Conference Session

Partnerships in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Marshall, North Carolina State University; Mohamed Bourham, North Carolina State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

AC 2007-1880: DIVERSITY PROGRAMS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERINGEDUCATION: OUTREACH, RETENTION, AND ENGAGEMENTLisa Marshall, North Carolina State University In Fall 2001, Marshall became the Director of Outreach Programs for the Department of Nuclear Engineering at North Carolina State University. Her research interests lie in enrolment management and engineering education. She is a ‘geography of science’ doctoral student at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Before joining NC State University, she worked in enrolment management for several years at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.Mohamed Bourham, North Carolina State University Bourham joined the Department of Nuclear Engineering at

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; MohammadOmar Andar, Kabul University; Maria Beebe, Washington State University

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International

Afghanistan was being delivered by two centers before the war, theFaculty of Engineering in Kabul University and Kabul Polytechnic Institute.The Faculty of Engineering was established as part of the Faculty of Science in 1956. At the endof 1959, the first group of graduates received their Bachelor of Science in Engineering degreefrom the Faculty of Engineering. Through a contract with the United States Agency forInternational Development (USAID) and the then Royal Government of Afghanistan, theUniversity of Wyoming assumed the responsibility for guiding the new faculty. The Universityof Wyoming supplied the staff members and equipment and established a four-year “general”engineering program.In recent years, a number of universities have been

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ghassan Ibrahim, Bloomsburg University; Jeremy Sensenig, Bloomsburg University

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Engineering Technology

retail stores andmanufacturing environment, where fluorescent lights are commonly used. Fluorescent lights areenergized with AC power at certain frequencies depending on their design and go through twocycles of ionization/de-ionization during each power cycle which makes them time varying RFreflectors. There is a possibility that the time varying component of the RFID signal reflected bythe fluorescent light may share the same spectrum as similar components originating from theRFID tags, when they are operating in backscatter mode. This dynamic reflection of RF signalsmay interfere with the operation of the reverse link of the RFID systemA research project was conducted within the Bloomsburg University electronics engineeringtechnology (EET

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Two year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College; Ellen Hause, AACC; Benjamin Taylor, Seminole Community College

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Two Year College Division

12.1445.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The MentorLinks Program: Advancing Technological Education Program of the AACCIn the spring of 1998, a small but forward looking group of community college faculty andadministrators from across the United States gathered in Seattle, Washington for the openingreception of the Working Connections program. For the next several days they met on thecampus of Microsoft’s Cooperate headquarters in Redmond where they became betteracquainted, exchanged ideas, and made plans for how they would proceed forward over the nexttwo years. Chosen through a competitive grant application process, the meeting participants werefrom thirteen different community colleges but

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Paul G. Ranky

practical, real-world-focused,customized education. They expect a large number of choices, because theyunderstand the power of simulation. They are very visually focused, because thisis the video gaming generation. They want personalized, customized products,processes and service, and their education process is not an exception. They lookfor technical details, and want to see it all; immediately, and virtually...They lookfor good quality and low cost and ease of use, and interactivity, because there isNO time to read traditional manuals and static textbooks… They like tocontinuously explore, experiment, rather than follow the traditional path. Theyalso have less need and desire to conform. They expect instant gratification. Theyare often impatient

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Watkins, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-2161: COMPARISON OF THREE UNIQUE STUDENT POPULATIONS INAN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STRENGTH OF MATERIALS COURSEGregory Watkins, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Gregory Watkins received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University, a Master of Engineering Management from Old Dominion University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from UNC Charlotte. He has taught in the Engineering Technology department at UNC Charlotte for the past 4.5 years. He taught in the Engineering Technologies Division at Central Piedmont Community College for 8 years and has 9 years of industrial work experience

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

AC 2007-2535: ADVANCED AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING EDUCATIONPROJECTJohn Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology Page 12.183.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Advanced Aerospace Manufacturing Education ProjectAbstractThe Aerospace manufacturing industry segment is facing problems of a “graying” workforce. Inaddition they face the challenges of increasing productivity and integrating new materialsaccentuating the need to attract new engineers to the manufacturing workplace.This paper describes a project funded by the National Science Foundation to examine thechanging needs of the aerospace manufacturing industries, and to develop curricula materials

