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New Trends in ECE Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xingguo Xiong, University of Bridgeport; Linfeng Zhang, University of Bridgeport; Lawrence V. Hmurcik, University of Bridgeport; Navarun Gupta, University of Bridgeport

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Electrical and Computer

-bar nanoelectronics circuits [10], bioelectronics [11]etc. For each category of nanoelectronics, we introduce their working principle,design and fabrication in details. We also assign some homework and projects forstudents to practice these nanoelectronic circuits. Students learn from these practicesand this helps them to have a deeper understanding about the future nanoelectronics.They also accumulate hands-on experiences on the EDA tools about the design andsimulation of nanoelectronics, which prepare them for their future career asnanoelectronics engineers or researchers in nanoelectronics field.For example, in the Nanotechnology class, we assign a course project about thedesign and simulation of an 8-bit QCA full adder. QCA Designer

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IE Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso; Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso

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Industrial Engineering

of a set of structured activities to help increase education and research inrenewable energy systems.For the education component, a systems approach for curriculum development is used. The newcurriculum on Energy Sustainability provides an overview of the major energy flows and theissues associated with production and end-use. Major current sources of energy include fossilfuel, hydroelectric, nuclear power, and wind energy. In the research component, a Pair-2-learn(PAL) model is used to form teams of undergraduate and graduate students to work in specificresearch projects. In the outreach component, different lesson plans are developed for highschool teachers participating in the UTeach Miners program. The products provided under

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Jan B Hansen, University of Saint Thomas

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NSF Grantees

knowledge of engineering andtheir ability to incorporate it into their teaching, programs which strive to give P-12 teachers adepth and breadth of engineering knowledge become more important. The CCLI projectpresented in this paper focuses on the creation of a minor in Engineering Education forundergraduate students majoring in Education. Preliminary results from the first six months ofthis project will be presented. Details on the courses encompassed by the minor, as well as therecruitment and retention plan for the minor are presented.IntroductionIn their review of the current state of P-12 Engineering Education1, Brophy et al. list “teacherreadiness and professional development” as the first major challenge to furthering P-12engineering

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Energy Education and Industrial Partnership Needs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University; Edward Lee Long IV, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Converting an Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle to an Electric VehicleAbstractSenior students in the Engineering and technology programs are challenged to thoroughly applytheir learned technological knowledge and skills toward design and implementation of achallenging engineering product in senior deign or capstone courses. In this paper, a successfullyimplemented comprehensive design, which utilizes a synergy of competencies gained fromundergraduate academic and research experiences with insight to the efforts concerning seniordesign project is presented.An electric vehicle is a type of alternative fuel car that utilizes electric motors and motorcontrollers instead of an internal combustion engine. Power is derived from battery-packs ratherthan a

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Salehpour; Vijay Subramanian

chance to learn about the teaching environments in otherinstitutions which focus more on undergraduate education. Mentoring is typically the final stageof the PFF program. Since UC follows a quarter system, I selected the spring quarter of 1997 formy mentorship. The objective of the mentor program was to help me gain experience in anacademic environment. This involved teaching-related activities (both in and out of theclassroom), participation in departmental/college responsibilities, scholarship activities, studentadvising, and participation in the senior design projects. The entire exercise provided me anopportunity to get a first-hand perspective of the responsibilities and duties of a faculty member.This paper has two primary goals. Firstly

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Gopal Mohan; J. Michael Jacob

enormously when it comes to using circuit simulation in the design and implementationof group and individual projects in the Project Design and Development courses (junior andsenior years).It is emphasized to the students that PSpice does not design the circuit for them. Often, studentsare required to interpret netlists and construct circuits/schematics based on netlists. This givesthem a better understanding and feel for the circuits they are about to analyze. Members of theElectrical Engineering Technology Industrial Advisory Board highly commend this practice ofstudents interpreting netlists. PSpice simulation does not replace or exempt the student fromdoing the rigorous manual calculations, and the construction and testing of circuits in

