Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; John DeLeon, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

more likely to produce Super Technologists given the balance between theory and real world skills that is developed through the course of such a program. Management, Leadership and other Personal and Interpersonal Soft skills Technical Design Experience Practical Technical Background Theoretical Technical Background Figure 2. 4-Tier model for the “Super Technologist”4. Become a program that works toward actively encouraging women and minorities. Women and minorities are keys to improving the number of ECET recruits each year. Studies show, unfortunately, that women have been made to feel uncomfortable in laboratory settings. We hope

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

- F INBIBLIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION1. Gallow, De, “What is Problem Based Learning?” Instructional Resource Center, The William and Flora HewlettGrant.” http://www.pbl.uci.edu/whatispbl.html, 2006.2. Scardamalia, M., and Bereiter C. “Student communities for the advancement of knowledge,” Communicationsof the ACM Volume 39 No. 4 pp. 36 – 37, 19963. Mehta, Y. and Najafi, F “Teaching Methodology of Flexible Pavement Materials and Pavement Systems,”Journal of SMET Education, 2003a.4. Mehta, Y. A, Orlins, J. and Lubelski, D. “Innovative Teaching Methods for Surveying and EngineeringGraphics,” Proceedings of Mi-Atlantic Conference, Kean University, NJ 2003b.5. Mehta, Y. A. “Innovative Techniques To Teach Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Watson, University of South Carolina; Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-918: TEACHING ENGINEERING IN SINGLE-GENDERMIDDLE-SCHOOL CLASSROOMSJoy Watson, University of South CarolinaJed Lyons, University of South Carolina Page 14.1134.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Engineering in Single Gender Middle School Classrooms AbstractStudents in middle school are often given pre-planned laboratory experiments which providelittle or no opportunity to develop creativity or problem solving skills. This paper describes aninvestigation of middle school students’ reactions to an open-ended engineering design problem,specifically to create a machine to move a Cheerio™ or a plastic egg seventy centimeters. If theproblem was solved

Conference Session

Using Information Technology to Create New Information Resources

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas; Michael Culbertson, Colorado State University; Esther Crawford, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

5 NTIS: National Technical Information Service 3 DOD: Department of Defense 3 NRC: Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2 ‘Aerospace’ 2 DOI: Department of Interior 2 National Labs; e.g. Argonne, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Sandia 2 NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1 BAE: Bureau of American Ethnology 1 BIA: Bureau of Indian Affairs 1 BLM: Bureau of Land Management 1 Defense Research Laboratory 1 DOT: Department of Transportation 1 ‘Electrical Engineering’ 1 ‘Environmental Impact Statements (on Idaho) 1 Environmental issues and studies 1 ‘Fire, Safety, automobiles’ 1

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pramod Rajan, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University

AuburnUniversity, Auburn, Alabama; a major laboratory in India; and Indian Institute ofTechnology (IIT), Madras, India. The team at the NDE imaging and modeling labat the Indian research center was keen in developing a robust algorithm for theirautomatic defect recognition (ADR) system for welds. The main problems theteam faced in analyzing weld radiographs were (1) detecting weld defects in thepresence of weld ripples and (2) detecting very faint defects occurring at the edgeof the weld seam. The managers at this center wanted the team to develop newmethodologies to identify defects in welds for analyzing the radiographs andsolve the above problems. In order to bring this real-world issue into engineeringclassrooms, the authors developed a multi-media

Conference Session

Using Classroom Technologies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Also, many newlearners do not realize that copying and pasting other work, especially from online sources, isplagiarizing. An article by Brothers displays a pyramid chart, which is the result of a study byNational Testing Laboratories in Bethel, Maine (p. 78).9 The learning pyramid chart in thatarticle reveals the average retention rate for various methods of teaching and retention. Lectureretention is about 5% and reading about 10%. Creating an atmosphere of collaboration,participation, and learning-by-doing increases learning retention up to 50%, according toBrothers. Many learners come to class, sit and put in their time. Teachers must help studentsunderstand that attendance is a good start, but it not enough to justify a grade showing

