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Utilizing On-Line Technology in Entrepreneurship Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larry Richards, University of Virginia

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-2925: CREATIVITY AND NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: BRINGINGENTREPRENEURSHIP INTO ENGINEERING DESIGN CLASSESLarry Richards, University of Virginia Page 12.422.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Creativity and New Product Development: Bringing Entrepreneurship into Engineering Design ClassesAbstractWe have taught a course on Creativity and New Product Development since 1995. It isunique in its attention to all aspects of the product development process, including thepersonal and interpersonal issues in product development, as well as the technical ones.Our focus is not just on studying product development, but on actually DOING it

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Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clifford Stover, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-2967: SAE COLLEGIATE DESIGN PROJECTS AS PART OF THEENGINEERING CURRICULUMClifford Stover, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Page 12.1253.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 SAE Collegiate Design Projects as part of the Engineering CurriculumABSTRACT- The SAE Collegiate Design Series is a set of design competitions held throughoutthe world where undergraduate and graduate engineering students conceive, design, fabricate,and compete with student developed project vehicles. The restrictions on these vehicles arelimited so that the knowledge, creativity, and imagination of the students are challenged. Theprojects are built with a team

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Computed Simulation and Animation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tarek El Doker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; David Lanning, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Justin Gigliotti, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Computers in Education

. Page 12.781.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Gesture-Based Interactive Beam Bending Exercises: An Interactive and Intuitive Tool for StudentsAbstractImmersion and interactive experience are introduced into a Solid Mechanics beam bending labexercise by utilizing gesture-based analysis that is inexpensive, utilizes off-the-shelf cameras,and is highly portable for ease of use in the classroom. A cantilever I-beam is rendered in virtualreality (VR) and a user’s gestures are captured and interpreted in real-time to allow for naturalinteraction with the beam. Users can bend the I-beam with up to three degrees-of-freedom, viamechanics governed by well-known elastic beam theory. This approach evokes a

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Suzanne Keilson

else islacking in the controversy, careful review highlights some commonly held misunderstandings about thenature of intentional design and the engineering process. Understanding these misconceptions canprovide a guide for changes in engineering curricula. By exploring some of the assumptions about thedesign process that are implicit in these arguments we may gain insight into the learning aims and neededgoals for engineering design education.Introduction and BackgroundThree key components of the mechanisms described by evolutionary theory are random mutation, naturalselection, and time. Random mutation provides a basis for the variability within a population and its slowchange or drift with time. Natural selection provides the pressure that

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Electromechanical Capstone and Design Projects in ET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Everly, University of Cincinnati; Laura Wilson, University Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-1417: WEAVING THE CAPSTONE TAPESTRYJames Everly, University of Cincinnati James O. Everly is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at the University of Cincinnati. He received a BSEE and MSEE from The Ohio State University in 1969 and 1970, respectively. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio. He is currently Chair of the IEEE Cincinnati Section, and in 1997 he received the IEEE Professional Achievement Award. He has held several research and management positions in industry working for such companies as Battelle's Columbus Laboratories

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IE Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sophia Scott, Southeast Missouri State University

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Industrial Engineering

universities offer the traditional face-to-face class. With the rise in technology, onlinecourses are now becoming popular. Although not a new concept, the blended classroom has theopportunity to blend the best features of the online and classroom environment. This researchwas conducted to determine if blended courses provided evidence of student satisfaction and costsavings compared to face-to-face courses. A Five Pillar Quality Framework was used to assessblended courses. Five engineering education courses offered in both the face-to-face format andblended format were used. Grades were analyzed using a t-test, and the results of a survey givento students are presented. The results supported prior research that a blended course offersstudent

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Best Practices for Campus Representatives

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles McIntyre, North Dakota State University

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Campus Representatives

used by Campus Reps forrecruiting new faculty is the Dean’s Program, which basically offers two (2) years of freemembership in ASEE. Thus, recruiting new faculty by means of the Dean’s Program wouldseem to be a very simple and painless process. However, this is usually not the case. CampusReps must exert some effort, sometimes great effort, in the recruiting process. As practiced bythe author, the basic procedures for attaining one-hundred percent of new faculty recruits areoutlined below. 1. Prior to the start of the Fall Semester, contact the Dean’s Office for a list of new engineering (or related field) faculty, including contact information. 2. During the first week or two of the semester, contact all new faculty via email

