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June 22-25, 2008 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Volume 1 of 25

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME 1

AC 2008-3: INTEGRATION OF PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE INTO CONTROL SYSTEMS COURSES..................................................................................................................................................................................................1

T. Cavicchi AC 2008-4: THE CENTER FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AT IPFW AND THE NORTHEAST INDIANA GREEN BUILD COALITION AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY COLLABORATE TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18

M.R. Leffers, E. Zaneldin, R. Pablo AC 2008-15: FINDING ASME TECHNICAL PAPERS .............................................................................................................................................................26

S. Curtis AC 2008-16: DISCOVERY PROJECT – IMPROVING SEVENTH GRADE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS ..............................................................32

P. Crips AC 2008-17: UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERS FOR CURRICULUM AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT: A FREESCALE S12 MICROCONTROLLER LABORATORY TRAINER ...........................................................................................................................53

S. Barrett, C. Hager, M. Yurkoski, R. Lewis, M. Jespersen, Z. Ruble AC 2008-18: A LABORATORY SESSION DEVELOPMENT: STUDY OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PETROLEUM-BASED PLASTIC COMPOST BAG AND BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC COMPOST BAG .............................................................................................67

S. Kim, B. Kim AC 2008-25: GROWING AN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM: CONCENTRATION AREAS FOR THE FUTURE ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................77

K. Abel AC 2008-35: USING INTERNET SOURCES TO SOLVE MATERIALS HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS ......................................................................82

B. Dupen AC 2008-37: USING THE FOURIER THEOREM TO TEST THE SOLUTION OF A DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION IN THE LAB ..........................90

J. Libii AC 2008-38: MODEL BUILDING AND TESTING AS AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH APPROACH TO ADVANCING AIR-ASSISTED MARINE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY...................................................................................................................................................................101

Konstantin Matveev AC 2008-42: USING AN INNOVATION TEAM IN MANUFACTURING EDUCATION ..................................................................................................110

David Wells, Daniel Ewert AC 2008-46: ASCE POLICY 465 – PROGRESS AND NEXT STEPS....................................................................................................................................120

Jeffrey Russell, Gerry Galloway, Thomas Lenox, James J. O'Brien AC 2008-51: LABORATORY EXPERIMENT IN THE FREE CONVECTION OF A VERTICAL HEATED CONSTANT TEMPERATURE PLATE USING LABVIEW..........................................................................................................................................................................136

Erik Bardy, Erik Anderson AC 2008-52: FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT: TWO PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS .................................................................150

Alberto Gomez-Rivas, George Pincus, Edward Sheinberg AC 2008-53: SORTING OUT CREATIVITY IN DESIGN ASSESSMENT...........................................................................................................................164

Kathryn Jablokow, Danielle DeCristoforo AC 2008-58: THE EVOLUTION OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION LITERACY......................................................................................................................................................................................................182

Carol Johnson AC 2008-65: VIBRATIONS LABS TO HELP ACHIEVE A RESONANCE IN LEARNING .............................................................................................192

Phillip Cornwell AC 2008-66: UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECT OF RESIDUAL STRESSES ON SURFACE INTEGRITY AND HOW TO MEASURE THEM BY A NON-DESTRUCTIVE METHOD .......................................................................................................................................................................206

Daniel Magda AC 2008-68: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULA: A FOLLOW-UP STUDY FOR THE FUTURE EFFECTS OF ABET EC2000 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................223

Wayne Whiteman AC 2008-70: DESIGN OF APPLICATION-SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN A NETWORK OF REMOTE LABS ...............................................................................................................................................................................................237

Michael Auer, A.Y. Al-Zoubi, Danilo Garbi Zutin, Hatem Bakhiet AC 2008-72: THE COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE DOMAIN IN ASSESSING THE LIFE-LONG LEARNING OBJECTIVE .................................247

Joseph Hanus, Scott Hamilton, Jeffrey S. Russell AC 2008-73: INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM ............................................259

lana El Chaar AC 2008-74: ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS WORKSHOP FOR STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE ......................272

William Krantz

AC 2008-75: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN LAB AND LECTURE USING COMPUTER SIMULATION .............................................................287Youakim Al Kalaani, Frank Goforth, Shonda Bernadin

AC 2008-76: TECHNIQUES MOTIVATING PROJECT-DIRECTED MATHEMATICS .................................................................................................300

John Schmeelk, Jean Hodges AC 2008-77: UPWARD-BOUND/JUNIOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY SUMMER PROGRAM...........................................................................329

Asad Yousuf, Mohamad Mustafa, Hope Cranford AC 2008-80: A SIMULATED MANO MACHINE--AN NOVEL PROJECT FOR COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE CLASS .......................................340

Vicky Fang, Clinton Kohl AC 2008-82: INTRODUCTION OF MODERN PROBLEMS INTO BEGINNING MECHANICS CURRICULA ..........................................................368

Arnaldo Mazzei, Richard Scott AC 2008-83: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY CURRICULUM FOR EMERGING PRODUCT MANUFACTURING ................................................................................................................................................................................................382

Frank Liou AC 2008-84: IMPLEMENTING RESEARCH–BASED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS TO PROMOTE COHERENCE IN PHYSICS KNOWLEDGE FOR THE URBAN STEM STUDENT............................................................................................................................................................395

Mel Sabella, Stephanie Barr AC 2008-85: THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGINEERING: A PARADIGM FOR BRIDGING THE LIBERAL ARTS AND ENGINEERING.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................409

Sharon Jones AC 2008-87: TEACHING MULTIBODY DYNAMICS IN AN UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM – AN INTUITIVE AND EXPLICIT FORMALISM BASED ON PARASITIC ELEMENTS........................................................................................................................................419

Geoff Rideout AC 2008-89: BOUNDARIES AND FLOWS: A STRATEGY FOR INTRODUCING INFORMATION SECURITY TO UNDERGRADUATES.......434

Richard Smith AC 2008-90: IMPROVING STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF MAGNETISM..............................................................................................................444

Chandralekha Singh AC 2008-92: AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: WIRELESS PROPAGATION AND POSITION LOCATION IN A FOREST ENVIRONMENT .........................................................................................................................................................................460

Christopher Anderson, Richard Buehrer AC 2008-93: "THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOOK" OR "WHY MY STUDENTS WANT TO BE CALLED BIG DRIPS"..........................................473

Amy Miller AC 2008-99: A COLOR IMAGE MERGING ALGORITHM USING MATLAB .................................................................................................................485

Eric Boyer, Aldo Morales AC 2008-100: MANUFACTURING CENTRIC UNDERGRADUATE CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE ................................................................................495

Todd Myers, Peter Klein AC 2008-103: ENHANCING ONE STUDENTS’ DESIGN SKILLS IN AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CAPSTONE SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT BY LEARNING FROM THE DESIGN AND HARDWARE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ANNUNCIATOR ................................................509

Rosemarie Guzman, Michael Golanbari AC 2008-104: IMPACT OF UNDERGRADUATE ROBOTICS RESEARCH ON RECRUITING FRESHMAN STUDENTS TO MAJOR IN ENGINEERING PHYSICS, AND COMPUTER SCIENCE FIELDS ...............................................................................................................521

Baha Jassemnejad, Wei Pee, Mathew Mounce AC 2008-105: USING LEGO TO TEACH AND LEARN MICROMANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ...................................528

Susana Lai-Yuen AC 2008-108: THE EFFECT OF POLITICAL UNREST ON CONSTRUCTION TIME FOR FOOD GRAIN WAREHOUSES IN BANGLADESH..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................538

I. Choudhury AC 2008-114: COOPERATIVE METHODOLOGY FOR SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION OF UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS .....................................................................................................................................................................................546

James Klein, Herbert Hess, Brian Johnson AC 2008-116: GUIDED INQUIRY LESSONS FOR INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS ................................................................................................553

Elliot Douglas AC 2008-117: IMPLEMENTING CALIBRATED PEER REVIEW TO ENHANCE TECHNICAL CRITIQUING SKILLS IN A BIOENGINEERING LABORATORY .......................................................................................................................................................................................565

Ann Saterbak, Tracy Volz AC 2008-120: USING REAL RF SIGNALS SUCH AS FM RADIO TO TEACH CONCEPTS IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS...........................578

Joseph Hoffbeck AC 2008-122: EDUCATIONAL USES OF AIRPLANE ACCIDENT REPORTS .................................................................................................................589

George Bibel AC 2008-124: TEACHING PART VISUALIZATION IN FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING COURSES: GENERAL SCHEME FOR PART VISUALIZATION PROBLEM SOLVING...........................................................................................................................................................599

Egoitz Sierra Uria, Mikel Garmendia Mujika

AC 2008-129: BUILDING AN EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR ENGINEERS IN DIGITAL FORENSICS ....................................................................613David Dampier

AC 2008-131: VARIATION IN COMPUTING THE LENGTH FACTOR IN THE UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION........................................623

Ernest Tollner AC 2008-132: TEACHING COGAS DESIGN WITH MATHCAD .........................................................................................................................................631

Edwin Wiggins AC 2008-134: SURVIVING ENGINEERING: FROM A MINORITY FEMALE PERSPECTIVE....................................................................................647

Jacquelyn Mobley AC 2008-136: IN-CLASS CIRCUITS: USING PASSIVE COMPONENTS TO CREATE ACTIVE LEARNING ...........................................................657

Alan Niemi AC 2008-139: ROBOTICS AS A TOOL FOR IMMERSIVE, HANDS-ON FRESHMEN ENGINEERING INSTRUCTION........................................668

Maja Mataric, Juan Fasola, David Feil-Seifer AC 2008-140: RESULTS OF USING A LOW COST, FLEXIBLE ROBOT IN A MICROCONTROLLERS AND ROBOTICS COURSE .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................682

Abraham Howell, Richard Eckert, Roy McGrann AC 2008-141: SITE SPECIFIC FARMING, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, AND ASSOCIATED ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR ACTIVE LEARNING AND RESEARCH AT A LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY.........................................................692

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, Madhumi Mitra, Lurline Marsh, Craig Daughtry, Tracy Earle, Jurgen Schwarz

VOLUME 2 AC 2008-142: INTEGRATION IMAGE ANALYSIS PROJECTS IN AN INTRODUCTORY COMPUTATIONAL METHODS COURSE USING MATLAB SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................................................706

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri AC 2008-145: USING DECISION TREES TO TEACH VALUE OF INFORMATION CONCEPTS................................................................................721

Christopher Jablonowski AC 2008-146: INTRODUCING HANDS-ON SIMULATION ACTIVITIES IN INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING & ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CLASS TO KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED ..................................................................................................................735

Alok Verma AC 2008-147: APPLYING SIX SIGMA METHODOLOGY TO THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION.....................................744

Alok Verma AC 2008-148: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY OF ENGINEERING SELF-EFFICACY...................................................................................................757

James Concannon, Lloyd H. Barrow AC 2008-150: FOSTERING ENGINEERING ETHICS PROBLEM SOLVING THROUGH COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY HYPERTEXT: AN APPLICATION OF MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES, MAKING CONNECTIONS AND CRISSCROSSING .................................777

Rose Marra, Demei Shen, David Jonassen, Jenny Lo, Vinod Lohani AC 2008-152: ENGINEERING AND THE MEDIA: BUILDING A NEW RELATIONSHIP .............................................................................................796

Tylisha Baber, Norman Fortenberry AC 2008-153: EVALUATING INSTRUCTIONAL SCHOLARSHIP IN ENGINEERING .................................................................................................806

Norman Fortenberry, Tylisha Baber AC 2008-154: THE ACADEMIC VALUE OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATION: A LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................823

Tylisha Baber, Norman Fortenberry AC 2008-156: TWO INTRODUCTORY CIVIL, ARCHITECTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COURSES ......................................829

J. Richard Weggel, James Mitchell, Charles N. Haas AC 2008-158: METRICS TO ASSESS BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN STEM........................................................................................................842

Elizabeth Cady, Norman Fortenberry AC 2008-159: CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE HISTORY OF NSF FUNDING FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCH ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................857

Elizabeth Cady, Norman Fortenberry AC 2008-160: APPLICATIONS OF WAVELETS IN INDUCTION MACHINE FAULT DETECTION..........................................................................872

Erick Schmitt, Peter Idowu, Aldo Morales AC 2008-161: MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OF STUDENT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES...........................................................882

Jim Chamberlain AC 2008-162: INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION: A COURSE IN CONSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS IN THE U.S.A. .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................896

Yong Han Ahn, Hyuksoo Kwon, Annie Pearce, John G. Wells AC 2008-171: ENGINEERING PERSONIFIED: AN APPLICATION OF THE ONE MINUTE ENGINEER ................................................................911

John K. Estell, Laurie Laird, John-David Yoder AC 2008-172: VISUAL BASIC SOFTWARE FOR DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS.................................................................................929

Noah Brak, Joseph Shaeiwitz, Richard Turton

AC 2008-173: ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF A PILOT ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENT INVENTORY SURVEY............................................................................................................................................................................................947

Andrew Vavreck, Irene Ferrara, Rose Marra, Barbara Bogue AC 2008-174: SIMULATING AN INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE THROUGH ROLE-PLAY FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A RURAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. ..........................................................................................................................958

Christopher Tomasi AC 2008-175: DEVELOPING A BODY OF KNOWLEDGE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING .....................................................................968

Debra Reinhart AC 2008-176: STUDENT IMPLEMENTATION OF A UNIQUE GREENHOUSE HEATING PROJECT ......................................................................975

Kevin Schmaltz AC 2008-177: IDENTIFICATION OF QUALITY INDICATORS OF VISUAL-BASED LEARNING MATERIAL IN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR GRADES 7-12 .....................................................................................................................................................................994

Petros Katsioloudis AC 2008-178: WHAT PLACE ENGINEERING CODES AND STANDARDS HAVE IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING CURRICULA? .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................1007

Tongele Tongele AC 2008-179: DEVELOPMENT OF A MATH INFUSION MODEL FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGINEERING/TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................1017

M. David Burghardt, Michael Hacker AC 2008-180: USING COMPUTERS TO SUPPORT QUALITATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF CAUSAL REASONING IN ENGINEERING...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................1033

David Jonassen AC 2008-181: THE SCAVENGER HUNT: A TEAM BUILDING EXERCISE...................................................................................................................1048

Marilyn Dyrud AC 2008-182: TECHNICAL COLLEGE PROGRAM IN RADIATION PROTECTION..................................................................................................1056

David Jonassen, William Miller, Matthew Schmidt, Matthew Easter, Rose Marra AC 2008-184: FACILITATING PROBLEM-SOLVING TRANSFER IN PHYSICS .........................................................................................................1074

David Jonassen, Young Hoan Cho, Carlos Wexler AC 2008-185: A COMMON DESIGN-BUILD-TEST PROJECT INCORPORATING FRESHMAN AND SENIOR UNDERGRADUATE ANALYSIS SKILLS .............................................................................................................................................................................1088

Michael Plumley, William Palm, William Simpson AC 2008-188: THE ROLE OF CO OP EXPERIENCE IN ACHIEVING ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES.......................................1101

Jacqueline El-Sayed AC 2008-190: THE BACK-TO-BASICS PEER TUTORING PROGRAM: RESULTS AND EXPERIENCES ..............................................................1109

Mukul Shirvaikar, David Beams, Sagun Shrestha AC 2008-191: THE 21ST CENTURY ENGINEER .................................................................................................................................................................1125

Patricia Galloway AC 2008-192: A TEXT FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY 1. OBJECTIVES AND OVERVIEW .................................1141

Carl Lund AC 2008-194: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEARNING STYLE PREFERENCES AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY USAGE..............1152

Mia Markey, Kathy Schmidt AC 2008-203: CAPSTONE COURSES FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS .........................................................................................1164

Vladimir Genis, Warren Rosen, Richard Chiou, William Danley AC 2008-204: THE USE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN A LONG-TERM AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION RESEARCH PROJECT..............................................................................................................................................................................................................1175

John Reisel AC 2008-205: ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY RETROSPECTIVE OF ABET .................................................1190

Lawrence Wolf, Michael O'Hair AC 2008-206: ENGINEERING STUDENTS APPLY THEIR SKILLS TO COMMUNITY SERVICE: EFFORTS IN UGANDA, AFRICA ............1199

Lauri Burke, Barbara Moskal AC 2008-207: ACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING EXERCISES FOR A FIRST COURSE IN FLUID MECHANICS .........................1216

Stephen Turns, Laura L. Pauley, Sarah Zappe AC 2008-208: COMPARING THE USE OF COMMERCIAL FIRE ALARM CONTROL PROCESSORS AND PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS IN A SAFETY AND FIRE PROGRAM FIRE ALARM SYSTEM ENGINEERING COURSE ........................................................1250

Harry Franz AC 2008-210: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED SPIRAL CURRICULUM IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING........1262

Sandra Yost, Mohan Krishnan, Mark Paulik AC 2008-216: SEA-BASED AVIATION TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN AEROSPACE AND NAVAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS............1274

Leigh McCue, Christina Pace AC 2008-217: IMPACT OF COMPUTING POWER ON COMPUTING SCENARIO......................................................................................................1281

S.K. Sen, Gholam Ali Shaykhian

AC 2008-221: A SURVEY-BASED STUDY TO IDENTIFY METHODS FOR ACHIEVING POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS ...................................................................................................................................................................................1295

Tamara Floyd-Smith AC 2008-222: SUCCESSFULLY TEACHING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CONTENT IN A TECHNICAL CURRICULUM .....................1303

Kenneth Stier AC 2008-226: DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMS WITH UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA - USA AN INTERNATIONALIZATION STRATEGY OF THE ENGINEERING COLLEGE IN UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE, COLOMBIA .....................1325

Javier Páez Saavedra, Lina Margarita Prada Angarita AC 2008-227: HOT SPOT MINIMIZATION OF NOC USING ANT-NET DYNAMIC ROUTING ALGORITHM .....................................................1331

Alireza Rahrooh, Faramarz Mossayebi, Walter Buchanan AC 2008-228: USING A CONCURRENTLY COLLABORATIVE SPREADSHEET TO IMPROVE TEAMWORK AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROBLEM Solving ................................................................................................................................................................1341

David Silverstein AC 2008-230: ENSURING A STRONG U.S. ENGINEERING WORKFORCE FOR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS: A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY .................................................................................................1357

Donald Keating, Thomas Stanford, Joseph J. Rencis, Eugene DeLoatch, Mohammad Noori, Edward Sullivan, David Woodall, Norman Egbert, David Quick,Roger Olson, Samuel Truesdale

AC 2008-232: ENGINEERING CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS: EXAMINING DIFFERENCES BY GENDER AND DEPARTMENTS .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................1384

Rose Marra, Barbara Bogue AC 2008-236: STRATEGIES OF ASSESSING MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE EXPERIENCES........................................................1400

Samantha Richerson,Deepti Suri

VOLUME 3 AC 2008-237: TEACHING OPTIMAL ENERGY EXPENDITURE USING ROBOTIC PLATFORMS AND MICROCONTROLLERS...........................................................................................................................................................................................................1412

