Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Electronics and Electrical ET Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

. IntroductionThe curriculum of the EET program covers a broad based educational experience emphasizingpractical, hands-on laboratory work, closely coordinated with theoretical classroom discussion.Students receive a solid foundation of coursework in electric circuits, digital electronics,solid-state electronics, communications, power and electrical machinery.The EET program has developed a PEOs assessment process to fulfill ABET accreditationrequirements. It is an outcome based assessment in which the PEOs should meet the need of theprogram constituents. PEOs describe the attributes that we desire our graduates to possess three tofive years after graduation. According to ABET’s definition of PEOs, “Program EducationalObjectives are broad statement that

Conference Session

Engineering and Technology for Everyone

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2009-1307: INSTRUCTIONAL BENEFITS OF A COURSE MANAGEMENTSYSTEM IN K-12 EDUCATIONPatricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Patricia A. Carlson has taught a variety of professional writing courses at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and has held ten ASEE Summer Research Fellowships. She is on the editorial board of three professional publications for advanced educational technology and has served as a National Research Council Senior Fellow at the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory. Email: patricia.carlson@rose-hulman.edu Page 14.745.1© American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sherion Jackson, East Carolina University; Andrew Jackson, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

selected 21 times (17.9%).Other was selected 12 times as an assignment type choice, and Team Topic Paper was noted fourtimes. (see Table 6) Those noting the Other category often focused on interactive activitieswhich included interactive laboratories, discussions, and chats. (see Table 11) Participants tendedto steer away from team work due to negative opinions regarding poor online interactionsbetween some team members and non-participation of other team members. One participantcommented on team assignments with this statement. “Online team projects are largelyineffective for me unless ALL members of the team are willing to put forth solid effort. Just onein the group not carrying their share drags the whole group down.”Table 6Preferred

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed Seif, Alabama A&M University; Kenneth Fernandez, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at AlabamaA&M University in Huntsville, AL. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering fromUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville. He has research interest in the areas of ComputationalFluid Dynamics, Biomechanics, and Control and Automation. His primary area of interest atAAMU is Automation, Control and Fluid Dynamics. After graduating from UAH, he worked atU.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory at Fort Rucker, Alabama. During his employmentthere, his research focused on aircrew protection and head-supported mass and center of massplacement for the U.S. Army aviation. As a Ph.D. candidate at UAH, his research focusedprimarily on shock-wave turbulent boundary layer interactionsMOHAMED

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Hackworth, Old Dominion University; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University; Vernon Lewis, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

and Evaluate Programs. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Number 71, fall 1997, Jossey-Bass Publishers page 33-39 5. Palloff, Rena and Pratt, Keith. Building Online Learning Communities: Effective Strategies for the Virtual Classroom, 2nd Edition, , Jossey-Bass, 2007, pages 205-226.. 6. Flory, Isaac and Hackworth, John R., The Administration of Senior Design Projects in a Distance Learning Environment. ASEE 2005 Annual Conference Proceedings. 7. Hackworth, John R. and Jones, Richard L. Assessment Methods for Comparison of On-Campus and Distance-Learning Laboratory Courses in an Engineering Technology Program ASEE 2004 Annual Conference Proceedings

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Manufacturing Curricula for the Year 2015 and Beyond

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Venkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York, Farmingdale; David Wells, North Dakota State University; Robert Mott, University of Dayton

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Manufacturing

requiresmajor curriculum redesign and/or major expenditures on laboratory equipment. After this astudent would need to take the course and could still be up to two years away from his or her firstposition. In simple terms we often need to look four or more years into the future to predict whatwill be cutting edge as our students enter the workforce. This problem has long guaranteed thatthere is a lag between industry need and graduate knowledge. Although some futuredevelopments are easily foreseen, many are not. To identify developments that can impactproduction within five to ten years we look to private and public researchers. Through their workthey develop new solutions to old problems, and to develop innovations that redefine what wecan do, and

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curricula for the Year 2015 and Beyond

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Venkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York, Farmingdale; David Wells, North Dakota State University; Robert Mott, University of Dayton

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Manufacturing

research in manufacturing can be quickly and effectively transferred from research projects or industry developments into manufacturing curricula. Session 3: Emerging Methods of Educational Delivery - Alternatives to lecture-based instruction; activity- based learning; project-based learning; case-study based learning; role of laboratories – projected changes, distance learning – Web based; distributed hybrid; role of cooperative education; internships; industry-based education; continuing education, etc. Session 4: Manufacturing Topics in Other Engineering Disciplines - Manufacturing immersed in other (non-manufacturing-named) engineering curricula (mechanical, industrial, electrical

Conference Session

Information Literacy Integration and Assessment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Rocco Piccinino, Smith College; Mary Moriarty, Smith College; Linda Jones, Smith College

