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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 5

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jared Oluoch, University of Toledo

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Computing and Information Technology

)FRESHMAN ENGT - 1000 CSET - 1100 EET - 2420 PHIL – 1010 ENGL - 1110 Introduction to Social Science15 Intro to CSET Instrumentation Introduction to English Engineering Elective [3] [4] Laboratory [1] Logic [3] Composition I [3

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

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Melissa Morris, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

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Community Engagement Division

engineering laboratories in the thirdyear. The final year consists of traditional capstone design projects, similar to those at mostaccredited programs.As noted in the previous section, retention can be improved by many different factors. One ofthe results of having a project course with professional skills every semester during the entiredegree program is that as students work in teams and present so that they get to know each otherwell and develop a community. As already noted, a community aids in student retentionthroughout the entire four-year sequence [4]. Particularly in the second year, more benefit isgained when a focus is placed on directing students toward their future careers and providingmentorship to aid their motivation to continue in

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research in- terests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology James R. McCusker is an Associate Professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Since joining Wentworth in 2010, he has been heavily involved with an array of

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Learning Mechanics Through Experimentation

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kathleen Bieryla, University of Portland; Nikolene A. Schulz P.E., University of Portland; Rebecca D. Levison, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland

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Mechanics

working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Play-Doh and pendulums: making mass moment of inertia funAbstractStatics is commonly the first engineering class students take. The version of statics taught at thisuniversity ends with a final lecture on mass moment of inertia. This is a segue to dynamics andstrength of materials, two classes the students take the following semester. Through the years,students have noted on end of the semester course

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ET Pedagogy I

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Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Technology

refrigeration cycleoperation, trouble shooting, analysis and optimization.An ASHRAE grant was awarded to modify a 12,000 BTU “TRIPP LITE” portable air-conditioning unit to setup a teaching laboratory experiment related to refrigeration cycles. Theexperiment was equipped with pressure and temperature sensing apparatus to help in analyzing,troubleshooting, and operating various refrigeration cyclesThermodynamics and heat transfer principles are applied to evaluate cycle efficiency,compressor power, and temperature rise and drop though the evaporator and condenser. Therelative working pressures are plotted on pressure-enthalpy diagram of R410A refrigerant whichwas used inside the refrigeration cycle. Experimental informational outcomes will help

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Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Adriana Rios Santiago, Texas Southmost College; Anabel Pineda-Briseño, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico/Instituto Tecnologico de Matamoros; Jesus A. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Uriel Saul Huerta P.E., Tecnologico de Leon

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Diversity

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

Paper ID #29806Smart Environments for assisted living: a multidisciplinarycollaboration in engineering and architecture educationMs. Adriana Rios Santiago, Texas Southmost College Adriana Rios Santiago is currently the Architecture Program Coordinator and Instructor at Texas South- most College (TSC), in Brownsville, Texas. Formerly, she worked as a lecturer of Engineering Tech- nology, in the Department of Manufacturing Engineering at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), teaching Architectural and Design re- lated courses, and developing undergraduate studies

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2019 Fall Mid Atlantic States Conference

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Saul Henderson, University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia; Esther T. Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Devdas Shetty, University of the District of Columbia; Christopher Riso, University of the District of Columbia ; Rudy Antonio Villegas

.” Defense Science Journal, vol. 64, no. 6, Nov. 2014, pp. 502–508. [4] D’Amico, William P., Telemetry Systems and Electric Gun Projectiles. Technical Report Army Research Laboratory ARL-MR-499, 2000. [5] Massey, K. C., McMichael J., Warnock T., Hay F., Mechanical Actuators for Guidance of a Supersonic Projectile. AIAA 2005-4970. 23rd AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference. 6-9 June 2005. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [6] Vibration Analysis For Electronic Equip. 1st. ed. 1973, 2nd. ed. 1988, 3rd. ed. 2000 by Dave S. Steinberg, published by John Wiley & Sons Inc. [7] VLADAREANU V, BOSCOIANU E-C, SANDRU O-I, BOSCOIANU M. Development of Intelligent Algorithms for UAV Planning and Control. Proceedings of

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Alana Gorski; Hannah Gross; Masoud Mojtahed Mojtahed

machine shop. Within those three years of engineering classes, she was introduced tosoftware such as AutoDesk Inventor and Revit. This project will allow her to learn the skills to bean effective engineering student prior to her senior design project. Her three years of combinedexperience using Revit and AutoDesk Inventor gives her an ideal skill set to assist the FSAE team.This is her first independent research project in her educational career.Dr. Masoud MojtahedDr. Mojtahed is professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University Northwest where hehas been teaching, advising, and performing scholarly activities since 1986. During his tenure atPNW Dr. Mojtahed has served as the Mechanical engineering program coordinator, ASME facultyadvisor