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Outreach Projects and General Energy Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Melissa Zaczek, Cummins; Timothy Schriefer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Patrick Kelley, Carnegie Mellon University; Mallika Ramaswamy, Rochester Institute of Technology; Nicholas Ryczko, Pratt & Whitney

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2007-1205: TRAVELING ENGINEERING ACTIVITY KITS – ENERGY ANDTHE ENVIRONMENT: DESIGNED BY COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR MIDDLESCHOOL STUDENTSElizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology ELIZABETH A. DEBARTOLO is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She earned her BSE at Duke University in 1994 and her MSME and Ph.D. at Purdue University in 1996 and 2000, respectively. She works with several students in the area of fatigue life prediction. Dr. DeBartolo serves on her college's leadership teams for both multi-disciplinary capstone design and outreach program development.Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Sustainable Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Llewellyn Mann, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland; Gloria Dall'Alba, University of Queensland

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-892: EXPERIENCES OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AMONG PRACTICINGENGINEERS ? IMPLICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATIONLlewellyn Mann, University of Queensland LLEWELLYN MANN is a PhD student in the School of Engineering at the University of Queensland and a member of the Catalyst Research Centre for Society and Technology. He has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical & Space) and a Bachelor of Science (Physics) from UQ, as well as a Graduate Certificate of Education (Higher Education). Major research interests include; Engineering Education, Sustainability, Teaching and Learning, Engineering Design, Technology and Society.David Radcliffe, University of Queensland DAVID RADCLIFFE is the

Conference Session

New Trends in Energy Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kendrick Aung, Lamar University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

and Thermal SystemsAbstract In designing an energy system such as a steam power plant or a solar water heating system,an engineer is required to select and size many different components such as pumps, turbines,and solar panels. Proper selection and sizing of these components require understanding ofmaterials covered in basic engineering science courses such as thermodynamics, heat transfer,and fluid mechanics. Moreover, the engineer must have knowledge and understanding of theoverall system, the role of each component in the system design, and the interactions amongdifferent components. In addition, the selection and sizing process must conform to and followindustry standards and recommendations. As a result, many manufacturers provide

Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abdul Kamal, Western New England College; Herb Eskot, Western New England College

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2007-1077: INTEGRATED LIBERAL AND PROFESSIONAL PEDAGOGY: ANINTERDISCIPLINARY COURSEAbdul Kamal, Western New England College Abe Kamal has been an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering for the past four years at Western New England College, located in Springfield, MA. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering, an MS in Industrial Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, all from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Prior to joining academia, he was employed at National Crane in Waverly, Nebraska as an Industrial Engineer for 7 years and subsequently at Telex Communications in Lincoln, Nebraska as a Quality Engineer for 4 years. He is a member of IIE and ASEE, and has

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Special Session on Fixed-Point Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

AC 2007-1924: FIXED-POINT DSP IMPLEMENTATION: ADVANCED SIGNALPROCESSING TOPICS AND CONCEPTUAL LEARNINGWayne Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Wayne T. Padgett received his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994. He has been teaching digital signal processing and related courses at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for 12 years. He is a member of ASEE, a senior member of the IEEE, and is on the IEEE Signal Processing Society’s Technical Committee on Signal Processing Education. Page 12.752.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Fixed-Point DSP Implementation

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Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajesh Bhaskaran, Cornell University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2323: STRATEGIES FOR THE INTEGRATION OF COMPUTER-BASEDSIMULATION TECHNOLOGY INTO THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUMRajesh Bhaskaran, Cornell University Rajesh Bhaskaran is the Director of Swanson Engineering Simulation Program in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. He is leading efforts in the Sibley School to integrate contemporary simulation technologies into the mechanical and aerospace engineering curriculum. As part of this initiative, he is developing web-based curriculum material for integrating the ANSYS and FLUENT packages into solid and fluid mechanics courses. He holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University

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Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jerry Visser, South Dakota State University; Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-2637: PARTNERSHIP IN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCEJerry Visser, South Dakota State University JERRY VISSER is Operations Manager of the Product Development Center at South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD, where he brings conceptual ideas to tangible products. He serves as a faculty member for the Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program. He leads the American Society for Quality as Chair of the Southeast South Dakota Sub-section.Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS KURT A ROSENTRATER is a Lead Scientist with the United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, in Brookings, SD, where he is spearheading a new initiative to develop value-added uses

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IE Program Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Hartman, Lehigh University; Gregory Tonkay, Lehigh University