Conference Session

OMCED Topics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edgar An, Florida Atlantic University; Manhar Dhanak, Florida Atlantic University

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Ocean and Marine

, navigation, control, robotics and automation,modeling and simulation, system architecture, and neuro-fuzzy systems. He is currently the director of theAdvanced Marine Systems Laboratory, and is in charge of advanced marine vehicle research and development. Page 14.93.6 2009 ASEE Southeast Section Conference APPENDIX I (2004 MODEL SUBMARINE DESIGN WORKSHOP SURVEY) Categories Poor Fair Ave Good Excellent OverallPrevious interest in Ocean Engineering 0 3 3 8 4 3.72Interest in Ocean Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Courses for Non-engineers

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

past. One thing iscertain; this hands-on laboratory approach to a traditional lecture based class works well and willbe continued.Bibliography1. Allen, R. H. (2002). Impact teaching: Ideas and strategies for teachers to maximize student learning. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.2. Bonwell, C. C., & Eison, J. A. (1991). Active learning: Creating excitement in the classroom. (ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 1). Washington, DC: George Washington University.3. Crabtree, D. E. (1972). An Introduction to Flintworking. Occasional Papers No. 28. Pocatello, Idaho: Idaho State University Museum.4. Crawford, A. E., Saul, E. W., Mathews, S., & Makinster, J. (2005). Teaching and learning strategies for the thinking classroom

Conference Session

Getting Started: Objectives, Rubrics, Evaluations, and Assessment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter Schilling, MSOE

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

weighted accordingpredefined relationships, and final course grades are handed out. With this model ofdevelopment, all that is required is for the faculty member to store final assignmentgrades in the grade book.This, however, does not allow faculty members to compile student performance metricson a sub-assignment level. For example, the net final score would not reflect if half ofthe students are having extreme difficulty expressing the problems they encounteredwhile performing a laboratory experiment. Simply recording grades also does not allowone to readily factor in other aspects of grading, such as improvement with time in areasof difficulty. However, by converting the grade book into an electronic rubric book,multiple aspects of a student’s

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2009-1112: UNDERSTANDING AUTOMATED SYSTEM DESIGN PROBLEMSOLVING: CURRENT PROGRESS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INSTRUCTIONSheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (“Tony”) Hsieh is an Associate Professor in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art

Conference Session

Starting the Last Day with New Ideas

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shengyong Wang, State University of New York, Binghamton; Mohammad Khasawneh, State University of New York, Binghamton; Krishnaswami Srihari, State University of New York, Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

the Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory (HFEL). Dr. Khasawneh is a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) and the Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFES), the American Society for Quality (ASQ), and Alpha Epsilon Lambda (AEL) and Alpha Pi Mu (APM) honor societies.Krishnaswami Srihari, State University of New York, Binghamton Dr. Krishnaswami Srihari is a Distinguished Professor at the State University of New York and the Chair of the Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering at the State University of New York, Binghamton. He has worked in academia since the Fall of 1988. Since then, he has graduated more than 150 Masters students and 30 doctoral students. His

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Turner, Westfield State College; Glenn Ellis, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

, reinforces thegraphical connections between the various representations of the motion and connects to a largerproblem-solving framework.1 Brasell, H. “The Effect of Real-time Laboratory Graphing on Learning Graphic Representations of Distance andVelocity,” Journal of Research in Science Teaching 24, (1987).2 van Zee, E.H., Cole, A., Hogan, K., Oropeza, D. and Roberts, D. “Using Probeware and the Internet to EnhanceLearning,” Maryland Association of Science Teachers Rapper 25, (2000).3 Beichner, R. J., “The Effect of Simultaneous Motion Presentation and Graph Generation in a Kinematics Lab,”Journal of Research in Science Teaching 27, 803-815 (1990).4 Mokros, J. R. and Tinker, R. F. “The Impact of Microcomputer-Based Labs on Children’s Ability to