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Environmental Engineering Curricula I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahbub Uddin, Trinity University; Raj Chowdhury, Kent State University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-387: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF NANOTECHNOLOGYMahbub Uddin, Trinity UniversityRaj Chowdhury, Kent State University Page 12.683.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Environmental Impact of NanotechnologyIntroductionThe emerging field of Nanotechnology is leading to a technological revolution in the newmillennium. It could revolutionize the way our society manufactures goods, generates energyand cures diseases. Nano scale materials are currently being used in consumer goods,computers, electronics, information and biotechnology, aerospace, defense, energy, medicine andmany other sectors of our economy. Areas producing the greatest revenue for

Conference Session

EMD Recruitment and Certification

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Murray, University of Missouri; Stephen Raper, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

. University of Missouri – RollaAbstract The current ABET guidelines place an emphasis on life-long learning for ourundergraduate students. What is life-long learning? How can we encourage students toconsider global issues, current events, or even anything “that isn’t going to be on the nexttest”? In this paper we present survey results evaluating habits of undergraduate studentsentering an engineering management program and seniors related to life-long learningincluding attending professional society meetings, reading trade publications, readingbusiness related books, and other learning outside of the classroom activities. This paper also presents a two semester effort to increase life-long learningactivities among undergraduate

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Tuesday Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice Agogino, UC Berkeley; Sara Beckman, University of California at Berkeley; Leslie Speer, San Jose State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-1326: ENABLING AND CHARACTERIZING ENTREPRENEURIALSUCCESSES IN NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAMSAlice Agogino, UC Berkeley Alice M. Agogino is the Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering and is affliated faculty at the Haas School of Business in their Operations and Information Technology Management Group She has served in a number of administrative positions at UC Berkeley, including Associate Dean of Engineering and Faculty Assistant to the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost in Educational Development and Technology. Prof. Agogino also served as Director for Synthesis, an NSF-sponsored coalition of eight universities with the goal of reforming

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Aiman Kuzmar

paperintends to outline the advantages of having a closed book test policy over an open booktests practice in the subject of statics and vice-versa. It will outline the experience of theauthor in regard to this issue as an instructor for statics and many other courses at PennState Fayette as an assistant professor of engineering and previously as faculty assistantat Duke University. This will also include his experience as a bridge designer with theNorth Carolina Department of Transportation, and as a structural engineer with aconsulting engineering firm. It will compare the two policies and conclude withrecommendations.

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Seamus Freyne

What Students Say are the Top Engineering Challenges of the Future Seamus Freyne Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Manhattan CollegeWhat are the most important challenges facing our nation or world in which engineers canprovide a solution? This question was asked to hundreds of engineering students over aperiod of the last five years, usually on the first day of classes. To ensure the authenticityand creativity of the essays, students were allowed time to do the assignment in class.With a growing collection of essays, it became obvious that the topics generally fell intoone of ten main themes, though

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Joan Gosink, Colorado School of Mines

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International

AC 2007-618: HUMANITARIAN ENGINEERING CURRICULUM: DEFININGSTUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESBarbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines Barbara M. Moskal received her Ed.D. in Mathematics Education with a minor in Quantitative Research Methodology and her M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh. She is an Associate Professor in the Mathematical and Computer Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines. Her research interests include student assessment, K-12 outreach and equity issues. In 2000, she received a New Faculty Fellowship at the Frontiers in Education Conference and in 2006, she received the William Elgin Wickenden Award with colleagues, Barbara Olds and Ronald Miller.Joan Gosink

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Environmental Engineering Curricula II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

broaden the students’ perspective and prepare them forwork in a more global setting. Student attitudes about hazardous waste upon entering the courseare contrasted for American vs. international students.IntroductionHazardous waste is an issue of global importance. However, there are some notable differencesin the most critical challenges facing the developing world and the developed world, specificallythe U.S. After teaching a course on Hazardous Waste Management to graduate andundergraduate students at the University of Colorado - Boulder for eight years and a Solid WasteManagement course for four years, in summer 2006 I had the opportunity to teach a module onHazardous Waste in a Solid Waste course at UNESCO’s Institute for Water Education

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley State College; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley State College

