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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Michael Kerley, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jerome Paris, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Janet Bodner, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

AC 2007-375: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO TEACHING ASSISTANTTRAINING AND ORIENTATIONRonald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology Ronald S. Kane is Dean of Graduate Studies and Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Before that he had been Dean of Graduate Studies, Research, and Continuing Professional Education and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology and before that served as Mechanical Engineering Department Chair at Manhattan College. He has industrial experience in the energy and aerospace industries and worked for a number of years on nuclear safety and alternative energy systems, with focus on modeling and

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Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ulas Toros, University of Florida; George Younis, University of Florida; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida

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International

AC 2007-522: CIVIL ENGINEERING EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OFFLORIDA AND THE MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, REPUBLIC OFTURKEYUlas Toros, University of Florida ULAS TOROS Ulas Toros is a PhD student at the University of Florida majoring in Civil Engineering. He earned his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. He earned his Master of Science degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso, and Master of Engineering degree in Construction Engineering and Management from the University of FloridaGeorge Younis, University of Florida GEORGE YOUNIS George Younis is a

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Building Knowledge Based Economies: the Role of Industry-University-Government Partnerships

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Waugh, Hewlett-Packard Company; Claudia Morrell, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC; Nancy Hafkin, Knowledge Working

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International

AC 2007-162: HP, WFEO AND CWIT: BUILDING ENGINEERING CAPACITY INAFRICABarbara Waugh, Hewlett-Packard CompanyClaudia Morrell, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Barbara Waugh, PhD, is Director for University Relations in HP, focused on the US diversity strategy; and on capacity building in Africa. She is the author of Soul in the Computer: story of a corporate revolutionary.Russel Jones, World Expertise LLCNancy Hafkin, Knowledge Working Page 12.813.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 HP, WFEO and CWIT: Building Engineering Capacity

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Successful Professional Development Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rogelio Rodriguez, UC Irvine

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Continuing Professional Development

President for Association of Analytical Chemist (AOAC) Southern California Section. Page 12.1515.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007Understanding the Medical Product Development Process:Continuing Professional Development for Life ScienceProfessionalsAbstractNavigating the medical product development maze from concept to market can result in achallenging experience. The life science industry is a highly regulated industry and depending onthe medical product and classification (device, pharmaceutical, or biologic) the approval processcan be complex and lengthy. Unlike high-tech products such as consumer electronics which

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cameron Coates, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Wayne Johnson, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Chris McCarthy, Armstrong Atlantic State University

and may sometimes include a financial incentive. Thispaper describes and assesses a one-week summer program designed to push the academic andtime management limits of students who are already interested in science and engineering. Theprimary objective is early exposure to research, design and communication with the expectationthat all participants in the program will become undergraduates who are motivated to pursueresearch projects. Other objectives included the successful introduction of advanced concepts to12th grade students through software; pushing the intellectual pace of these students, who aregenerally unaccustomed to academic pressure, and the development of the participants’leadership and teamwork skills. This program distinguishes

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International Distance & Service Learning for Engineers- Discussion on Best Practices

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University; David Watkins, Michigan Technological University; Brian Barkdoll, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University

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International

. Inparticular, health problems resulting from environmental risks and a lack of economicresources in the developing world pose daunting challenges to the global scientific andengineering communities. Addressing these challenges through international researchexperiences integrated with sustainability and appropriate technology principlesrepresents a significant and critical contribution to a more sustainable future. This hasbeen called for both within and outside engineering education, starting at theundergraduate level.Initiated in Fall 2006 with the help of a NSF grant, this program engages engineeringstudent teams in community-based learning (CBL) outside La Paz, Bolivia. CBL isdefined as learning via working with and in a community in need of

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EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra Elrod, University of Missouri; Ashley Rasnic, University of Missouri; William Daughton, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

AC 2007-1156: ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIALENGINEERING: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCESCassandra Elrod, University of Missouri Cassandra C. Elrod is doctoral student in the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering department at the University of Missouri – Rolla. She holds a Bachelors degree in Engineering Management with an emphasis in Management of Technology (2003), and a Master’s degree in Engineering Management (2004), both from UMR. Her research interests include learning styles, engineering education, and organizational behavior issues.Ashley Rasnic, University of Missouri Ashley Rasnic is an undergraduate student in the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering

