Conference Session

BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

function block in this menu system can present asignificant challenge. For example, if a student wants to detect the peak of a waveform, the Page 13.7.3navigation route would be something as shown in figure 2. Figure 2. Accessingg a Wa Waveform Peak Detect VI/Function in LabVIEW IEW TodayAccessing a waveform peak detec detect VI requires roughly navigating through four sub-palettes s andabout 30 other VIs. While this

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salil Desai, North Carolina A&T State University; Leotis Parrish, North Carolina A&T State University; Marcia Williams, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

undergraduates in a Historically Black College and University.” Page 13.717.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.2. Desai S., Lovell M. (2005), “Multiphysics Modeling of a Piezoelectric Bimorph Disc in a Direct Write Fabrication Process”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2005.3. Desai S., Moore A., Sankar J., Method of Producing Calcium alginate Microbeads using Drop on Demand Inkjet Printing, Invention Disclosure - NCA&TSU, Sept 2006.4. NSF LSAMP Program: http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/hrd/amp.asp

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2003 GSW

Authors

Chu–Chen Chen; Chun Ling Huang

, H.M., El-Khatib, A.M., and Joshi, G.A,. “Vibration Diagnostic Analysis and HVAC Application”, The Third International Symposium on HVAC, Shenzhen, China, Volume 2, pp. 850- 856, November 1999. 6. Behnken, J., “Building Automation for Multi-site facilities.” ASHRAE 43(6), June 2001. 7. Kohl, R., “Commissioning HVAC Control Systems”, ASHRAE Journal, 43 (12), pp. 27-50, December 2001. 8. Mathandhu, S. S., “Energy Conservation Showcase” ASHRAE 41(4), pp. 44-46, April, 1999. 9. Ginsberg, M., “New Direction in Federal Energy Management”, 17th World Energy Engineering Congress, pp. 555-562 10. Moses, M., Thevenet, D., Manning, J.F., “How to Utilize the FM Database for Web-based Reporting of Utility

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2003 GSW

Authors

Brandon D. Pitt; Tristan J. Tayag; Mendy L. Nelson

)sin (− 2ω t t + ω r t − 2φ t + φ r )K}.Two well-chosen frequency components are sufficient for demodulation. These components are SC = K * −2 sin (Φ E )J 0 (2ak )J1 (2bk )sin (ω r t + φr ) and S D = K * −2 sin (Φ E )J 2 (2ak )J1 (2bk )sin (2ωt t + ω r t + 2φt + φr ) . (8)The angular frequencies of the signals SC and SD are ω r and 2ω t + ω r , respectively. By takingthe ratio of the magnitudes of these signals, the terms sin (Φ E ) , J 1 (2bk ) , and K are strategicallyremoved. In this manner, the resultant signal is independent of the equilibrium optical pathlength difference, ΦE, the reference modulation amplitude, b, and the system gain constant, K.The resultant ratio is SC J 0 (2ak

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2003 GSW

Authors

Geoffrey Orsak; Betsy Willis

experiments anddesigns through which students learn to think like engineers. In addition to the printed text,additional chapters on current technologies are available on-line. Textbook Title Chapters The World of Modern Engineering Creating Digital Music Making Digital Images Math You Can See Digitizing the World Improving Bits Communicating with 1’s and 0’s From the Telegraph to the Internet Engineering the FutureThe

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2008 GSW

Authors

Sergio Chacon; Mequanint Moges

University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 5. Captured Voice Packets Figure 6. Snapshot of Wireshark that shows the estimation of delay and jitter in VoIP References1. Ramaley, J.A. and Haggett, R.R., 2005, - Engaged and Engaging Science: A Component of a Good Liberal Education, Peer Review, winter 2005.2. Gurkan, D., Attarzadeh, F., Benhaddou, D., Gallardo, V., and Chacon, S., 2006, “Learning-Centered Instruction for Engineering Technology,” Proceedings of the ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March, 17, 2006.3. Moges, A

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2008 GSW

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour; William Nguyen; Paul Wagner

