Business, Physics, agricultural sciences.Their level of knowledge of statistics is also varied, although, most have had at least someelementary statistical theory. Teaching statistics to students from different backgrounds is notdifficult, statistics is, in essence, an applied science and lends itself well to most disciplines thancan be quantified. However, all the different backgrounds and

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology; Devanandham Henry, Stevens Institute of Technology; Richard Turner, Stevens Institute of Technology; Kahina Lasfer, Stevens Institute of Technology; Lawrence Bernstein, Stevens Institute of Technology; Kristen Baldwin, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, Logistics)

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Page 13.34.1 Larry Bernstein is the Distinguished Service Professor of Software Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ. He wrote “Trustworthy Systems Through Quantitative Software Engineering,” with C.M. Yuhas, Wiley, 2005, ISBN 0-471-69691-9. He had a 35-year executive career at Bell Laboratories managing huge software projects deployed worldwide. Mr.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Bernstein is a Fellow of the IEEE and the Association for Computing Machinery for innovative software leadership. He is on the Board of Center for National Software Studies and Director of the NJ Center for Software Engineering and is an active speaker on Trustworthy

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Mukai, University of Wyoming; Trent McDonald, West Inc.

makes it much easier to understand stochasticphenomena. The PIs also hypothesize that not only are the proposed non-calculus-basedstatistics easier to understand, but that much more sophisticated analyses can be conducted muchearlier in a student’s career using these methods. The expected significance of this project isthat a) students will have a much stronger understanding of the fundamentals of probabilityand statistics and b) students will be able to conduct much more sophisticated statistical Page 14.911.3analyses.In the rest of this paper, traditional calculus-based statistics relying on mathematically derivedprobability functions will be

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Fuller, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

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Computers in Education

2020report (2005) calls for system-wide efforts to align the engineering curriculumand engineering profession with the needs of today’s global, knowledge-driveneconomy, with the goal of increasing student interest in engineering careers. Ithas also been recommended that research should be combined with education,thereby training students in critical thinking and research methodologies, as wellas providing them with solid engineering skills7.As more industries utilize the economic advantages of a global R&D, U.S.engineering teams need to prepare for collaboration across countries and theblurring of national boundaries. Future engineers need to be trained not only inbasic engineering skills, but also in managing global research teams8. Thus

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Johnson, Purdue University; Sergey Dubikovsky, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

Aeronautical Engineering Technology program has senior level capstone courses thatintegrate knowledge gained through undergraduate courses. Three of these capstone coursesrequire the students to plan, design, build, test, and implement product or process improvements.Faculty members have designed these courses in the curriculum to focus students on productdesign and process improvement. The courses use Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology andtechniques as a structured approach to problem-solving, product design, and processimprovement. This combination of design project experience and LSS knowledge is anadvantage for graduates seeking careers in aerospace and aviation, as the LSS methodology iswidely used across multiple disciplines to achieve dramatic

Conference Session

Robots in Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ahlgren, Trinity College; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

Page 14.864.2their academic projects, and self-efficacy has been shown to be an important element of studentmotivation in engineering education8. Development of individual skills is paramount, as eachstudent must develop a unique skill set that will prepare him or her for a career, and each studentmust gain perceived self-confidence in the application of his or her skill set to solve engineeringproblems. The authors believe that that robot design teams are ideal settings for building skillsmastery, and hence self-efficacy. In teams, designing and building complex robots andsucceeding in a robot competitions require the team to address problems in sensing, mechanics,computer interfacing, electronics, logic, and project management, for example

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yogesh Velankar, Purdue University; Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Masataka Okutsu, Purdue University; Daniel Delaurentis, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

instruction are excellent instructionalmethods for organizing these kinds of learning experiences. An Aerospace EngineeringDesign course has blended project-based learning experiences into the traditionalsequence of lectures and homework instructional design. Prior evaluations of this coursedemonstrate that students find this approach compelling and vital to their learningbecause it replicates experiences they anticipate having in their career. However, theexperiences are still too artificial. Students report frustration when they know they needinformation, but the source of this information does not come until lectures scheduledmuch later in the course. Also, the instructor would like more detail of the quantity andquality of a team’s interactions

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects in Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maya Trotz, University of South Florida; Amy Stuart, University of South Florida; Daniel Yeh, University of South Florida; Helen Muga, University of South Florida; Linda Phillips, University of South Florida; James Mihelcic, University of South Florida

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Environmental Engineering

interests are primarily related to air pollution and its impacts on human health and the environment. Through her research, she seeks to understand the multi-scale interactions of air pollutants with the natural and built environments and to elucidate the effects of these interactions on public health and on sustainability. Her current research project topics are interactions between transportation infrastructure, air quality, and health equity; and mercury and sustainability in the Tampa Bay and in Guyana. She is a recipient of an NSF Career Award.Daniel Yeh, University of South Florida Dr. Daniel Yeh is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the