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Industrial Engineering

tracks and envisioned careerspaths, we identify ways in which to facilitate this increase in course offerings through partneringwith industries and other departments, often in other colleges.IntroductionIndustrial engineering has evolved greatly as a profession over time, moving from strictlyapplying methods in manufacturing to working heavily in the service industry as evidenced byindustrial engineers (IEs) now routinely being hired by logistics firms, health care agencies, andeven Wall Street firms. In our meetings with potential recruiters, including major consultingfirms, transportation companies, financial firms, health care providers, and manufacturers, it isclear that employers seek out IEs for their quantitative tools (probability

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Clint Cole; Mircea Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania

AC 2007-1206: DIGITAL DESIGN PROJECT COMPETITION USING ADVANCEDFPGA TECHNOLOGY AND HARDWARE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGESMihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyClint Cole, president DigilentInc, Pullman, WAMircea Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania Dr. Mircea Dabacan received the Diploma Engineer (M.S.) degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 1984, and a Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, in 1998. Since 2001 he has been an Associate Professor with Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications and since 2005 he holds the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University

AC 2007-827: ASSESSING THE INTEGRATION OF COMMUNICATION INTOENGINEERING CURRICULAWarren Hull, Louisiana State University Warren Hull is the Engineering Communications Coordinator at Louisiana State University. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University and an M.S. in Environmental Health from Harvard University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer with nearly 40 years engineering experience. Prior to joining LSU he was an engineering consultant. He is also a retired U.S. Air Force officer.Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University Warren N. Waggenspack, Jr. is currently the Associate Dean for Engineering Undergraduates and holder of the Ned Adler

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Graham Walker

An Experimental Process Course Graham Walker Mechanical engineering department Manhattan College1 Introduction In many industrial environments today an engineer is expected to perform tests or simpleexperiments. This will become ever truer in the future as more and more design is done offshore andoutsourced to countries such as India and China. Consequently, it will become even more important forfuture engineering graduates to be familiar with testing and experimental procedures. A typical engineering curriculum has a number of laboratory courses distributed throughout itsfour years

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Jason Salonga

Parallels in Teaching Visual Arts and Engineering Design tion given to the art of concept design. Paul Gauvreau2 claims that as a result of this, graduates are generally ill-prepared to generate design concepts given a clear definition of requirements and constraints. This is the creative stage of design that lies between taking a blank page and Jason Salonga producing a preliminary concept.3

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New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Jon Whited, St. Jude Medical; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University

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Biomedical

AC 2007-861: MEDITEC: AN INDUSTRY/ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP TOENABLE MULTIDISCIPLINARY, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING INBIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGRobert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University Robert Crockett received his Ph.D. from University of Arizona in Materials Science and Engineering. He holds an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Dr. Crockett is a specialist in technology development and commercialization of advanced materials and manufacturing processes. Prior to joining Cal Poly, he was founder

Conference Session

Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Zidek, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cindy Orndoff; Susan Blanchard

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-542: USING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SERVICE-LEARNING TOINCREASE ENGINEERING AWARENESS IN HIGH SCHOOLLisa Zidek, Milwaukee School of EngineeringCynthia Orndoff, University of MissouriSusan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University Page 12.1546.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using Entrepreneurship and Service Learning to Increase Engineering Awareness in High SchoolAcademic preparedness is a fundamental concern for every educational system; elementaryschools must prepare students for middle school, middle school for high school, high school forcollege, and college for graduate education or a career in a chosen field. There

Conference Session

Training Faculty to Teach CE

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler; Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-1356: TRAINING FOR ADJUNCT FACULTYRonald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler Ron Welch is Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. Until 2 Jan 2007, Ron was an Academy Professor at the United States Military Academy (USMA). Ron received a B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the USMA in 1982 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990 and 1999, respectively. Ronald_Welch@uttyler.edu.Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University Allen C. Estes is Professor and Head, Department of Architectural Engineering

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Innovations in ECE Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Rusek, Oakland University; Barbara Oakley, Oakland University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-246: EASY-TO-DO TRANSMISSION LINE DEMONSTRATIONS OFSINUSOIDAL STANDING WAVES AND TRANSIENT PULSE REFLECTIONSAndrew Rusek, Oakland University Andrew Rusek is a Professor of Engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. He received an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Warsaw Technical University in 1962, and a PhD. in Electrical Engineering from the same university in 1972. His post-doctoral research involved sampling oscillography, and was completed at Aston University in Birmingham, England, in 1973-74. Dr. Rusek is very actively involved in the automotive industry with research in communication systems, high frequency electronics, and electromagnetic compatibility. He is