0.8 0.9 1 Normalized Frequency (×π rad/sample) 0 ) s -500 e er g e d( e -1000 s a h P -1500 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 Normalized Frequency (×π rad/sample) Figure 2. Results of audio filtering Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education Software DescriptionsMotorola assembly language was utilized to initialize and open I/O port

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2008 GSW

Authors

Mark Atwater; Zayd Leseman; Jonathon Phillips; Marwan Al-Haik

, and N2 turned on to600sccm again for 20min. N2 then reduced to 300sccm and used to dilute the C2H4 and O2mixture. Flow rates for C2H4 and O2 varied per experiment, but flows of 15 – 30sccm weretypical. Also, the ratio of the combustion gases was varied from 1:1 – 3:1 (C2H4: O2). Allcombinations were fuel rich since ethylene requires 3 oxygen molecules for ideal combustion. C2H4 + 3 O2 Æ 2 CO2 + 2 H2O (1)MicroscopyScanning electron microscopy was used to examine carbon growth characteristics. A Hitachi S-5200 Nano SEM was used to capture high resolution images of films deposited. The sampleswere held using carbon tape during characterization on

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Liberal Education

Assessment. http://www.abet.org2. Bloom, B, et al. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. New York: Longmans Green, 1956.3. Carliner, S. E-Portfolios. ASTD, May 2006. 71 – 74.4. Carlson, P. Teaching a Course in the Ethics of Human Communication. 29th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education,1999. 12d6 – 18.5. Cohn, E., and Hibbits, B. Beyond the Electronic Portfolio. Educause Quarterly, 4, 2004. 7 – 10.6. Hansen, E. Technological Expertise in Liberal Education. 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education, 2006. S1H-17- 227. Heywood, J. Think…About How Others Think: Liberal Education and Engineering. 37th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers inEducation, 2007. T3C-20 -24.8. Jablokow, K. Engineers as Problem Solving Leaders: Embracing the Humanities. IEEE Technology and Society,Winter

Conference Session

Global Cooperative Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Akins, Georgia Institute of Technology; Debbie D. Gulick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jack Lohmann, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Lohmann, Georgia Institute of Technology Page 13.903.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 MODELS ON INDUSTRY AND UNIVERSITY GLOBAL COLLABORATION THROUGH CO-OP AND INTERNSHIPSIntroductionFrom industry giants to start-ups; from the U. S. News’ top schools to aspiring institutionsof higher education; and from the bastions of engineering education in the U. S. tocampuses in all areas of the world, globalization is the mantra being spoken by educators,administrators, and corporate leaders. Author Thomas Friedman brought this to theforefront in his best selling book, The World is Flat, and the topic is constantly

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Page 14.1124.6 5References 1. A. Silberschatz, P. Galvin, and G. Gagne, Operating System Concepts, 8th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2. W. Christopher, S. Procter and T. Anderson,The Nachos Instructional Operating System http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1993/6022.html 3. S. Robbins, Simulators for Teaching Computer Science, http://vip.cs.utsa.edu/simulators/ Page 14.1124.7 6

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

classes taught by the aforementionedfaculty are small size, seldom exceeding 35 students per class. The lecture format dominates theseen. Students listen, take notes, and are allowed to ask questions at the end of the lecture orduring office hours. There seem to be less interest (by most of the faculty interviewed) in theprocess by which the course content is delivered during the lecture period, and more of a concernwhether the rate of delivery would allow the instructor to finish the course on time. The viewsexpressed by the faculty and the impression(s) arrived at by the author, leads one to believe thatit is highly unlikely that new more effective teaching-learning strategies would be deployed anytime soon, unless drastic measures are

Conference Session

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

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2009-1001: TEACHING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSES USINGDESIRE2LEARN (D2L)B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University B. S. SRIDHARA Dr. B. S. Sridhara is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University. He received his B.S.M.E. and M.S.M.E. degrees from Bangalore University and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He received his M.S.M.E. and Ph. D. degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, and Auburn University, Alabama. Dr. Sridhara has published several peer-reviewed articles in the areas of Acoustics, Vibration, finite element methods, and Engineering Education