Conference Session

Project-Based Student Learning: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

programs towards product/system development. While the Programs will always delivera well-rounded curriculum that prepares students for general careers in the Electronics andTelecommunication industries; the faculty believes, like many other programs, in the importanceof producing graduates that understand innovation and entrepreneurship as well as thetechnical/engineering fundamentals.1,2 For this reason, the curriculum has been changed overtime to provide students with the requisite technical expertise and a strong background in projectmanagement that allows them to understand the planning process behind product and systemdevelopment. Since 2002, the Programs have refined their capstone design course sequence torequire all students to: form a

Conference Session

Methods and Techniques in Graduate Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal Nepal, Texas A&M University; Paul Lin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Graduate Studies

fortheir Master’s Project. In other words, they will provide them with the opportunity to exploretheir potential research areas for their MS Project. Furthermore, having an additional course inthe same area as their field of interest will provide them with sufficient time to accomplish ascholarly work. Consequently, such courses will better equip them for post graduation career inthe today’s competitive world.MS Tech Program at IPFWThe Master of Science in Technology at the Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne(IPFW) was formally launched in the Spring Semester of 2007 with an enrollment of six fulltimes students. The enrollment since then has increased almost four fold but the actual activestudent number is slightly less because of

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Endeavor

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Brocato, Mississippi State University

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Liberal Education

authentic engineering situations. The first case study, “The Pendergrass Circuits E-mail,” is a one-page story that literally puts students into the narrative as a character, requiringthem to read, analyze, discuss, and reflect on the story’s details before deciding what sorts ofactions and written documentation are necessary. The second case study involves close analysisof the space shuttle Challenger disaster, in particular the written and oral communication thattook place prior to the disaster itself. As this paper shows, using case studies as described herecan provide students with valuable exposure to the types of decisions they might have to make intheir professional careers while also providing engineering programs with a sound method

Conference Session

Bridging the Gap and Freshman Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Morley, Georgia Institute of Technology; Rick Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

Recruiting, Preparation, and CommunicationEffective communication with potential students about the Distance Calculus program is anessential component to a successful experience. The communication must start early, continuethroughout the program, and provide the students with accurate and timely information. Studentsshould hear as early as possible in their high school career about the course requirements in orderto ensure that they have the proper qualifications for eligibility. Ideally, this communicationshould begin in the 9th grade so that students can plot a path that allows them to complete APCalculus by their junior year. Potential students also need to make sure they have taken the SATor ACT and the AP Exam in time for admission into the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid Vakilzadian, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Dietmar Moeller, University of Hamburg

program into its electrical engineering degree program.The educational objectives follow.3. Educational GoalsThe overall goal of the M&S-based undergraduate program in electrical engineering is toprovide skilled, M&S practicing electrical engineers. The program needs to provide studentswith:≠ The technical knowledge and skills to enable them to have a successful career in the profession.≠ A general education to enable them to appreciate the social, ethical, economic, and environmental dimensions of problems.≠ The communication skills and social skills that are necessary to work effectively with others.≠ The ability to solve problems by learning what is already known and then applying logic and creativity to find a solution.≠ The

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Innovation, International Cooperation, and Social Entrepreneurship

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Fry, Baylor University; Gregory Leman, Baylor University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

technologies on a global scale than at any othertime.These realities have been well-documented by others, so we only note here one outcome– the emergence of a new paradigm for startup-ventures which are “born global 1”.Presutti et al. conclude that born-global ventures represent the final stage of developmentfor serial entrepreneurs and point to the development of a global network as an importantfactor in the readiness of the individual entrepreneur for a successful born-global launch. 2Whether or not a series of ventures is needed to prepare an individual for such a career-capping event, this model can serve as a guiding paradigm as educators design andexecute educational experiences that will accelerate the preparation of graduates for aworld in

Conference Session

Design, Build, Fly (DBF)/AIAA Student Competition/UA

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Rodrigue, Saint Louis University; David Safont, Saint Louis University; Alex Rees, Saint Louis University; Jim Maday, Saint Louis University; Francisco Vilaplana, Saint Louis University; Goetz Bramesfeld, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Page 14.299.2requirement is that the vehicle must be assembled and disassembled quickly and easily as to notdelay the specified mission. Prioritizing design parameters is an important task, but optimizingthe overall design will require definite tradeoffs. Understanding the optimization process is aninvaluable lesson that students must learn to embrace before and during their careers asengineers. Projects like the Bumblebee provide students with the opportunity design their owntrade studies prior to entering the work environment. II. The Team The team in charge of designing and building the Bumblebee consists of five senioraerospace engineering students. Although the core team only consists of