Conference Session

Biology and Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Pauken, Arizona State University

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Biomedical

AC 2007-868: BIOLOGY FOR ALL ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES.Christine Pauken, Arizona State University Page 12.310.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Biology for All Engineering DisciplinesIntroduction:This course is designed to provide an overview and introduction to biology and its interfaceswith and applications to engineering. At the end of the semester, each student should have: • A basic understanding of molecular biology with application to engineering design • A basic understanding of cellular biology with application to engineering design • A basic understanding of anatomy and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil and Architectural Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Engineering Technology

in order to engage them in engineering earlywith the goal of increasing retention. The courses are divided into three five-week modules thatare distributed among the various departments within the college. The Engineering Technologydepartment is responsible for two of the five week modules. One module is comprised of all theengineering technology curriculums; civil, electrical and mechanical, and the other module isstrictly a civil engineering technology project.The civil engineering technology project is focused on the construction industry. Students areintroduced to Civil Engineering as a discipline area, and then to the construction industry.Students are then taught how to estimate and schedule a simple bridge project using K’NEXBridge

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University; Demei Shen, University of Missouri; Kelly Rodgers, University of Missouri

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering. Her research interests include STEM programming, career development and assessment.Demei Shen, University of Missouri DEMEI SHEN is a doctoral candidate in Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri - Columbia. Her research interests include social computing and motivation in web-based learning.Kelly Rodgers, University of Missouri KELLY A. RODGERS, M. A. is a doctoral candidate in educational psychology at the University of Missouri - Columbia. Her research interests include motivational issues in minority student retention and the socio-emotional aspects of gifted minority adolescents

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Fred John; Seong W. Lee

) exhaust duct while exposing students to new instrumentation at thesame time. The experiments carried out were done on the scale model space shuttle main engine(SSME) exhaust-duct at the Center for Advanced Energy Systems & Environmental ControlTechnologies (CAESECT) at Morgan State University using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV).This scale model is part of NASA’s research on the behavior of exhaust flow from the spaceshuttle while on the launch pad. The Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) is the most reliable and highly tested largerocket engine ever. The SSME uses a mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen that canenable it to attain a maximum thrust level of 5.13 x 105 pounds in a vacuum, which is equivalentto greater than 1.2 x

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Perry, University of Memphis

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-989: THE IMPACT OF ONLINE LECTURE NOTES ON LEARNINGOUTCOMESEdward Perry, University of Memphis Edward H. Perry is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Memphis, where he has served on the faculty since 1970. He received his university's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1977 and again in 2000. He also received the Herff College of Engineering's Outstanding Teaching Award in 1999. He is currently Co-Editor of the MERLOT Engineering Editorial Board and Co-Editor of the MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching. He received his B.S. (1966), M.S. (1967) and Ph.D. (1970) in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology

Conference Session

Industry-Academia Collaborations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Jim Subach, Arizona State University; John Magrane, Microchip Technology Inc.; Carol Popovich, Microchip Technology Inc.

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Continuing Professional Development

AC 2007-2148: INDUSTRY–ACADEMIA COLLABORATIONLakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University Lakshmi Munukutla received her Ph.D. degree in Solid State Physics from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio and M.Sc and B.Sc degrees from Andhra University, India. She has been active in research and published several journal articles. She is the Chair of the Electronic Systems Department at Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus.Jim Subach, Arizona State University Jim Subach received his BS in Engineering Physics from the University of Maine, and his MS and Ph.D. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. He has 30 years of experience in technology, was a Visiting Scientist at NASA-JSC

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Patricia L. Fox; D. Jan Cowan; Stephen P. Hundley

Create, Innovate, and Educate: Integrating Sustainability into Engineering Education Patricia L. Fox, D. Jan Cowan, Stephen P. Hundley Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)AbstractThis paper highlights an international, interdisciplinary course that seeks to integratesustainability into the engineering education curriculum through a course entitled GO GREEN(Green Organizations: Global Responsibility for Environmental and Economic Necessity). Thiscourse helps to create new knowledge for students by stressing the interconnected aspects offinancial, social, and environmental

Conference Session

FPD10 -- Pre-Engineering and Bridge Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Grimm, Wayne State University

