Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum and Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Dutko, Bloomsburg University; Cathy Auburger, Bloomsburg University; Patrick Anderson, Bloomsburg University; Biswajit Ray, Bloomsburg University

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Engineering Technology

such as the scoring system, ball launching and returnsolenoids actuation, and linear track positioning for ball pickup and release. The differentpositioning requirement for the linear track between first and second strikes made the logicimplementation challenging. A lot of testing for various striking and scoring conditions provideduseful inputs to the development process of an effective algorithm. The project was completedsuccessfully even though resolving the timing issues between software and hardware took amuch closer look and more effort than originally planned for. Page 13.322.9Student feedback on the course project experienceThe

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queen's University; Donna Riley, Smith College; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Ethics

) you can find and write down each one’s nutritional data from the USRDA label and cost. What is the energy cost ($/100kcal)? What is the energy density (kcal/kg)? b. Now find the most nutritious item you can find in each category in the store and write down their nutritional values and costs. What are their energy costs ($/100kcal) and energy densities (kcal/kg)? 2. Plan a day’s menu for yourself using each of three alternative budgets: a. $5 (maximum individual daily allotment for a food stamp recipient) b. $10 (low budget/student)Maximize nutrition regardless of costModule 7: Carbon FootprintFrom a physics point of view, the creation of electrical

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Merwan Mehta, East Carolina University

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Manufacturing

plant layout engineer still needs to be incorporated into the layoutto make it flow optimally, but it can go a long way in ensuring that the holistic flow is optimizedfrom the point raw materials enters a company till the point it leaves the company as a finishedproduct. This should give the right start in implementing lean manufacturing and theory of Page 13.386.11constraint principles for any company.Bibliography1. Meyers and Stephens, Manufacturing Facilities Design and Material Handling, Third Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.2. Tompkins, Et Al, Facilities Planning, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2003.3

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Frassica, University of South Carolina; Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina; Philip Voglewede, Marquette University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Page 13.57.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A METHOD TO UTILIZE A TISSUE ENGINEERING LABORATORY IN A CONTROL THEORY COURSEAbstractA carefully planned control theory course is capable of tying together many topics encounteredin an undergraduate engineering curriculum. Some challenges are presented though whenteaching such a course. Traditional control courses tend to be highly conceptual and includetopics difficult for students to grasp1. To show students the real-world relevance ofmathematical modeling and control theory, a biomedical research experimental laboratory wasintroduced into the course. Students were required to design a control system to operate aperistaltic pump for nutrient supply

Conference Session

Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University; Joe Jien-Jou Lin; Tayo Oladunni, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kenneth Reid

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Educational Research and Methods

for Model 2 includes subscales of items with significantly larger weightvalues from the previous study. The resulting subscales selected based on the weighting valuesare: planning (from meta-cognition scale), motivation (from career), dysfunctional belief(from career), leadership (from leadership), deep learning (from learning type) and surfacelearning (from learning type). Ultimately, Model 2 contains fifty nine items from six of theaforementioned subscales. The input for a third model, Model 3, includes individual input items with higher weightvalues without considering their scale or subscale classification. Based on the weightinformation obtained from previous all-item combination model, forty nine items wereselected to include in this

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane Willkens, Development Finance International, Inc.; Emilio Bunge, Development Finance International Inc.

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International

overall skill set and experience that leads to both a successful bid and projectoutcome. The positive benefits to the American engineering education community of becomingengaged with international funding organization programming is notable, from a financial,visibility, and learning perspective.Bibliography1. National Information Communications Infrastructure (NIC) 2010 Plan, Government of Rwanda.2. Inter-American Development Bank website, Trust Funds. www.iadb.org.3. Sabato, J. & Botana, N. (1968): “La ciencia y la tecnología en el desarrollo futuro de América Latina”, Revista dela Integración, No. 3 (Buenos Aires). Page

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janice Miller-Young, Mount Royal College; Sean Maw, Mount Royal College

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Design in Engineering Education

, testing, several technical reports and an oral presentation. In the second semester,the design projects are based on real-life problems. In the past, there have been several differentprojects to choose from each year, with real clients whenever possible. Some groups have evenbeen successful enough to continue to work with their client, develop a business plan and bringtheir design to market. This year students have been asked to design something to help peoplewith disabilities.Course contentWhen the design courses were first put into place, they replaced a drafting and a technicalwriting course. It was difficult to decide what the most important components of these courseswere, how to balance the topics, and how many could be integrated into the

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Christa Lynch, Arizona State University; Jonathan Hilpert, Arizona State University; mary ann Duggan, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