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Potpourri Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Titus-Becker, North Carolina State University; Sarah Rajala, Mississippi State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Jo-Ann Cohen, North Carolina State University; Kala Bullett, North Carolina State University; Susan Grant, North Carolina State University; Fay Cobb Payton, North Carolina State University; Adrianna Kirkman, North Carolina State University; Barbara Kirby, North Carolina State University; Wendy Krause, North Carolina State University; Carrie Thomas, North Carolina State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2007-2041: AN INTEGRATED LIVING AND LEARNING COMMUNITY FORFIRST AND SECOND YEAR UNDERGRADUATE WOMEN IN SCIENCE ANDENGINEERINGKatherine Titus-Becker, North Carolina State University KATHERINE C. TITUS-BECKER is the Director of the Women in Science and Engineering Village at North Carolina State University. She is a Ph.D. Candidate in Higher Education at The Ohio State University, and received her B.A. and M.S. degrees from The University of North Carolina Greensboro and Florida State University, respectively. She has worked in various higher education institutions around the country in both academic and student affairs.Sarah Rajala, Mississippi State University SARAH A. RAJALA is a Professor

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Said Abubakr, Western Michigan University; Dewei Qi, Western Michigan University

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International

AC 2007-169: DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION INCHINA FOR WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING STUDENTSSaid Abubakr, Western Michigan UniversityDewei Qi, Western Michigan University Page 12.534.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Development of Global Engineering Education in China for Western Michigan University Engineering StudentsAbstractIn collaboration with Sichuan University in China, Western Michigan University had establishedand developed the China Summer Engineering Tour for the first time in 2006 and is in theprocess of launching a second tour in 2007. The program is designed to provide a uniqueopportunity for both

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Yahong Rosa Zheng; Sarat K. Chitneni; Daryl G. Beetner

in a stand-alone DSP course for both EE and CmpE. It offers excellent integration ofthe DSP component with other components of the CmpE curriculum and achieves necessarycoverage in the limited number of hours allocated.IntroductionDigital Signal Processing (DSP) courses have been well developed for electrical engineering(EE) curriculum with heavy treatment on theoretical foundations, significant amount of Matlabsimulations, and reinforcement by hardware laboratories. The hardware labs are often designedusing specialized digital signal processor kits (DSK) such as C54xx/C67xx DSK from TexasInstruments or Blackfin kit from Analog Devices.Recently, DSP is also recommended as a critical, necessary component for computer engineering(CmpE

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Enhancing K-12 Mathematics Education with Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Feldhaus, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Kenneth Reid; Pete Hylton; Marguerite Hart, Washington Township Schools; Kathy Rieke, Washington Township Schools; Douglas Gorham, IEEE

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2007-1414: ENGINEERING EMPOWERMENT IS MATHEMATICIANSCOLLABORATING FOR CHILDREN: E2 = MC2Charles Feldhaus, Indiana University-Purdue University-IndianapolisKen Reid, Indiana University-Purdue University-IndianapolisPete Hylton, Indiana University-Purdue University-IndianapolisMarguerite Hart, Washington Township SchoolsKathy Rieke, Washington Township SchoolsDouglas Gorham, IEEE Page 12.628.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 ENGINEERING EMPOWERMENT IS MATHEMATICIANS COLLABORATING FOR CHILDREN: E2=MC2AbstractThis study describes the development, implementation and evaluation of the first year of a three-year partnership between

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cesar Guerrero, University of South Florida; Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida; Rafael Perez, University of South Florida

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International

AC 2007-258: ENHANCING THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE OF REU SITESTUDENTSCesar Guerrero, University of South Florida Cesar D. Guerrero is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Florida. He received his M.S. degree in Computer Science from the Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico) in 2002. He is a Fulbright scholar who works with Universidad Autonoma de Bucaramanga (Colombia). His research interest includes Bandwidth Estimation and Network Measurement.Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida Miguel A. Labrador received his M.S. in Telecommunications and Ph.D. degree in Information Science with concentration

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ChE: Safety, Sustainability, and Global Opportunities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sundararajan Madihally, Oklahoma State University; Randy Lewis, Brigham Young University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2007-2442: CHEM-E-CAR COMPETITION: INCORPORATING SAFETYWITH THE HELP OF INDUSTRY PARTNERS.Sundararajan Madihally, Oklahoma State University He is an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University. He received his BE in ChE from Bangalore University and his PhD from Wayne State University in Chemical Engineering. He held a research fellow position at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School/Shriners Hospital for Children. His research interests include tissue regeneration and the development of therapies for traumatic conditions.Randy Lewis, Brigham Young University Randy S. Lewis is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Brigham Young University

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Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rupa Iyer, University of Houston (CoE)

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Biological & Agricultural

technologies haveprofoundly transformed the way scientists design, perform and analyze experiments. Asbiological concepts and models become more quantitative, biological research is increasinglydependent on concepts and methods drawn from other scientific disciplines. Thus as biologybecomes more quantitative and systematic, it will become a foundational science for engineeringsimilar to physics, chemistry and mathematics.The long term goal of this project is to design and disseminate interdisciplinary teaching materialthat will bridge different disciplines and provide an increasing understanding of the relevance ofconcepts of chemistry, engineering, and computing in biology. The objectives are to: (1)Develop an interdisciplinary biotechnology