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First-Year Programs

, 2007 An Engineering Bridge Program: Improving the Success Rate of Under-Prepared Students in EngineeringAbstractIn 2003, the College of Engineering at Wayne State recognized that a large proportion of itsstudents entered the engineering program with placement into beginning or intermediate algebra.This is, in part, a result of the University’s mission to be an institution of opportunity – providingaccess to all academically qualified students. Only a small group of these incoming studentsremained in the College of Engineering after 4 years. As a result, an Engineering BridgeProgram was developed with the dual objective of: 1) providing students with the

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Jenkins, University of Detroit Mercy

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Mechanical Engineering

is chair and professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Detroit Mercy where is specializes in materials, mechanics of materials, machine design and reliability/probability. He has been involved in pedagogy in higher education for the past 15 years and test engineering and R&D activities for the past 25 years. His post PhD positions include 12 years at University of Washington in Seattle, 5 years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and 1 year as a postdoctoral invited researcher at the University of Tokyo. Prior to his PhD he worked at PACCAR Technical Center for 2.5 years. He has authored or co-authored over 75 archival publications, over 100 proceedings publications, and

Conference Session

Collaboration Provides the Best Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Cates, University of Cincinnati; Anita Todd, University of Cincinnati

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2007-520: ONLINE ASSESSMENT AND LEARNING INSTRUMENTS FORCOOPERATIVE EDUCATION STUDENTS: THE IMPORTANCE OF CO-OPDATA TO ABETCheryl Cates, University of Cincinnati As an Associate Professor, Cheryl Cates has worked with cooperative education students for 16 years. Cates holds a Master of Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Arts Degree and has co-authored Learning Outcomes, the Educational Value of Cooperative Education, as well as chapters for the Handbook for Research in Cooperative Education and Internships and the International Handbook for Cooperative Education. In 2004 Cates became principle investigator on a grant from the United Stated Department of Education’s Fund for

Conference Session

International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Findlay Edwards, University of Arkansas

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International

been targetedfor improvement include: 1) expanded pre-departure student awareness, 2) more explicitspecifications of what is expected from the host institution, 3) and better coordination of extra-curricular activities with classes.We feel the first year of the program was a success and provided many valuable lessons for thefuture of the UofA Engineering Study Abroad in India Program.IntroductionThe outsourcing of engineering work overseas is dramatically increasing, especially to India.Many U.S. based corporations are creating large research centers in India due to the large talentpool and low costs. This changing nature of the world economy makes it essential to provide ourstudents with the cross-cultural tools to become successful

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruno Osorno, California State University-Northridge

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Electrical and Computer

experiences wehave had in the teaching of electrical engineering courses online. More specifically, how wedeal with mathematics and its delivery online. We will show how effective the system thatwe implemented has been for the teaching of mathematics online. We will compare onlineteaching versus the classical classroom teaching. To do so we split one class in two sections;the first one is the online section and the second one is the classroom section. To reduceduplication, while the online section is taking the class, we had an LCD projector with thecomputer screen on it for the classroom section.Discussion-Higher education is making the change from classroom education to onlineeducation. The enrollment of online education keeps going up at a very

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Brian Kosobudzki; Bill Grove; Sam Aguilar; Vince Sabella

Drive-by-wire vehicle steering system. Brian Kosobudzki Bill Grove Sam Aguilar Vince Sabella Table of Contents (Page)Executive summary 3,4Block Diagram 5Objectives 6General Approach 6,7Contractual Aspects 7,8Schedules 8Evaluation Methods 8Resources 9Personnel 10,11References 11 2Executive Summary In a frontal collision, the

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy Thatcher, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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Environmental Engineering

lecture environment. Active learning has been shown to aid understanding andimprove retention of information in a variety of courses from chemistry1 to electricalengineering2 and hydraulics3.The redesign of courses to take advantage of what we know about learning and knowledgeretention has been suggested by Furse4. As the impetus for her revision of standard teachingmethods, she cites the work of David Sousa5 which summarizes the average adult retention ratefor different learning methods. Lowest retention is from the typical lecture (5% retention),whereas retention from activities like discussion (50%) and teaching others (90%) are muchhigher. This concept can be leveraged by reformatting the typical class period and dividing thetime into

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Greene, University of Saint Thomas

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-1429: STUDIO-BASED INSTRUCTION IN SIGNALS AND SYSTEMSChristopher Greene, University of Saint Thomas After a 24 year career in industry, Dr. Greene joined the University of St. Thomas School of Engineering where he teaches in both the Electrical and Mechanical engineering programs. He principally teaches Signals and Systems, Digital Electronics and Control Systems. Page 12.1326.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Studio-Based Signals and SystemsAbstractOne of the more challenging aspects of most undergraduate electrical engineering programs isthe Signals and Systems