Conference Session

Tablet and Portable PCs for Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bowman, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Practice, Donovan, S. M., J. D. Bransford, and J. W. Pellegrino, editors. Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education National Research Council, 2000.2 Robins, A., Haden, P., and Garner, S. Problem Distributions in a CS1 course, Proceedings of the 8th Australian Conference on Computing Education, 2003.3 McDowell, C., Werner, L., Bullock, H. E., and Fernald, J, Pair Programming Improves Student Retention, Confidence, and Program Quality. Communications of ACM, 49(8):90-95, 2006.4 Hanks, B., Problems Encountered by Novice Pair Programmers, ACM Journal on Educational Resources in Computing, 7(4):Article 2, 2008.5 Bandura, A. Social Foundations of Thought and

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baba Abdul, Washington State University; Emmanuel Shide, ABU Zaria, Nigeria; Raymond Bako, ABU Zaria, Nigeria; Paul Golter, Washington State University; Jerome Babauta, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University; Gary Brown, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

UndergraduateTeaching and Learning Improvement Initiative. Much appreciation goes to Mr. G. Held forfabrication and insights on the development of the DLMs. Assistance in the design of controlcircuitry for the DLM was provided by Prof. H. Davis. Finally, we acknowledge the help ofundergraduate researchers Mr. J. Babauta and Mr. S. Isaacson for assistance with DLM andCHAPL data collection tasks, the staff of WSU’s Center for Teaching Learning and Technologyfor assistance with CHAPL assessment strategies, and the many students at Washington StateUniversity and Ahmadu Bello University for willingness to participate in this pedagogical study. Page

Conference Session

Laboratories in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheng Lin, Old Dominion University; Gene Hou, Old Dominion University; Sebastian Bawab, Old Dominion University; Timothy Coats, NSWCCD; Hesham Nassar, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Page 14.1114.2have excellent performances on high speed and acceleration, reliability and controllability, andlow audible noise. Each motor weighs five lbs and has a built-in position feedback delivering upto 12 micron repeatability. It is mechanically mounted on the ThrusTube guide (Figure 1) withthe center of the motor passing through a 3-ft-long with 1.5-inch diameter magnetic rail. Whenthe motor is powered, the coil in the motor will generate an electro-magnetic force of 44 lbswhen interacting with the magnetic rail. The speed of each motor can reach up to15 ft/s. Thedesign uses two parallel magnetic rails, with each rail supports two motors in series. The objectmounting plate, which is used to hold the testing object, is bolted directly

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Fleming, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Vedant Jain, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Robert Landers, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Hong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Richard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology

) ⎤⎦ τ x $$ (1)where x = 1.48·10–2 s, Kx = 0.840 (mm/s)/V, and fC = 0.980 V. The model is determined bysubjecting the linear axis to a series of step input voltages. The linear axis response to theseinputs closely resembles the second order model given in equation (1) whose parameters aredetermined using recursive least squares estimation. The linear axis model is used in theSimulation and Emulation modes and is shown in Figure 4 in Simulink syntax.The Phase 1 GUI is shown in Figure 8 and includes four options: Mode, Controller, Build, andHelp. The Mode option is a drop down list containing the three modes: Simulation, Emulation,and Implementation, which are described above. The

Conference Session

Computers and Software in Teaching Mathemathetics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Farahani, National University, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

and operations on sets are fundamental in discrete mathematics; Python has apowerful built in list type and set object that can easily be used to experiment with constructionof sets as well as operations on them. A list type in Python can be a heterogeneous collectionwhich can be modified. Often in a discrete mathematics course a set builder notation is used toconstruct a set. For example, the set of the first twenty even numbers using set builder notation isdenoted by S ? {x | x ? 2n;0 ∞ n ∞ 19} . In Python this set can easily be specified by S = [2*x for x in range(19)]The syntax is very intuitive and maps well to its counterpart in mathematics. Once a set a built, itis easy to index though its elements in a simple