(SPOCK) [16], an established measure of student study strategies. MethodsParticipants 171 engineering students from multiple sections of an introductory engineering classat a large southwestern university were recruited to participate in the study; 91 completed theonline survey for a 53% response rate. Over 70% of the participants were male and in theirfirst year at the university. The majority (90%, n =80) are or plan to become engineeringmajors.Procedure Data for the current study were collected via an online survey constructed usingpopular web-based data collection software. Scales were randomized within this software.Because the target sample of the study consisted of undergraduate

Conference Session

Technology Integration in the Classroom for Manufacturing II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Smith, Purdue University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University; Stephen Elliott, Purdue University

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Manufacturing

/undergraduate students will learn.Visual Data and Performance ManagementPerformance is defined as the process of quantifying the effectiveness and efficiency of action1.Performance management is key to improving continuously and knowing where to applyresources. Performance management can be many different things such as an operational controltool, a strategic planning tool, a management reporting tool, and a change managementfacilitation tool2. Performance management can be used to control the operations of a productionline and at the same time can be used as a managing tool. Therefore, performance managementrequires performance measurement.From the operations viewpoint of performance management, a production line's employees canuse performance

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Joshua R. Wyrick, Rowan University; Dustin M. Kuzan, Rowan University; Carolyn D. Braun, Rowan University; Jared S. Krause, Rowan University; David M. Santino, Rowan University; Mary E. Wellspeak, Rowan University

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International

musthave the support of the community. During the first meeting, community membersvolunteered to assist with the project. The team was invited to join in the Communitygatherings. On the second day, the team walked to the river with a Communityrepresentative. This gave the team a general idea of the distance that Communitymembers must walk in order to obtain water if it is not available in the public chorro.The team participated in the evening Community gathering, set up the surveyingequipment and developed the route for the community surveys. The team met with theCommunity Executive Governing Board to discuss the plans for the project and answerquestions. There were two land survey teams and two community survey teams. Theland survey teams were

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stanley Greenwald, New York Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

ofScience in Environmental Technology and is required for the Master of Science in Energy Managementprograms at New York Institute of Technology in addition to a six-credit thesis and studies in airpollution, waste management, law, risk analysis, auditing, groundwater contamination, GIS, OSHA-Hazwopper and many more. Each student is required to submit a feasibility study for the development ofa Distributed Generation system in their homeland including a demographic analysis of the local area inquestion and estimation of electric load requirements for residential, commercial and industrial customers.The course and project outcomes include a site plan, type of power plant, quantities of fuel, generatingcapacity, construction and generating costs. The

Conference Session

Sustainable Design & Global Issues in ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Regina Leffers, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng); Essam Zaneldin, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng); Reynaldo Pablo, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Engineering Technology

coordination, change management, site layout planning, constructability, claims and disputes, and simulation of design and construction operations.Reynaldo Pablo, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne Dr. Reynaldo M. Pablo, Jr. received his Ph.D. in civil engineering from Wayne State University in 2005 and is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology at Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne. Dr. Pablo’s expertise lies in the areas of bridge design loading calibration, bridge design and evaluation, and reliability of bridge structures. He is a member of the ASEE and an associate member of the ASCE/SEI

Conference Session

Sustainability in Construction Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ifte Choudhury

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Construction

Page 13.1222.4usually higher. This trade off between time and cost gives construction planners bothchallenges and opportunities to work out the best construction plan that optimizes timeand cost to complete the project. It is quite possible that the construction time required tocomplete the project may be underestimated, leading to overrun. Thus actual completioncost of a project can also be considered as an important factor influencing time overrun inconstruction projects.Change orders represent one of the largest sources of cost growth and, consequently, timeoverrun for construction projects10. Construction of food warehouse projects inBangladesh is no exception. Because of the need of continuous improvement of thegovernment’s food security

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Klein, University of Idaho; Herbert Hess, University of Idaho; Brian Johnson, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

guidance. By allowing the senior design team to completesuch tasks as problem definition and project scheduling, essentially on their own, theundergraduate students effectively decided the level and type of design work that they would beundertaking. This method of integration ensures that the design aspect of the senior designproject is not taken away from the undergraduate students.From Mentor to Team MemberThe transition time from graduate mentor to integrated team member is something that must bedecided on a project by project basis. It is suggested that following the initial planning phase ofthe senior design project, the graduate student may be integrated into the team in order to helpwith the burden of initial research and solution

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Dampier, Mississippi State University

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Information Systems

Communication Technologies, June 16-18, 2004, Las Vegas, NV.3. Bogen, A. and D. Dampier, “Preparing for Large-Scale Investigations with Case Domain Modeling,” Proceedings of the 2005 Digital Forensics Research Workshop (DFRWS), New Orleans, LA, August 17-19, 2005.4. Bogen, A. and D. Dampier, “A Software Engineering Modeling Approach to Computer Forensics Examination Planning,” Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Systematic Approaches to Digital Forensic Engineering (SADFE 2005), Taipei, Taiwan, November 7-10, 2005.5. Bogen, A., D. Dampier, and J. Carver, “Domain Modeling in Computer Forensics Examination: An Empirical Study”, Proceedings of the 2007 Hawaii International Conference on the System Sciences