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Emerging Information Technologies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Crystal Bateman, Brigham Young University; Janell Armstrong, Brigham Young University; C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University

the availability of devices andsupport systems is growing rapidly. This standard will become a foundation of futurecommonplace technologies.Topics in wireless mesh networking should be presented to Information Technology andComputer Engineering Technology students to ensure they are well-grounded in this emergingarea. This paper describes an instructional module. It includes background information on thetechnology, the key concepts students must understand regarding ZigBee networking, theselection of a development environment, and the design of a hands-on lab experience. We brieflydiscuss the necessity of teaching this technology.IntroductionPervasive computing, first expounded by Mark Weiser1, embraces technologies that are socommonplace and

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Curriculum Development and Applications

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kim Nankivell, Purdue University-Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University-Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University-Calumet

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Engineering Design Graphics

with certificates in web design and electronic publishing.Due to the tremendous growth in the CGT program over the last six years, the program hasbegun to explore the Distance Education (DE) and hybrid course option to address the growingneeds for classroom and laboratory space. PUC currently uses WebCT Vista as its coursemanagement software. The CGT program has already been using Vista for supplemental supportfor its traditional classes.DiscussionBecause of its rapid growth, the CGT program has embraced online and hybrid coursedevelopment to alleviate some of the resource restrictions caused by this growth. The offering ofonline courses will assist in the freeing up the classroom space, which is currently at a criticalshortage.For purposes of

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Programming for Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christian Hipp, University of South Carolina; Veronica Addison, University of South Carolina

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Computers in Education

AC 2007-1176: THE EFFECTS OF PRIOR COMPUTER EXPERIENCES INCONSIDERING ENGINEERING STUDENTS' ABILITY TO SOLVE OPEN-ENDEDPROBLEMSChristian Hipp, University of South CarolinaVeronica Addison, University of South Carolina Page 12.1417.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The effects of prior computer experiences in considering engineering students’ ability to solve open-ended problems ABSTRACTThis paper relates one part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded, exploratory researchproject in the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program (CCLI). The researchproject’s objective is to

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajesh Bachu, University of Bridgeport; Deepak S. Deepawale, University of Bridgeport; Buket Barkana, University of Bridgeport; Lawrence Hmurcik, University of Bridgeport

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Graduate Studies

student centre is an active department at UB which frequently organizes festivals, programs, and international festival where students from different parts of world perform with an active spirit and enthusiasm. (Second semester Student in E.E.)” “I like all cultural activities at UB like international festivals and Bollywood night. We have good equipment for sports in UB. But we do not have physical director to encourage us... (Second semester student in E.E.)” “UB provide good cultural activities like international festivals, Bollywood nights. I do not have any idea about sports activities. (Second year student in E.E.)”ConclusionResponses reveal that quality education and laboratories with

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Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Immanuel Edinbarough, The University of Texas at Brownsville; Yazmin Muniz, The University of Texas at Brownsville

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-420: EXPERIENCES WITH THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ANOVEL RAPID PRODUCT MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUE IN THE BATCHPRODUCTION OF MINIATURE INDUSTRIAL COMPONENTS.Immanuel Edinbarough, The University of Texas at Brownsville Immanuel Edinbarough is a Professor in the Department of Applied Engineering Technology at the University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas, USA. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India in 1996. Dr. Edinbarough has several years of industry experience. He has taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY before joining the University of Texas at Brownsville. His teaching and research interests are in

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Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Richard Scruggs, Texas A&M University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, and entrepreneurship. 2004. Salt Lake City, UT, United States: American Society for Engineering, Washington, DC 20036, United States.6. Wang, E.L. and J.A. Kleppe, Teaching invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship in engineering. Journal of Engineering Education, 2001. 90(4): p. 565-570.7. Weilerstein, P., et al. Invention to venture: Inspiring technology innovation and entrepreneurship. 2004. Salt Lake City, UT, United States: American Society for Engineering, Washington, DC 20036, United States.8. Sullivan, J.F., L.E. Carlson, and D.W. Carlson, Developing aspiring engineers into budding entrepreneurs: An invention and innovation course. Journal of Engineering Education, 2001. 90(4): p. 571

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Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Cleary, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Harriet Hartman, Rowan University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-642: ANALYSIS OF APPLICANT DATA TO IMPROVE RECRUITMENTOF FEMALE AND UNDERREPRESENTED ENGINEERING STUDENTSDouglas Cleary, Rowan University Douglas Cleary is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rowan University. His research interests are in structural engineering and education. He is a member of ACI Committees 408 and E802. In addition, his is the Affiliate Director for Project Lead the Way in New Jersey.William Riddell, Rowan University William Riddell is an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rowan University. His research and teaching interests include design, structural mechanics