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt; Lars Hagman, KTH; Jan Helge Bøhn, Virginia Tech

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International

Högskolan (KTH), Stockholm,Sweden, and Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University (VT), Blacksburg, VA, will jointlyestablish Dual Bachelor of Science Programs in Mechanical Engineering between 2007 and 2010.The objective of the project is to produce highly competent graduates in the field of Mechanical Engineer-ing (BSME) that are uniquely prepared to successfully engage and excel in the new global engineeringeconomy. Another objective is to demonstrate that graduation is possible without delaying graduation tothe extent that it delays the start of a consecutive master’s program. Thus, the study program will be 4years for students from Virginia Tech and 3 years and a few months for students from TUD and KTH.The language of instruction

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IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Mariga, Purdue University

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Information Systems

development and network engineering technology. She has co-authored a textbook, edited a second textbook, and written five chapters for other texts. She has published two journal articles and over twenty referred articles and has written or co-authored numerous grants aimed at increasing the number of women students in CIT. She serves as an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education. She has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards at the department, college, and university levels. She is actively involved in the academic alliance for the National Center for Women & Information Technology (www.ncwit.org), served as

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Design for the Environment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dong Young Jang, Seoul National University of Technology; Heewon Lee, Seoul National University of Technology; Sitae Won, Seoul National University of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

design program has been developedat the Seoul National University of Technology and incorporated into the curriculum.Through this, students, professors, and industries have chances to cooperate in changingdesign education to fit the requirements of the today’s market.This program was a turning point in engineering education and human resource developmentin Korea. In particular, selecting practical topics considering industrial demands for theirgraduation thesis pushed students to seek industry’s cooperation by themselves, whichresulted in a new system of industry-academy cooperation. The practical engineering designeducation has been achieved in literal sense. This paper will discuss this newly establishedengineering education model and the

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Innovative Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pramod Chaphalkar, Grand Valley State University; David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles

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Mechanics

AC 2007-1938: INTRODUCING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS IN THE FIRSTCOURSE OF STATICS AND SOLID MECHANICSPramod Chaphalkar, Grand Valley State University Dr. Chaphalkar received his M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai (Bombay), and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina A&T State University. He has worked in Bajaj Auto, India and General Motors, US. He has industrial experience in the analysis and design of various vehicle components; testing and experiments; finite element modeling and analysis; development of engineering software; and training; vehicle crash simulations; interface with suppliers, consultants and universities. Dr

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FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Mathias, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ronald Caffey, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Bruce Chrisman, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Chris Pearson, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ernest Lewis, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Kathy Pericak-Spector, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

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First-Year Programs

AC 2007-1956: IMPROVED RETENTION THROUGH INNOVATIVE ACADEMICAND NON-ACADEMIC PROGRAMSJames Mathias, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale James Mathias is an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes Department at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Brigham Young University in 1994 and 1996; he received his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 2001. He worked from 2001 to 2003 at Battelle Memorial Research Institute and Velocys Inc., a for-profit company associated with Battelle, designing and analyzing microchannel heat exchanger and reactors. In 2003 he joined SIUC and has researched microchannel heat

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Radiation and Radiological Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Biegalski, University of Texas-Austin; Sean O'Kelly, University of Texas-Austin; Larry Welch, University of Texas-Austin

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Nuclear and Radiological

has helped instruct multiple undergraduate and graduate courses at The University of Texas at Austin with a special emphasis on the courses with laboratories at the Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory.Larry Welch, University of Texas-Austin Mr. Larry Welch is a reactor operator and electronics technician at the Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin. He specializes in nuclear instrumentation and nuclear spectroscopy software. Prior to working at The University of Texas at Austin, Mr. Welch was employed at Ortec. Page 12.398.1© American Society for

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Engineering and Sustainability

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2007-183: NOT IN OUR BACKYARD: COMPUTER WASTE ANDENGINEERING ETHICSMarilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology Marilyn Dyrud is a full professor in the Communication Department at Oregon Institute of Technology and regularly teaches courses in business and technical writing, rhetoric, public speaking, and ethics. She has been active in ASEE for over 20 years, serving as OIT's campus rep, ETD section rep, compiler of the annual engineering technology education bibligraphy, and is immediate past chair of the Pacific Northwest Section. In addition to ASSEE, she is active in the Association for Business Communication, where she chairs the Teaching Committee, edits a pedagogical

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines; Susan Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines

AC 2007-2643: UNDERSTANDING AND OVERCOMING STUDENT-BASEDDIFFICULTIES WHEN TRANSITIONING FROM MULTIPLE-CHOICE(CLICKER) TO OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS FOR REAL-TIME FORMATIVEASSESSMENTFrank Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines Frank V. Kowalski (Ph.D., Stanford University) is a professor of physics at Colorado School of Mines. He is a strong advocate of using technology to enhance active learning and classroom communication.Susan Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines Susan E. Kowalski (M.B.S., University of Colorado, Boulder) has been project coordinator for Colorado School of Mines' Classroom Communicator Project since its inception in 2002