Vincent Winstead AC 2008-238: DEVELOPMENT OF AN EET LECTURE COURSE IN IPOD© FORMAT.............................................................................................1424

John Hackworth AC 2008-240: USING LOGIC CONTROL IN A SAFETY AND FIRE PROGRAM FIRE ALARM SYSTEM ENGINEERING COURSE .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1437

Harry Franz AC 2008-242: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELECTROMAGNETICS COURSE CONCEPT INVENTORY.....................................................................1448

Gerard Rowe,Chris Smaill AC 2008-243: UNDERSTANDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT RELATIONSHIPS ....................................................................................................1461

Daniel Davis AC 2008-246: MILESTONE-BASED ASSESSMENT: AN ALTERNATIVE STRATEGY FOR ASSESSING LABORATORY LEARNING OUTCOMES..........................................................................................................................................................................................................1468

Euan Lindsay AC 2008-249: INTEL: INTERACTIVE TOOLKIT FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION...............................................................................................1477

Calvin Ashmore, Daniel Upton, Bo Yeon Lee, Geoff Thomas,Sneha Harrell, Christine Valle, Janet Murray, Wendy Newstetter, Laurence Jacobs,Sue Rosser

AC 2008-252: NEW FACULTY MEETINGS: SURVIVING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE TENURE TRACK TOGETHER.....................................1489

Ryan Beasley, Ana Elisa Goulart, Wei Zhan AC 2008-253: THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE EDGE PROGRAM – A NEW BEGINNING ................................................................................................1497

Dan Dimitriu, Jerry O'Connor AC 2008-255: INTRODUCTION OF SERVICE LEARNING IN A FRESHMAN ENGINEERING COURSE..............................................................1508

Dan Dimitriu, Jerry O'Connor AC 2008-257: A DUAL-MODE/DUAL-WORKSPACE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT...............................................................................................1513

Chi Thai AC 2008-258: THE TRANSITION FROM HIGH-SCHOOL PHYSICS TO FIRST-YEAR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING: HOW WELL PREPARED ARE OUR STUDENTS?..............................................................................................................................................................1528

Chris Smaill, Elizabeth Godfrey, Gerard Rowe AC 2008-259: DEVELOPMENT OF A TEAM INTERACTION OBSERVATION PROTOCOL AND A SELF-EFFICACY SURVEY USING SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY AS A FRAMEWORK .......................................................................................................................1545

Senay Yasar Purzer, Dale Baker, Chell Roberts, Stephen Krause AC 2008-260: EXPERIMENTS IN MICRO-/NANO-CHRACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS SURFACES...............................................................1560

Surendra Gupta AC 2008-263: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO GRADING A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE AT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY..........................................................................................................................................1566

Richard Melnyk, Daisie Boettner AC 2008-266: CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES IN DYNAMIC SYSTEMS .......................................................................................1580

Horacio Vasquez, Robert Freeman, Gerhart Hanson

AC 2008-267: DOES CLASS SIZE MATTER? REFLECTIONS ON TEACHING ENGINEERING ECONOMY TO SMALL AND LARGE CLASSES.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................1595

Joseph Hartman AC 2008-268: SERVICE LEARNING IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION: IMPACT ON FACULTY AND STUDENT ATTITUDES. ....................1603

Odon Musimbi, Barbara Moskal, David Munoz AC 2008-269: INCREASING AWARENESS ABOUT SERVICE INDUSTRIES OPPORTUNITIES FOR IET AND IE GRADUATES ..................1613

Donna Summers AC 2008-270: THE EFFECT OF A TARGETED SPEECH COMMUNICATION COURSE ON THE PUBLIC SPEAKING SELF-EFFICACY OF ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES......................................................................................................................................................1625

Mieke Schuurman, Michael Alley, Melissa Marshall, Christopher Johnstone AC 2008-276: ACHIEVING COMPELLING STUDENT COMPREHENSION OF COMPLEX INFORMATION STRUCTURES FOR BOTH ON-SITE AND ON-LINE COURSES...........................................................................................................................................................................1638

Ronald Uhlig, Alireza Farahani AC 2008-277: CUSTOMER BASED COURSE DEVELOPMENT – CREATING A FIRST YEAR PROGRAMMING COURSE FOR ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS ....................................................................................................................................................................................1653

Patrick Jarvis, Jeff Jalkio, Marty Johnston, Christopher Greene, Mari Heltne AC 2008-278: SENIOR DESIGN COURSE DELIVERY MODEL USING AN INDUSTRY COORDINATOR ............................................................1661

Perry Parendo, Jeff Jalkio AC 2008-281: THE VIRTUAL SYNCHRONOUS CLASSROOM: REAL TIME OFF-CAMPUS CLASSROOM PARTICIPATION WITH ADOBE CONNECT ......................................................................................................................................................................1673

Melani Plett, Donald Peter, Steven Parsons, Brad Gjerding AC 2008-282: A VISUAL LEARNING TOOL FOR PRESENTATION OF THE ECONOMIC DISPATCH TOPIC...................................................1691

Peter Idowu, Mohamed Omer AC 2008-283: EXPERIMENTS AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN A MICROCONTROLLER LABORATORY.....................................................1701

Rafic Bachnak, Ramya Chakinarapu AC 2008-285: TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: A GRADUATE COURSE TO BUILD DECISION-MAKING SKILLS ...........................................1709

Mary Rose, Jim Flowers AC 2008-287: LIFE LONG LEARNING STARTS IN CLASSROOMS ...............................................................................................................................1720

Wei Zhan, Ryan Beasley, Ana Elisa Goulart AC 2008-288: TEACHING SIX SIGMA IN A COURSE PROJECT ....................................................................................................................................1730

Wei Zhan, Jay Porter AC 2008-289: A NEW CLASS COVERING HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGIES ............................................................................................................1740

Ryan Beasley AC 2008-290: APPLIED ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM’S CURRICULUM ..........................................................................................1747

Vladimir Genis, Gerry Marekova AC 2008-292: A HOMEMADE 2-DIMENSIONAL THERMAL CONDUCTION APPARATUS DESIGNED AS A STUDENT PROJECT.............1758

Robert Edwards AC 2008-293: GUIDED INQUIRY IN AN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CLASSROOM.........................................................................................1768

Robert Edwards, Gerald Recktenwald AC 2008-296: INTEGRATION OF INDUSTRY PARTNERS INTO A CAPSTONE DESIGN PROGRAM ..................................................................1778

Stephen Laguette AC 2008-297: IMPLEMENTATION OF CAD/CAM/CNC CURRICULUM USING MASTERCAM X SOFTWARE IN TECHNICAL PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1792

Farzin Heidari AC 2008-298: A BALLISTIC MISSILE SEARCH AND TRACKING SYSTEM ...............................................................................................................1798

Charles Bittle, Mitty Plummer AC 2008-301: SOCIAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM – DESIGNED TO CHANGE PARADIGMS ...............................................................................1835

Melany Ciampi, Claudio Brito AC 2008-304: ARC FLASH ANALYSIS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE ...................................................................................................................1842

Paul Villeneuve AC 2008-305: USING THE DEMING CYCLE FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION ....................................1848

Jeff Jalkio, Arnold Weimerskirch AC 2008-306: INNOVATION VERSUS ANALYSIS ..............................................................................................................................................................1859

Michael Roller, James Higley AC 2008-309: USING THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS’ (NSPE) ETHICS EXAMINATION AS AN ASSESSMENT TOOL IN THE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM........................................................................................................1869

Jason Durfee, William Loendorf AC 2008-310: AN INTRODUCTORY ELECTRIC MOTORS AND GENERATORS EXPERIMENT FOR A SOPHOMORE-LEVEL CIRCUITS COURSE ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................1876

Thomas Schubert, Frank Jacobitz, Ernest Kim

AC 2008-311: FUTURE OF MICROSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND OUTREACH AS APPLIED TO 21ST CENTURY MANUFACTURING ..............................................................................................................................................................................................1893

Immanuel Edinbarough, Posinasetti Rao AC 2008-312: DEVELOPING TEAM-WORK SKILLS THROUGH A CORE DESIGN THREAD................................................................................1904

Keith Sheppard, Peter Dominick, Edward Blicharz AC 2008-314: ADVISING STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: THE CHALLENGES (AND REWARDS?) FOR NEW ENGINEERING FACULTY ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1919

Craig Somerton, Laura Genik AC 2008-315: EMBEDDED SOFTWARE DESIGN METHODOLOGY TO HELP STUDENTS SUCCEED IN THE REAL WORLD ....................1924

Keith Curtis AC 2008-316: CONNECTING THE DOTS IN ASSESSMENT: FROM COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES TO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OUTCOMES TO ABET ASSESSMENT............................................................................................................................................................1952

Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Min-Sung Koh, Claudio Talarico AC 2008-317: STRUCTURING TEAM LEARNING TASKS TO INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION .................1965

Steven Zemke, Diane Zemke AC 2008-318: STUDENT ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE USE OF GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES ...............................................1981

Jeremy Garrett, Thomas Walker AC 2008-319: THE FORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY ENGINEER...........................................................................................................................1992

Claudio Brito, Melany Ciampi AC 2008-321: INTEGRATED VEHICLE SECURITY ALARM WITH WIRELESS TELEPHONE NETWORK........................................................2001

Rasoul Saneifard, Clifford Oluoch, Jose Guerrero AC 2008-322: ENHANCING THE UNDERGRADUATE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM WITH AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS SAFETY APPROACH ..................................................................................................................................................................2013

Bruce Vaughen AC 2008-323: POWER PLANT ANALYSIS WITH MATHCAD .........................................................................................................................................2041

Jason Christopher, Adam Parks, Vipul Sharma, Michael Maixner AC 2008-324: ENHANCING AND ASSESSING LIFE LONG LEARNING SKILLS THROUGH CAPSTONE PROJECTS .....................................2051

Jyhwen Wang, Alex Fang, Michael Johnson AC 2008-325: AN ARCHITECTURAL WALKTHROUGH USING 3D GAME ENGINE................................................................................................2063

Mohammed Haque, Pallab Dasgupta AC 2008-329: A SIMPLE ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR FORCE ANALYSIS OF PLANAR FRICTIONAL TREE-LIKE MECHANISMS............................................................................................................................................................................................................................2073

Kazem Abhary AC 2008-332: DEPARTMENTAL SURVIVAL THROUGH COLLABORATIVE INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIP ....................................................2089

Jaby Mohammed, Sam Mason, Xiaolong Li AC 2008-333: PARTICLE TRANSPORT, DEPOSITION AND REMOVAL- FROM RESEARCH TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ...........2099

Goodarz Ahmadi, Suresh Dhaniyala, John Mclaughlin, Cetin Cetinkaya, Stephen Doheny-Farina, Fa-Gung Fan AC 2008-335: IDENTIFYING ROLES AND BEHAVIORS OF INFORMAL LEADERS ON STUDENT DESIGN TEAMS......................................2108

Diane Zemke, Steven Zemke

VOLUME 4 AC 2008-336: EXCELLENCE OR DISASTER? A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT ON GRADING, TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ENGINEERING SCHOOL ...................................................................................................................................................................................................2120

Narayanan Komerath AC 2008-337: PARTNERSHIP FOR MENTORING: THE GEORGIA TECH CSEMS PROGRAM AT AGE SIX .....................................................2136

Narayanan Komerath, Marilyn Smith AC 2008-338: ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS' ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS: DO STUDENTS AND WORKPLACE SUPERVISORS RELY ON GENERAL RESPONSE PATTERNS?.....................................................................................................................................2146

Mieke Schuurman, Laura L. Pauley, Dennis Gouran AC 2008-339: THE TEST OF ETHICAL SENSITIVITY IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (TESSE): A DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR AWARENESS OF ETHICAL ISSUES................................................................................................................2154

Jason Borenstein, Matthew Drake, Robert Kirkman, Julie Swann AC 2008-340: REU SITES: MUCH MORE THAN A RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES ........................................................2164

Miguel Labrador, Cesar Guerrero, Rafael Perez AC 2008-341: A NEW VISION FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS TO STRENGTHEN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................2177

Kenneth Dudeck, Wieslaw Grebski AC 2008-344: WRITING CRITICAL REVIEWS IN TECHNICAL COURSES IN A BSEET PROGRAM: STUDENT PERCEPTIONS................2187

Albert Lozano AC 2008-345: JOINING THE WORKFORCE: STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR READINESS IN NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS ................2196

Albert Lozano

AC 2008-346: BEYOND VHDL SIMULATION TO ON-CHIP TESTING..........................................................................................................................2204Ronald Hayne

AC 2008-348: USING E-PORTFOLIOS FOR PROGRAM ASSESSMENT: SOME OBSERVATIONS.........................................................................2217

Virendra Varma, Tina Varma AC 2008-349: ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN THE ARAB GULF STATES: STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT THROUGH COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES ........................................................................................................................................................................2225

Waddah Akili AC 2008-351: ADOPTING A SUCCESS STRATEGY FOR FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PRE-CALCULUS..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................2243

Gretchen Hein, Amber Kemppainen AC 2008-353: SUSTAINABILITY AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ......................................................................................................................2252

David Reisdorph AC 2008-354: TEACHING BASIC MATERIALS ENGINEERING DESIGN TO ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS USING STRINGED INSTRUMENT TOP DESIGN ...............................................................................................................................................................2264

Kathleen Kitto AC 2008-355: DEVELOPING PROBLEM-BASED INTRODUCTORY ELECTROMAGNETICS COURSE WITH BROADER APPEAL TO STUDENTS...........................................................................................................................................................................................................2282

Dmitriy Garmatyuk AC 2008-356: ADVANCES IN THE PRODUCTION OF SHOP DRAWINGS AND THEIR IMPACT ON CONSTRUCTABILITY .............................................................................................................................................................................................................2305

Virendra Varma AC 2008-357: INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COURSE EXPERIENCES .............................................................................................................................2313

Patrick Ferro, Naoki Osawa, Masakatsu Matsuishi, Richard Stamper, Taketo Yamakawa, Wayne Sanders, Tetsuro Furukawa AC 2008-359: WORK DESIGN FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN A FLAT WORLD: A GLOBAL, VIRTUAL, COLLABORATIVE MODEL....................................................................................................................................................................................................2322

Arunkumar Pennathur, Louis Everett, Bill Tseng, Noe Vargas-Hernandez, Samuel Riccillo AC 2008-362: ENSURING A STRONG U.S. ENGINEERING WORKFORCE FOR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS: THE FRAMEWORK OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION FOR INNOVATION ...................................................................2338

Thomas Stanford, Donald Keating, Roger Olson, Randall Holmes AC 2008-363: REAL-TIME, EMBEDDED-SYSTEMS NETWORKING: A NOVEL WAY TO DEVELOP AN INTERACTIVE UNDERGRADUATE COURSE.................................................................................................................................................................................................2355

Ece Yaprak, Karen Tonso AC 2008-366: VIRTUAL PRESERVATION: A UNIQUE APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK......................................................................................................................................................................................................................2366

Karen Horton, Constance Holden, Ken Wild AC 2008-368: INTERACTIVE LEARNING IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION ...............................................................................................................2376

Jean-Claude Thomassian, Anoop Desai, Patrick Kinnicutt, AC 2008-374: USING STRUCTURAL DISTILLATION IN THE AVOIDANCE OF ANALYSIS PARALYSIS...........................................................2384

Andrew Foley AC 2008-375: EVOLUTION AND ASSESSMENT OF AN INDUSTRY-BASED SINGLE LARGE PROJECT CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................2394

Patrick Walter, Robert Bittle AC 2008-378: AN EVALUATION OF INDIAN INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS’ EXPECTATIONS AND EXPERIENCES ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................2396

Rajesh Bachu, Deepak S. Deepawale, Buket Barkana, Lawrence Hmurcik AC 2008-381: MEETING STUDENT AND INDUSTRY NEEDS THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND SOFT SKILLS STUDY IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS ......................................................................................................................................................................................2406

Jana Whittington, Kim Nankivell, Joy Colwell AC 2008-384: ADDING BIOMEDICAL CONTEXT TO A TRADITIONAL ENGINEERING COURSE IN A BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM .............................................................................................................................................................................................2415

Hatice Ozturk, Lianne Cartee AC 2008-385: MULTI-MEDIA INTERACTIVE SELF-DIRECTED CAD APPLICATIONS LEARNING MODULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT STUDENTS. ................................................................................................................................................................2425

Hussein Abaza, Javier Irizarry, Zuhair Itr AC 2008-386: STRATEGIC ENERGY DIRECTIONS - A CASE STUDY ..........................................................................................................................2433

Russel Jones AC 2008-388: ENGINEERING WORLD HEALTH: LESSONS LEARNED FROM SIX YEARS OF UNDERGRADUATE SERVICE-LEARNING IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD ......................................................................................................................................................................2448

Robert Malkin AC 2008-390: DOES ACTIVE LEARNING PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND ENTREPRENEURIAL TENDENCIES? ..................................2456

William Kelly AC 2008-392: READING, WRITING - ENERGY: AN NSF CCLI PROJECT TO ENHANCE A FRESHMAN CORE CURRICULUM NATURAL SCIENCE COURSE..................................................................................................................................................................2468

Christine Ehlig-Economides, Cathy Mariotti Ezrailson, Ramesh Talreja

AC 2008-393: RIGID BODY DYNAMICS IN THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY .......................................................................2482Thomas Nordenholz

AC 2008-397: ENHANCING DESIGN LEARNING BY IMPLEMENTING ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIOS ...............................................................2499

Mieke Schuurman, Christine B. Masters, Peggy Van Meter, Gül Okudan AC 2008-399: A FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ......................................................................................2511

Amber Kemppainen, Gretchen Hein, David Shonnard AC 2008-400: MODERN TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHING MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING IN THE DIGITAL AGE .........2520

Priya Manohar AC 2008-402: IDENTIFYING AND REMEDIATING DEFICIENCIES IN PROBLEM-SOLVING IN STATICS .......................................................2529

Thomas Litzinger, Carla Firetto, Lucas Passmore, Peggy Van Meter, Kelli Higley, Christine B. Masters, Francesco Costanzo AC 2008-407: INTEGRATION OF ELECTROMAGNETICS (EM) AND ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) INTO ELECTRICAL ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) INTO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM .........2547

Kin Moy AC 2008-409: REMOTE NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING EDUCATIONAL LABORATORY ......................................................................................2567

Vladimir Genis, Michael Zagorski AC 2008-410: CACHE MODULE DEVELOPMENT FOR INTRODUCING ENERGY INTO THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM: FUEL CELLS ..................................................................................................................................................................2577

Jason Keith, H. Scott Fogler, Valarie Thomas, Don Chmielewski, Michael Gross AC 2008-414: ALTERNATIVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS IN MECHANICAL MEASUREMENT COURSES ......................2597

David Myszka AC 2008-416: BUILDING A NEW KIND OF ENGINEERING DEGREE AT JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY ......................................................2607