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Engineering Ethics I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep Bhattacharya, Southern University & A&M College

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Engineering Ethics

) and applications.However, all such technologies do not specify the range of wireless systems they use,thus, violating a primary ethical proof that they can do their job. None of the luxury carmanuals tell us that if it has a power window it would not open when the car is sunk orstanding in flood. The most alarming thing is that we are still not doing or teaching athing about our environment, and wish to live in a culture of insensitivity. Engineers havenow produced nano-bio convergence but have ceased to learn about energy, costefficiency and green engineering strategies. This can only happen when materialsengineer work with chemical and electrical engineers. In this paper we will discussconsequences of above and describe proactive approaches

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Technology Integration in the Classroom for Manufacturing II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Smith, Purdue University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University; Stephen Elliott, Purdue University

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Manufacturing

Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Technology. He teaches a junior-level course in Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC), and two graduate-level courses, Biometric Technology and Applications, and AIDC for the Enterprise. He is the past Vice Chair of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards, and has been the Head of Delegation for the WG1 Vocabulary working group within the ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC37 committee on Biometrics. Dr. Elliott is the head of the Biometrics Standards, Performance, and Assurance Laboratory at Purdue University. He is also involved in educational initiatives for the American National Standards Institute, and is a member of

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K-12 Programs (Co-sponsored by K-12 Division)

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynn Fujioka, isisHawaii and Women in Technology; Sheryl Hom, isisHawaii and Women in Technology; Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board

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Women in Engineering

chair and, together, they mapped out a course schedule and toured the campus. A high school senior was invited by her eMentor to visit her research lab and assist in teaching an undergraduate course. The student was so excited to actually experience procedures she had only read about in textbooks (her high school did not have a lab). Even after the student left Hawaii for college, they have maintained a very close relationship. Currently, this student is also a contributing journalist to isisHawaii’s website, sharing her new experiences at an East Coast university.Pilot programIn October 2003, WIT Oahu and isisHawaii asked a central Oahu public high school -- MililaniHigh (MHS) – to participate in the

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Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Schneider, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

undergraduate research activities.The credits earned in these courses count as technical elective credits. In the EngineeringTechnology Department, SET 398 course entitled “Research and Innovation Laboratory”provides students a meaningful experience with engineering research and related activities.SET398 allows students to participate in the selection and design of technology, theinvestigation, collection and analysis of data and the presentation of research material. Withinthe course description, research can include, but is not limited to, developing an experiment,collecting and analyzing data, surveying and evaluating literature, developing new tools andtechniques including software, and surveying, brainstorming and evaluating engineeringsolutions

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IP and Supporting Student Startups

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martin High, Oklahoma State University; Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

are Sustainable Process Design, Industrial Catalysis, and Multicriteria Decision Making. Other scholarly activities include enhancing creativity in engineering practice and teaching science to education students and professionals. Page 11.807.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Programs: How to Hold onto Your Wallet as You Transfer TechnologyAbstract Entrepreneurship programs present wonderful opportunities to allow students to practiceengineering in an exciting and challenging environment. One of the challenges that students

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Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sorraya Khiewnavawongsa, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

. Courses included in mathematics and sciences core are mathematics, algebra,calculus, statistics, physics, chemistry, laboratory, and etc.Courses included in distribution and technology core are courses that are directly related to theindustrial distribution career such as purchasing, inventory control, warehouse management,supply chain management, transportation, logistics, process control, and etc. However, severalcourses are not directly to the distribution but included in this category to make students familiar,get more understand in industrial process such as material, fluid systems, and safety in industry.Some are related to computer and information technology applications such as databasemanagement, information system, and computer

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Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Barbara Eichler, DeVry University; John Morello, DeVry University

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Engineering Technology

, theirpower and impact will be ubiquitous and must be addressed for sustainability, economicand cultural equity, and green and ethical engineering. Applying the foundations ofethics to new technological challenges brings to engineering reality the importance andrelevance of the inclusion of such sustainability and ethical principles.The STS course at DeVry is a required capstone course to all of our students in all of ourcurricula with special emphasis in all fields on the appropriate design and implications oftechnologies so that responsible technological insight is achieved. Using nanotechnologyas an urgent example for responsible decision making, a number of teaching and learningtools are used including: cultural field studies, case studies

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Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua Vaughan, Georgia Institute of Technology; William Singhose, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