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alok Verma, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

for staff and supervisors in six sigma methodology is recommended. Figure 9: Fishbone Analysis of the Project‚ Feedback systems to quality auditing – Conduct a survey on student satisfaction in the application processing, then based on the numbers come up with plans to sustain or improve. This shall fill up the gap between the staff and the students, thus proves to be an effective tool.‚ Need for improved flow sheet format – Come up with a template for the process so that everyone is on board with the process and make changes/updates regularly based on demands. By doing so everyone would be aware of the happenings within the process, no one remains in the dark. Also staff members tries to keep their

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Tomasi, Alfred State College

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Engineering Technology

individual and recognize the importance of teamwork.Another independent study of this nature is planned for the fall 2008 semester. Onecritical change will be to solicit the assistance of colleagues to assist in the role-playingof the vast array of roles (characters) needed. Simply stated, there were times when thestudents, and the professor for that matter, had to stop for a moment and remember whothey were talking to. Additional faculty involvement would drastically reduce anyinconsistencies in role-play.ConclusionThis educational endeavor afforded students the ability to experience some of the manyissues that may be experienced when they enter industry. Even the limited exposure thissimulation offered in dealing with issues such as timeliness

Conference Session

Student Learning Techniques & Practices in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University; Ana Elisa Goulart, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

moreaccustomed to learning and working together, these problems usually disappear.5. Conclusions To promote self-learning and a life-long learning habit, students were assigned in aCircuit Analysis course to teach one chapter of the text book. This seemingly simplelearning-through-teaching experiment requires careful planning and commitment by boththe faculty and the students. Motivation for the students, early team formation, a detailedguideline, and a good scoring rubric are just some of the necessary ingredients for asuccessful student teaching experiment. Based on the feedback from the students, most of them found that teaching someoneelse leads to their own improved understanding of the material. The students also realizethat they can learn

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Gerry Marekova, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

sequence (MET 421, MET 422, and MET 423). This is a three-term, nine-credit course, in which students participate in a real-world engineering technology project.Students select a topic in consultation with their advisor according to the AET program’sguidelines and design and develop the working prototype. The Senior Design Sequence is acapstone experience, which provides students with the opportunity to apply their knowledge andskills gained in the previous years of coursework. It is the most important challenge of the senioryear. This three-term sequence stimulates students’ interest in engineering technology andrequires precise planning of each milestone. In addition, it demonstrates students’ technicalcompetence and ability to work in teams and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Ethics

codes.During all of this classroom discussion, actual work experiences are solicited from the students.Many of the students have previous or current job experiences and most of the students have, bythis point in their academic program, completed an internship. Experiences that the students havehad in these working environments provide a wealth of material for discussion. Additionally, theinstructor provides a few examples of his own, and also includes some of the classic examplesused to discuss ethical failures within the technology and engineering professions. This entirelesson is also a subset of a lifelong learning project each student in the capstone course mustcomplete. In this project the students create a ten-year career plan that involves

Conference Session

History and Future of Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough, The University of Texas at Brownsville; Posinasetti Rao, University of Northern Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

MEMS, which aretentatively planned for the University of Texas at Brownsville and University of Northern Iowain the coming academic year, are outlined. Approaches in handling laboratory courses on MEMSare also presented.MEMS courses for Engineering Technology programsThe proposed three course sequence of MEMS technology in the Engineering Technologyprogram addresses the competency requirements of technicians and technologist emerge fromthis program.The courses are designed to stimulate and sustain interest in the MEMS technology with thestudents and they learn to design and fabricate micro devices, and learn where they are used andhow they work.A High School graduate student can get a job as Equipment Operator or Technologists intern

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Conversion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Alahmad, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Herbert Hess, University of Idaho; Brian Johnson, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

increased losses across supply lines. Power correction capacitors doNOT have an impact on power quality and so an active power factor correction unit (ac/acconverter) or a harmonic mitigating transformer is required to clean up a poor power quality.Power factor correction capacitors use must be carefully planned when used in conjunction withvariable frequency drives.Flat panel monitors use 33% less energy than a CRT of the same size display. However the costof a flat panel display is higher, according to Microsoft, a 17 inch CRT costs 60-100$ whereas a17 inch flat panel display can cost 200-250$. A simple online search using Google’s Froogleshows prices up to 400$ for quality flat panel displays. The reasons for this are decreases inweight and

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Birmingham, Grove City College