Ronald Kander AC 2008-419: VISUAL SCIENCE AND STEM-BASED 6-12 EDUCATION ......................................................................................................................2623

Aaron Clark, Jeremy Ernst AC 2008-420: EXPERIENCES WITH THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL RAPID PRODUCT MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUE IN THE BATCH PRODUCTION OF MINIATURE INDUSTRIAL COMPONENTS. ......................................2634

Immanuel Edinbarough, Yazmin Muniz, AC 2008-421: ENSURING A STRONG U.S. ENGINEERING WORKFORCE FOR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION COMPETITIVENESS: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE NATION ....................................................................................2647

Norman Egbert, Edmund Segner, Donald Keating AC 2008-424: ENHANCING LECTURE PEDAGOGY THROUGH TARGETED BREAKS ..........................................................................................2670

Benson Tongue AC 2008-425: PROGRESSIVE RESEARCH ON A WIRELESS AUTOMATED HIGHWAY SYSTEM: THE AUTONET SUPERPROJECT ......2685

Johnny Chang, Ayman El Salim, Ronald Uhlig AC 2008-426: IT TAKES TWO TO TEACH CAPSTONE DESIGN ....................................................................................................................................2700

Don Dekker, Stephen Sundarrao, Rajiv Dubey AC 2008-429: MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM PROJECT WITH SOFTWARE .............................................................................................................2708

Robert Creese, Deepak Gupta AC 2008-432: ENGINEERING EDUCATION EXCELLENCE: START-UP TO NUMBER ONE ..................................................................................2729

Robert Creese, M. Adithan AC 2008-435: SERVICE LEARNING ORIENTED PRE-ENGINEERING PROGRAMS AND THEIR IMPACT ON NON-TRADITIONAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................2743

Adam Christensen, Willard Nott, Douglas Edwards, Leann Yoder, Christina Ho, Shannon Flanagan, Stephanie Hurd,Marion Usselman, Donna Llewellyn, Jeffrey Rosen, Cathy Leslie, Samuel Graham

AC 2008-437: GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN THE AMERICAS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ......................................2757

Ivan Esparragoza, Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Dhushy Sathianathan AC 2008-438: CHANGES IN THE NATURE OF FACULTY WORK IN ENGINEERING DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS ........................2770

Elizabeth Creamer, Tonya Saddler, Margaret Layne AC 2008-439: ASEE ABSTRACT 08 CHEN & COX - MANUFACTURING DIVISION..................................................................................................2780

Joseph Chen, Ronald Cox AC 2008-440: MODULAR, ADAPTABLE AND REUSABLE APPROACH TO THERMAL-FLUIDS: OUTWITTING THE NORMS (MARATHON).............................................................................................................................................................................................................................2796

Ivana Milanovic, Tom Eppes AC 2008-441: LONG ON STUDENTS AND SHORT ON EQUIPMENT: AN EFFECTIVE AND WELL RECEIVED METHOD TO IMPROVE LABORATORY OUTCOMES .......................................................................................................................................................................2804

Steven Walk AC 2008-442: THE IMPACT OF THE ALICE CURRICULUM ON COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS' ATTITUDES AND LEARNING WITH RESPECT TO COMPUTER SCIENCE ................................................................................................................................................2806

Ashlyn Hutchinson, Barbara Moskal, Stephen Cooper, Wanda Dann AC 2008-446: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE CHANGE ..................................................................2820

Tom Eppes, Ivana Milanovic, Janice Girouard

VOLUME 5

AC 2008-448: TEACHING BLACK-BOX TESTING TECHNIQUES THROUGH SPECIFICATION PATTERNS....................................................2829

Salamah Salamah, Ann Gates AC 2008-449: ADAPTIVE WATER LABORATORY FOR K-12 OUTREACH ON SUSTAINABLE WATER USE ...................................................2842

Paul Boyle, Brent Houchens AC 2008-450: COMPOUND PROBLEM SOLVING: WORK-PLACE RESEARCH TO INFORM ENGINEERING EDUCATION ........................2851

Johannes Strobel, Monica Cardella AC 2008-452: TRAINING CIVIL ENGINEERS TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY................................................................................................2865

Jakob Bruhl, Eric Crispino AC 2008-454: STEPS ALONG A ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY CAREER PATHWAY...................................................................................................2875

David Landis, Stan Komacek, Carol Adukaitis, Robin Shoop AC 2008-458: AN INTEGRATED SIMULATION DESIGN WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOTIONS AND A HYDRAULIC STEWART SIMULATOR..........................................................................................................................................................................................................2886

Cheng Lin, Gene Hou, Yuzhong Shen, Hector Garcia AC 2008-459: VERTICALLY INTEGRATED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DESIGN PROBLEM CASE STUDY ASSESSMENT ...............................2903

Zachary Gutierrez, Charles Dolan AC 2008-463: INTERDISCIPLINARY CAPSTONE DESIGN PROGRAM - A CASE STUDY.......................................................................................2916

Charles Dolan, Ovid Plumb AC 2008-464: IMPROVING ENGINEERING EDUCATION THROUGH CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION, AND CONTEXT IN A FIRST YEAR COURSE ...............................................................................................................................................................................2928

Michael Haungs, John Clements, David Janzen AC 2008-466: MODELS FOR DIRECT INDUSTRY SUPPORT OF US CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAMS ..........................................................2938

Michael Casey, Ellen O'Donnell AC 2008-468: COMMUNICATION IN A PROJECT BASED LEARNING DESIGN COURSE......................................................................................2955

William Riddell, Maria Simone, Stephanie Farrell, Peter Mark Jansson AC 2008-472: A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING ENGINEERING PRACTICE .............................................................................................2963

James Trevelyan AC 2008-473: COMPARING ENGINEERING PRACTICE IN SOUTH ASIA WITH AUSTRALIA .............................................................................2984

Vinay Kumar Domal, James Trevelyan AC 2008-474: SKILLS DEVELOPMENT USING LOGO – EXPERIENCES WITH FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS ON AN EXTENDED STUDY PROGRAMME ......................................................................................................................................................................................3001

Tobia Steyn, Alan Carr AC 2008-477: INCREASING STUDENT SUCCESS IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE THROUGH A FRESHMAN ENRICHMENT PROGRAM .....................................................................................................................................................................................................3018

Alicia Boudreaux, Kelly Crittenden, James Nelson, Galen Turner AC 2008-478: TECHSTEP: CONNECTING HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO INTEGRATED ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ..............................................................................................................................................................................................3026

Kelly Crittenden, James Nelson, Galen Turner, Alicia Boudreaux AC 2008-485: EMBEDDING BUSINESS STUDENTS INTO EET/TET E4 E-TEAMS.....................................................................................................3035

Jay Porter, Joseph Morgan, Richard Scruggs AC 2008-487: POWER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY: A NEW PROGRAM TARGETED AT THE NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY...........3045

Jay Porter, Wei Zhan, Jorge Alvarado, Joseph Morgan, John Poston, Kenneth Peddicord, John Crenshaw AC 2008-488: EVOLUTION OF AN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY OUTREACH PROGRAM ..............................................................................3054

Joseph Fuehne AC 2008-492: SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR MEANINGFUL INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE ..........................................................3064

Cauligi Raghavendra AC 2008-493: NAVAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT TEAM FOR THE AUVSI/ONR AUV COMPETITION ...............................................................3071

Damien Bretall, Deborah Furey AC 2008-494: BRIDGING HEALTH AND FOOD SCIENCE TO ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING ..............................................................................3080

Massoud Moussavi AC 2008-496: RESEARCH COLLABORATION BETWEEN KOREA UNIVERSITY AND PENN STATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADVANCED VIDEO CODEC ............................................................................................................................................................................................3091

Byoung-Kyu Dan, Seung-Won Jung, Junh-Yung Kim, Tae-Shick Wang, Aldo Morales, Sung-Jea Ko AC 2008-498: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION TO IMPROVE TEST DATA QUALITY....................................................................3118

Joseph Fuehne AC 2008-499: INTEGRATING APPLICATIONS IN THE TEACHING OF FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS...............................................................3127

Patricia Campbell, Eann Patterson, Ilene Busch-Vishniac, Tom Kibler AC 2008-501: INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING TECHNIQUES AND LEARNING IN DYNAMIC MODELING AND CONTROL.................3137

Robert Rabb, David Chang

AC 2008-502: DESIGN AND USE OF INTERACTIVE LEARNING STATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOR BUILDING MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING SYSTEMS....................................................................................................................3148

Thomas Korman, Lonny Simonian AC 2008-505: CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN BIOENGINEERING: TRANSLATION OF A CONFERENCE INITIATIVE TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING .................................................................................................................................................................3158

Guruprasad Madhavan, Aimee Betker, Jennifer Flexman, Barbara Oakley AC 2008-506: ENSURING A STRONG U.S. ENGINEERING WORKFORCE FOR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS: CREATING A CULTURE FOR INNOVATION IN INDUSTRY ...............................................................................................3167

Roger Olson, Randall Holmes AC 2008-508: MIND LINKS 2008: RESOURCES TO MOTIVATE MINORITIES TO STUDY AND STAY IN ENGINEERING............................3181

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Ivan Esparragoza AC 2008-510: ASSESSING THE OUTCOMES OF TWO SUMMER CAMPS AT NKU ..................................................................................................3209

Seyed Allameh, Thomas Brackman, C. Dale Elifrits, Morteza Sadat-Hossieny AC 2008-511: ADVANCING STRATEGIES FOR ENGINEERING ACCREDITATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3217

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Gisela Coto Quintana, Jaime Salazar Contreras, Jorge Ignacio Velez Munera AC 2008-513: TEACHER AND STUDENT FEEDBACK ABOUT ENGINEERING DESIGN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE CLASSROOMS: A PILOT STUDY ..........................................................................................................................................................................................3234

Christine Schnittka, Larry Richards AC 2008-515: CRAFTING ONLINE EXAMS IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY: LATEST CHALLENGES, METHODOLOGIES, AND TRENDS.......................................................................................................................................................................................3263

Ali Mehrabian, Tarig Ali, Alireza Rahrooh AC 2008-516: EDUCATION OF WOMEN IN ENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHOOLS IN JORDAN: AN EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVE .........3270

Diala Gammoh, Ali Mehrabian, Alfred Ducharme AC 2008-517: THE CALIFORNIA REGIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR ENGINEERING ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................3275

Sharlene Katz, Robert Alldredge AC 2008-521: EFFECTS OF ACTIVE LEARNING ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION ................................................................3279

Lisa Bullard, Richard Felder, Dianne Raubenheimer AC 2008-522: WIND TUNNEL EVALUATION AND CALIBRATION OF MODEL ROCKET NOSECONE PITOT-STATIC PROBES ..............3287

Dale Litwhiler AC 2008-525: ALGORITHM FOR DEFINING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT ....................................................................................................................3301

Stacy Wilson, Dennis George, John Bruni, Mark Cambron AC 2008-526: LEARNING STATICS BY STUDYING WORKED EXAMPLES ...............................................................................................................3308

Mark Rossow AC 2008-529: QUANTIFYING QUALITY: A MEASUREMENT ATTEMPT FOR RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR A SMALL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ........................................................................................................................................3321

Frank Bartonek, Bruce Dallman, James Lookadoo AC 2008-531: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF FAILURE CASE STUDIES ON THE CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING MECHANICS CURRICULUM: PHASE II .............................................................................................................................................................................3330

Norb Delatte, Paul Bosela, Rosemary Sutton, Joshua Bagaka, William Beasley AC 2008-532: USING FAILURE CASE STUDIES TO ADDRESS CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM AND BOK CRITERIA .............................3342

Norb Delatte AC 2008-533: A TEACHING TOOL FOR DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF CAM AND FOLLOWER MECHANISMS ...............................................3352

Mina Hoorfar, Homayoun Najjaran, William Cleghorn AC 2008-534: LEVERAGING A FLEXIBLE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY TO BRING STUDENT INNOVATION TO MARKET......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3362

John Farris, Hugh Jack, Shabbir Choudhuri, Christopher Pung AC 2008-535: SEVEN STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF A PROGRAM .....................................................................3374

Swami Karunamoorthy AC 2008-539: THE LOSS OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA: PORTAGING THE LEADERSHIP LESSONS WITH A CRITICAL THINKING MODEL .............................................................................................................................................................................................3385

Robert Niewoehner, Craig Steidle, Eric Johnson AC 2008-540: MUST ENGINEERING ETHICS PRESUME A SECULAR FOUNDATION? ..........................................................................................3403

Robert Niewoehner AC 2008-541: SUSTAINABLE NANOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR ENGINEERS.............................................................................................3422

Zhiqiang Hu AC 2008-542: ASSESSING STUDENT DIFFICULTIES IN UNDERSTANDING THE BEHAVIOR OF AC AND DC CIRCUITS ..........................3429

Douglas Holton, Amit Verma, Gautam Biswas AC 2008-543: CONTROL SYSTEM PLANT SIMULATOR: A FRAMEWORK FOR HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................3445

David Chandler, James Vallino

AC 2008-544: EMPLOYING SOCRATIC PEDAGOGY TO IMPROVE ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ CRITICAL REASONING SKILLS: TEACHING BY ASKING INSTEAD OF BY TELLING.............................................................................................................3457

Michael Golanbari, Rick Garlikov AC 2008-545: A COMPARISON OF IMPLEMENTING A SINGLE PROBLEM IN RELATIONAL, OBJECT-RELATIONAL AND OBJECT-ORIENTED DATABASE SYSTEMS ......................................................................................................................................................................3476

Floyd Wilkes, Reza Sanati-Mehrizy AC 2008-547: IMPLEMENTATION OF TABLET PC TECHNOLOGY IN ME 2024 - ENGINEERING DESIGN AND ECONOMICS AT VIRGINIA TECH .......................................................................................................................................................................................3484

Dewey Spangler, Kimberly Filer AC 2008-548: FINITE ELEMENT LEARNING MODULES FOR UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING TOPICS USING COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE ..................................................................................................................................................................................................3502

Ashland Brown, Joseph J. Rencis, Chuan-Chiang Chen, Daniel Jensen

VOLUME 6 AC 2008-552: CHARACTERIZING THE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGISTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PROGRAM ASSESSMENT..................3536

Robert Chin AC 2008-553: SCHOLARSHIP RECONSIDERED AND ITS IMPACT ON ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE EDUCATION ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................3548

James Zhang, Ken Burbank, Brian Howell, Bill Yang, Yeqin Huang, Robert Adams AC 2008-555: GRADUATE LEARNING THROUGH RESEARCH: HUMAN HAND TREMOR DETECTION AND ANALYSIS ..........................3558

Brant Price, James Zhang AC 2008-557: GRADUATE LEARNING THROUGH ENGAGEMENT: EXPERIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL REMOTE SENSING STATION DESIGN...................................................................................................................................................................................................3561

Jeffrey Marston, Brian Howell, James Zhang, Roger Clapp AC 2008-562: INTERNATIONAL SENIOR DESIGN: ASSESSING THE IMPACT ON ENGINEERING STUDENTS AFTER GRADUATION............................................................................................................................................................................................................................3563

Heather Wright, Linda Phillips, James Mihelcic AC 2008-565: STATICS AND DYNAMICS PROJECTS EMPHASIZING INTRODUCTORY DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING ......................3580

Michael Hennessey AC 2008-567: INTERVIEW SKILLS TRAINING IN THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY: TRANSPORTING A PILOT PROJECT .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................3596

Julie Sharp AC 2008-568: DESIGNING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CURRICULUM FOR UNDERGRADUATES: SAFE, HANDS-ON AND INEXPENSIVE INSTRUCTION...............................................................................................................................................................3607

Kristen Jevsevar, Melanie Aston, Shaun Price, Cynthia Paschal, Stacy Klein AC 2008-569: APPROACHING QUESTIONS OF RESEARCH QUALITY IN AN INTERPRETIVE INVESTIGATION OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ COMPETENCE FORMATION...........................................................................................................................................3617

Joachim Walther, David F. Radcliffe AC 2008-570: BIOFUELS IN THE CLASSROOM: USING THE BIODIESEL PROCESS TO DEMONSTRATE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES ................................................................................................................................................................................................3633

Roger Beardsley AC 2008-571: ARCH BUILDING FOR KIDS. WHAT DID THEY LEARN? WHAT DID WE LEARN? ......................................................................3644

Edmond Saliklis AC 2008-572: FOUR RESEARCH PROJECTS, ONE "GREEN" THEME ........................................................................................................................3661

Edmond Saliklis AC 2008-573: CONTRIBUTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TO ENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES........................................................................................................................................................................................................................3670

Ali Mehrabian, Diala Gammoh, Alfred Ducharme, Ahmad Elshennawy AC 2008-574: NOT JUST INFORMATIVE, BUT NECESSARY: INFUSING GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE TOPICS INTO ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY CURRICULA .........................................................................................................................................................3676

Kurt Rosentrater, Elif Kongar AC 2008-575: CHILDREN'S EXPERIENCE WITH CONSTRUCTION SETS: EARLY WARNINGS OF ENGINEERING INTEREST AMONG GIRLS? ...................................................................................................................................................................................................3690

Cortney Martin, Tonya Smith-Jackson AC 2008-576: THE EARTH SUSTAINABILITY COURSE SERIES...................................................................................................................................3700

Cortney Martin, Barbara Bekken, Sean McGinnis AC 2008-578: UNIVERSITIES COLLABORATE WITH INDUSTRY TO FILL NEED FOR HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS .......................................3711

Lakshmi Munukutla, Carol Popovich, John McGrane AC 2008-581: ENHANCING ENGAGEMENT IN FACULTY GOVERNANCE................................................................................................................3717

Stephen Hundley, Douglas Acheson, Wanda Worley, Sheila Walter, H. Oner Yurtseven AC 2008-583: DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM IN A TIME OF CHANGE ..........................................3726

James Smith

AC 2008-584: LABORATORY EXERCISES FOR TEACHING LEAN ENTERPRISE ...................................................................................................3732M. Brian Thomas

AC 2008-585: PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE ASEM ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (EM BoK) ...........................3745

Donald Merino AC 2008-589: ADDRESSING FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AS A VITAL STEP IN TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE TO IMPROVE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNICIAN EDUCATION .........................................................................................................3755

Elaine Craft, Joshua Phiri, Patressa Gardner AC 2008-590: USING CYBER-INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCED PRODUCT DISSECTION TO INTRODUCE ENGINEERING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ..........................................................................................................................................................3757

Tris West, Abe Feuerstein, Steven Shooter AC 2008-592: UTILIZING A SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK TO INVESTIGATE THE INFLUENCES OF A SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE ON PARTICIPANTS’ ACADEMIC AND CAREER PLANS ...................................3773

Julie Trenor, Olga Pierrakos AC 2008-595: THE UTILIZATION OF A PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITHIN A TEAM DESIGN PROJECT ...........3787

David Kelley, Adam Schmidke, Lauren Griffin AC 2008-596: PARTNERSHIPS FOR BUILDING THE NATION’S STEM EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISE: A NSF GK-12 FELLOWS PROJECT .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3793