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Johm W. Duggan; Francis J. Hopcroft

seven Engineering Program MissionGoals, and delivers an educational program consistent with its Environmental EngineeringProgram Philosophy and Academic Goals. Although weaknesses in certain areas were identifiedthrough that process, that was an objective of the process and those areas are being aggressivelyaddressed.For Capstone Design, students are given the opportunity to select and develop their own scopeof work for their area of interest. Successful project proposals must identify actual stakeholderswith an interest in the environmental engineering issue to be addressed. These stakeholdershave taken an active (and appreciated) role in assisting students throughout the Capstone Designprocess and participate in an end-of-year assessment of

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

fulltext string for problems on particular topics incomputer architecture. The database currently contains homework and test questions. It isplanned also to include lecture notes, laboratory exercises, and multimedia teaching materialsdeveloped at a number of universities. Materials are gathered for the database by obtaininginstructors’ permission to include materials from their course Web sites. Scripts have beendeveloped to fetch their material over the Web, separate homework assignments and tests intoindividual problems, and store them in the database.This project has been developed in conjunction with the WebAssign project for on-linehomework submission and grading. Where the format permits, homework and test problemscan be automatically

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence H. Trachtman; David Ringholz; Carolyn M. Sommerich

. • Employed several design strategies in the design of products for daily living. • Completed design projects and presented those projects to the other members of the class.The faculty began to design the course by searching for and reviewing materials from other,similar courses. These materials were few in number and most often courses were aimed eitherat students of engineering or, more often, at students of design. Relevant work was found inproceedings of annual meetings of RESNA (The Rehabilitation Engineering and AssistiveTechnology Society of North America), ASEE, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, andSUCCEED6, 7, 8.Additionally, Strategies for Teaching Universal Design9 documented the experiences of over 60faculty from design

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

John Valasek

intention is not to replace existing course topics, but rather tosuggest re-casting them in the frameworks of flight safety and professional responsibility.Techniques for incorporating these concepts in the classroom environment are presented. SAFETY AND SURVIVABILITY"Meeting the specs at or below cost" is a traditional yardstick and motivation for aircraftpreliminary design. However, safety and survivability considerations can no longer take a backseat to performance and cost considerations: "Based on projected fleet growth, by the year 2010 one jet transport hull loss will occur per week unless strong, preventative measures are taken by the industry to reduce accidents." 5This scenario is based upon

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert M. Henry

Session 3215 SEVE - A Structural Engineering Visual Encyclopedia by Robert M. Henry ASEE/University of New HampshireIntroduction - The ProblemCivil engineers use construction (or engineering) drawings to convey to other engineers and laypeople their designs for bridges, highways, buildings, etc. These drawings are often labeled"contract drawings", because they define a contract between the architect, the engineer, and thecontractor as to how the finished project is to look, what materials are to be used, and how it is tobe built

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard H. Barnett; Mary A. Eiff; D. Perry Achor; Troy E. Kostek; William J. Hutzel; Bruce Harding

Session 2525 Sharpening Pencils and Young Minds William J. Hutzel, D. Perry Achor, Richard H. Barnett, Mary A. Eiff, Bruce A. Harding, and Troy E. Kostek, Purdue UniversityAbstract The School of Technology at Purdue University has undertaken an ambitious project toincrease the number of students who eventually pursue careers in science and technology. The"Techmobile" is an interactive traveling exhibit for Indiana eighth graders that introduces a widearray of scientific information in the context of manufacturing and sharpening a pencil. Theevents are

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Mark Maughmer; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Renata Engel, Pennsylvania State University

engineering curriculum. It will alsoillustrate the companion role that problems and projects play in the student learning experience.Overview There are several real constraints assigned to the task of transforming a college freshmaninto a proficient engineer. Time, talent, and tender certainly top the list. Even if talent andtender were eliminated, for example, by momentarily considering the best student body at a well-endowed engineering college taught by the best faculty possible, time would still be a formidableissue in itself. An engineering curriculum must use its courses to move its students frompotentially algebra illiterate high school graduates through a reasonable introduction of thevarious engineering disciplines and finally into