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Engineering Libraries

; ≠ Homework assignment and test problem from a first-year course15 directed toward students’ abilities to access and evaluate information in the libraries and on the World Wide Web. ≠ Reports from a variety of design projects, laboratories, or research-based analyses in which students cite data in developing an argument. These types of assignments provide measures of the abilities to access and evaluate information, cite information ethically and in proper format, and utilize information to accomplish a particular purpose. As students progress through the curriculum, they are exposed to a greater variety and greater complexity of data, including data presented in tabular and graphical formats. In

Conference Session

First-Year Advising and Transition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles McDowell, University of California, Santa Cruz; Adrienne Harrell, University of California, Santa Cruz

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First-Year Programs

shown how tonavigate the student portal, with specific tips and tools from the Peer Mentors about accessingand updating information on this key campus information network. They were also given toursof four faculty research laboratories led by their program Peer Mentors and other undergraduatestudent researchers.The primary goal and intended outcome of the Engineering Transfer Transition Program was toease the transition of incoming transfer students to facilitate their academic success andpersistence to graduate within engineering in a timely manner. We hoped to achieve this largelyby connecting ETTP students to faculty, staff, and other transfer engineering students, while alsoexposing them to the academic demands and opportunities of upper

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Bowles, University of South Carolina; Caitlin Buchhaults, University of South Carolina; Donald Griffith, University of South Carolina

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-1425: VIRTUALIZING FIRST FOR IMPROVED RECRUITMENT OFSTUDENTS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGJohn Bowles, University of South Carolina John Bowles is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of South Carolina where he teaches and does research in reliable system design. Previously he was employed by NCR Corporation and Bell Laboratories. He has a BS in Engineering Science from the University of Virginia, an MS in Applied Mathematics from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rutgers University.Caitlin Buchhaults, University of South Carolina Caitlin Buckhaults is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Anderson, Texas Tech; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech; Diana Hudson, Texas Tech

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Mechanical Engineering

Services(ETS) as described by Ekstrom, French, and Harman6. Subjects were offered extra course creditif they completed all four tests. The subjects took a pre-SCI test during the first ten days of thecourse and a post-SCI test during the last week of this course. The same test was used for thepre- and post- examinations. The PFT and CRT tests were administered at the same time as thepost-SCI test. Seventy-six students completed both the pre- and post-SCI tests. Several othersubjects completed either the pre- or post-tests, but not both. These students either dropped thecourse during the semester or did not participate in both tests. These data were excluded for thepurposes of this study. The tests were administered in a computer laboratory. The

Conference Session

Curriculum in Civil Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvester Kalevela, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Engineering Technology

programs in engineering technology. The BLS provides thefollowing notes regarding 4-year engineering technology programs: ≠ The programs include various hands-on laboratory classes that focus on current application issues. ≠ Students are prepared for practical design and production work, rather than jobs that require more theoretical knowledge. ≠ Engineering technology graduates may obtain jobs similar to those given to engineering graduates. ≠ Engineering technology graduates are not qualified to register as professional engineers under the same terms as graduates with degrees in engineering. ≠ Some employers regard 4-year technology program graduates as having skills between those of a technician

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Baer, Georgia Institute of Technology

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New Engineering Educators

Maryland and their libraries’ experiences collaborating with various research programs." New Review of Information Networking 11, no. 1: 83-98.[19] Kearns, Katherine and Tracy Thrasher Hybl. 2005. “A Collaboration Between Faculty and Librarians to Develop and Assess a Science Literacy Laboratory Module.” Science & Technology Libraries 25, no. 4: 39-56.[20] Trussell, Alice. 2004. "Librarians and engineering faculty: Partnership opportunities in information literacy and ethics instruction." IATUL Annual Conference Proceedings 14.[21] Poole, Clifton H. 2004. “Plagiarism and the online student: What is happening and what can be done?” Journal of Instructional Delivery Systems 18, no. 2: 11-14.[22] Dibble

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Techniques

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Journal 50, 5, 1079-1106.21. Richards, B. 2000. Bugs as features: Teaching network protocols through debugging. In Proceedings of the 31st SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Austin, TX, Mar 8-12 2000), 256- 259. ACM.22. Sebern, M. 2002. The software development laboratory: Incorporating industrial practice in an academic environment. In Proceedings of the 15th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, 2002 (Covington, KY, Feb 25-27, 2002), 118-127.23. Seiter, L. 2009. Computer science and service learning: Empowering nonprofit organizations through open source content management systems. Integrating FOSS into the Undergraduate Computing Curriculum, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ehsan Sheybani; Singli Garcia-Otero; Keith Williamson