Rajesh Ganesan, Donna Sterling, Philip Henning AC 2008-599: KINESTHETIC LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM ..................................................................................................................................3802

Joe Tranquillo AC 2008-600: A DECADE OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION: A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE FIRST DECADE OF THE NCIIA ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3812

Phil Weilerstein, Angela Shartrand AC 2008-601: SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION: LESSONS LEARNED ...............................................................3819

Susan Walden, Cindy Foor, Deborah Trytten AC 2008-602: A LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR TECHNICAL STUDENTS ...........................................................................................................................3831

Dorene Perez, James Gibson, Rose Marie Lynch AC 2008-603: UTILIZING INDUSTRY TRAINING AS RESEARCH, ENRICHMENT AND REWARD IN TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS .........3833

Daphene Koch AC 2008-604: PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF SOFTWARE BASED VIDEO LECTURE CAPTURE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM ....................3845

Alfred Ducharme, Ali Mehrabian, Diala Gammoh AC 2008-605: PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION OF TRANSFER ENGINEERING STUDENTS ...........................................................................3859

Alexander Shayevich, Jeff Goldberg, Judy Edson AC 2008-606: KEEPING TECHNOLOGY COURSES CURRENT WHILE MINIMIZING DISRUPTION TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3869

C. Richard Helps, Mark Patterson AC 2008-607: A PLC PROJECT IN A CONTROL COURSE LABORATORY .................................................................................................................3877

Akbar Eslami, Andrew Oxendine, Chelsey Daniels AC 2008-609: IMPLEMENTING INFORMAL WRITING ASSIGNMENTS AND A FEEDBACK AND REVISION LOOP TO ENHANCE LEARNING IN ENGINEERING COURSES ..........................................................................................................................................................................3888

Warren Hull, Warren Waggenspack, Lillian B Bowles, Jennifer Farrell, David Bowles AC 2008-610: TIPS FROM THE TRENCHES: PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EXPERIENCE-BASED TA TRAINING SESSION .................................................................................................................................................................................................................3897

Adam Melvin, Lisa Bullard AC 2008-611: THE NEW AND IMPROVED CIVIL ENGINEERING BODY OF KNOWLEDGE.................................................................................3909

Richard Anderson, Stuart Walesh, Kenneth Fridley AC 2008-612: MEASURING STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF CASE-BASED INSTRUCTION IN AN ENGINEERING COURSE ..........................3927

Megan Arnold, Aman Yadav, Gregory Shaver, Eric Nauman AC 2008-613: ONLINE WIND TUNNEL LABORATORY ...................................................................................................................................................3932

El-Sayed Aziz, Constantin Chassapis, Sven Esche, Sumei Dai, Shanjun Xu, Ruiqing Jia AC 2008-614: POWER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................3951

Ray Miller, Max Rabiee, Elvin Stepp AC 2008-616: IMPACT OF INSTRUCTORS’ USE OF THE TABLET PC ON STUDENT LEARNING AND CLASSROOM ATTENDANCE............................................................................................................................................................................................................................3961

Kyu Yon Lim, Roxanne Toto, Hien Nguyen, Sarah Zappe, Thomas Litzinger, Mark Wharton, John Cimbala AC 2008-618: GUARANTEEING ACHIEVEMENT OF PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES WHILE PROVIDING DATA FOR PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT ............................................................................................................................................................................3976

Richard Crago AC 2008-620: IS TRANSFER CREDIT A STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS OR A PRESCRIPTION FOR FAILURE? ...................................................3984

Susan Walden, Cindy Foor AC 2008-621: TRENDS IN THE ETHICAL JUDGMENT OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS .........................................................................................4002

Brock Barry, Vincent Drnevich

AC 2008-623: A GLOBAL MODEL FOR HIGHER EDUCATIONAL................................................................................................................................4013Fazil Najafi, Dennis Jet, Nick Safai

AC 2008-625: THE VIRGINIA TECH FIRST ROBOTICS PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP: TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY THROUGH SELF-EFFICACY........................................................................................................................................................................................................................4025

Mary Kasarda, Brenda Brand, Michael Collver, Gabriel Goldman AC 2008-627: A STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INNOVATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR URBAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4036

LaRuth McAfee AC 2008-628: NATIONALLY NORMED EXAMS FOR OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS AND CERTIFICATION OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY GRADUATES ................................................................................................................4048

Carmine Balascio, Louise Wehrle, Rudolph Henry, Chip Hollis AC 2008-630: CONSOLIDATING TWO NSF ONLINE MATERIALS AND INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTERS FOR MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ...................................................................................................................4063

Gilah Pomeranz, Robert Mott, Steve Wendel, Shep Anderson, Sean Falkowski, Robert Wolff, Jack Waintraub AC 2008-633: DEVELOPING AN INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE TINKERING AND TECHNICAL SELF-EFFICACY IN ENGINEERING...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................4070

Dale Baker, Stephen Krause, Senay Yasar Purzer AC 2008-634: INVOLVEMENT OF STEM PROFESSIONALS IN THE CLASSROOM ENHANCES EFFECTIVENESS OF SAE INTERNATIONAL’S A WORLD IN MOTION CURRICULUM ...............................................................................................................................4081

Matthew Miller, Elizabeth Bachrach AC 2008-635: A CASE STUDY: A NEW COURSE ON ENGINEERING PROJECT AND MANAGEMENT FOR FIRST-YEAR GRADUATE STUDENTS IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING .........................................................................................................4100

Wookwon Lee, Fong Mak AC 2008-636: DESIGNING UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING LAB EXPERIENCE TO SATISFY ABET EC2000 REQUIREMENTS.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................4110

Ali Al-Bahi AC 2008-639: WORLD-CLASS OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT ON A SHOESTRING.......................................................................................................4123

Joseph Clifton, Rob Hasker, Mike Rowe AC 2008-641: INVENTION, INNOVATION AND INQUIRY – ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR CHILDREN .............................................................4133

Daniel Engstrom AC 2008-642: ANALYSIS OF APPLICANT DATA TO IMPROVE RECRUITMENT OF FEMALE AND UNDERREPRESENTED ENGINEERING STUDENTS .......................................................................................................................................................4144

Douglas Cleary, William Riddell, Harriet Hartman AC 2008-646: ENHANCING STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF AND INTEREST IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING .......................................4165

Aleksandra Vinogradov, Carolyn Plumb AC 2008-647: PREPARING FOR ABET ACCREDITATION IN A NON-WESTERN, NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING ENVIRONMENT.................4177

Adnan Zahed, Abdullah Bafail, Reda Abdulaal, Ali Al-Bahi AC 2008-648: DESIGN AND DEVELOP A COST EFFECTIVE MICROCONTROLLER TRAINING SYSTEM FOR DISTANCE LEARNING ENGINEERING STUDENTS..............................................................................................................................................................................4195

Steve Hsiung, John Ritz, James Eiland AC 2008-651: LABORATORY IMPLEMENTATION OF BANG-BANG CONTROLLER-BASED MOTOR DRIVE MODULE FOR MODELING AND CONTROL COURSES ..............................................................................................................................................................................4209

Ahmed Rubaai, Ramesh Chawla, Joesph Cannon AC 2008-652: ETHICAL ISSUES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION CONTROLLING INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY .............................4219

Pradeep Bhattacharya AC 2008-653: THE BIOMASS BANDWAGON: THREE IDEAS FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS TO GET ONBOARD ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4228

Kurt Rosentrater, Jerry Visser

VOLUME 7 AC 2008-654: TINKERING INTERACTIONS ON FRESHMAN ENGINEERING DESIGN TEAMS...........................................................................4244

Arlisa Labrie Richardson AC 2008-656: DEVELOPING ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION ..................4279

Ivan Esparragoza, Alexander Friess, Maria M. Larrondo Petrie AC 2008-657: TEACHING THE SN METHOD: ZERO TO INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARK IN SIX WEEKS .....................................................4288

Erich Schneider AC 2008-658: A PRE-ENGINEERING CLASS TO RETAIN STUDENTS INTO AN ENGINEERING MAJOR .........................................................4301

Donna Reese, Robert Green AC 2008-664: A COMPETENCY GAP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN EDUCATION.......................................................................................4311

Vukica Jovanovic, Mileta Tomovic AC 2008-665: ENGINEERING OUR FUTURE NJ: PROMOTING ENGINEERING IN K-12 SCHOOLS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, POLICY INITIATIVES, AND PARTNERSHIPS .................................................................................................................................4322

Elisabeth McGrath, Mercedes McKay, Dawna Schultz

AC 2008-666: USING A TWO-COURSE SEQUENCE IN TECHNICAL DRAWING IN THE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM THAT ESTABLISHES A BASELINE OF KNOWLEDGE, PROMOTES INDEPENDENT WORK AND LIFE-LONG LEARNING, AND INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO RAPID PROTOTYPING..................................................................................................................4336

Jason Durfee, Donald Richter AC 2008-667: FOUNDATIONAL OUTCOMES OF THE NEW CIVIL ENGINEERING BODY OF KNOWLEDGE.................................................4345

Jeffrey Evans, Daniel Lynch AC 2008-668: ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AS A VEHICLE FOR PUTTING QUALIFIED TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS IN HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS ........................................................................................................................................................................................4356

Ronald Rockland, Howard Kimmel, John Carpinelli, Joel Bloom AC 2008-669: ASSESSMENT PROCESS: A VIEW FROM THE TRENCHES..................................................................................................................4364

Carol Lamb, David G. Kurtanich AC 2008-672: INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN, A CASE STUDY ON STUDENTS' EXPERIENCE IN THE P3 COMPETITION ........................4374

Khaled Mansy, Mohammad Bilbeisi AC 2008-674: COMPARISON OF TWO PEER EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS FOR PROJECT TEAMS...............................................................4387

Kerry Meyers, Matthew Ohland, Stephen Silliman, Leo McWilliams, Tracy Kijewski-Correa AC 2008-679: AN INVESTIGATION OF GAPS IN DESIGN PROCESS LEARNING: IS THERE A MISSING LINK BETWEEN BREADTH AND DEPTH? .........................................................................................................................................................................................................4406

Christine B. Masters, Mieke Schuurman, Gül Okudan, Samuel T Hunter AC 2008-680: TALES FROM THE WAVE FRONT: TEACHING THE PHYSICS OF CELL PHONES AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................4420

Robert Ross, Jenna Ross AC 2008-682: AN ASSESSMENT OF PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESSES IN UNDERGRADUATE STATICS........................................................4430

Roman Taraban, Edward E. Anderson, Curtis Craig, Jacob Fleming, Alli DeFinis, Ashlee G. Brown AC 2008-684: MINORS IN ENGINEERING STUDIES: TEACHING TECHNOLOGY TO NON ENGINEERS, FIRST RESULTS........................4444

Mani Mina AC 2008-686: FRESHMAN PROJECT: DISCOVERING GLOBAL TRENDS – A SURVEY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES OF THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY.........................................................................................................................................................................................4450

Alexander Friess, Carol Briam, Linda Thompson, Hemdeep Dulthummon AC 2008-688: RECRUITMENT IN ENGINEERING/TECHNOLOGY TEACHER EDUCATION: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE FEMALES ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4460

Kara Harris AC 2008-690: ARE WE ACCEPTING THE RIGHT STUDENTS TO GRADUATE ENGINEERING PROGRAMS: MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF ACCEPTED STUDENTS VIA DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS .......................................................................................................4473

Elif Kongar, Mahesh Baral, Tarek Sobh AC 2008-691: SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES: THE SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING DESIGN CURRICULUM AT JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................4489

Eric Pappas, Ronald Kander AC 2008-693: A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING SUSTAINABLE IT INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN A DEVELOPING NATION.........................................................................................................................................................................4508

Paul Stanton, Eugene Ressler AC 2008-695: ADVANCING A COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM IN AFGHANISTAN: A MENTOR'S PERSPECTIVE ............................4523

Paul Stanton AC 2008-696: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF REVIEWING ELEVEN ENGINEERING PROGRAMS ...............................................................4536

Pierre Lafleur, Yves Boudreault, Richard Prégent AC 2008-697: EFFECTIVE INTEGRATION OF MATHEMATICAL AND CAE TOOLS IN ENGINEERING ..........................................................4549

Raghu Echempati, Enayat Mahajerin, Anca Sala AC 2008-699: MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR UNDERGRADUATES AND PRE-COLLEGE STUDENTS THROUGH CURRICULUM REFORM AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES ...................................................................4564

Santosh Kurinec, Michael Jackson, Thomas Schulte, Nathaniel Kane, Elaine Lewis, Surendra Gupta AC 2008-701: ENERGIZING AN INTRODUCTORY CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COURSE WITH BIODIESEL.................................................4572

Katherine Taconi, R. Michael Banish AC 2008-703: DEVELOPING LIFELONG LEARNING SKILLS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS: DEVISING THEIR OWN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES....................................................................................................................................4589

Shannon Davis, Bryan Hill, Carol Gattis, Bradley Dearing, Edgar Clausen AC 2008-704: AN ADVANCED QUALITY ENGINEERING COURSE FOR TECHNOLOGY ......................................................................................4605

Bimal Nepal, Jihad Albayyari AC 2008-705: ROBOT PALLETIZING WORK CELL SIMULATION ..............................................................................................................................4613

Akbar Eslami AC 2008-706: CREATING A SOLAR OVEN INDUSTRY IN TANZANIA: A CAPSTONE DESIGN EXPERIENCE ................................................4627

Craig Somerton AC 2008-707: IMPACT OF PEER-MANAGED PROJECT-BASED LEARNING IN FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING ................................................4629

Brian Frank, James Mason

AC 2008-708: DIGITAL MANUFACTURING AND SIMULATION CURRICULUM .....................................................................................................4645Paul Nutter

AC 2008-710: AN INNOVATIVE FRESHMEN ENGINEERING COURSE TO IMPROVE RETENTION ..................................................................4657

Jale Tezcan, John Nicklow, James Mathias, Lalit Gupta, Rhonda Kowalchuk AC 2008-717: SCAFFOLDING COLLABORATIVE DESIGN ONLINE............................................................................................................................4669

David Jonassen, Tamara Knott, Richard Goff AC 2008-718: COMPUTER-CONTROLLED INSTRUMENTATION PROJECTS BY SOPHOMORE-LEVEL EET STUDENTS..........................4678

Michael Dutko, Cathy Auburger, Patrick Anderson, Biswajit Ray AC 2008-720: DITCHING DIGITAL: THE BUILDING OF PHYSICAL MINIATURES ................................................................................................4691

David Cowan AC 2008-721: LET’S ROCK THE BOAT: EVALUATING THE CONCEPT OF STABILITY IN FLUID MECHANICS ..........................................4700

Tanya Kunberger, Diane Bondehagen AC 2008-722: ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS: BRIDGING THE KNOWLEDGE GAP ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................4708

Kendrick Aung, Jiang Zhou, X. Chang Li AC 2008-723: THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL USE OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY B.S.E. DEGREE PROGRAM: AN HISTORICAL CASE STUDY....................................................................................................................................................................................................4714

James Farison AC 2008-724: THE PEDAGOGY OF THE SURVEYING LABORATORY .......................................................................................................................4720

Philip Brach, Ahmet Zeytinci AC 2008-725: LEARNING THROUGH ERROR RECOGNITION USING THE THREE STRIKES METHOD .........................................................4731

Gary Steffen AC 2008-732: LEAN LEARNING: PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND GENERAL EDUCATION JOIN FORCES ..............................................4739

Verna Fitzsimmons, Stephane Booth AC 2008-733: RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR LEARNING BARGE ...................................................................................................................................4745

P. Paxton Marshall, Farhad Omar, Alexander Hydrogen Martin, James Durand AC 2008-737: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT PERCEPTIONS AND SUCCESS OF ACTIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES IN AN ENGINEERING EDUCATION COURSE ...............................4758

Sarah Zappe, Natalia Kapli AC 2008-738: EVALUATIONS OF EM BOKS .......................................................................................................................................................................4772

Donald Merino, S. Jimmy Gandhi AC 2008-740: COMPUTING ACROSS CURRICULA...........................................................................................................................................................4799

Amy Craig, Lisa Bullard, Jeff Joines, Carolyn Miller, Tom Miller, Dianne Raubenheimer, George Rouskas, Larry Silverberg, Eric Wiebe

AC 2008-741: LESSON STUDY FOR A DISTANCE EDUCATION STATICS COURSE ................................................................................................4815

Mark Holdhusen, Christa James-Byrnes, Luis Rodriguez AC 2008-748: A MICROCONTROLLER APPLICATIONS COURSE AND THE FREESCALE’S MICROCONTROLLER STUDENT LEARNING KIT......................................................................................................................................................................................................4824

Chiu Choi AC 2008-749: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOPROCESSING AND MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY COURSES: A MODEL FOR SHARED USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL LABORATORIES BETWEEN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE..........................................................4838

Susan Sharfstein, Blanca Barquera, Michael Hanna AC 2008-750: DIVERSIFYING PARTICIPATION IN FIRST LEGO LEAGUE ...............................................................................................................4858

Marion Usselman, Jeff Davis, Jeff Rosen AC 2008-751: MODELS FOR EVALUATING VISUALIZATION CENTER EFFECTIVENESS ..................................................................................4870

Jon Duff AC 2008-752: GLOBALIZATION OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION: ARE WE PREPARING STUDENTS TO SUCCEED IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY?.....................................................................................................................................................................................................4886

Quamrul Mazumder, Dhruba Baishya AC 2008-753: LESSONS LEARNED FROM MINORITY COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROJECT .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4902

Xiaoqing Qian, Zhengtao Deng, George Seweryniak AC 2008-754: FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENT PERCEPTIONS ON GLOBAL WARMING .........................................................................4909

Blair Rowley, Kumar Yelamarthi, Thomas Bazzoli AC 2008-755: THE INERTIAL NAVIGATION UNIT: TEACHING NAVIGATION PRINCIPLES USING A CUSTOM DESIGNED SENSOR PACKAGE ............................................................................................................................................................................................4920

Joe Bradshaw, Jack Nicholson AC 2008-757: INTEGRATING EXTERNAL MENTORS INTO BME SENIOR DESIGN ...............................................................................................4928

Joe Tranquillo, Donna Ebenstein, James Baish, William King, Daniel Cavanagh

VOLUME 8

AC 2008-762: THE ANATOMY OF SPATIAL ABILITY IMPROVEMENT OVER THE COURSE OF A SEMESTER LONG COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN CLASS ....................................................................................................................................................................................4940

Richard Onyancha, Matthew Derov, Brad Kinsey AC 2008-765: INTRODUCING ETHICS IN BIOENGINEERING ......................................................................................................................................4956

George Catalano AC 2008-766: ENGINEERING, PEACE, JUSTICE AND THE EARTH: DEVELOPING COURSE MODULES ........................................................4966