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Women in Engineering

accomplished in the past year and what I wanted to accomplish in thenext three years. Only occasionally did I meet with my department chairs over the years todiscuss my career, however. I also started my faculty career before the implementation of aformal faculty mentoring system, and did not have the friendly advice of a trusted colleague toguide me, nor did I actively seek out such advice.I was in a quandary: according to the plan—never articulated in the academy, but generallyunderstood by all—everything was fine. Like Balboa upon finding the Pacific Ocean, rather thanjoy, I was professionally void. While large-scale research was fun and rewarding, I found that itlacked a certain satisfaction. Perhaps it was that as projects get bigger, one moves

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl Duggins, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

engineering in a degree program with a specialtyin “software engineering”24. As a result of that lawsuit, an independent panel was establishedthat proposed a new Software Engineering Accreditation Board (SEAB) for accrediting softwareengineering programs. The accreditation criteria and procedures of the new board were to bedeveloped jointly by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) and the ComputerScience Accreditation Council. However, after the two accrediting bodies had jointly drafted anaccreditation plan for the SEAB, the CEAB “recommended a number of significant changes tothe structure and curriculum requirements of [SEAB] without consulting the [CSAC]. TheCCPE subsequently passed a motion supporting the [panel] recommendations

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Boyer, St. Louis University; Krishnaswamy Ravindra, St. Louis University; John George, St. Louis University; Kyle Mitchell, St. Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

into a windows PC. Once downloaded to the PC students will be able evaluate the flight oftheir rocket using onboard measurements.Summary and future plans: Page 12.897.11The simple project described in this paper introduces the student to some fundamental conceptssuch as drag coefficient, estimation of drag coefficient, specific impulse, data acquisition usingmodern tools, use of CAD for professional reports, and strain gages while reinforcingfundamental concepts such as the rocket equation, center of mass, moment of inertia, numericalintegration, statistical analysis and report writing skills. The cost of the project is low enoughthat one

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Bell, University of Illinois-Chicago; Thomas Moher, University of Illinois-Chicago

seen in their microscopes and the virtual world in which they can explorenanoscale science and technology. The pixels also serve to set the scale for the virtual world. Insome sense, the students are now looking at the computer pixels from “the other side” – that islooking up at them from below instead of looking down on them from above.The particular topic of study in the nanoscale virtual world will not be locked in to any specificeducational topic or learning goal. Rather it will be developed as a general-purpose learningenvironment where students can explore a wide variety of different educational topics at thenanoscopic scale. It is planned to configure the virtual world so that the actual content materialcan be read in from data files

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

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International

PoliciesThe brightest and most intelligent graduate and postdoctoral scholars have been drawn tothe United States because of the availability of high quality research universities,stipends and research funding, as well as opportunities for employment after schooling,and an “open-door” immigration policy. 1The US Department of State, Educational Information and Resources Branch bookletseries publication under the title If You Want to Study in the United States lists stepsnecessary to apply for a student visa. The time frame necessary to plan and obtain a visaunder normal circumstances is 18 to 12 months, depending on the competitiveness of theinstitution. 8In 1952, the student nonimmigrant F and J visa categories were established. Students

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Carberry, Tufts University; Morgan Hynes, Tufts University

6 2 4 1In general, Level 1 students spent a lot of time making quick thoughtless changes to their boats.Many eventually became frustrated with their continual failure, but eventually sat down andsucceeded with help from counselors or other students.Level 2 students typically achieved early success resulting in a drive to design something moreadvanced (not necessarily better) or more highly suitable to accomplish all three tasks.Level 3 students attempted to build something extravagant in order to better the other students.There thought process proceeded as planned by taking time, contemplating decisions, allocatingtime appropriately, and achieving success.The Level 4 student hypothesized and contemplated

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sofia Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University; Iordanis Petsas, University of Scranton; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida

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International

AC 2007-2012: INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGIES AS A TOOL FOR LEARNINGSofia Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Vidalis is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at Penn State Capital College in Harrisburg, PA. She earned her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. She has worked with Florida Design Consultants for a couple years as a Transportation Engineer. Her current research focuses on quality assurance in pavement construction and materials, construction management, and transportation planning and operations.Iordanis Petsas, University of Scranton Dr. Petsas is an assistant professor of Economics at the University of Scranton. He earned his

Conference Session

Curriculum Implementation of Materials Advances

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ronnie Bolick, North Carolina A&T State University; Ram Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Oladapo Akinyede, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

to introduce these experiments into mechanical undergraduate curriculum.We have decided to implement the proposed activity into three different laboratories, firstmaterial science, second strength of materials and third manufacturing processes. Once theseexperiments are introduced, we plan to collect student feed back and modify the experimentsaccordingly. The simplicity of the processing methodology presents an easy avenue for theintroduction into the undergraduate curriculum without any significant additional cost. Thevariation in the properties that is influenced by the processing methodologies presents anexcellent opportunity to educate the students on the process-property interactions and cross-dependencies in the material science and