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seamus Freyne, Manhattan College; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Stephan Durham, University of Colorado at Denver

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Environmental Engineering

, University of Colorado at Denver Stephan Durham is currently an assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado at Denver. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Arkansas. His research interests include pervious concrete, concrete in wastewater applications, and innovative highway construction materials. Page 12.868.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 INCORPORATING “GREEN” IDEAS INTO CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS COURSESAbstractCivil engineers are facing a new era where they must not only design structures and roadways tomeet

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

AC 2007-926: ENGINEERING CAPACITY BUILDING IN DEVELOPINGCOUNTRIESRussel Jones, World Expertise LLC RUSSEL C. JONES is a private consultant, working through World Expertise LLC to offer services in engineering education in the international arena. Prior to that, he had a long career in education: faculty member at MIT, department chair in civil engineering at Ohio State University, dean of engineering at University of Massachusetts, academic vice president at Boston University, and President at University of Delaware. Page 12.619.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007Engineering

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Knight, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado at Boulder

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First-Year Programs

AC 2007-2076: EXPANDING UNDERSTANDING OF FIRST-YEARENGINEERING STUDENT RETENTION AND TEAM EFFECTIVENESSTHROUGH SOCIAL STYLES ASSESSMENTDaniel Knight, University of Colorado at Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the engineering assessment specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program and Laboratory. He holds a BS in psychology from Louisiana State University, and an MS degree in industrial/organizational psychology and PhD degree in counseling psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. Prior to joining the University of Colorado at Boulder, he gained extensive experience in assessment and teamwork in an engineering education context through the development and evaluation of a

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Maixner, U.S. Air Force Academy; James Baughn, University of California-Davis

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-195: TEACHING PSYCHROMETRY TO UNDERGRADUATESMichael Maixner, U.S. Air Force AcademyJames Baughn, University of California-Davis Michael Rex Maixner graduated with distinction from the U. S. Naval Academy, and served as a commissioned officer in the USN for 25 years; his first 12 years were spent as a shipboard officer, while his remaining service was spent strictly in engineering assignments. He received his Ocean Engineer and SMME degrees from MIT, and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. He served as an Instructor at the Naval Postgraduate School and as a Professor of Engineering at Maine Maritime Academy; he is currently a member of the

Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omar Zia, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-622: TEACHING CLASSICAL CONTROL IN ET PROGRAMS; TIMEFOR REASSESSMENT?Omar Zia, Southern Polytechnic State University Omar Zia is presently a professor at Southern Polytechnic State Univerisity. He has a Ph.D. in Control system. Prior to joining SPSU he served as full professor at CalPoly San Luis Obispo. His research interests are in the area of Control and Digital Signal Processing. He has been recognized for his research contributions to NASA eight times. Page 12.1350.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Teaching Classical Control in ET programs; time for reassessment?AbstractThis

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

AC 2007-704: THE CALIFORNIA REGIONAL CONSORTIUM FORENGINEERING ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION (NSF ATEREGIONAL CENTER CREATE)Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge Sharlene Katz is Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) where she has been for over 25 years. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with B.S. (1975), M.S. (1976), and Ph.D. (1986) degrees in Electrical Engineering. Recently, her areas of research interest have been in engineering education techniques and neural networks. Dr. Katz is a licensed professional engineer in the state of California.Kathleen Alfano

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Wei Cao; Peggy Vance; Robert Lockhart

enthusiastic interests fromk-12 WV schools. Every year there were more than 15 schools and 300kids come to the event; they spent a whole day for competition,demonstration and tours of engineering and technology labs in WVU. The event has caught attention from government education agents,private education foundations and industrial sectors. The sponsor pool ofthe competition has been growing up year-by-year, which includes theWVU, WV State Agency, Toyota Inc, Parallax Inc, WV Educationdepartment, WV Logan County School Distinct, WV Tech PrepFoundation, Appalachia Education Lab and etc. This event provide WVU students, particularly, the members of thestudents robots club, a great opportunity to serve the community and learnthe skill to organize

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Jouny, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

outsourcing of ECE expertise. The intent is to offer suggestions on howto revise the ECE curriculum to; 1) help future graduating ECE engineers work in aglobal environment, and 2) strengthen areas of ECE that are not likely to be outsourced,and to minimize focus of areas of the ECE discipline that are most likely to beoutsourced. These recommendations will in no way weaken the fundamental requirementfor understanding basic ECE principles, but are merely an attempt to structure the ECEcurriculum to be more resilient to outsourcing, so that ECE graduates in the United Stateshave expertise that are not easily outsourced and can compete in a global environment.Research of what’s being currently outsourced clearly identifies the need for USengineering