George Catalano, Caroline Baillie, Donna Riley, Dean Nieusma AC 2008-767: DEVELOPING A MANUFACTURING PLANT LAYOUT UTILIZING BEST-IN-CLASS CONCEPTS OF LEAN MANUFACTURING AND THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS OF OPTIMAL MACRO-FLOW .........................................................................................4977

Merwan Mehta AC 2008-768: SAME COURSES, DIFFERENT OUTCOMES? VARIATIONS IN CONFIDENCE, EXPERIENCE, AND PREPARATION IN ENGINEERING DESIGN ......................................................................................................................................................................4989

Andrew Morozov, Deborah Kilgore, Ken Yasuhara, Cynthia Atman AC 2008-769: PREPARING FOR EXPANDING THE NUCLEAR WORK FORCE IN TEXAS .....................................................................................5013

Mitty Plummer, Lee Peddicord, Jerome Davis, Charles Bittle, John Poston AC 2008-771: BUILDING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ENGINEERING ECOSYSTEM FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS: THE KERN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION NETWORK .............................................................................................................................................................5017

Jeffrey Blessing, Kristen Mekemson, David Pistrui AC 2008-773: DATA MANAGEMENT FOR OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT .............................................................................................................5040

Bertram Pariser, Cyrus Meherji AC 2008-774: A STUDY TO ESTABLISH A MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAM IN ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AT BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY .....................................................................................................................................................................5049

Joseph Mainoo, Sri Kolla AC 2008-775: A METHOD TO UTILIZE A TISSUE ENGINEERING LABORATORY IN A CONTROL THEORY COURSE ..............................5065

Michael Frassica, Jed Lyons, Philip Voglewede AC 2008-777: WEAVING A MICROWAVES THREAD THROUGH THE CURRICULUM ..........................................................................................5074

James Becker AC 2008-778: DIRECT MEASURES FOR COURSE OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT FOR ABET ACCREDITATION................................................5088

Hakan Gurocak AC 2008-779: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES GLOBALLY ADAPTABLE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN GROWING DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES..................................................................................................................................5096

Fazil Najafi, James Carlsen, Meghan Ritter, Nick Safai AC 2008-781: BUILD IT: BUILDING MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND IT THROUGH UNDERWATER ROBOTICS ............................................................................................................................................5113

Elisabeth McGrath, Susan Lowes, Peiyi Lin, Jason Sayres, Liesl Hotaliing, Rustam Stolkin AC 2008-783: THE SEA PERCH CHALLENGE - GENERATING INTEREST IN MARINE ENGINEERING, OCEAN ENGINEERING, NAVAL ENGINEERING AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE THROUGH HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES ............................................5130

Susan Giver, Stephen Michetti AC 2008-785: KEY EXPERIENCES IN DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE WATER DISTRIBUTION AND FILTRATION PROJECT IN RURAL HONDURAS: A NEW PARADIGM IN “SERVICE LEARNING”..............................................................................................5143

Mansour Rahimi, Alex John AC 2008-787: DYNAMICS COURSE FOR SECTIONS WITH BOTH CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS ...................................................5157

Yusuf Mehta, William Riddell AC 2008-788: MENTORING YOUNG GIRLS INTO ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY.......................................................................................5166

Canan Bilen-Green, Anakaorn Khan, David Wells AC 2008-790: A SPREADSHEET TEMPLATE WITH SCALED GRAPH OPTIONS USEFUL FOR ENGINEERING CLASSES ..........................5177

Jorge Tito-Izquierdo, Alberto Gomez-Rivas AC 2008-792: THE APPLICABILITY OF ENGINEERING DESIGN PRINCIPLES IN FORMULATING A COHERENT COSMOLOGY AND WORLDVIEW .......................................................................................................................................................................................5185

Dominic Halsmer, Nicholas Halsmer, Robert Johnson, James Wanjiku AC 2008-795: FIRST-YEAR REAL WORLD COMPETITION TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS.......................................................................................5204

Joseph Fuehne, Kathy Bradley, Eric Bradley AC 2008-796: CHINATOWN: INTEGRATING FILM, CULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION ............................5215

Arthur Sacks AC 2008-798: A CLASS PROJECT ON AN LDPC-BASED ERROR CORRECTING SYSTEM ....................................................................................5228

Min-Sung Koh, Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Claudio Talarico, David Freiberger AC 2008-802: IMPROVING CURRICULUM WITH THIRD PARTY STANDARDS AND INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY BOARDS ..........................5239

Joy Colwell, Shoji Nakayama, Carl Jenks AC 2008-803: COMPOSITE COLUMN DESIGN/TEST LAB ..............................................................................................................................................5248

Craig Johnson

AC 2008-805: TECHNOLOGY COURSES FOR UNDERGRADUATES: DEVELOPING STANDARD MODELS.....................................................5256John Krupczak, David Ollis

AC 2008-807: A FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING COURSES ON ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY FOR NON-ENGINEERS ............5267

John Krupczak, Timothy Simpson, Vince Bertsch, Kate Disney, Elsa Garmire, Barbara Oakley, Mary Rose AC 2008-808: ASSESSING STUDENT WORK IN AN INTRODUCTORY DESIGN CLASS..........................................................................................5283

Richard Bannerot AC 2008-809: HANDS-ON PROJECTS IN AN EARLY DESIGN COURSE ......................................................................................................................5301

Richard Bannerot AC 2008-812: ON-LINE LEARNING TOOL FOR UNDERGRADUATE ELECTRIC MACHINES AND POWER SYSTEMS COURSE ..............5335

Khalid Al-Olimat AC 2008-814: MODELING AND CONTROL OF SMART ACTUATORS: INTEGRATING NANO/BIO TECHNOLOGY INTO THE ME CURRICULUM ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................5353

Ying Wu, Stephanie Culter, Qingze Zou, Gina Pannozzo, Kam Leang, Santosh Devasia AC 2008-816: ON OR OFF THE TENURE TRACK: THE WORK LIVES OF WOMEN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY FACULTY ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5375

Stacy Birmingham, Mara Wasburn AC 2008-817: EMPLOYER'S EXPECTATIONS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF CM GRADUATES ..........................................................................5395

Gouranga Banik AC 2008-819: THE IMPACT OF SATELLITE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY AROUND THE WORLD ..........................................5405

Stephen Frempong AC 2008-820: BUILDING THE LARGEST CANTENNA IN KANSAS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION BETWEEN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS...............................................................................................................................................5422

Saeed Khan, Greory Spaulding AC 2008-821: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM A QUANTITATIVE STUDY: WHAT ARE STUDENTS LEARNING DURING COOPERATIVE EDUCATION EXPERIENCES?.................................................................................................................................................................5433

Olga Pierrakos, Maura Borrego, Jenny Lo, Virginia AC 2008-824: TO SINK OR SWIM: EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR MAINTAINING AND NURTURING AN ASEE STUDENT CHAPTER ................................................................................................................................................................................................................5446

Reginald Rogers, Anthony Lachawiec, Jeffrey Ringenberg AC 2008-826: FORMAL METHODS IN THE UNDERGRADUATE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM ...............................................5456

Mark Sebern, Henry Welch AC 2008-827: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE EARLY WORK EXPERIENCES OF RECENT GRADUATES IN ENGINEERING...............5467

Russell Korte, Sheri Sheppard, William Jordan AC 2008-830: REAL–TIME SIMULATION OF ELECTRIC MACHINE DRIVES ..........................................................................................................5485

Osama Mohammed, Nagy Abed AC 2008-831: MANUFACTURING A WORKFORCE ..........................................................................................................................................................5497

Stan Komacek, Carol Adukaitis AC 2008-832: ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING: A UNIFIED DISCIPLINE.....................................................................................5508

Bruce Krogh, Tsuhan Chen, Tuviah Schlesinger AC 2008-835: OPTIMIZING DATA CENTER REDUNDANCY..........................................................................................................................................5517

Donald Merino, Jakob Carnemark AC 2008-836: A MODEL FOR DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE HOSPITAL IN TANZANIA ...................................................................................5528

Greg Mowry AC 2008-837: MAKING THE POLICY CASE FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCH ...............................................................................5544

Norman Fortenberry, Kamyar Haghighi AC 2008-838: VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTATION INTERFACES FOR REAL-TIME CONTROL AND DISPLAY OF ELECTRIC MACHINE DRIVES..............................................................................................................................................................................................5555

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Fong Mak, Sunil Tandle AC 2008-842: IT TAKES THE WHOLE UNIVERSITY TO INSTRUCT THE WHOLE ENGINEER: NARRATIVES OF COLLABORATION ..5568

Kate Thomes, Beth Bateman, Kate Joranson, Dan Budny, Steven Abramowitch, Carol Washburn, Carol Baker AC 2008-843: A PROJECT-DRIVEN APPROACH TO TEACHING CONTROLS IN A GENERAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM (N/A) ............5577

Jason Yao, Loren Limberis AC 2008-844: MATLAB/SIMULINK LAB EXERCISES DESIGNED FOR TEACHING DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING APPLICATIONS .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................5578

Kathleen Ossman AC 2008-845: MEASURING STUDENT ABILITY TO WORK ON MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS: A METHOD FOR DETERMINING VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF A RUBRIC ....................................................................................................................................5592

Carolyn Plumb, Durward Sobek AC 2008-847: THE ATTITUDES AND OPINIONS OF STUDENTS TOWARD TECHNICAL GRAPHICS: PRELIMINARY SURVEY RESULTS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................5600

Aaron Clark, Jeremy Ernst, Alice Scales

AC 2008-848: IEEE’S RWEP PROGRAM TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN FIRST YEAR STUDENTS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, COMPUTER ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE ..............................................................................................................5614

Amy Bell, Moshe Kam, Joan Carletta, Douglas Gorham AC 2008-849: INNOVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES IN AN ENGINEERING COURSE CALLED IMAGE FORMATION AND PROCESSING..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................5622

James Farison

VOLUME 9 AC 2008-850: ME350 REMOTE EDUCATION: EXPERIENCES IN TEACHING ENGINEERING TO NON-ENGINEERING MAJORS STUDYING ABROAD ..............................................................................................................................................................................................5634

Brian Novoselich, Bobby Crawford, Erica Young AC 2008-851: ETHICS IN CONTEXT, ETHICS IN ACTION: GETTING BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL IN ENGINEERING ETHICS EDUCATION .................................................................................................................................................................................5647

Donna Riley AC 2008-854: A MOBILE STUDIO EXPERIENCE OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CLASS .....................5665

Charles Kim, Mohamed Chouikha, Veronica Thomas AC 2008-857: FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE: UNDERGRADUATE AND FACULTY WOMEN IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING PROGRAMS ON RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND WHAT REALLY WORKS ..............................................5677

Amy Malady, Whitney Bopp, Alexa Jones, Brittany McNair, Kim Norris, Amy Bell AC 2008-859: MORE THAN GOOD CURRICULA: A GUIDE FOR CURRICULAR CHANGE AGENTS .................................................................5686

Jeffrey Froyd, Charles Henderson, Jean Layne, Noah Finkelstein, Andrea Beach, R. Sam Larson AC 2008-860: ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT SKILLS: THE MISSING LINK FOR TECHNICAL GRADUATES .............................................5700

Brian Dickson AC 2008-861: APPLIED INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS: A PARADIGM SHIFT ...................................................................................................................5717

Adam Stienecker AC 2008-862: EXTENDING OUR REACH: WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN TWO YEARS OF ENGINEERING STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................5731

Alan Parkinson, John Harb, Spencer Magleby, Chelita Pate AC 2008-863: MEETING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND EMPLOYERS: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY .............................................................................................................5746

Jess Godbey, Dana Ingalsbe, Terry Marbut AC 2008-865: UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS’ USE OF INNOVATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES ........................................................................5756

Mica Hutchison, Ann McKenna AC 2008-866: CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION USING THE MOTOR CONTROLS TOOLKIT – THE ROBOT CAR ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................5758

Jonathan Hill, Patricia Mellodge AC 2008-867: PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH REAL WORLD LEARNING IN ENGINEERING, SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND TECHNOLOGY .............................................................................................................................5777

Mercedes McKay, Augusto Macalalag, Carol Shields, Debra Brockway, Beth McGrath AC 2008-873: ANALYSIS OF K-12 ENGINEERING EDUCATION CURRICULA IN THE UNITED STATES—A PRELIMINARY REPORT .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5790

Kenneth Welty, Linda Katehi, Greg Pearson, Michael Feder AC 2008-877: A MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT MALE/FEMALE ENROLLMENT/RETENTION IN ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS AT A FOR-PROFIT INSTITUTION.............................................................................................................................................................................................................5801

Aram Agajanian, William M. Timpson, George Morgan AC 2008-879: TEAMWORK AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS: PROMOTING CREATIVE THINKING THROUGH TEAMS ...........................5821

Ralph Ocon AC 2008-881: CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE OF PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK TECHNOLOGY AS NEXT GENERATION TELEVISION...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................5833

Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma AC 2008-882: A RACE CAR DESIGN-BUILD-TEST PROJECT FOR LOW INCOME, FIRST GENERATION PRE-COLLEGE STUDENTS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5847

Nicholas Oswald, Charlie Huddleston, Alan Cheville AC 2008-884: A UNIQUE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN BIOENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN THE VANTH REU ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................5856

Robert Linsenmeier, Jean Alley, Penny Hirsch, Stacy Klein, Julie Greenberg, Mark Bourgeois AC 2008-885: MEASURING THE IMPACT OF COMPONENT FUNCTIONAL TEMPLATES IN A SOPHOMORE LEVEL ENGINEERING DESIGN CLASS ............................................................................................................................................................................................5871

Daniel Abbott, Katie Lough AC 2008-891: THE IMPACT OF STUDENTS' LIFE EXPERIENCES ON PROGRAM RETENTION. A STUDY OF FEMALE ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN MEXICO. ............................................................................................................................................................................5885

Carmen Villa, Jennifer Sandlin, M. Carolyn Clark

AC 2008-892: A HANDS-ON COURSE ON TEACHING ENGINEERING ........................................................................................................................5904Susan Montgomery

AC 2008-893: DEVELOPING YOUNG ENGINEERS – FROM START TO FINISH .......................................................................................................5910

Larry Lim AC 2008-896: ADDRESSING FRESHMEN RETENTION THROUGH FOCUSED ADVISEMENT AND SEMINAR PROGRAMS .......................5919

Kate Baxter, Louise Yates AC 2008-897: EVALUATING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF PEER INTERACTION USING AN ON-LINE INSTRUMENT .....................................5927

Alan Cheville, James Duvall AC 2008-898: CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM IN A CE ACCREDITED PROGRAM ......................................................................................................................................................................................................5946

Kevin Bower, William Davis AC 2008-900: UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECT OF RESIDUAL STRESSES ON SURFACE INTEGRITY AND HOW TO MEASURE THEM BY A NON-DESTRUCTIVE METHOD ................................................................................................................................................5965

Daniel Magda AC 2008-903: TEACHING APPLIED MEASURING METHODS USING GD&T ............................................................................................................5982

Ramesh Narang AC 2008-904: THE ROLE OF IT-RELATED DISASTER RECOVERY IN EXPEDITING THE RECOVERY FROM HURRICANES IN TOURIST-BASED COASTAL COMMUNITIES ...................................................................................................................................................................5990

Barry Cumbie, Chetan Sankar, P.K. Raju AC 2008-905: REAL OPTIONS IN ENGINEERING ECONOMY EDUCATION .............................................................................................................6000

Neal Lewis, Ted Eschenbach AC 2008-906: ACADEMIC PATHWAYS STUDY: PROCESSES AND REALITIES .......................................................................................................6011

Mia Clark, Sheri Sheppard, Cynthia Atman, Lorraine Fleming, Ronald Miller, Reed Stevens, Ruth Streveler, Karl Smith AC 2008-908: MESSAGES FOR IMPROVING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF ENGINEERING .............................................................................6034

Don Giddens, Greg Pearson AC 2008-909: EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY SESSIONS OF ANALOG ELECTRONICS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS AIMED AT DESIGNING A ROBUST LOW-DISTORTION AUDIO AMPLIFIER.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6048

Wilmar Hernandez AC 2008-911: THE GAMES WE PLAY, QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT FROM A 9-12 ENGINEERING CAMP..............................................................................................................................................................................................................6070

Cindy Waters, Devdas Pai, Alice Stewart, Jagannathan Sankar AC 2008-913: EMPOWERING GIRLS: MEASURING THE IMPACT OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING PREVIEW SUMMER CAMPS (STEPS) ..................................................................................................................................................................................6077

Paul Plotkowski, Mary Ann Sheline, Margo Dill, Jessica Noble AC 2008-914: TEACHING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES USING A DESIGN PROJECT TARGETING AN INTERNATIONAL ROBOTIC COMPETITION...................................................................................................................................................................6090

Scott Tippens AC 2008-915: ACCESSIBLE STEM EDUCATION................................................................................................................................................................6101

Eugene Rutz, Brian Lien, Michelle Shafer, Steve Brickner AC 2008-916: TEACHING ENGINEERING ETHICS IN A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENT ....................................................................6108

David Godfrey, Todd Taylor, Corinna Fleischmann, Daniel Pickles AC 2008-918: ON-LINE GAMES AND SIMULATION TOOLS FOR TEACHING MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING LABORATORY ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................6121

Priya Manohar, Arif Sirinterlikci, Zbigniew Czajkiewicz AC 2008-919: FROM 0 TO 60 IN 1 YEAR ...............................................................................................................................................................................6123

Eugene Rutz, Michelle Shafer, Brian Lien, Carolyn Rost AC 2008-920: NEW YORK NANO-BIO-MOLECULAR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ( NYNBIT ) INCUBATOR...........................................6131

Digendra Das AC 2008-922: INCORPORATING LABVIEW TO ENHANCE THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN THE ELECTROMECHANICAL ANALYSIS LABORATORY ....................................................................................................................................................6137

Rocio Alba-Flores, David Hunt AC 2008-923: DIRECT ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES IN PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS COURSES ............................6149

Anca Sala, Raghu Echempati AC 2008-924: TEACHING CRITICAL THINKING USING UNDERSTANDING BY DESIGN.....................................................................................6156

Sergio Sgro, Steve Freeman AC 2008-926: A GUIDED TOUR OF THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION.............................................................................................................................6166

Eugene Rutz, Chris Collins, Mani Mina AC 2008-927: A SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TOOL FOR MANAGING COURSE PROJECTS ................................................................................6174

Joseph Clifton AC 2008-928: INTERACTIVE TUTORIAL MODULES FOR BASIC MECHANICS TOPICS ......................................................................................6185

Nirmal Das

AC 2008-929: TEMPORAL EXTENSIONS FOR ENHANCED ENTITY RELATIONSHIP NOTATION ....................................................................6193Curtis Welborn, Reza Sanati-Mehrizy

AC 2008-930: BROADENING RAPID PROTOTYPING AWARENESS VIA P16 STEM TEACHER WORKSHOPS................................................6202