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

approach usingquality principles. The curriculum seeks to offer a minor in sustainability to students. Given themultidisciplinary aspect of sustainability, it was demonstrated that quality principles can beeffectively used to design said curriculum.References1. Y. Akao, Quality Function Deployment: Integrating Customer Requirements into Prodduct Design, Cambridge, MA, Productivity Press, 1990.2. S. Mizuno, Company wide Quality Control, Tokyo: Asian Productivity Organization, 1988.3. S. Shingo, Zero Quality Control: Source Control and the Pokayoke system, Cambridge, MA, Productivity Press, 1986.4. M. J. Harry and R. Schroeder, Six Sigma: The Breakthrough Management Strategy Revolutionizing the World’s Top Corporations, Doubleday

Conference Session

Laboratories in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

CRED ER LECTURE Y LAB IT NUMBER HRS HRS HOUR S Orientation 1 2 0 2 Fundamentals 1 2 3 3 Circuits I 2 3 3 4 Digital I 2 3 3 4 Circuits II 3 3 3 4 Electronics I

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Sherra Kerns, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Paige Smith, University of Maryland; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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Graduate Studies

. Page 14.991.53. Isadore T. Davis, Eugene M. DeLoatch, Sherra Kerns, Lueny Morell, Carla Purdy, Paige Smith, andSamuel L. Truesdale, Best practices for promoting diversity in graduate engineering education, Proc. 2006ASEE Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2006.4. Eugene M. DeLoatch, Sherra Kerns, Lueny Morell, Carla Purdy, Paige Smith, Samuel L. Truesdale, andBarbara Waugh, Articulating a multifaceted approach for promoting diversity in graduate engineeringeducation, Proc. 2007 ASEE Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 2007.5. E. Deloatch, S. Kerns, L. Morell, C. Purdy, P. Smith, and S. L. Truesdale, Implementing a multi-facetedapproach for promoting diversity in graduate engineering education, Proc. 2008 ASEE Annual Conference,Pittsburgh

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Remote and Virtual Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University; Lei Jiang, Donghua University; Darayan Shahryar, Texas Southern University; Lawrence Kehinde, Texas Southern University; David Olowokere, Texas Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. 121-130, January 2005.2. Sloan Consortium of Institution and Organizations Committed to Quality Online Education, “Stayingthe Course: Online Education in the United States, 2008”.http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/survey/staying_course3. B. Balamuralithars, and P. C. Woods, “Virtual Laboratories in Engineering Education: The SimulationLab and Remoter Lab”, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol 17, Issue 1, 2008, pp. 108-118.4. H. J. W. Spoedler, Virtual instruments and virtual environments, IEEE Instrum Meas Mag 2 (1999),14-19.5. N. Jensen, G. von Voigt, W. Nejdl and S. Olbrich, “Development of a Virtual Laboratory System ForScience Education”, Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer-Enhanced Learming, vol. 6(2

Conference Session

Innovation in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reynaldo Pablo, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

systems5. The framingis attached to the building structure and does not carry the floor or roof loads of the building. Thewind and gravity loads of the curtain wall are transferred to the building structure, typically atthe floor line. Aluminum framed wall systems date back to the 1930's, and developed rapidlyafter World War II when the supply of aluminum became available for non-military use6.A unitized curtain wall system is also known as a modular system. It is composed of large unitsthat are assembled and glazed in the factory, shipped to the site and erected on the building.Vertical and horizontal mullions of the modules mate together with the adjoining modules.Modules are generally constructed one story tall and one module wide but may

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley State College; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

coursesand do not offer any data mining course. On the other hand, many universities offer more thanone database related courses and they also offer data mining course(s). But mostly theseuniversities offer their data mining course as a graduate course. Therefore, the students whograduate from the universities like our university with no graduate computer science programwill not have the opportunity to get Data Mining knowledge.To improve our Database Engineering curriculum, we have decided to add a new Data Miningcourse to this curriculum. The paper first presents this curriculum and then elaborates the contentdetail of this Data Mining course.Introduction:In addition to associate degrees, the Computer Science and Pre-Engineering department offers