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Electrical and Computer

assisted to define their ProgramEducational Objectives (Criterion 2) and Program Outcomes (Criterion 3). This enabled eachprogram to develop or re-define its mission statement, to develop outcomes based course syllabi,and to map the outcomes to program educational objectives. Additionally, this led to an ABETEC 2000 Mock Visit. The objectives of the Mock Visit were to visit the laboratory facilities,conduct interviews with faculty and students, evaluate the first draft of the individual EC 2000self-study reports, and to offer candid comments and recommendations to incorporate assessmentand continuous quality improvements within the programs. The results from the Mock Visit werean eye-opener for many of faculty and provided the vital external

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Richter, Virginia Tech; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

-technicaldisciplines. The students articulated how their own discipline, and sometimes a team member’sdiscipline, contributed to the project, but when asked to describe the fields of their teammates,the student typically had a limited understanding of the other disciplines. One student’sunderstanding of ISE graduates is that “you're just a business degree, business manager with anengineering degree I guess. That's just the way I see ISE.”Another pattern emerging from the transcript data involves the students’ lack of knowledgeabout each other’s discipline. In some instances, the discipline was equated with a specific typeof career. For example, ISE majors become managers, and MSE graduates run testing equipmentin laboratories. Other disciplines were equated

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

environmental health impacts; an ability to conduct laboratory experiments and to critically analyze and interpret data in more than one major environmental engineering focus areas, e.g.…environmental health…”4 Geological and “The program must demonstrate that graduates Similarly Named have…engineering knowledge to design solutions to geological Engineering Programs problem, which will include one or more of the following considerations…the impacts of… other activities of society on these (earth) materials and (surface and near-surface

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ozdemir Gol; Jan Machotka; Zorica Nedic; Andrew Nafalski

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Electrical and Computer

where different groups of students doing laboratory work submitting identicalreports or individual students handing up a report written in a previous year by a group ofstudents as their own work for assessment are not uncommon.Figures 2 and 3 should illustrate this misdeed. Students, working in groups of three in computerhardware course were given the task to write an algorithm for bubble sorting. Surprisingly, bothgroups have submitted identical reports with identical algorithms and identical errors. The onlydifference was that one group had compiled a code whereas the other group submitted an imageof the code! Page 14.435.4B. 2. Bubble Sort

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

L. Diane Hurtado, Texas A&M University; Andrew Conkey, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Thomas Blasingame, Texas A&M University; Christi Madsen, Texas A&M University; Cesar Malave, Texas A&M University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

undergraduate students in the COE.Departmental Tours/DemonstrationsIn general the participants spent the mornings of the camp with the 12 departments in the COE.This time was intended to introduce the participants to the various engineering disciplinesincluding future career opportunities, and the types of classes they would be taking in that major.The tours varied in content and style from department to department. For the most part, theyincluded presentations, laboratory tours, and/or hands-on demonstrations.Design ProjectsThe afternoons and evening were used to prepare a design project. The participants at each campwere divided, roughly equally into 3 groups of approximately 20 participants, and assigned to aparticular design project. This division

Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

engineering laboratory techniques, and g. an ability to communicate effectivelyteamwork k. an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice 5. can explain basic concepts of leadership4. explain by way of several examples the societal h. the broad education necessary to understand thecontext of civil engineering practice including the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic,importance of civil engineering works to society and environmental, and societal contextcontemporary issues

Conference Session

Design Cognition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed, Kettering University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-2234: ENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATION FOR INTEGRATEDPRODUCT REALIZATIONMohamed El-Sayed, Kettering University Dr. Mohamed El-Sayed is a professor of Mechanical engineering and director of the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Systems Integration Laboratory, Kettering University. He is the current editor of the SAE journal of Materials and Manufacturing. Dr. El-Sayed has over thirty years of teaching experience in the area of design, design simulation, design optimization, and automotive design. Dr. El-Sayed has over twenty years of Automotive Design, Development, and Validation experience. Dr. El-Sayed was the lead engineer on the design optimization and quality/Durability/Reliability Integration of

Conference Session

Modeling Student Data

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junqiu Wang, Purdue University; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

team effectiveness in terms of productivity, employeeand customer satisfaction and manager judgments. Based on this hypothesis, they found thatpotency and interdependency are among factors described as important attributes of an effectiveteam through the study of real teams in the field. Guzzo [3] defines team effectiveness throughgroup-produced outputs and the capability to perform well in the future. O’Leary-Kelly, et al.[10] proposed that goal setting has a strong effect on effective team performance through meta-analytic approach. After reviewing many laboratory and field studies on the effects of a task,Locke et al found that specific and challenging goals setting contributes better performance [9

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Mehrabian, University of Central Florida; Tarig Ali, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University; Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Technology

available resources for thefaculty.4. “Hands-on” Demonstration of Concept: In some online laboratory environments somefaculty would like to see their students demonstrate their understanding of the concept. This isnot an easy task for online students that take the course remotely. We recommend utilizingscreen-capturing software in which every movement of the cursor on the computer screen can becaptured and traced back. Our experience with experimenting with screen-capturing software atthis stage is a work in progress. We should be able to provide more information of ourexperimental approach in the near future.5. Team-workability Assessment: Group performance and team-workability skills are importanttasks for the engineering and technology students