Technology. He received a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His primary research interests are spacecraft control, sway reduction in cranes, control of flexible structures, and active seat technology. Page 11.230.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 ARLISS: A Multidisciplinary Extracurricular Design Project for UndergraduatesAbstractDesign projects that require students to build working prototypes are an invaluable sup-plement to traditional lectures and laboratory exercises. Additionally, allowing students toparticipate in challenging design projects outside of any

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Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arnold Lumsdaine, University of Tennessee; Frank Speckhart, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Geoff Robson, Technology 2020; Kenneth Kahn, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Majid Keyhani, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Dan Fant, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Rapinder Sawhney, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

it teaches the students how to succeed in life and preparesthem for lucrative careers in the technological-business arena. Some of the key qualities forsuccess in the program include: making good judgment, taking the initiative, being a self-starter,having good work habits, having a good attitude, being able to work effectively with people in agroup environment, and developing sound technical, economic, and communication skills.Curriculum HighlightsThe combined MS-MBA degree program consists of 60 total credit hours over a 23 month periodon the UT campus. The curriculum split is defined to be 44 hours (17 months for a full-timeMBA student) in the College of Business Administration and 30 hours in the College ofEngineering (12-18 months for a

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MIND Education Trends

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Asa, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

. This is especially true for AfricanAmericans and Hispanics who constitute a significant proportion of the US population. Whitesconstituted about 76% of undergraduate engineering students in 1990 and 68% in 2002. Theenrollment of blacks in undergraduate engineering programs actually decreased from 7.0% in1995 to 6.3% in 2002. Various innovative approaches have been employed by colleges, schools,government establishments, National Science Foundation and minority interest groups to attractminorities to engineering programs. However the retention rate of minorities in engineeringprograms is about on-third, compared to two-thirds for non-minority groups. Some educatorshave argued that teaching methods used by engineering programs should even be

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Graphics and Visualization

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Onyancha, University of New Hampshire; Erick Towle, University of New Hampshire; Brad Kinsey, University of New Hampshire

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Engineering Design Graphics

) test, which was developed to assess the selfconfidence of students related to spatial tasks, see Kinsey et al11 for details. These web-basedtests consisted of three dimensional representations of different objects in both solid and nohidden line representations. The web-based software recorded the radio button the studentselected for each of the test questions. To ensure anonymity, an encrypted universityidentification code was used as opposed to the student’s name for data analysis purposes. The tests were administered to 86 freshmen mechanical engineering students in CEPSwho were enrolled in ME 441 Engineering Graphics during the fall semester of 2006. Thiscourse consisted of three 1-hour lectures and a one 2-hour laboratory meeting

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Instrumentation Technical Session I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; Sofía Carolina Maldonado, Texas A&M International University; Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Texas A&M International University

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Instrumentation

Department of the University of Central Florida. Before joining Texas A&M International University he was a Researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Page 23.528.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Enhancements to a Propulsion DemonstratorAbstractThis paper presents enhancements to a propulsion demonstrator that illustrates how a rocketworks. The operation of the original system is manual and collection and display of useful datais not possible. The updated system consists of the following major components: (1) a computer

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Research and Graduate Studies

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vincent Capece, University of Kentucky; John R. Baker, University of Kentucky

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Graduate Studies

dean. These engineering programs have received separate ABET accreditationbecause of the differences in location, facilities, administration, and support services from theengineering programs in Lexington.All Paducah faculty positions, with the exception of the former director, are special-title series.These positions are primarily upper division nine-month teaching appointments. However, dueto the nature of the Paducah program, these appointments involve additional assignments,including student recruitment, undergraduate laboratory development, and professionaldevelopment. The traditional responsibilities involving instruction, academic advisement, anduniversity service also apply. Because of these unique responsibilities and the limited

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Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; Wayne W. Wheatley; Valerie Ann Little

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Continuing Professional Development

Paper ID #5971Faculty Development Through Industrial InternshipDr. Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos Vedaraman Sriraman is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Texas State University- San Marcos. In the past, he has served as the Manufacturing Engineering program coordinator, Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology and Assistant Dean in the College of Science at Texas State University. He has received several gramts form the NSF and SME-EF to initiate new curriculum and laboratories. Dr. Sriraman has received several teaching awards and has served as the faculty advisor to

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 4

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Pablo Afman Afman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

Paper ID #8130Learning to Innovate Across Disciplines: A Case Study on Three Team ProjectExperiencesMr. Juan Pablo Afman Afman, Georgia Institute of TechnologyDr. Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology Professor Dr. Narayanan Komerath is a professor of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Institute of Tech- nology, and director of the Experimental Aerodynamics and Concepts Group and the Micro Renewable Energy Systems Laboratory. He has over 300 publications, over 120 of them peer-reviewed. He holds three U.S. patents, and has guided fifteen Ph.D.s, more than 50 M.S.s and more than 160 undergraduate research