Ismail Fidan, Omar Elkeelany, Larry Goolsby, Sandra Serkownek, Tim Dean AC 2008-931: ELECTRIC MACHINES PROJECT ACTIVITIES USING MATHCAD E-BOOK .................................................................................6214

Ilya Grinberg, Carl Spezia, Herbert Hess AC 2008-932: THE INFLUENCE OF A HANDS-ON RESEARCH EXPERIENCE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH ...............................................................................................................................................................6223

David Willis, Paul Krueger, Alice Kendrick AC 2008-933: MICROSOFT EXCEL HEAT TRANSFER ADD-IN FOR ENGINEERING COURSES .........................................................................6225

Troy Dent, Keith Woodbury, Robert Taylor AC 2008-937: INCORPORATION OF BROADBAND ACCESS TECHNOLOGY IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ......................................................................................................................................................................6243

Warren Koontz, Chance Glenn, Mark Indelicato AC 2008-938: NEW COURSE DEVELOPMENT: BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMATERIALS FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................6255

Anca Sala AC 2008-940: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF A TASK-ORIENTED SENIOR LEVEL DATA ACQUISITION PROJECT IN A SIMULATED BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................................................6263

Carl Spezia AC 2008-942: AN EVALUATION OF WORKFORCE PRESENTATION .........................................................................................................................6276

Judith Norback, Paul Griffin, Garlie Forehand AC 2008-943: SOME IMPLICATIONS FROM PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH ...................................................................................................6287

David Maloney AC 2008-944: PHILOSOPHY, ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND THE CURRICULUM. ..........................................................................................6303

John Heywood AC 2008-945: A STUDENT PROJECT ON RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTION .......................................................................................................6320

John Matsson AC 2008-947: DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM AT A REGIONAL CAMPUS: THE PROCESS, CHALLENGES, AND RESULTS .........................................................................................................................................................................6328

Donald Mueller, Hossein Oloomi, Elizabeth Thompson, Jiaxin Zhao, Steve Walter

VOLUME 10 AC 2008-950: WILL I SUCCEED IN ENGINEERING? USING EXPECTANCY-VALUE THEORY IN A LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION OF STUDENTS’ BELIEFS.......................................................................................................................................................................6339

Holly Matusovich, Ruth Streveler, Heidi Loshbaugh, Ronald Miller, Barbara Olds AC 2008-951: USING THE EXERGY CONCEPT IN AN INTUITIVE APPROACH TO THE SECOND LAW...........................................................6352

Michael Swedish AC 2008-955: ENHANCING DIVERSITY IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY: PHASE 2 OF NORTH CAROLINA JUNIOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY (NCJETS) ......................................................................................................................................................6360

Patricia Tolley, Deborah Sharer, Anthony Brizendine, Michael Phillips, Adam Harris AC 2008-959: ENRICHING A CURRICULUM WITH LOCAL CONTENT......................................................................................................................6383

Willie Ofosu AC 2008-960: BEING AND BECOMING: GENDER AND IDENTITY FORMATION OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS .........................................6391

Debbie Chachra, Deborah Kilgore, Heidi Loshbaugh, Janice McCain, Helen Chen AC 2008-961: ENGINEERING SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS TO AID INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES .......................................................6411

Mohamed Samir Hefzy, Mehdi Pourazady, Abdollah Aliakbarkhan Afjeh AC 2008-962: SOCIAL NETWORK STRUCTURE AND CO-AUTHORED PAPERS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN ENGINEERS..................6428

Paul Schreuders, Sara Driggs AC 2008-964: GLOBAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUCKNELL ENGINEERS ...........................................................................................6442

Richard McGinnis, Alexandra Coleman, Jacqueline Denning, Joseph Smith AC 2008-968: PATHWAYS TO LEARNING: ORCHESTRATING THE ROLE OF SUSTAINABILITY IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................6449

Richard Theis, Patricia Watkins, Mary Angela Beck AC 2008-969: ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIALS FOR LUNAR PROCESSING .......................................................................................6461

Peter Schubert, Kara Cunzeman AC 2008-970: RESEARCH ON THE EVOLUTION OF COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS' PERSPECTIVES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6469

Bugrahan Yalvac, Lisa Brooks, Christine Ehlig-Economides AC 2008-973: LIBERAL EDUCATION: A SURVEY OF GOALS .......................................................................................................................................6487

Mark Valenzuela, James Allen, Brian Swenty

AC 2008-974: SUSTAINABLE RESEARCH AND DESIGN IN A CIVIL ENGINEERING SENIOR DESIGN COURSE ..........................................6513Emily Callaway, Sean St. Clair

AC 2008-975: AN EXPLORATORY ASSESSMENT OF DISTANCE AND ON-GROUND DELIVERY OF BUSINESS, MATH AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSES...............................................................................................................................................................6524

Meral Anitsal, Ismet Anitsal, Ismail Fidan, Bonita Barger, Michael Allen AC 2008-976: A WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LEARNING TOOL THAT PROMOTES CONCEPT-BASED INSTRUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................................................6543

Milo Koretsky, Bill Brooks AC 2008-979: BRIDGING THE HISTORICAL TECHNOLOGICAL GAP BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE PRESENT IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM ...............................................................................................................................................................6561

William Loendorf, Terence Geyer AC 2008-980: RESEARCH SKILLS IN A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM .......................................................................................6572

Erik De Graaff, Wim Thijs, Peter Wieringa AC 2008-981: THE JOURNEY TO BUILD A 21ST CENTURY FACULTY-LIBRARIAN RELATIONSHIP: A RETROSPECTIVE CASE STUDY REFLECTED WITH CRITERIA 2E AND J .............................................................................................................6577

Jung Oh, Beverlee Kissick AC 2008-983: FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING EXAM GRADUATION REQUIREMENT ..............................................................................6583

Kirstie Plantenberg AC 2008-985: GRADUATE SCHOOL OR NOT: ENGINEERING STUDENTS CONSIDER CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION IN CO-TERMINAL PROGRAMS...................................................................................................................................................................6593

Kristyn Jackson, Tori Bailey, Sheri Sheppard, Helen Chen AC 2008-989: ENGINEERING PROJECT LABORATORY MODULES FOR AN INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS COURSE........................6608

Stacy Gleixner, Elliot Douglas, Olivia Graeve AC 2008-991: ENGINEERING EDUCATION SOCIETIES BECOMING GLOBAL........................................................................................................6621

Lueny Morell, Claudio Borri, Sarah Rajala, Seeran Ramakrishna, Jose Carlos Quadrado, Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Duncan Fraser, Bruno Laporte, Adriana Garboan, Xavier Fouger, Hans Hoyer

AC 2008-992: PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF DIFFERENT 3D SCANNING AND REVERSE ENGINEERING TOOLS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS ...................................................................................................................................................................................6648

Atin Sinha AC 2008-995: THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER PSPICE ARCHIVE...............................................................................................................6659

David Beams AC 2008-997: MEETING ENROLLMENT CHALLENGES IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AT PENN STATE ALTOONA.........................6669

Irene Ferrara, Andrew Vavreck AC 2008-998: A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ENGINEERING “ECONOMICS”..............................................................................................................6679

Steve Walter AC 2008-1000: A COMPARISON OF SATELLITE AND FIBER OPTIC ..........................................................................................................................6687

Stephen Frempong AC 2008-1005: EXPOSING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS TO REAL WORLD PROBLEMS: HEALTH CARE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS ..............................................................................................................................................................................6689

Nichole Au, Taryn Bayles, Julia Ross AC 2008-1006: HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM: ATTRACTING YOUNG LADIES WITH "ENGINEERING IN HEALTH CARE" ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................6702

Tania Monterastelli, Taryn Bayles, Julia Ross AC 2008-1010: SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND THE UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM FOUR AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES.......................................................................................................................6717

Krista Donaldson, Gary Lichtenstein, Sheri Sheppard AC 2008-1012: RELIABILITY OF BRIDGES: SIGNIFICANT ADDITION TO CIVIL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM .......................................6726

Reynaldo Pablo Jr. AC 2008-1014: AWAKENING INTEREST AND IMPROVING EMPLOYABILITY: A CURRICULUM THAT IMPROVES THE PARTICIPATION AND SUCCESS OF WOMEN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE........................................................................................................6736

Yvonne Ng AC 2008-1015: A CORRELATION DETECTOR SIMULATION........................................................................................................................................6763

James Reising, Mark Randall AC 2008-1016: ENGINEERING INSTRUCTION IN NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF MATERIALS (NDT) USING THE CAPILLARY DIFFUSION METHOD. ....................................................................................................................................................................................6781

Guido Lopez, Ilya Leipunsky, Nadezda Berezkina AC 2008-1017: BUILDING HARDWARE-BASED LOW-COST EXPERIMENTAL DSP LEARNING MODULES ...................................................6794

A. Uluagac, Douglas Williams AC 2008-1018: FORMATIVE EVALUATION OF A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS INFUSING ENGINEERING DESIGN INTO THE CLASSROOM...............................................................................................................6807

Jodi Cullum, Christine Hailey, Daniel Householder, Chris Merrill, James Dorward AC 2008-1021: THE TECHNOLOGY WORLD IS CHANGING RAPIDLY – CAN HIGHER EDUCATION MATCH THE PACE? ......................6825

John Robertson, Louis Frenzel, James Hyder, Michael Lesiecki, Thomas McGlew

AC 2008-1023: THE WSU MODEL FOR ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: A MULTIYEAR ASSESSMENT AND EXPANSION TO COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS ......................................................................................................................................................6839

Nathan Klingbeil, Kuldip Rattan, Michael Raymer, David Reynolds, Richard Mercer, Anant Kukreti, Brian Randolph AC 2008-1024: KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTIES: “HAVING FUN AND LEARNING ENGINEERING” ...........................................................................6853

Gerardine Botte, Keeley Schneider, Bryan Boggs AC 2008-1025: ADAPTING TRADITIONAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COURSES FOR NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS ....................6868

Dale Buechler AC 2008-1028: TEACHING SIX SIGMA CONCEPTS IN AN ENGINEERING COLLEGE...........................................................................................6874

Hyerim Kim, Jiyong Kim, Yoon-Su Baek, Il Moon AC 2008-1031: HOW TO HELP SENIOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS ENHANCE AND DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP COMPETENCE ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................6883

Joan Alabart, Sibel Özgen, Magda Medir, Hans-Joerg Witt AC 2008-1032: TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN AFGHANISTAN ..................................................................6902

Zarjon Baha, Bahawodin Baha AC 2008-1034: FROM PIE TO APPLES: THE EVOLUTION OF A SURVEY INSTRUMENT TO EXPLORE ENGINEERING STUDENT PATHWAYS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6917

Helen Chen, Krista Donaldson, Ozgur Eris, Debbie Chachra, Gary Lichtenstein, Sheri Sheppard, George Toye AC 2008-1035: DEVELOPMENT OF A PC-CONTROLLED AUTONOMOUS AERIAL ROBOT ................................................................................6929

Sung Kyung Hong, Min-kee Hong, Yoon-ki Hong, Jong-hyun Hwang AC 2008-1039: ENGINEERING STUDENTS DEFINE DIVERSITY: AN UNCOMMON THREAD .............................................................................6938

Lorraine Fleming, Sislena Ledbetter, Dawn Williams, Janice McCain AC 2008-1040: RISK ASSESSMENT OF A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ....................................................................................6951

Greg Kremer AC 2008-1041: USING PERFORMANCE REVIEWS IN CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................6959

Greg Kremer, David Burnette AC 2008-1042: IN PURSUIT OF UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EXCHANGES.................................................................................................6970

Thomas Jewell AC 2008-1045: IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT REPORTS ........................................................................................6979

Edward Lumsdaine, Monika Lumsdaine AC 2008-1047: A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................6998

Rebecca Brent, Richard Felder AC 2008-1048: THE NEW ROBOTICS ENGINEERING BS PROGRAM AT WPI ..........................................................................................................7009

Michael Ciaraldi, Eben Cobb, David Cyganski, Michael Gennert, Michael Demetroiu, Fred Looft, William Michalson, Bradley Miller, Yiming Rong, Lance Schachterle, Kenneth Stafford, Gretar Tryggvason, James Van de Ven

AC 2008-1050: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL TUTORIAL FOR TEACHING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS USING ANSYS WORKBENCH ................................................................................................................................................................................................7020

John Zecher AC 2008-1053: ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM OUTCOMES USING DIRECT MEASURES.................................................................................................................................................................................................................7028

Nirmal Das

VOLUME 11 AC 2008-1054: AN OCEAN ENERGY PROJECT: THE OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN ......................................................................................7053

Craig Somerton AC 2008-1057: PILOTING A GAME-BASED VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT...............................................................................................7065

Felipe Arango, Gonca Altuger, El-Sayed Aziz, Constantin Chassapis, Sven Esche AC 2008-1059: AN ARGUMENT AND EXAMPLE FOR THE EARLY INTRODUCTION OF THREADS .................................................................7076

Dorian Yeager AC 2008-1060: SYNOPSIS LABORATORY REPORTS: EFFECTS ON STUDENT LEARNING AND CURRICULAR BENEFITS ......................7083

David Hoffa, Steven Freeman AC 2008-1061: GENERAL TRENDS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION SUPPORT THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN....................................7099

Joye Jepson, Norman Fortenberry AC 2008-1062: INTEGRATION OF COMPUTER BASED PROBLEM SOLVING INTO ENGINEERING CURRICULA.......................................7110

Dianne Raubenheimer, Rebecca Brent, Jeff Joines, Amy Craig AC 2008-1063: THE S&T ECO-SYSTEM: PRESSURES FROM KINDERGARTEN TO GLOBALIZATION ............................................................7127

Michael Richey, Paul Newton, Rick Stephens, George Backus, Barry McPherson AC 2008-1064: ACTIVE LEARNING IN ACTION, UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE “NEW” WEARS OFF IN TEACHER TRAINING .................................................................................................................................................................7147

Austin Talley, Kathy Schmidt, Kristin Wood, Richard Crawford

AC 2008-1066: A STUDY IN ENGINEERING AND MILITARY ETHICS ........................................................................................................................7162Gayle Davis, Michael Butkus

AC 2008-1067: INNOVATIVE THINKING: DESIRED SKILLS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES ..................................................................................7173

Daniel Raviv AC 2008-1069: STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF ACADEMIC HONESTY IN AN ELECTRONIC AGE........................................................................7213

Carole Goodson, Barbara Stewart, Susan Miertschin, Luces Faulkenberry AC 2008-1070: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE VALUES OF MINORITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT AFFECT ENGINEERING DISCIPLINE CHOICE & RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ATTRACTING MINORITIES TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................7224

Kurt Paterson, Michelle Jarvie AC 2008-1075: USING INEXPENSIVE A.C. MOTOR DRIVES IN AN INTRODUCTORY POWER AND CONTROLS COURSE ........................7231

Timothy Skvarenina AC 2008-1078: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT TO COLLECT PEDAGOGICAL DATA FROM GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTS WITHIN ENGINEERING LABORATORIES...............................................................................................................................................7252

Nathan McNeill, Monica Cox, Heidi Diefes-Dux, Tenille Medley, Jeremi Hayes AC 2008-1079: MATLAB PROGRAMMING FOR VISUALIZING NUMERICAL ITERATIVE DYNAMICS ...........................................................7260

Gholam Ali Shaykhian AC 2008-1081: EVALUATING EFFECT OF FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING TEAMS’ PERFORMANCE USING THE STRENGTH DEPLOYMENT INVENTORY (SDI) ASSESSMENT TOOL .......................................................................................................................7299

Claribel Bonilla, Leonard Perry AC 2008-1082: THE ACADEMIC JOB MARKET AS AN ARGUMENT FOR AND AGAINST INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING GRADUATE TRAINING .............................................................................................................................................................................7308

Maura Borrego, Lynita Newswander AC 2008-1085: LEAN AND GREEN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS CLASS PROJECT .......................................................................................................7315

Lawrence Whitman, Janet Twomey, S. Cheraghi AC 2008-1086: JOURNAL CLUBS AS PEDAGOGY FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE EDUCATION ......................................................7325

Maura Borrego, Lynita Newswander AC 2008-1088: A HYDRAULIC HYBRID VEHICLE SIMULATION PROGRAM TO ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS........................................................................................................................................................................................7336

Mark Schumack, Mohammad Elahinia, Christopher Schroeder, Walter Olson AC 2008-1089: COMPARISON OF TRADITIONAL AND INTEGRATED FIRST YEAR CURRICULA - GRADUATION SUCCESS AND MBTI DISTRIBUTION .................................................................................................................................................................................7352

J. Roger Parsons, Rachel McCord, J. Elaine Seat, Thomas Scott AC 2008-1091: ASSESSING STUDENTS’ LEARNING OUTCOMES DURING SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................7365

Olga Pierrakos, Maura Borrego, Jenny Lo AC 2008-1092: INTERNATIONALIZING OUR ENGINEERS: SHORT-TERM EXPERIENTIAL PROGRAMS ABROAD FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................7378

Lauren Alexander, Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Cheryl Matherly, Larry Shuman AC 2008-1093: EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF PHOTONICS E&M THEORY USING COMSOL®...............................................................................7392

Bill Yang, Yeqin Huang, Robert Adams, James Zhang, Kenneth Burbank AC 2008-1094: A HOLISTIC PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ...................................7400

James Green, Georgina Johnston AC 2008-1096: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A HYDROGEN FUEL CELL DATA ACQUISITION AND MONITORING SCHEME FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS................................................................................................................................................................7427

Recayi Pecen, Faruk Yildiz, Kenan Baltaci AC 2008-1097: INFLUENCE OF THE NEW CIVIL ENGINEERING BODY OF KNOWLEDGE ON ACCREDITATION CRITERIA.................7442

Stephen Ressler AC 2008-1098: DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER VIRTUAL LABORATORY BASED ON ILAB ARCHITECTURE AND NI ELVIS...........................................................................................................................................................................................7461

Kayode P. Ayodele, Lawrence O. kehinde, Olutola Jonah, Olusoji Ilori, E.O.B. ajayi, Oladipo O. Osasona AC 2008-1100: DESIGNING A CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM FOR THE NATIONAL MILITARY ACADEMY OF AFGHANISTAN ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................7473

Stephen Ressler, Christopher Conley, Richard Gash AC 2008-1101: TEACHING A HANDS-ON BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION COURSE JOINTLY AT TWO INSTITUTIONS ...................7485

Richard Goldberg, David Lalush AC 2008-1102: ADDRESSING AEROSPACE WORKFORCE NEEDS: THE IMPACT OF HANDS-ON SPACE SYSTEMS PROJECT EXPERIENCES ON CAREER CHOICES...........................................................................................................................................................7498

Sven Bilen, Mieke Schuurman, Lisa Brown, Timothy Wheeler, Julio Urbina AC 2008-1103: ADVANCING WOMEN FACULTY IN ENGINEERING THROUGH INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION: THE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY ADVANCE PROGRAM IN THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ......................................................................7507

Kristen Constant, Sharon Bird, Florence Hamrick

AC 2008-1104: IMPLEMENTING A CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM AT THE NATIONAL MILITARY ACADEMY OF AFGHANISTAN ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................7517