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew Boutell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Fisher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

of Outcome 5, 100 students enrolled inRobotics Programming over three years. Fifty-four students enrolled in the first year alone, andwe have scheduled additional sections for next year, based upon student interest.Future WorkThe first stages in the development of an undergraduate multidisciplinary robotics certificatehave proven to be very successful and beneficial to the institution and the student body. In thefuture, the PIs will seek federal and corporate grants to expand the certificate programming toinsure institutionalization and long term sustainability. This funding will be used to develop orrevise courses in the curriculum and to develop an integrated robotics research laboratory. Thislaboratory will be directed by the PIs of the

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Chang, United States Military Academy; Peter Hanlon, United States Military Academy; Kirk Ingold, United States Military Academy; Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2009-750: EDUCATING GENERATION Y IN ROBOTICSDavid Chang, United States Military AcademyPeter Hanlon, United States Military AcademyKirk Ingold, United States Military AcademyRobert Rabb, United States Military Academy Page 14.510.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Educating Generation ‘Y’ In RoboticsAbstractWe present our approach to educating the new Generation ‘Y’ using robotics in undergraduateeducation. This course is a laboratory based education for life-long learners through a look at anew course for non engineering majors in the senior year. As the centerpiece of this course, weuse a robotics platform to integrate introductory

Conference Session

Research and Project Initiatives in IT and IET

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough, University of Texas, Brownsville; Karla Ramirez, University of Texas, Brownsville

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

ofinvestigations that began when the statistics showed that the leading cause of death in frontalcollisions was the impact of the driver against the steering column.Main functions of an airbag:≠ Avoid impact of the driver or passenger against harsh elements of the vehicle (steeringwheel, dashboard, windshield, etc.).≠ Absorb part of the kinetic energy of the body.≠ To protect occupants from impact of crystals from the windshield.≠ Decrease the head movement and the risk of cervical lesions.However, airbags are installed in other areas of the modern cars as well.An airbag needs a sophisticated deployment system for its successful operation.According to the laboratory reports of the sponsor company, the airbag deployment system

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Andrew Clark, East Tennessee State University; Craig A. Turner, East Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

theircomfort and understanding of financial data and that this is a weakness that we need tocorrect in both the undergraduate and graduate programs.Introduction:Students enrolled in our Master of Science degree in technology come from two distinct Page 14.861.2populations; about one-third are entering graduate school immediately after graduatingfrom their bachelor’s degree program while the other two-thirds are non-traditionalgraduate students who are working on their master’s degree while performing full-timeemployment in a technical field, many working in National Laboratories. Both studentpopulations understand that in addition to understanding the

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne-Marie Lerner, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

expected that each individual instructor may attribute the same hypotheticalerror to different root error classes, there will at least be a consistent frame of reference for anindividual instructor.While error assessment was implemented successfully in a lecture-based thermodynamics,particularly in analyzing homework and exams, and with limited success for a lab-basedengineering materials course, it is anticipated that this methodology could be expanded toencompass assessment for laboratory reports, presentations, and group work. In the next section,future implementation plans are detailed along with anticipated challenges.Error Assessment in the Future: Proposed ImplementationError assessment was implemented successfully in a sophomore-level

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of Graphics Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer McDonald, Daniel Webster College; Alexandra Sobin, Daniel Webster College; Marie Planchard, Massachusetts Bay Community College; Nicholas Bertozzi, Daniel Webster College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

industry and held a variety of management and engineering positions including Beta Test Manager for CAD software at Computervision Corporation and in laboratory robotics at Caliper Life Science. She was founder of the New England SolidWorks Users Group, former Vice-President of the Pro|E New England Users Group and has presented at numerous technical conferences including SolidWorks World, American Society of Engineering Education, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Summit and resides on the Northeastern University Engineering Advisory Board