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Technology Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Wendel, Sinclair Community College; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University; Shep Anderson, Sinclair Community College; Robert Mott, University of Dayton; Gilah Pomeranz, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

14.900.91 Sheppard S., Macatangay, K., Colby, A., and Sullivan, W. Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of theField. Jossey-Bass, 2008.2 Crawley, F., Malmqvist, J., Ostlund, S., and Brodeur, D. Rethinking Engineering Education: The CDIOApproach. Springer, 2007. Page 14.900.10

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Raelyn Rediske, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Steve Ackerman, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. Following thisexperience, the students displayed their informal education products at a campus-wide science day event,Science Expeditions. Following that experience, the students packed up their informal education product sand transported them to the Museum of Science & Industry (MSI) in Chicago for a chance to interact witha more diverse crowd than the one offered at UW-Madison. This was the first time the course askedstudents to display their informal education product s in two venues.The course instructors demonstrate the teaching-as-research approach to instruction by collecting andanalyzing student feedback throughout the course. Through this analysis, we are able to show that byemphasizing an understanding of the audience, the iterative

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thashika Rupasinghe, Clemson University; Mary Beth Kurz, Clemson University; Carl Washburn, Greenville Tech; Anand Gramopadhye, Clemson University; Deepak Vembar, Clemson University; Sajay Sadasivan, Clemson University

., Hill,W.H., & Krathwohl, D.R. (1956). Taxonomy of Educational objectives: The classification of educational goals. Handbook 1: Cognitive domain. New York: David McKay.2. Crane,D.,(2008),Aviation Maintenance Technician Series,3rd Edition, Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.3. Dave, R. H. (1975), Developing and Writing Behavioral Objectives. (R J Armstrong, Ed.) Educational Innovators Press.4. Hoyt, D. P. and Perera, S.,(June 2000),Teaching approach instructional objectives and learning, IDEA Page 14.948.13 Research Report #1,IDEA Center5. Gramopadhye, A. K., Drury, C. G., and Sharit, J., (1994), "Training

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering as a Career Path to URMs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, technological, and societal barriers that presently exist. Usingthis plan, we wish to create a model program that targets students who are physicallydisabled in order to increase the proportion following STEM curricula. Students withdisabilities make up about 6 percent of all students enrolled in postsecondary institutions;5.7 percent of all students who major in S&E fields and 6.6 percent of students whomajor in non-S&E fields. Presented here are some suggested programs that may helpwith this goal. We use our empirical observations as well as the observation of the others in this Page 14.1373.2field to draw some of our conclusions.Middle/High

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Essaid Bouktache; Chandra R. Sekhar; Omer Farook

frequency) or by a thick voice (low carrier frequency) and remainsunderstandable. Fundamentally, one can process the speech signal to switch from one carrier frequency to theother. Voiced speech is predominant in spoken vowels. On the other hand, unvoiced speech can be seen as arandom, white noise produced by air turbulence in the vocal tract. Examples of unvoiced speech include thesound of words starting with letters such as “s”, “th”, “f’, “t”, “p”, etc., basically the sound of all consonants. Page 1.55.3 $iiiiik } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..+,yyHll

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

James V. Masi

tailoringnecessary for usefulness to the task at hand. Though rehabilitation and bioengineeriug institutions such as N. I. D. R. R., R. E. S. N. A.,bit, etc. have served to help to fill the void and develop a fine array of devices for the handicapped, a more broad-based approachtouching , not only the handicapped, but the students, institutions, hospitals, and government must be set in place to set aside, byway of educational goals, the barriers which often fail to close the loop. In addition, usual tiding sources earmarked for schoolswith larger numbers of faculty and accredited programs are not accessible to small colleges whose bioengineenng program is notaccredited, due to size alone. It is in this setting that the Program in Bioengineering at Western