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Day W. Radebaugh

philosophy.After all, the so-called soft sciences have no findings which are certain, but rathercompeting sets of assertions that arise from one or another set of values.This paper argues that engineering in general is not entitled to the degree of certaintytypically associated with it. This point is illustrated by analyzing eight topical areas ofengineering design, showing the limits of certainty in each case. Further, a case is madethat the recognition of this inherent uncertainty should be acknowledged and taught inengineering ethics classes. In the first instance, understanding the limits of knowledge inengineering is a useful antidote to a riskier approach which might tend to ignoreunknowns. Secondly, it would seem that an objective assessment of

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Christi Patton Luks; Laura P. Ford

International Education Through Engineers Without Borders Christi Patton Luks, Laura P. Ford The University of TulsaAbstractThe University of Tulsa started a chapter of Engineers Without Borders – USA (EWB-USA) in the fall of 2006. EWB is a non-profit humanitarian organization established topartner with developing communities worldwide in order to improve their quality of life.This partnership involves the implementation of sustainable engineering projects whileinvolving and training internationally responsible engineers and engineering students.The EWB-USA project application process requires that the students educate themselvesabout their partner international community

Conference Session

Radiation and Radiological Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Jonassen, University of Missouri; Matthew Schmidt, University of Missouri; Matthew Easter, University of Missouri; Rose Marra, University of Missouri; William Miller, University of Missouri

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Nuclear and Radiological

design, task analysis, instructional design, computer-based learning, hypermedia, constructivist learning, cognitive tools, and technology in learning. He has consulted with businesses, universities, public schools, and other institutions around the world. His current research focuses on problem solving.Matthew Schmidt, University of Missouri Matthew Schmidt is a doctoral candidate in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri – Columbia. He is currently involved in a DOL-funded curriculum development project for an Associates of Applied Science Degree in Nuclear Technologies focusing on radiological safety.Matthew Easter, University of Missouri

Conference Session

New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin; Mia Markey, University of Texas-Austin; Thomas Milner, University of Texas-Austin

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Biomedical

Engineering encompassing three campuses: UTAustin, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and UT Health Science Center-Houston.Since the campuses of participating institutions are in two cities separated byabout 170 miles, distance learning technologies are a key factor for thepedagogical component of the graduate program. Because this collaborativeenvironment is quite different from typical distance learning paradigms, a newstudy opportunity was recognized. For example, the demographics of the studentbody are the same as for a single-site graduate program, whereas many distancelearning programs are constructed for more diverse populations. Moreover, werecognize the importance that teaching should drive technology usage, not viceversa, even when technology is

Conference Session

Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Gregory Feierfeil, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-1689: CULTIVATING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET THROUGHINTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION AND NETWORKINGDonald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological UniversityGregory Feierfeil, Lawrence Technological University Page 12.426.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Mindset through Interdisciplinary Collaboration and NetworkingAbstractLawrence Technological University, a private institution located in the Detroitmetropolitan area, has an enrollment of approximately 3000 undergraduate students inday and evening degree programs. Unlike a majority of institutions were entrepreneurialprograms tend to originate in the college

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Bradley Jenkins, St. Petersburg College

AC 2007-1334: ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM REFORM INFLORIDAMarilyn Barger, University of South Florida MARILYN BARGER is the Executive Director of FL-ATE, the Florida Regional Center for Manufacturing Education funded by NSF and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa Florida. She earned a B.A. in Chemistry at Agnes Scott College, and both a B.S. in Engineering Science and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of South Florida. She has over 20 years of experience in developing curriculum in engineering and engineering technology for elementary, middle, high school and post secondary institutions. She is a registered professional engineer in the State of

Conference Session

Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Diane Matt, WEPAN

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Women in Engineering

AC 2007-1153: WEPAN HISTORY AND CURRENT UPDATEC. Diane Matt, WEPAN Diane Matt is Executive Director of Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network, Inc. (WEPAN). She was formerly the Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Geological Society of America, and also served as Executive Director of the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado. She is a geoscientist with B.A. and M.S. degrees from Indiana University and The University of Calgary, respectively. Matt resides in Denver, Colorado. Page 12.1604.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 WEPAN