Conference Session

Space Systems Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Albert Soto, Texas A&M University; Daniel Brown, Cornell University; Mason Peck, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

beintroduced to the complex dynamics of a gyroscopic system (the CMGs) without the addedburden of full three dimensional attitude dynamics. Fourth, students, especially in the Page 14.131.3development stage of the testbed, see all the benefits of careful physical system integration. Thistestbed has not been used in any courses or laboratories, other than recent work at Cornellfacilities. Hence no survey data on the impact of such testbed on student learning and educationalvalues has been collected. However, this information would be useful in evaluating the efficacyof such testbed. One of the authors is a student in the Cornell University Leadership

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Mechanical Engineering

Devices, Irwin, Chicago, 1997.8. T.-R. Hsu, MEMS and Microsystem: Design and Manufacture, McGraw-Hill, 2002.9. B. A. Boley, and J. H. Weiner, Theory of Thermal Stresses, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1960.Bijan SepahpourBijan Sepahpour is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and is currently the chairman of theMechanical Engineering Department at The College of New Jersey. He is actively involved in thegeneration of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in theareas of mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery for undergraduate engineering programs.He is serving as the primary advisor for this project

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soumya Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. She recently won an award for maximum number of publications in a year from chemical engineering department at MSU. She is associated with Medical Micro Device Engineering Laboratory (M.D.-ERL) at MSU working under Dr. Adrienne Minerick. Soumya is been an active member of AIChE, AES, ASEE, SWE and Sigma-Xi.Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University Anurag K. Srivastava received his Ph.D. degree from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, in 2005, M. Tech. from Institute of Technology, India in 1999 and B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, India in 1997. He is working as Assistant Research Professor at Mississippi State University since

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca Sala, Baker College; Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

utilized include Homework, Quizzes, Laboratory Reports, Midterm Exam, and Final Exam. While all tools are used to assess achievement of SLO’s, for brevity we discuss in the following only the results from Final Exams from the 2006-07 and 2007-08 academic years, and Midterm Exams from the 2007-08 academic year. Tables 7 and 8 show the individual student results from academic year 2007-08 for General Physics I, and General Physics II respectively. Table 7. General Physics I Individual Student Results.2007-08 Midterm Exam Final ExamStudent ID SLO2

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Meyer, Purdue University; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

lecture and directed problem solving session combination helped me prepare for exams. 4. The on-line lecture and directed problem solving session combination helped me prepare for the laboratory experiments. 5. I would choose the on-line lecture and directed problem solving session combination in another ECE course (if available). 6. I would prefer only a live (traditional) lecture over the on-line lecture and directed problem solving session combination for this course. 7. I enjoyed learning course material in the directed problem solving format. 8. Having a choice of course delivery options enhanced my ability to learn. 9. The directed problem solving sessions enhanced my learning experience.10. I

Conference Session

Integrating Design into the BME Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Silas Bernardoni, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Tyler Lark, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Willis Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

effectively across disciplines1. The students work on a variety of interesting and challenging projects. Some examples of Page 14.1083.2the projects are:1. A combined thermistor, pressure, and CO2 device for use in the sleep laboratory: Develop adesign for a single device that can be used on infants and that can measure all three signals ofinterest which are a) temperature difference between inhaled and exhaled air, b) pressure sensorsthat show a flattening pressure profile during upper airway narrowing, and c) carbon dioxidesampling tubes to detect the exhaled CO2 waveform.2. Design for a self-contained, maneuverable, endoscopic, video camera

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christiaan Gribble, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

determine the scaling propertiesof their implementation using the multicore machines in our computer laboratory. Specifically,students measure the wall time required to approximate the value of using 100 million randomsamples distributed across one, two, four, eight, or 16 threads. A written analysis of theobserved scaling behavior is submitted along with the source code for each of their multithreadedprograms.The pthreads project is introduced first primarily because the execution environment, thoughrequiring the students to begin thinking “in parallel”, is nevertheless more familiar than that ofthe GPU devices. Once students have gained a certain level of comfort with the core issuesarising from a multithreaded implementation of the Monte Carlo