Stephen Ressler, Richard Gash, Christopher Conley, Scott Hamilton, Farid Momand, Qaium Fekrat, Aziz Gulistani AC 2008-1106: ENGINEERING FACULTY BECOMING ENGINEERING EDUCATORS AND RESEARCHERS...................................................7529

Wendy James, Karen High AC 2008-1107: NEW PROGRESSIVE EMBEDDED DESIGN COURSE FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY .....................................................7531

Fernando Rios-Gutierrez AC 2008-1108: ECO-FRIENDLY BUSINESS PRACTICES CAN CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION ..............................................7538

Ralph Ocon, Opal McFarlane AC 2008-1109: RISK MANAGEMENT – ARE ENGINEERS THE PROBLEM OR THE SOLUTION? .......................................................................7550

John Robertson, Joseph Tidwell, Ronald Thomas, William Charlton AC 2008-1110: CRITICAL THINKING IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: A REVIEW .......................................................7562

Elaine Cooney, Karen Alfrey, Steve Owens AC 2008-1112: IMPACT OF SPATIAL VISUALIZATION TOPIC ORDER ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND ATTITUDES .......................7578

Amy Hamlin, Norma Veurink, Sheryl Sorby AC 2008-1113: USING CALIBRATED PEER REVIEW AS A TEACHING TOOL FOR STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY IN ARCHITECTURE .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................7587

Anne Nichols AC 2008-1118: DEVELOPMENT FOR THE OTHER 80%: EVALUATING PROGRAM OUTCOMES......................................................................7599

Kurt Paterson, Valerie Fuchs AC 2008-1119: INTRODUCTION OF ADVANCED CMOS DEVICE MODELS INTO THE CURRICULUM AT THE INTRODUCTORY ELECTRONICS LEVEL .........................................................................................................................................................................7609

Raymond Winton AC 2008-1120: EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN VEHICLE DYNAMICS EDUCATION VIA MOTION SIMULATION ........................................7623

Edward Kasprzak, Kevin Hulme, Deborah Moore-Russo, Kenneth English, Kemper Lewis AC 2008-1121: INTRAMURAL RESEARCH INTERNSHIP: A REQUIREMENT OF THE UNDERGRADUATE BIOENGINEERING CURRICULUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ...............................................................................................................................................7642

Steven Abramowitch, Mark Redfern, Richard Debski, Alejandro Almarza, Harvey Borovetz, Savio Woo AC 2008-1122: RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS: A DUAL TRACK PATH TO TENURE THAT WORKS ................................................7655

Allen Estes, Brent Nuttall, Cole McDaniel AC 2008-1124: UTILIZING THE BEST PRACTICES OF THE EXCEED TEACHING METHODOLOGY IN A BIOENGINEERING CURRICULUM. .....................................................................................................................................................................................7670

Chris Geiger, Robert O'Neill AC 2008-1126: IMPACT OF FEEDBACK AND REVISION ON STUDENT TEAM SOLUTIONS TO MODEL-ELICITING ACTIVITIES.........7684

Matthew Verleger, Heidi Diefes-Dux AC 2008-1128: DEVELOPING AND ASSESSING ENGINEERING-BASED MODULES FOR A FRESHMAN ENGINEERING CLASS..............7702

Joe Guarino, Janet Callahan, Seung Youn Chyung, Randy Walters, Bill Clement AC 2008-1129: RESPONSIVENESS OF ENGINEERING CURRICULA TO CULTURAL AND SOCIETAL CHANGES ........................................7717

John Mativo, Nadia Kellam AC 2008-1131: A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CURRICULUM FOR WORKING ENGINEERS IN CALIFORNIA ......................7726

Robert Crockett, Kurt Colvin, Joel Shrater, Daphne Dador, Matt Everingham AC 2008-1139: SURVEY OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING CURRICULA ....................................................................7735

Bridget Wadzuk, David Dinehart, Edward Glynn, Shawn Gross, Frank Hampton AC 2008-1140: THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF AN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM TO COMBAT ENGINEERING GLOBALIZATION ....................................................................................................................................................................7745

Jerome Tapper, Francis Dibella

VOLUME 12 AC 2008-1141: IMPACTS OF AN ENGINEERING RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR TEACHERS ON CLASSROOM INTEGRATION OF STEM CONCEPTS IN GRADE 6-12 SCIENCE...............................................................................................................................................................7755

Brant Miller, Tamara Moore AC 2008-1144: INTERNATIONALIZATION OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION ...........................................................................................................7771

Michael Mariasingam, Thomas Smith, Sandra Courter AC 2008-1145: PREPARING MINORITY ENGINEERING STUDENTS TO PASS THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING EXAMINATION............................................................................................................................................................................................7788

Goang-Shin Liaw, Pabitra Saha, James Foreman AC 2008-1147: IDEAS TO CONSIDER FOR NEW CHEMICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATORS: FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE LEVEL COURSES ..........................................................................................................................................................................................7796

Jason Keith, David Silverstein, Donald Visco AC 2008-1148: A RUBRIC TO EVALUATE STANDARDS-BASED LESSON PLANS AND STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT OF THE STANDARDS......................................................................................................................................................................................................................7812

John Carpinelli, Howard Kimmel, Linda Hirsch, Levelle Burr-Alexander, Ronald Rockland, Mark OShea

AC 2008-1149: LABORATORIES ENHANCEMENT WITH LABVIEW-BASED GRAPHICAL DEVELOPMENT TOOLS ...................................7822Suxia Cui, Yonghui Wang, Yongpeng Zhang, Cajetan Akujuobi

AC 2008-1150: SENIOR DESIGN WRITING – IT’S ABOUT TEAMWORK, COMMUNICATIONS AND LIFELONG LEARNING ....................7832

James Friauf, Stephen Williams, Steven Reyer, Owe Petersen AC 2008-1152: INTEGRATION OF FREESCALE MICROCONTROLLERS INTO THE ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM .............................................................................................................................................................................................7844

David Border, Erik Mayer AC 2008-1154: ENHANCING PEER-LED TEAM LEARNING THROUGH COOPERATIVE LEARNING ...............................................................7854

Steve Roach, Elsa Villa AC 2008-1155: U.S.-INDIA INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND INDUSTRY EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS IN ACOUSTICS AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION ..................................................................................................................................................7864

Chetan Sankar, P. K. Raju AC 2008-1156: INNOVATIVE LAB STATION USING THE FREESCALE 'HCS12 MICROCONTROLLER AND DRAGON DEVELOPMENT BOARD.........................................................................................................................................................................................................7877

Christopher Carroll AC 2008-1157: CLICKERS AND FRESHMAN ENGINEERING CLINIC.........................................................................................................................7886

Jess Everett, John Chen, Stephanie Farrell, Jennifer Kadlowec AC 2008-1159: ETHICAL THEORY FOR ENGINEERS: AVOIDING CARICATURE AND INFORMING INTUITIONS ......................................7896

Travis Rieder AC 2008-1163: VILLAGE EMPOWERMENT: INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING .........................................................................................7911

John Duffy AC 2008-1164: ENGINEERING MYTHBUSTERS BRINGS ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES TO KIDS.......................................................................7927

Melanie Ford AC 2008-1165: A PROJECT-BASED ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING LABORATORY COURSE FOR LOWER-DIVISION ENGINEERING STUDENTS.................................................................................................................................................................................7933

Jianbiao Pan, Albert Liddicoat, James Harris, Dominic Dalbello AC 2008-1166: IMPLEMENTING AND ASSESSING A MODERN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS COURSE AT A LARGE UNIVERSITY ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................7949

Matthew Kohmyer, Michael Schatz, Richard Catrambone, Marcus Marr AC 2008-1170: REVERSE ENGINEERING TO DESIGN FORWARD: AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING MODULE WITH VIDEO PODCASTS ..............................................................................................................................................................7962

Steven Shooter AC 2008-1177: PUTTING THE ENGINE BACK IN THE ENGINEER ..............................................................................................................................7977

Fred Cady, John McLellan AC 2008-1182: COMPETITION BETWEEN STUDENT GROUPS IN THE PROTEIN PRODUCTION CHALLENGE ...........................................7991

Brian Lefebvre, Loren Connell, Kevin Dahm AC 2008-1187: DEVELOPMENT OF A CAE COURSE PROJECT FOCUSING ON PROJECT DATA MANAGEMENT AND VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING THROUGH FEA OF WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM DESIGN ........................................................................................................8006

Yaomin Doug, Arnaldo Mazzei, Paul Zang AC 2008-1190: AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION FOR THE STUDY OF DEFECTS IN CASTINGS ........................................................8019

Sergio Felicelli, John Berry, Rafael Cuesta, Rogelio Luck, Ratessiea Lett AC 2008-1191: EVOLUTION OF A COURSE IN BIOTHERMODYNAMICS ..................................................................................................................8027

John Patzer AC 2008-1193: A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL, SMART, FLEXIBLE, VERTICAL, CANTILEVERED BEAM EXPERIMENT TO IMPROVE UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION.........................................................................................................................................................................................8039

Gangbing Song, Mithun Singla, Christy Chang, Richard Bannerot AC 2008-1194: THE IMPACT OF BIO-ENGINEERING: PART I: DO BIO-ENGINEERING STUDENTS DIFFER FROM OTHER ENGINEERING STUDENTS? PRELIMINARY RESULTS.................................................................................................................................................8053

Moshe Hartman, Harriet Hartman, Jennifer Kadlowec AC 2008-1195: IN-CLASS CREATIVITY EXERCISES FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS ..........................................................................................8062

Jonathan Weaver, Karim Muci-Kuchler AC 2008-1196: EFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES DESIGNED TO ENGAGE DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES..................................................................................................................................................................................................................8075

Kay C Dee, Allen White, Glen Livesay, Phillip Cornwell, Don Richards AC 2008-1198: SEVERAL WAYS OF PREPARING EXPORT ENGINEERING STUDENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE.....................8086

Knud Holm Hansen AC 2008-1199: WE ALL TAKE LEARNERS INTO ACCOUNT IN OUR TEACHING DECISIONS: WAIT, DO WE? ............................................8095

Jennifer Turns, Jessica Yellin, Yi-Min Huang, Brook Sattler AC 2008-1201: DESIGN OF A FABRICATION OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS COURSE FOR A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING PROGRAM ....................................................................................................................................................................................................8114

Darryl Morrell, Robert Grondin

AC 2008-1202: FACE-TO-FACE, HYBRID, OR ONLINE?: ISSUES FACULTY FACE REDESIGNING AN INTRODUCTORY ENGINEERING GRAPHICS COURSE...................................................................................................................................................................................8124

Theodore Branoff, Eric Wiebe AC 2008-1203: BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING: THE IMPLICATIONS OF GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY INITIATIVES FOR AEC EDUCATION ..................................................................................................................................................................................8136

Stan Guidera, Anthony Mutai AC 2008-1204: TEACHING MATHEMATICS TO ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS: MOVING MATH INSTRUCTION INTO THE DEPARTMENT .........................................................................................................................................................................8149

Abu Sarwar, John Blake AC 2008-1207: ACCREDITATION OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS .....................................................8158

Warren Hill AC 2008-1210: USING TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CASE STUDIES TO DEVELOP THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET IN ENGINEERING STUDENTS ...........................................................................................................................................................................8167

Jonathan Weaver, Nassif Rayess AC 2008-1212: A PROGRAM FOR DISTRIBUTED LABORATORIES IN THE ECE CURRICULUM.......................................................................8183

Bonnie Ferri, Jill Auerbach, Joel Jackson, Jennifer Michaels, Douglas Williams AC 2008-1213: ENGINEER YOUR LIFE: TALKING TO HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS ABOUT ENGINEERING ...........................................................8197

Thea Sahr, Natalie Hebshie AC 2008-1217: DEVELOPMENT OF MASTER’S PROGRAMS IN SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING ........................................................................8204

Brian Thorn, Andres Carrano AC 2008-1219: USING PROGRAMMING PROJECTS IN AN OPERATING SYSTEMS COURSE AS A CAPSTONE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE .......................................................................................................................................................................8215

Scott Schneider AC 2008-1220: GLOBAL PROJECTS PREPARATION: INFUSING INFORMATION LITERACY INTO PROJECT-BASED CURRICULA ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................8226

Christine Drew, Richard Vaz AC 2008-1221: RESEARCH TRAINING OF UNDERGRADUATES THROUGH BIOMEMS SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS ................................8234

Jin-Hwan Lee, Ali Asgar Bhagat, Karen Davis, Ian Papautsky AC 2008-1226: PERSPECTIVES ON FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING EDUCATION.......................................................................................................8245

Kerry Meyers, John Uhran, Catherine Pieronek, Dan Budny, John Ventura, Patricia Ralston, John K. Estell, Brenda Hart, Constance Slaboh, Rebecca Ladewski

AC 2008-1227: A MODERN DSP-BASED LABORATORY FOR POWER ELECTRONICS EDUCATION ................................................................8261

Wajiha Shireen, Sara McNeil AC 2008-1228: TEACHING A COMPUTER SECURITY COURSE FOR COMPUTER ENGINEERING AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS ....................................................................................................................................................................8268

Xuefu Zhou AC 2008-1229: TECHNOLOGIES OF NANOTECHNOLOGY............................................................................................................................................8275

Helen McNally AC 2008-1230: GLOBALIZATION: A NEW FRONTIER FOR CAPSTONE COURSES ................................................................................................8281

Gregg Warnick, Spencer Magleby, Robert Todd, Alan Parkinson AC 2008-1231: A METHOD OF PACING ON-LINE COURSES: BLENDING ASYNCHRONOUS ASSESSMENTS AND RECORDED LECTURES WITH SYNCHRONOUS LECTURES.......................................................................................................................................8297

Charlie Edmonson AC 2008-1232: DEVELOPING TOMORROW’S TECHNOLOGY LEADERS: ISSUES RELATED TO MASTER’S LEVEL TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM .............................................................................................................................................................................................8307

Joy Colwell AC 2008-1233: A DRAFT REFERENCE CURRICULUM FOR A MASTERS DEGREE IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING: A JOINT INDUSTRY, ACADEMIC AND GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE ............................................................................................................................8316

Arthur Pyster, Richard Turner, Devanandham Henry, Kahina Lasfer, Lawrence Bernstein, Kristen Baldwin AC 2008-1234: THE EFFECT OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATION ON SELF-EFFICACY AMONG UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................8331

Joe Raelin, Jerry Hamann, David Whitman, Rachelle Reisberg AC 2008-1235: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTES ON ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ............................................................................8340

Michael Pelletier, Lori Heymans, Paul Chanley AC 2008-1237: HYBRID CONTENT DELIVERY: ON-LINE LECTURES AND INTERACTIVE LAB ASSIGNMENTS .........................................8366

Cordelia Brown, Yung-Hsiang Lu, David Meyer, Mark C Johnson AC 2008-1238: DOES THE INDEX OF LEARNING STYLES PREDICT LABORATORY PARTNER SUCCESS IN ELECTRONICS COURSES? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................8381

Helen McNally AC 2008-1239: A PSK31 AUDIO BEACON PROJECT PROVIDES A LABORATORY CAPSTONE DESIGN EXPERIENCE IN DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS ..............................................................................................................................................................................................8385

James Everly, Brian Resnick

AC 2008-1240: RETENTION PROGRAMMING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS: AN INNOVATIVE GROUP MENTORING COMPONENT .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................8403

Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Beth Holloway AC 2008-1241: HILLMAN ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM - CHALLENGES, IMPACT ON A DIVERSE POPULATION, AND EARLY OUTCOMES .......................................................................................................................................................................................................8414

Karen Thornton, Jacqueline Rogers, Nathan Myers, Monica Neukomm AC 2008-1242: THE HAPTIC ABILITIES OF A SAMPLE OF MINORITY ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS.........................8432

Nancy Study AC 2008-1243: ENHANCING STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH STATE-OF-THE-ART SYSTEMS LEVEL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOWER DIVISION LEARNING MODULE .............................................................................8439

James Harris, Dominic Dalbello, Jianbiao Pan, Albert Liddicoat

VOLUME 13 AC 2008-1245: DISTANCE LEARNING WITH LIMITED BANDWIDTH........................................................................................................................8449

Henry Chaya AC 2008-1248: IMPLEMENTING A MULTI-FACETED APPROACH FOR PROMOTING DIVERSITY IN GRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATION .................................................................................................................................................................................................8454

Eugene DeLoatch, Sherra Kerns, Lueny Morell, Carla Purdy, Paige Smith, Samuel Truesdale AC 2008-1250: TABLETS FOR TIMELY DESIGN DOCUMENTATION .........................................................................................................................8466

David Meyer, Mark Johnson, Cordelia Brown AC 2008-1253: A DECADE OF UNIVERSITY SPORTS FACILITY DESIGN COURSES..............................................................................................8478

Michael Collins, Gerard Lennon, John Ochs, Richard Weisman, Vincent Munley, Joseph Sterrett AC 2008-1254: TEACHING CONSTRUCTION TERMINOLOGY: AN INTERACTIVE APPROACH .......................................................................8498

Kris Mattila AC 2008-1259: DEVELOPMENT OF KINESTHETIC-ACTIVE EXERCISES FOR A TRANSPORT PHENOMENA COURSE ............................8506

Allen White, Glen Livesay, Kay C Dee AC 2008-1260: EFFECTIVE USE OF INTEGRATED LECTURE AND LAB TO TEACH CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS .........................8521

Claude Villiers, Yusuf Mehta, Robert O'Neill AC 2008-1261: USING ROBOTICS TO TEACH MATHEMATICS: ANALYSIS OF A CURRICULUM DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................8532

Eli Silk, Christian Schunn AC 2008-1263: THE EFFECT OF PERSONALITY TYPE ON TEAM PERFORMANCE IN ENGINEERING MATERIALS TERM PROJECTS......................................................................................................................................................................................................................8547

Dave Kim, Jaesoon Jang, Sung Jae Shin AC 2008-1264: TEACHING CONCEPT GENERATION METHODOLOGIES IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COURSES AND SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS ........................................................................................................................................................................................8556

Karim Muci-Kuchler, Jonathan Weaver, Daniel Dolan AC 2008-1272: MEDICAL ROBOTICS LABORATORY FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS........................................................................................8579

Shahin Sirouspour, Mahyar Fotoohi, Pawel Malysz, Ali Shahdi, Ryan Leslie, Paul Karam AC 2008-1276: A CASE-STUDY BASED COURSE ON "DEVICE EVALUATION AND FDA APPROVAL".............................................................8600

Kristen Cardinal AC 2008-1277: FRESHMAN-LEVEL MATHEMATICS IN ENGINEERING: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION .................................................................................................................................................................................................8606

Wendy James, Karen High AC 2008-1278: DESIGN, BUILD AND TEST: AN APPROACH FOR A CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................8624

Jorge Alvarado, Angie Price, Michael Johnson AC 2008-1279: THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM OUTCOME ASSESSMENT PROCESS – DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION .......................................................................................................................................................................8635