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott J. Amos

Session 1221 Assessment Techniques for Industry Desired Competencies in Construction Education Scott J. Amos, Ph.D., PE, AIC Weber State UniversityAbstractAs the popularity and use of project oriented classes emphasizing hands-on education continuesto grow, construction educators are faced with the challenge of evaluating student performancein this non-traditional setting. This article discusses and provides examples of proven authenticassessment techniques, including rubrics, and portfolios that could prove useful for constructioneducators attempting to

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles S. Elliott; Albert Winn

# 3518) project known initially as JACMET(Joint Arizona Center for Manufacturing Education and Training). It has now been officiallyestablished by the universities and industry sponsors as JACME2T (Joint Arizona Consortium -Manufacturing and Engineering Education for Tomorrow).What is JACME2T?The Consortium effort began in 1993 as a TRP planning grant (EEC-9310456) and is now a self-supporting group devoted to advancing university - industry interactions - especially in life longlearning areas. Overall direction is provided by a Policy Board of top industry, university andpublic sector leaders. Day to day direction is provided by the Technical Advisory Board, againcomprised of industry and university managers. A central office is maintained at

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virginia Mayfield, Monterey High School; Kenneth Currie, Tennessee Technological University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-773: POSTER: BRINGING ENGINEERING IDEAS INTO THEMATHEMATICS CLASSROOM - USING LINEAR PROGRAMMING TOINTEGRATE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING INTO THE HIGH SCHOOLCLASSROOMVirginia Mayfield, Monterey High SchoolKenneth Currie, Tennessee Technological University Page 15.960.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Bringing Engineering Ideas into the Mathematics Classroom: Using Linear Programming to Integrate Industrial Engineering into the High School ClassroomAbstract:As a participant in the TTU Research Experience for Teachers (RET) project, Iconducted research alongside industrial engineers at Tennessee Tech Universityfocused on the use

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Educated Person

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; James DeLaura, Central Connecticut State University; Patrick Foster, Central Connecticut State University; David Sianez, CCSU

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

increase at nearlydouble the overall growth rate for all occupations by 2014, growing by 26% from 2004 to 2014,while employment in all occupations is projected to grow 13% over the same period 7. Yet inspite of such promising job prospects, the National Science Foundation recently reported that theUnited States is experiencing a chronic decline in homegrown science, technology, engineeringand math (STEM) talent and is increasingly dependent upon foreign scholars to fill workforceand leadership voids.8 Results from a recent survey by the American Society for Quality (ASQ)revealed that more than 85% of students today are not considering technical careers and thatmore parents encourage their daughters to become actresses than engineers.9 This is one

Conference Session

Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

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Graduate Studies

expect from education—is it basicskills, or applied skills?18For those interested in further information in this area, this report built on the 2006 AreThey Really Ready to Work report.19 Skills which were found important to employers inthat project were professionalism, teamwork, oral communication, ethics and socialresponsibility, and reading comprehension, and employers noted significant deficiencies Page 15.1070.6in written communication, leadership and professionalism even at the four-year collegelevel. Projected skills for the next five years (from 2006) included foreign language(globalization), critical thinking and creativity/innovation.While

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Engineering Management Program Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering Management

lucrative for working professionals as well asdistance learners. The paper examines how the basic principles of Six Sigma were systematicallyapplied to curriculum development to not only ensure quality of the program but also toexpressly address needs of the students and industry.IntroductionAs engineers, scientists, and technologists advance in their careers, they encounter an increasingexpectation of project and team management. At the same time, these technical specialists areoftentimes poorly prepared to take on these additional job responsibilities. A Master of Sciencein Engineering Management degree is designed to help technical professionals take this next stepin their career. In addition to added technical exposure, this well-rounded degree

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard Corporation; Martina Y. Trucco, Hewlett-Packard Labs; Francisco Enrique Andrade, Hewlett-Packard Mexico

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College Industry Partnerships

theLatin America region1 indicate that HP is highly valued partner in the education space.HP Labs today has about 500 researchers working in seven locations around the world: PaloAlto (US), Bristol (UK), St. Petersburg (Russia), Beijing (China), Bangalore (India), Haifa(Israel), and Singapore. The challenge that many corporate research labs face is whether todo basic science or product-related research. HP Labs has taken a portfolio approach topursuing research: about one-third of its research projects are basic or exploratory in nature,with possible applications 5 to 10 years into the future; one-third are related to currentproducts and services, with potential applications about 6 to 18 months away; and one-thirdare applied in nature—not tied to