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Birmingham, Grove City College; Vincent DiStasi, Grove City College; Gary Welton, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

coursemanagement systems (CMS). Since Tablet PCs are integrated into the college curriculum as well Page 14.841.3as students’ lives (i.e., they are comfortable with the affordances offered by the Tablet PC) andthe use of CMS is spread thorough the college, GCC is an excellent laboratory to assess thistechnology.All the classrooms are equipped with network ports, wireless networking, and electrical outlets ateach seat. The backbone is all fiber connected running at gigabit speeds with multiple trunks toeach of the academic buildings. The campus network has ample bandwidth with capacity to growin the future. In addition, all students and faculty have

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: Using Case Studies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Didier Valdes, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Erika Jaramillo Giraldo, University of Puerto Rico; Jorge Ferrer, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; William Frey, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

work with short, thinly structured scenarios, theycan refine these skills through practice in the realistic scenarios that well written cases candeliver. Thus, cases turn the ethics class into an ethics laboratory. More complex casesencourage students to practice different modes of structuring and framing complex situations.These framing and structuring activities have been identified by Werhane [8] and Johnson [9] askey elements to moral imagination. Finally, having students practice decision-making andproblem-solving through cases and scenarios and then having them explain and justify theirdecisions to teachers and peers starts the process of developing the virtue of responsibility.Cases represent the best pedagogical strategy for responding

Conference Session

Sustainable Education and the Environment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine Scott, Seattle Pacific University; John Lindberg, Seattle Pacific University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

material, text books and other referencematerials, with the focus being the upcoming project. It also makes the homework very openended – much like real-world applications – with no single correct answer but many possibleincorrect answers.Detailed Project ExamplesThe above concepts are illustrated with some examples from the hydroelectric power generationsection of the class. The project for this section involves analyzing an existing, small scale,hydroelectric plant owned by our university located on a remote biology field station. Theproperty consists of several hundred acres of forested land on a private, undeveloped island,including two small fresh water lakes connected by a stream, some laboratory and dormbuildings and a small (35 KVA) hydro

Conference Session

Starting the Last Day with New Ideas

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nagen Nagarur, State University of New York, Binghamton; Krishnaswami Srihari, State University of New York, Binghamton; Sarah Lam, State University of New York, Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

planned keeping the needs of the industries in mind, especiallyin the light of the recent economic turmoil.References1. “International Association of Financial Engineers,” http://iafe.org/html/, Accessed February 2009.2. Alsop, Ron, “Wall Street Employers Shine to Financial Engineering Degrees,” The Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2006.3. “Career Options,” http://interpro-academics.engin.umich.edu/fep/, 2005, Accessed September 2007.4. “Laboratory of Financial Engineering,” http://lfe.mit.edu/, Accessed February 2009.5. “Financial Engineering,” http://interpro-academics.engin.umich.edu/fep/, 2005, Accessed September 2007.6. “Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering,” http://orfe.princeton.edu/, Accessed

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Vollaro, Western New England College

Tagged Divisions

Materials

minute class with an extended laboratory period on Friday, allowingup to two hours for these activities. Each student was assessed by her/his performance onquizzes, exams, homework assignments, and written work associated with the lab activities.The lab activities completed in this manufacturing processes (Spring 2007) course included:a) “Attention to Detail” – writing and following directions for an everyday task,b) Machine Shop Observation – turning and milling of three different materials using the samemachining parameters with a worksheet,c) Video Field Trips – viewing of technical videos independently with brief written report,d) Industrial Field Trips – touring a manufacturing facility with a written trip report,e) “Quick-n-Dirty” CNC