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Information Systems

the requirements of 30 credit hours of core courses common to allcomputer science students. The students continue taking core courses until the first semester oftheir junior year, when they begin taking their electives from different specialization areas.In this paper, the authors are proposing a new area of specialization in their computer sciencedepartment called Embedded Systems Engineering. The paper elaborates the detail content ofthe curriculum requirement for this track.Embedded Systems EngineeringThe area of Embedded Systems Design has been gaining a tremendous growth in recent years. Amajor aspect of this growth has been the addition of networking technologies and operatingsystems to embedded systems. Embedded systems have

Conference Session

Multimedia Tutorials and Web Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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Minorities in Engineering

the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions; Member-at-Large on the Board of the Minorities in Engineering Division and Secretary/Treasurer of the International Division of the American Society for Engineering Education; and is on the Executive Committee and Strategic Planning Committee of the newly formed International Federation of Engineering Education Societies. Her email is petrie@fau.eduIvan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University Ivan Esparragoza is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Penn State. His interests are in engineering design education, innovative design, and global design. He has introduced multinational design projects in a freshman

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Technology Program Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Howard Evans, National University; John Bugado, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Albert Cruz, National University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-2587: INCORPORATING THE RELEVANCE OF ENGINEERINGPRACTICE INTO ACADEMIC PROGRAM CURRICULAHoward Evans, National University Dr. Howard Evans was appointed founding Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology, National University, in October, 2003. He received B.S. degrees in Physics and Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Science from the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Evans has over 20 years of executive and senior technical management experience at 3M Company and IBM Corporation, primarily leading multidisciplinary, global technical organizations responsible for R&D; new business and market development

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Richard Newman, Arizona State University; Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan; Slobodan Petrovic, Arizona State University; Govindasamy Tamihzmani, Arizona State university

Arizona State University, Richard served as an Associate Director at the NSF funded Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC) and twenty years as a faculty member and administrator within the Division of Technology and Applied Sciences at Arizona Western College and the University of Arizona.Arunachalanad Madakannan, Arizona State University Dr. Kannan’s areas of expertise and research interests include low temperature synthesis of meta stable nanoscale electrocatalysts, electrode active materials and structure-property relationships through physicochemical characterization. The focus is mainly on hydrogen and direct methanol fuel cells for stationary as well as automotive

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jimmy Linn, East Carolina University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-2047: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOMJimmy Linn, East Carolina University Jimmy Linn is a Teaching Instructor at East Carolina University. He received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. He completed a 23 year career with the U.S. Navy as an Electrical Engineer, 11 of which were in research engineering, before getting into academia as an Instructor. Page 12.899.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Innovative Technology in the Classroom

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Curriculum Implementation of Materials Advances

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Santosh Kurinec, Rochester Institute of Technology; Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

AC 2007-39: MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION FORMICROELECTRONICS AND NANOTECHNOLOGYSantosh Kurinec, Rochester Institute of Technology Santosh Kurinec is a professor and the department head of Microelectronic Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. She has an extensive experience on integration of electronic materials in modern devices. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in microelectronics processing, electronic materials and solid state quantum mechanics.Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology “Vinnie” Gupta is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, and the recipient of the 2000 Eisenhart Award for Excellence in

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Duff, Arizona State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

honorary for professions in technology. He has been recognized as Outstanding Professor of Industrial Technology by the National Association of Industrial Technology, Teacher of the Year by Arizona State University’s Polytechnic Campus, and Distinguished Technology Alumni by Purdue University. Professor Duff joined the faculty at Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus in 1997 and currently teaches a variety of courses including modeling, animation, illustration, and technical publishing. He has received the Oppenheimer Award and The Distinguished Service Award from the Engineering Design Graphics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education for his technical and

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Truc Ngo, San Diego City College; Armando Abina, San Diego City College; Gene Lyons, Kyocera America Corporation

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Manufacturing

AC 2007-645: SUSTAINING MANUFACTURING WITH INNOVATIVERECRUITMENT STRATEGIESTruc Ngo, San Diego City College Dr. Truc Ngo holds a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering, earned at Georgia Tech in 2001. During her time at Georgia Tech, she has published multiple research papers in major professional journals, including American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Journal, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Journal of Supercritical Fluids and Green Chemistry. She was a National Science Foundation Research Fellow, President’s Fellow and the Recipient of Waldemar Ziegler Best Paper Award. Dr. Ngo has also spoken at many national and international conferences in the past ten years. For her