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Victoria Bernal, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2011-2429: AN INITIAL STUDY OF GEORGIA’S HISPANIC PARTIC-IPATION IN HIGHER EDUCATIONBarbara Victoria Bernal, Southern Polytechnic State University Barbara Victoria Bernal is a Professor of Software Engineering at Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU), where she has taught Computer Science, Software Engineering, and Information Technology courses since 1984. As a faculty, she has been awarded an Outstanding Faculty Award (1995) and served as undergraduate coordinator for software engineering; and chair of software engineering. Additionally, she is the co-founder of the SPSU Usability Research Lab (ULAB) and is directly involved in corporate- sponsor ULAB projects. She received her M. Ed. and B.S. from

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory J. Michna, South Dakota State University; Stephen Gent, South Dakota State University

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Mechanical Engineering

mechanical engineering students at South Dakota State University isThermo Fluids Laboratory. The purpose of this one-credit course, usually taken in a student’slast semester before graduation, is to enrich the student’s understanding of thermodynamics,fluid mechanics and heat transfer principles in an experimental laboratory setting. TheMechanical Engineering Department at SDSU recognizes the importance of laboratorycoursework in the curriculum, so a project was undertaken to improve student learning outcomesfrom this course. The goals of this project were to formally assess how well the current ThermoFluids Laboratory course achieves the desired course outcomes and to update the course contentand equipment based upon the findings of the

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American; Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Cristina Villalobos, University of Texas, Pan American; Stephen Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert Wrinkle, University of Texas, Pan American; Olga Ramirez, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American

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Minorities in Engineering

activity develops and supports pathways to STEMfields between STC and UTPA. This paper discusses the results and modifications of theactivities after the first year of implementation. Ultimately, we hope that this project will providea model that will have a significant impact on the number of STEM graduates and that will besimple to replicate in other higher-education institutions.IntroductionThis paper discusses the first year grant activities and results of a College Cost Reduction andAccess Act (CCRAA) grant designed to implement a series of activities that will, ultimately,increase student performance and retention at colleges and university in the South Texas region.This initiative is a collaboration between The University of Texas-Pan

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Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Hunt, Norwood High School; Regina Lamendella, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Sara Garrison, Norwood City Schools; Andrea Burrows, The University of Cincinnati; Mike Borowczak, The University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, The University of Cincinnati

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Mathematics

managementtechnologies that they would only read about in textbooks and articles. This paper will provideother instructors with ideas to incorporate into their classes and will showcase both successes andchallenges from the teacher’s and students’ perspectives.Project STEPThe chief goal of this National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12Education (GK-12) funded project STEP (science and technology expansion project) is toproduce scientists, engineers, and secondary mathematics and science educators who areexperienced in developing and implementing authentic educational practices. The graduatestudents, called STEP Fellows, are the main focus of the grant. The STEP Fellows, 15 in the lastthree years, are trained to bring their complex graduate

Conference Session

International Forum Poster Session & Welcome Reception: Sponsored by Quanser and Cypress Semiconductors

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2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Helmuth Gesch, University of Applied Sciences Landshut, Germany; Richard O Gale, Texas Tech University; Tanja Karp, Texas Tech University; Nanna Suryana Herman

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ASEE International Forum

mainly in East Asia Coordinator of the Electronic Product Engineering program Founder of the Micro System Technology Cluster Project manager for several industry related projects Member of the Faculty Council (temporarily) Member of the University Senate Member of the University Executive BoardDr. Richard O Gale, Texas Tech University Richard Gale is Professor and Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University. Dr. Gale holds degrees in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and Lehigh University. He began his career in academics at Texas Tech in 2002 following a successful career with Texas Instruments 1984-2001. He is a licensed

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International Forum Poster Session & Welcome Reception: Sponsored by Quanser and Cypress Semiconductors

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2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Margaret Pearl Lyn Blackstun, Air Force Institute of Technology