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Erik Fernandez, University of Virginia

AC 2009-2325: BIOENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS BANKClaire Komives, San Jose State UniversityErik Fernandez, University of Virginia Page 14.278.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 BIOENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS BANKAbstractThe BioEngineering Educational Materials Bank is a web repository of biological applicationsthat can be used in undergraduate chemical engineering courses. A Phase I Course, Curriculumand Laboratory Improvement project has been carried out including the development of thewebsite and beta testing in chemical engineering programs across the country. The presentationwill provide a description of the website, outcomes of the beta

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangram Redkar, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Page 14.164.7Student Course Evaluation and Teaching Effectiveness:At the end of the course, course evaluations were conducted. At ASU-Poly, a course isevaluated on the basis of 17 criterions. The students evaluate course (exclusive ofinstructor based on following 7 questions).EVALUATION OF THE COURSE (exclusive of the instructor) 1. Textbook/supplementary material in support of the course 2. Value of assigned homework in support of the course topics. 3. Value of laboratory assignments/projects in support of the course topics. 4. Reasonableness of exams and quizzes in covering course material. 5. Weight given to labs or projects, relative to exams and quizzes. 6. Weight given to homework assignments, relative to exams and quizzes. 7

Conference Session

Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Hay, University of Northern Iowa; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Although there is a slight increase in the inrush current, it is not enough to amount to a need for changing consumer habits. 4. This work is an excellent educational learning experience for undergraduate students studying inrush theory of different loads. This laboratory setup is adopted to be used at Advanced Electrical Power Systems class in the EET program during spring 2009.Infrastructure improvements in the distribution system will become more urgent. Discussions ofthe frailty of the grid usually do not take into account the added strain that widespread use ofCFL's will bring about. Additional reactive power compensation will be required. Contactorswill need to be upgraded in some cases. The inrush power seen upon

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University

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Mechanical Engineering

, a research two-semester course is introduced in the freshman year. Thecourse is a small-scale model of the senior capstone project. The main objective of the course isto improve student retention and to recruit more students to one of the engineering clubs. Thefocus of the course is to introduce students to the project management skills. The majordifference between this course and the senior capstone project course is the technical level of thestudents. To overcome that, the theoretical part of the project was assigned to a sophomore levelcourse where these students have the needed technical skills for the project. The course wasoffered as a one-hour lecture for the first semester and three-hour laboratory during the secondsemester. The

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

exploration. Our simulation model has since been made available for free download on MathworksMATLAB Central. This simulation model is applicable for design space exploration forclassroom/laboratory teaching of wireless communication courses at both undergraduate andgraduate levels. Page 14.682.2IntroductionThe IEEE 802.11n is a currently emerging WLAN standard capable of providing dramaticallyincreased throughput, as well as improved range, reduced signal fading, over the existing IEEE802.11a/g WLAN standards. These benefits are achieved through use of MIMO (Multiple-Input,Multiple-Output) technology. The latest draft for IEEE 802.11n describes

Conference Session

Methods and Techniques in Graduate Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Brooks, Temple University; Berk Ayranci, Temple University; Keerthi V. Takkalapelli, Temple University

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Graduate Studies

. Matthews, Investigation of Laboratory Fatigue testing Procedures for Asphalt Aggregate Mixtures, Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 119, No. 4, 1993.(9) Robert M. Brooks a/k/a: James M Matthews, The Effect of Aggregate Gradation on the Creep Response of Asphalt Mixture and Pavement Rutting Estimates, American Society for Testing and Materials, STP 1147, Philadelphia, 1992, pp 329-347.(10) Robert M. Brooks a/k/a: James M Matthews and B.B. Pandey, Performance of Flexible Pavements, Transportation Research Record No. 1307, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1991.(11) Ross, M.L. & Taher (Eds) Explorations in Creativity (New York, Harper &

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael V. Doran; Herbert E. Longenecker; David L. Feinstein; David D. Langan

Page 1.3.3knowledge", relies on the mastery of previous levels. Level 3 requires definition and discussion skills and thekind of trial-and-error experiences gained through extensive practice in a laboratory. Students will be guidedin the use of the facts to produce solutions. Both "closed" structured labs and "open" programming labs areextremely critical to the success of reaching targeted Level 3 knowledge. Structured labs promote opendiscussion of the ideas and provide immediate solutions to problems that otherwise would be put off until lateror simply forgotten. These labs allow for the timely comparison of algorithms and code solutions. Thus, labshelp to accomplish Level 2 and 3 objectives. The target levels for students in