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International Engineering Education I - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Frempong, State University of New York

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International

AC 2007-1974: THE SUBMARINE COMMUNICATIONS CABLE RING IN AFRICAStephen Frempong, State University of New York Page 12.1473.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Submarine Transcontinental African Cable Ring The Submarine Telecommunications Cable Ring in Africa “SAT3/WASC/SAFE” (South Atlantic Telecommunications Cable No.3/West Africa Submarine Cable/South Africa Far East), is a high-speed network that links many African countries to the rest of the World. This paper will look into the above cable ring connectivity, ownership/management, capabilities (bandwidth), node locations

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Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kari Clase, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

results in ever-expanding needs for college graduates who haveknowledge of life-science based products and processes. There have been numerousreports of current and projected shortages of human resources possessing the requiredknowledge in the growing industry. In order to address the gap between education andthe workforce, the Department of Industrial Technology has developed an academicminor in biotechnology being implemented in fall 2004.This interdisciplinary biotechnology initiative is the result of a partnership among theDepartment of Industrial Technology, the Department of Biology, and the Department ofPharmacy. The program is administered within the Department of Industrial Technology.The minor is taken while the student continues his

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; Keith Radley, Sheffield Hallam University

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International

AC 2007-1015: PROMOTING LEARNER AUTONOMY IN ENGINEERINGMichael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University Mike is Head of Learning, Teaching and Assessment at Sheffield Hallam University's Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences. He is the Associate Director of the Centre for Promoting Learner Autonomy at Sheffield Hallam. He is also the Associate Director of the UK Centre for Materials Education at Liverpool University, which is part of the UK Higher Education Academy.Keith Radley, Sheffield Hallam University Keith is a Lecturer in Curriculum Innovation at Sheffield Hallam University,(specialising in media and resources)in the Learning and Teaching Institute. Keith has 25

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Lee, University of South Florida; Douglas Lunsford, University of South Florida

AC 2007-1856: COMMUNICATION APPREHENSION IN UNDERGRADUATEENGINEERING STUDENTS: THE INFLUENCE OF PERFORMING ARTSPARTICIPATIONWilliam Lee, University of South FloridaDouglas Lunsford, University of South Florida Douglas Lunsford is a PhD student in educational methods and has worked on a number of engineering educational research projects. Page 12.372.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Communication apprehension in undergraduate students: The influence of performing arts participationAbstractEngineering students often display varying levels of communication apprehension (CA) when itcomes to

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Curricular Innovations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hillary Hart, University of Texas-Austin; Christy Moore, University of Texas-Austin

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-2291: DEVELOPING CURRICULUM ON RESEARCH ETHICS FORENGINEERS: GATHERING THE DATAHillary Hart, University of Texas-Austin Hillary Hart teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Technical Communication at The University of Texas at Austin. An Associate Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication, she is the Academic Liaison officer for STC. She is a co-director of the PRiME project at the UT College of EngineeringChristy Moore, University of Texas-Austin Page 12.493.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Developing Curriculum on Research Ethics for Graduate Engineers

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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William E. Kelly

Assessment and Improvement – Defining Best Practice William E. Kelly The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064IntroductionIn 2005, the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) published two volumes on assessmentin the disciplines; these two volumes deal with the business disciplines.1 A third volume onmathematics has recently been published and a volume on engineering is scheduled for 2007.The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to the AIR engineering volume.The vision of the engineer of 2020 presented by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) intheir recent report goes well beyond the ABET outcomes

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Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia; Susan Donohue, University of Virginia

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Minorities in Engineering

Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates. (NAMEPA) and faculty advisor and member for the student chapters of Society of Women Engineers, (SWE), Society of Hispanic Professorial Engineers (SHPE), and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). She is a member of the Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network (WEPAN) and ASEE. Her research interest is the education of the underrepresented population in the STEM fields, focusing on teachers and students preparation, retention and persistence factors.Susan Donohue, University of Virginia Susan Donohue is adjunct faculty in the Department of Systems and Information Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the

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Development of Undergraduate Distance Education Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Rajala, Mississippi State University; Tom Miller, North Carolina State University

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Continuing Professional Development

AC 2007-846: THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE DISTANCEEDUCATION ENGINEERING PROGRAMS IN NORTH CAROLINASarah Rajala, Mississippi State University SARAH A. RAJALA is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University. She also holds the James Worth Bagley Chair and serves as the Department Head. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rice University in 1979. In July 1979, she joined the faculty at North Carolina State University, where she served as faculty member and administrator for over twenty-seven years. Dr. Rajala's research interests include engineering education, the analysis and processing of images and image sequences.Tom