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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Chan Hilton, Florida State University

AC 2008-1516: ADAPTATION OF GROUNDWATER PHYSICAL MODELS ANDACTIVITIESAmy Chan Hilton, Florida State University Page 13.147.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Adaptation of Groundwater Physical Models and Activities for Enhanced Student LearningAbstractStudies have shown that using a variety of teaching techniques to address the spectrum oflearning styles enhances student learning. The goal of this project is to improve student interestand learning of groundwater topics relevant to environmental engineering. Specifically, theobjectives are to: 1) adapt physical models and classroom demonstrations and real-worldactivities to

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Engineering Education in the Mid-East / Asia

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajeswari Sundararajan, College of Technology - Purdue University; Daniel Dangelo, Intel; kishore N.K., IIT Karagpur; Haritha Mogilisetti, Intel; Sundhasarath Somasundaram, Valliammai College of Engineering; umadevi S., highways; Robert Nowlin, retired

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International

, many fortune 500 companies, such as Intel,IBM and GE have located their R&D centers in India. GE-India is working on advanced fields,such as computing and decision sciences, non-destructive evaluation, imaging technologies,electromechanical control systems, electromagnetic analysis and high voltage and high currentphenomena. Additionally, GM has an automobile plant in Chennai (South India) to be close tothe customer base. Several other companies, including Texas Instruments of the USA aremoving to India to setup plants to be close to the consumer market. This is feasible because theyhave easy access to highly qualified, talented, English-speaking engineering graduates requiredfor their companies. India has been supplying a big percentage

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The Impact of Engineering Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University

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Women in Engineering

Mechanics and Women in engineering. Her research interests include STEM programming, career development and assessment. Page 13.501.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Engineering Classroom Environments: Examining Differences by Gender and DepartmentsAbstractThis paper reports on one year of data from a study of classroom learning environments in threeengineering departments, which differ in size, discipline and pedagogical methodology, at a largeeastern university. This study uses a quasi-experimental design to confirm or deny what iscommonly cited in engineering education literature

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kevin Gary; Harry Koehnemann

The Software Enterprise at ASU’s Polytechnic Campus Kevin Gary, Harry Koehnemann Assistant, Associate Professors Division of Computing Studies, Arizona State University {kgary,harry}@asu.edu, (480)727-1373The Software Enterprise is a multi-year capstone project sequence designed to expose students to practical, “realworld” considerations in software development. By the conclusion of the Enterprise sequence, students have anappreciation for the role of software process, the challenges of software maintenance, the impact of open source, thepros and cons of off-the-shelf

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Daniel Walsh; Bob Crockett; Stacey Breitenbach

The 4+1 Accelerated Masters Degree Program: An Empowering Entry Level Degree for Professional Engineers Daniel Walsh*, Bob Crockett, Stacey Breitenbach *College of Engineering, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo dwalsh@calpoly.edu 805 756-2131AbstractThe 4 + 1 Program is an accelerated route to the professional MS degree. In many evolvingtechnical areas, four years is not enough time for the formal education of an engineer about toenter a lifelong career of professional practice, even when the individual is committed to lifelong learning. The 4 + 1 program started in

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Curriculum Development and Applications

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hussein Abaza, Southern Polytechnic State University; Javier Irizarry, SPSU; Zuhair Itr, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

. The students’ response to this teaching method wasoutstanding, and the score of the Students’ Opinion of Instructors’ Survey (SOIS) for this coursewas the highest at the university level.IntroductionComputer Aided Design has become an integral part of any construction project. Traditionalpaper blueprints are quickly becoming too primitive to meet the needs of the current buildingindustry. Architects now share CAD drawings to expedite the design development and reviewcycles in order to increase construction productivity. In addition, researchers suggest that usingCAD increases the students’ creativity and problem solving [3].Familiarity with the development and exchange of CAD drawings is now a necessary skill inmost engineering fields in

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Tools of the Trade

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

AC 2008-25: GROWING AN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM:CONCENTRATION AREAS FOR THE FUTUREKathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology Dr. Kate Abel serves as the as the Director of Undergraduate Academics in the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens Institute of Technology. She holds a Ph.D. in Technology Management and Applied Psychology. She teaches courses in Total Quality Management, Engineering Economy, Entrepreneurial Analysis of Engineering Design, Statistics for Engineering Managers, Engineering Management and Senior Design. Her research areas include knowledge engineering, as well as, knowledge and information management. She has published over 15 refereed journal articles

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Larry Jang

Internet-based Control Systems with Demonstration of Real-time, Real-world Control Experiments Larry Jang, Professor & Chair Department of Chemical Engineering California State University Long Beach (CSULB) Long Beach, CA 90840 e-mail: jang@csulb.edu Telephone No.: (562)-985-7533Abstract Our department has a bench-top unit for students to gain hands-on experience of tuningPID feedback control loops for flow rate, temperature, and water level. This unit that arrivedsome 15 years ago was equipped with a pre

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Electrical Engineering Technology Design Projects & Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kin Moy, Youngstown State University

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Engineering Technology

Systems at the time of his retirement. He is an internationally recognized automotive EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) engineer. He has published numerous technical papers globally. He has also given numerous technical presentations and conducted many technical seminars in USA, Asia & Europe. He has served on several national and international technical committees. He is currently the chairman and co-chairman of the SAE EMI Task Force and EMC Standards Committee respectively. He is also the chairman of the USA delegation to ISO (International Organization for Standardization) EMC working group. He is a member of the Tau Beta Pi and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies

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Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Horacio Vasquez, UTPA; Robert Freeman, UTPA; Gerhart Hanson, UTPA

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Mechanical Engineering

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