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Issues in Computer Education-HDL

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Hayne, The Citadel

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Computers in Education

AC 2007-372: VHDL PROJECTS TO REINFORCE COMPUTER ARCHITECTURECLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONRonald Hayne, The Citadel Ronald J. Hayne, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Citadel. His professional areas of interest are digital systems and hardware description languages. He is a retired Army officer with experience in academics and Defense laboratories. Page 12.1588.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 VHDL Projects to Reinforce Computer Architecture Classroom InstructionAbstractExploration of various

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Tom Moran; Jeffrey Wagner

Unlikely Partners – An Experiment in Multi-disciplinary Classroom Experience Tom Moran and Jeffrey Wagner Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractStudents can be stimulated and challenged when exposed to new ways of looking at andapproaching traditional course content. This paper reports the results of a faculty “UnlikelyPartners” collaboration that brought an economics professor into an EnvironmentalCommunication course taken by students in RIT’s Civil Engineering/EnvironmentalManagement and Safety department. The collaboration provided a scenario that increased thestudents’ engagement with the course’s oral and written communication

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Brittany Claar, Regis University

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Educational Research and Methods

development of a codebook for analysis of the ethnographic interview data. Dr. Loshbaugh taught in CSM's EPICS program, for which she developed extensive course and faculty-support materials, and designed and implemented a leadership course and overseas summer field session. She has recently been appointed to develop a diversity plan for CSM, and has experience in international education, corporate training and coaching, and academic editing.Brittany Claar, Regis University Brittany A. Claar is an undergraduate student at Regis University, studying sociology; she has recently transferred from Colorado School of Mines, where she was a Chemical Engineering student and worked as a Research

Conference Session

Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Zissman, University of Texas-Austin; Philip Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-3085: ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR PRODUCING WIND TUNNELMODELS FOR STUDENT PROJECTS IN FLUID MECHANICSEric Zissman, University of Texas-Austin Eric Zissman is a December 2006 BSME graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.Philip Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin Philip Schmidt is the Donald J. Douglass Centennial Professor and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He serves as Associate Chair for Undergraduate Program Development and Director of the PROCEED Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Page 12.195.1© American Society for

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Virgil Cox, Gaston College; Mary Beth Ross, Gaston College; Phyllis EssexFraser, Gaston College

AC 2007-2219: STUDENT/TEACHER TEAM BIOTECHNOLOGY/GENETICSWORKSHOPVirgil Cox, Gaston College Virgil G. Cox, OE , Dean of Engineering and Industrial Technologies at Gaston College for almost twenty years Dean Cox has taught courses in a broad range of engineering disciplines, has evaluated many programs and courses and published over 10 articles dealing with technology and education in refereed journals. Dean Cox was also an Associate Professor of Ocean Engineering at Maine Maritime Academy. Dean Cox is a retiree of the US Navy and a Veteran. Dean Cox received his B.S., MSEE, and Ocean Engineers degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Mary Beth Ross, Gaston College

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Optical and Wireless Communication Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mustafa Guvench, University of Southern Maine

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-106: OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FIBER LINKCHARACTERIZATIONMustafa Guvench, University of Southern Maine Mustafa G. Guvench received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from M.E.T.U., Ankara in 1968 and 1970, respectively. He did further graduate work at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio between 1970 and 1975 and received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics. He is currently a full professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern Maine. Prior to joining U.S.M. he served on the faculties of M.E.T.U., Ankara, Turkey and the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests and publications

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology; Lauren Kaufman, CT Business and Industry Association; Mary deManbey, CT Business and Industry Association; Kerry Simoneau, CT College of Technology's Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturng

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Manufacturing

AC 2007-1577: MARKETING MANUFACTURING USING THE NSF FUNDEDREGIONAL CENTER FOR NEXT GENERATION MANUFACTURINGKaren Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology Karen Wosczyna-Birch is the state director for the CT Community Colleges' College of Technology (COT) and the Executive Director for the COT's NSF funded Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing. She is also a professor and has over 26 years of teaching and administrative experience in science, technology and engineering education at the two year community college level.Lauren Kaufman, CT Business and Industry Association Lauren Kaufamn is the Vice President of the CT Business and Industry Association. She is also a co-PI on the College