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ASEE International Forum

science curriculum, at both the undergraduate and graduate level, oftenincorporates hands-on laboratory experiences. This hands-on lab work provides students withconcept relevancy, integrated knowledge, and technical skill required in engineering jobs [1].Hands-on and project based curriculum are examples of inductive learning techniques whereinductive learning reverses the traditional method of deductive learning. In deductive learning,a theory is presented to students and examples are then given in illustrations, in-classexperiments or homework exercises. In inductive learning, the process begins with a set ofobjectives or a problem to be solved. Faculty guides students along the way and the studentsreach an understanding of concepts through

Conference Session

International Forum Poster Session & Welcome Reception: Sponsored by Quanser and Cypress Semiconductors

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2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Young-Min Kim, Chungnam National University; Chang-Hoon Lee, Education Center for Creative Future Engineers; Myoung-Hee Oh, Education Center for Creative Future Engineers; Ki-Soo Kim, Chungnam National University

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ASEE International Forum

has been developed that the programs based on engineering and technologyfor middle and high school students. Therefore the programs were instructedthrough team teaching by engineering professors and technology teachers.Second, the programs were consisted with lecture, field trip, problem solving,project and so on.Third, the programs were utilized in various institutes such as engineering andtechnology related colleges, universities, governments, research institutes, andindustries.Fourth, we applied the programs three times in December 2011, February 2012 andMay 2012. Approximately, 100 students participate in all the programs, respectively.It was high that the satisfaction of the participants, their parents, engineeringprofessors and

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

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Melanie Villatoro P.E., New York City College of Technology; Servena Narine, Daniel Hale Williams Public School 307, The Magnet School for STEM Studies; Diana Samaroo, CUNY - New York City College of Technology

classroom teacher (Grades Pre-K, 1, 2 and3), Mathematics Coach, technology teacher and mentor. She works closely with colleagues,planning and facilitating professional development activities. WORKSHOP INFORMATIONProposed Title:Engaging Engineering Experiences for K-5Abstract: Please provide a concise description that includes the workshop’s learning objectives(maximum 750 characters). The abstract is used on the ASEE website, program materials, andotherK-12 Workshop promotional activities.The City University of New York (CUNY) Service Corps mobilizes CUNY students, faculty andstaff to work on projects that improve the short and long-term civic, economic and environmentalsustainability of New York City and of its

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2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Julia Ziyatdinova

, founder of the School of Mathematics andNavigation Sciences, polymath Michail Lomonosov, inventor of radio AlexanderPopov, aerodynamics founder Nikolay Zhukovskiy, leading Soviet rocket engineerSergey Korolyov, pioneering Soviet aircraft designers Andrey Tupolev and NikolayKamov, inventor of steam machine Ivan Polzunov, naval architect Alexey Kryilov,first author of Russian jet aircraft project Nikolay Kibalchich, aeronautics pioneerYury Kondratyuk (Alexander Shargei), architects Nikolay Nikitin and VladimirShukhov and many others.Russian engineering school has always provided rank-and-file engineers.These great minds have succeeded in the development of aircraftengineering, exploration and development of mineral deposits and mineral resources

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

ZhongLi FU, Center for National Security and Strategic Studies (CNSSS) In National University of Defense Technology (NUDT).; Huang Zhang, National University of Defense Technology; Lini ZHOU, Center for National Security and Strategic Studies, National University of Defense Technology; Tong Wu, Center for National Security and Strategic Studies, National University of Defense Technology; Zhao Zhao, National University of Defense Technology; Changfang Zhang, National University of Defense Technology

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International Forum

Paper ID #14279The Mechanism of the Engineer’s Cultivation through Combining Trainingwith Scientific Research——Practices and Cases of Training Excellent Engi-neer in National University of Defense Technology (NUDT)Prof. ZhongLi FU, Center for National Security and Strategic Studies (CNSSS) In National University of De-fense Technology (NUDT). FU Zhong Li is deputy director of the Center for National Security and Strategic Studies (CNSSS) In Na- tional University of Defense Technology (NUDT).In this role, he manages NUDT’s Continuing Education reform and leads excellent engineer training research projects. He has conducted