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Women in Engineering

Engineering. She is co-PI of AWE and AWISE. Her research interests include recruitment and retention of women in engineering, assessment and career development.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.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

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

AC 2007-313: EVALUATING STRUCTURAL FORM: IS IT SCULPTURE,ARCHITECTURE OR STRUCTURE?Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University Page 12.693.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Evaluating Structural Form: Is it sculpture, architecture or structure?AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the idea of a continuum between sculptural form,architectural form and structural form. A linkage between the various forms will beproposed, and several scholarly views on this subject will be presented. Then, this paperwill describe a brief web-based survey which tested people’s subjective categorization ofvarious

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Lisa Schneider

Perceived Stress among Engineering Students Lisa Schneider Cornell UniversityAbstractPrevious surveys of students in Cornell’s College of Engineering suggest that, over the past 2decades, students perceived the workload required in the College, the competition amongstudents, the difficulty of the curriculum, and the prevalence of curved grading systems asstressful to the point of detracting from the quality of their educational experience. Intending toexpand on these findings, the College’s Committee on Evaluation of the Student Experienceidentified stress and sense of unhealthy competition as a focus for a Spring 2005 StudentExperience

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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bernd Widdig, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Jack Lohmann, Georgia Institute of Technology

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International

Research, Motorola, National Science Foundation, Procter & Gamble, Sloan Foundation, and the United Engineering Foundation. He is editor of the Journal of Engineering Education published by the American Society for Engineering Education, and he currently serves on the society's International Advisory Committee. Dr. Lohmann is a fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, the American Society for Engineering Education, and the European Society for Engineering Education. Page 12.569.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007EDUCATING ENGINEERS FOR THE GLOBAL WORKPLACEAbstractOurpa

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Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University; Moustafa Moustafa, Old Dominion University; Julie Moustafa, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2007-978: USING BASIC COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING AND DESIGNCOURSES AT THE FRESHMAN LEVEL TO IMPROVE TECHNOLOGYSTUDENTS COMPETITIVENESS IN OBTAINING EARLY ACADEMIC CAREERINTERNSHIPSAnthony Dean, Old Dominion UniversityMoustafa Moustafa, Old Dominion UniversityJulie Moustafa, Old Dominion University Julie Moustafa is an instructional technology specialist with the Center for Learning Technologies at Old Dominion University. A former high school technology teacher, Mrs. Moustafa specializes in instructional technology and design for instructors teaching in areas of technology application. Mrs. Moustafa holds a bachelor of science in business administration, human resources management, a Virginia state

Conference Session

NAFP Panel Discussion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Green, United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp; Maria Jackson Hittle, United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA

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Minorities in Engineering

serves as the Director of the Division of Science andTechnology Programs at the UNCFSP. In this position, she provides expertleadership in areas of effective project and grant management, strategic resourcedevelopment and capacity building. A former research scientist, she haseffectively coordinated numerous workshops on graduate education forunderrepresented STEM students. The Maryland native received her B.S. degreein Chemistry from Claflin College (Orangeburg, SC) and her Ph.D. inBiochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Indiana University School ofMedicine (Indianapolis, IN). Prior to coming to UNCFSP, she acquired extensiveknowledge and expertise in cancer biology, virology and reproductive medicinethrough her research appointments at Eli

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Raju Dandu; John E. De Leon

are receiving far more employerrequests for graduating students than students available to fill the need. This is not merely a localtrend. The National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council confirms thatdomestic supply of qualified workers is not keeping up with the skill demands in fields thatrequire strong backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Made possibleby funding from the National Science Foundation, Scholarship-Science, Technology, Engineeringand Mathematics grant, Kansas State’s Enhancing Lives through Technology and Engineering(ELITE) scholarship program will help ensure the increase of associate and baccalaureate degreesamong the academically talented but financially needy students of Kansas

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kauser Jahan; Kathleen Sernak

Engineering Clinics for Teachers Kauser Jahan1 and Kathleen Sernak2 1 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, email:jahan@rowan.edu 2 Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, email:Sernak@rowan.edu Rowan University 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro NJ 08028This ECT (Engineering Clinics for Teachers) Program is a partnership between RowanUniversity’s Colleges of Engineering and Education to provide an Engineering Clinicexperience for middle school teachers and guidance counselors. Modeled after the uniqueRowan Engineering Clinics, it utilizes real