Nasser Alaraje, Guy Hembroff, Aurenice Oliveira AC 2008-1280: USING GUITAR MANUFACTURING TO RECRUIT STUDENTS INTO STEM DISCIPLINES ......................................................8649

Bradley Harriger, Mark French, Mike Aikens, Steve Shade AC 2008-1282: WATCHING VIDEOS IMPROVES LEARNING? ......................................................................................................................................8656

Jakob Bruhl, James Klosky, Elizabeth Bristow AC 2008-1283: DEVELOPING A NEW COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY FOCUS AREA IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM: CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENT ......................................................................................................8668

Nasser Alaraje, Alaa E. Abdel-Hakim AC 2008-1285: PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM ................................................................................8676

Jean-Pierre Bardet, Gisele Ragusa, Fred Meyer AC 2008-1286: ON DEMAND LEARNING - AUGMENTING THE TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM ...........................................................................8685

Jakob Bruhl, James Klosky, Elizabeth Bristow

AC 2008-1287: EFFECTIVENESS OF VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATIONS IN TEACHING ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT CURRICULUM ............................................................................................................................................................................................8700

Ertunga Ozelkan, Agnes Galambosi AC 2008-1289: RETENTION AND TRANSFER OF LEARNING FROM MATH TO PHYSICS TO ENGINEERING ..............................................8715

Sanjay Rebello, Lili Cui AC 2008-1296: THE ENGINEERING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: A PROPOSED MODEL ...................................................................................8729

Nadia Kellam, Ashley Babcock, David Gattie AC 2008-1297: A “BALLOON SATELLITES” PROJECT COURSE .................................................................................................................................8741

John Kuhlman, G. Michael Palmer AC 2008-1298: GRADUATE LEARNING THROUGH TEACHING: DESIGN OF A DSSS SYSTEM FOR UNDERGRADUATE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LABORATORY.............................................................................................................................................................8759

Lingtao Zhang, Robert Adams, James Zhang AC 2008-1300: ENHANCING DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS WITH TABLET PC TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE ..........8761

Elliot Moore, Monson Hayes AC 2008-1301: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR USE IN WEST AFRICA ....................................................8774

Bradley Rogers, Mark Henderson, Thomas Sugar AC 2008-1302: TRANSFER STUDENTS: TAILORING A FRESHMAN PROGRAM TO THEIR NEEDS ..................................................................8785

Jean Kampe, Whitney Edmister, Christi Boone, Bevlee Watford AC 2008-1306: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ECONOMIC MODEL FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION IN GHANA ............................................8805

Mark Henderson, Bradley Rogers AC 2008-1307: MOVING FROM PIPELINE THINKING TO UNDERSTANDING PATHWAYS: FINDINGS FROM THE ACADEMIC PATHWAYS STUDY OF ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES.....................................................................................................................................8813

Cynthia Atman, Sheri Sheppard, Lorraine Fleming, Ronald Miller, Karl Smith, Reed Stevens, Ruth Streveler, Christine Loucks-Jaret, Dennis Lund

AC 2008-1308: A VENTILATION SYSTEM CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECT ................................................................................................................8830

Charles Forsberg AC 2008-1309: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GEL FUEL PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR USE IN RURAL GHANA.................................................8843

Bradley Rogers, Mark Henderson, Jerry Gintz AC 2008-1310: TEACHING JAVA – OBJECTS FIRST WITH BLUEJ ..............................................................................................................................8845

Xuemin Chen, David Olowokere, Graham Thomas AC 2008-1311: WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS UTILIZING THE IEEE 802.15.4 STANDARD IN AN ECET CURRICULUM .......................8854

David Loker AC 2008-1316: REALISTIC LOOKING INTERFACES: IN SEARCH OF THE BEST ERGONOMIC METAPHORS FOR REMOTE AND VIRTUAL LABORATORY INTERFACES ............................................................................................................................................................................8867

David Olowokere, Kayode P. Ayodele, Lawrence O. Kehinde, Olutola Jonah, Temitope O. Ajayi, O. O. Akinwunmi AC 2008-1318: THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOUTH WEST SEWER DISTRICT IN SUFFOLK COUNTY – A STUDENT ASSISTED PROJECT. ........................................................................................8880

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, Bala Veeramcheneni AC 2008-1319: DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING PROGRAM OUTCOMES IN ENGINEERING, ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY & COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAMS .....................................................................................8891

Paul Biney, Raghava Kommalapati, Michael Gyamerah, Annamalai Annamalai, Pamela Obiomon, Xiaobo Peng, Nripendra Sarker, Ravindra Iyengar

AC 2008-1322: DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN SOURCE HIGH SCHOOL TEXT FOR ENGINEERING.................................................................8904

Darryl Morrell, Chell Roberts, Dale Baker, Stephen Krause, Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Rachelle Beard, Janel White-Taylor, Neeru Khosla, Murugan Pal, John Kobara, Meera Vaidyanathan

AC 2008-1323: USING STUDENT PROJECTS TO DEVELOP LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS FOR THE POWER ELECTRONICS COURSE.........................................................................................................................................................................................................8911

Robert O'Connell, Michael Moore, Kevin Zimmershield AC 2008-1325: INTERACTIVE INVOLUTE GEAR ANALYSIS AND TOOTH PROFILE GENERATION USING WORKING MODEL 2D......8924

Petru-Aurelian Simionescu AC 2008-1326: BUILDING INDUSTRY RELATIONSHIPS.................................................................................................................................................8937

Thomas Dobrowski AC 2008-1328: CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS OF RUNNING A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL RECRUITMENT ....................................................8943

Judy Loveless-Morris, Priti Mody, Robert Embrey, Kali Kuwada, Marisela Mendoza, Robert Olsen, Eve Riskin AC 2008-1329: ROWAN UNIVERSITY'S CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM ........................................................................................................................8955

Joseph Gillespie, Krishan Bhatia, Peter Mark Jansson, William Riddell AC 2008-1330: AN INVESTIGATION OF ACCELERATION AND JERK PROFILES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES...............8966

Delton Martin, Dale Litwhiler AC 2008-1332: COMPUTER-AIDED LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT: THE NATURAL PARTNER FOR PROJECT-BASED LEARNING ....8979

Roger Hadgraft

AC 2008-1334: USING VIRTUAL TEAMS TO IMPROVE INFORMATION LITERACY AND DISTRIBUTED COGNITION IN A COLLABORATIVE WRITING AND GENERAL CHEMISTRY ASSIGNMENT ..................................................................................................8989

Jung Oh, Judith Collins AC 2008-1337: FRESHMEN ENGINEERING: THE INFLUENCE OF STUDENT FEEDBACK AND INVOLVEMENT ON A COURSE TEACHING MATLAB AND LABVIEW .................................................................................................................................................................................8997

David Illig, John Hrynuk, Matthew Pennington, John P. Dempsey AC 2008-1339: TEACHING REAL OPERATING SYSTEMS WITH THE LTTNG KERNEL TRACER .....................................................................9014

Mathieu Desnoyers, Michel Dagenais AC 2008-1341: ON THE USE OF A SOFT-CORE PROCESSOR IN JUNIOR MICROPROCESSORS COURSE ......................................................9024

Arlen Planting, Sin Ming Loo AC 2008-1342: TEACHING REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN WITH MATHCAD APPLICATION ...................................................................9036

Nirmal Das AC 2008-1344: TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY AS A SCIENCE GE COURSE IN CALIFORNIA’S UC, CSU AND CCC SYSTEMS .................9054

Vince Bertsch AC 2008-1347: THE FOUR-DOMAIN DEVELOPMENT DIAGRAM: A TOOL FOR DESIGNING DEVELOPMENT-CENTERED TEACHING ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................9063

Linda Vanasupa, Trevor Harding, William Hughes AC 2008-1348: APPLYING "CULTURAL CONSENSUS ANALYSIS" TO A SUBGROUP OF ENGINEERING EDUCATORS.............................9074

Susan Lord, Michelle Camacho, Christina Aneshansley AC 2008-1350: DESIGN PROJECT DESIGN FOR AN ELEMENTARY STRENGTH OF MATERIALS COURSE ..................................................9090

Cliff Lissenden, Nicholas Salamon, Andrew Miller AC 2008-1351: IMPLEMENTING INQUIRY-BASED EXPERIMENTS IN A FLUID SCIENCE LABORATORY CLASS ......................................9107

Calvin Hsieh, Gerald Recktenwald, Robert Edwards AC 2008-1352: HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITING THAT WORKS: THE “DAY IN COLLEGE” .....................................................................................9129

Ralph Schaffer, Joseph Dues, Timothy Cooley, Damon Sisk

VOLUME 14 AC 2008-1353: SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE ENGINEERING ......................................................................................................................9139

Daniel Lynch AC 2008-1354: CREATING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE IN AN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY ..............................................................9156

Paul A. Nelson, Edward Lumsdaine AC 2008-1359: A COMMON US-EUROPE CURRICULUM: AN APPROACH FOR REAL-TIME SOFTWARE INTENSIVE SYSTEMS ...........9170

Andrew Kornecki, Thomas Hilburn, Wojciech Grega, Jean-Marc Thririet, Miroslav Sveda AC 2008-1363: HIGH PERFORMANCE MACHINING: A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO HIGH-SPEED MACHINING.......................................9181

Andrian Teo, Scott Danielson, Trian Georgeou AC 2008-1364: STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT IN SCALE-UP ENGINEERING MECHANICS AND MATH COURSES .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................9192

Lisa Benson, William Moss, Sherrill Biggers, Scott Schiff, Marisa Orr, Matthew Ohland AC 2008-1366: WORKING WITH LOCAL DEVELOPERS IN AN ENERGY SYSTEMS DESIGN COURSE ............................................................9198

Michael Swedish AC 2008-1367: NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR KINETICS OF THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION SIMULATED USING SPICE – AN ILLUSTRATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS SIMULATION WITH CONVENTIONAL CIRCUIT SIMULATION SOFTWARE .....................................................................................................................................................................................................9207

Robert Szlavik AC 2008-1369: TEACHING AEROSPACE ENGINEERING IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ..............................................................................9219

Craig Somerton AC 2008-1371: ARIZONA -TEXAS CONSORTIUM FOR ALTERNATIVE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ............................9234

Lakshmi Munukutla, Richard Newman, Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan, Slobodan Petrovich, Govindasamy Tamizhmani AC 2008-1373: INTRODUCING MICROFLUIDICS THROUGH A PROBLEM-BASED LABORATORY COURSE ...............................................9242

Ian Papautsky, Cathy Maltbie, David Eddington, Ali Asgar Bhagat, Hugo Caicedo AC 2008-1374: USING ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO REPOSITORIES AS A STUDENT RESOURCE FOR MSE APPLICATIONS ....................9249

Aaron Blicblau AC 2008-1375: HUMAN AND INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEB-BASED LABORATORIES IN CHALLENGED ENVIRONMENTS ...................................................................................................................................................................................9258

David Olowokere, Lawrence O. Kehinde, Olutola Jonah, Oladipo O. Obafemi, Oladipo O. Osasona, E. O. B. Ajayi, Kayode P. Ayodele

AC 2008-1376: FOOTBALLS, ROCKETS, AND LEGOS: A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF ENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATION.................................................................................................................................................................................9260

Joel Dillon, Jose Salinas AC 2008-1377: COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION AS A VEHICLE FOR PROBLEM SOLVING: SCRATCH BOARDS IN THE MIDDLE YEARS CLASSROOM ....................................................................................................................................................................................9285

Quincy Brown, William Mongan, Dara Kusic, Elaine Garbarine, Eli Fromm, Adam Fontecchio

AC 2008-1382: WORKING WITH INDUSTRY SPONSORS IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY SENIOR DESIGN PROGRAM ...................................9301James Conrad, William Heybruck, Daniel Hoch, Martin Kane, Peter Schmidt, Frank Skinner, Linda Thurman

AC 2008-1383: A COLLABORATIVE CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENT WITH RECOGNITION OF CHARACTERISTICS OF CHINESE COLLEGE STUDENTS ....................................................................................................................................................................................9315

Fanyu Zeng AC 2008-1386: ENHANCING LABORATORY EXPERIENCE TO STUDENTS BY INTRODUCING USB CONNECTIVITY INTO LAB ENVIRONMENT USING FTDI............................................................................................................................................................................9327

Gurinder Singh, Lakshmi Munukutla AC 2008-1387: GECKOMAN – AN INTERACTIVE GAME BASED ON THE PRINCIPALS OF NANOSCALE FORCES .....................................9336

Jacqueline Isaacs, Jay Laird, Lisa Regalla, Carol Berry, Ahmed Busnaina AC 2008-1388: COGNITIVE MAPPING IN SERVICE LEARNING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN A STUDIO COURSE WITH AN ADA ACCESSIBLE PROJECT..............................................................................................................................................................................9347

Suining Ding AC 2008-1391: A SNAPSHOT OF SUCCESS – HOW STUDENT-INITIATED AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN BECAME INTEGRATED INTO THE ME AND MET CURRICULA ...............................................................................................................................................................................9359

Robb Larson AC 2008-1393: ENHANCEMENT OF AN ENGINEERING CURRICULUM THROUGH INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES .............................9368

Prashanth Jayaraman, Vinod Lohani, Garrett Bradley, Odis Griffin, John Dooley AC 2008-1398: INTRODUCING EXCEL BASED STEAM TABLE CALCULATIONS INTO THERMODYNAMICS CURRICULUM .................9383

Joseph Chappell, Robert Taylor, Keith Woodbury AC 2008-1399: EARTH DAY TEACH-IN: A MODEL FOR INDUSTRY, COMMUNITY, AND EDUCATION COLLABORATION .....................9402

Ken Barnard, Greg Stephens, Raju Dandu AC 2008-1400: APPLICATION OF LEAN CONCEPTS TO THE TEACHING OF LEAN SYSTEMS .........................................................................9411

Arlie Hall, Lawrence Holloway AC 2008-1402: IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSESSMENT OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY NSF/REU SITE ON WATERSHED SCIENCES .....9426

Vinod Lohani, Tamim Younos AC 2008-1404: STUDENT STUDY HABITS AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN AN INTEGRATED STATICS AND DYNAMICS CLASS ........9441

Marisa Orr, Lisa Benson, Matthew Ohland, Sherrill Biggers AC 2008-1406: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING: MEETING AND EXCEEDING THE NEW CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM CRITERIA ...............................................................................................................................................................................9452

Andrea Welker, Frank Falcone AC 2008-1407: LEARNING ANALOG ELECTRONICS THROUGH PROJECT-BASED INVESTIGATION OF FM COMMUNICATION CIRCUITS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9467

Oscar Ortiz, Paul Leiffer AC 2008-1408: FRESHMAN ENGINEERING: AN INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER COURSE TEACHING MATLAB AND LABVIEW ...........9480

John Hrynuk, Matthew Pennington, David Illig, John P. Dempsey AC 2008-1410: PRACTICAL EXERCISE FOR EFFICIENT EDUCATION OF COMPUTER SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE ...................................9493

Soonghwan Ro AC 2008-1411: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION .............................................................................9507

Greg Waidley, Jason Bittner AC 2008-1412: SYNCHRONOUS DELIVERY OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSES TO A ......................................................................9523

Akram Hossain, Niaz Latif AC 2008-1414: STIMULATING AND DEVELOPING REFLECTIVE THINKING IN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS .......................................9533

Elizabeth Howard, Margaret Huyck, Daniel Ferguson AC 2008-1416: PERCEPTIONS OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION ..................................................................................................................................9542

John Mativo, Maura Borrego AC 2008-1418: ISSUES EFFECTING DOCTORAL STUDENTS RETURNING TO ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE ...........................................................................................................................................................................9554

Walter Schilling AC 2008-1419: KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY’S ELITE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM:ENHANCING LIVES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING .................................................................................................................................................................................................................9563

Raju Dandu, John DeLeon AC 2008-1420: NAVAL RESEARCH, MENTORING AND EDUCATION --FACULTY RESEARCH AND INTERN PROGRAMS AT THE NAVAL SURFACEWARFARE CENTER, CARDEROCK DIVISION...............................................................................................................................9570

John Barkyoumb, Steven Ouimette AC 2008-1421: USING TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SERVICE LEARNING TO PROMOTE AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE IN AN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING PROGRAM .................................................................................9580

William Jordan, Glenn Blalock, Walter Bradley, Cynthia Fry, Anne Grinols, Brian Thomas AC 2008-1422: CHAMPIONING HIGH-TECH RENAISSANCE: SENSOR AND CONTROLLER SYSTEM INTEGRATION COURSE .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9597

Khanjan Mehta, Sven Bilen

AC 2008-1424: WHY THE BALANCE PRINCIPLE SHOULD REPLACE THE REYNOLDS TRANSPORT THEOREM .......................................9621Donald Gray

AC 2008-1426: NEED DEFINITION FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN DESIGN PROJECTS: A CONTEXTUAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT CASE STUDY FOR REMOTE POWER........................................................................................................................................9635

Ryan Norton, Matthew Green, Paul R. Leiffer AC 2008-1431: A MODULAR APPROACH TO A FIRST-SEMESTER ENGINEERING COURSE: TEACHING THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FLUID MECHANICS........................................................................................................................................................................9656

Eric Johnson, Doug Tougaw, Kenneth Leitch, Barbara Engerer AC 2008-1432: EDUCATIONAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY INTERACTIVE EXPERIMENT SUITES .................................................9671

Murat Okcay, Bilgehan Uygar Oztekin AC 2008-1435: THE PENN STATE STUDENT SPACE PROGRAMS LAB: TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SPACE SYSTEMS ENGINEERS ..............................................................................................................................................................................................9696

Sven Bilen, Brian Schratz AC 2008-1436: LEADERSHIP 103: LEADERSHIP IN TEACHING AND PEDAGOGY .................................................................................................9711

Jerry Samples AC 2008-1437: A NEW SPIN ON TEACHING 3D KINEMATICS AND GYROSCOPIC MOTION ..............................................................................9719

Brian Self, Charles Birdsong, Eileen Rossman AC 2008-1438: LEADERSHIP 104: THE TEACHER-SCHOLAR CULTURE ..................................................................................................................9735

Jerry Samples AC 2008-1440: CASE STUDY: A SPACE DESIGNED FOR COOPERATIVE LEARNING WITH MULTIPLE PROCESSES................................9743

S. Scott Moor AC 2008-1441: MATRICULATING NUCLEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS: THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY CASE...................................................................................................................................................................................................................9755

Lisa Marshall, Mohamed Bourham AC 2008-1442: SOME INTERESTING ENGINEERING PROBLEMS WITH OBJECTS OF SIMPLE GEOMETRY AND RELATIVELY COMPLEX MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION....................................................................................................................................9763

B. Sridhara, Joesph Prince AC 2008-1443: ESTABLISHMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE RADIOCHEMISTRY AT FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY: A COOPERATION WITH THE NUCLEAR AND RADIATION ENGINEERING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN...................................................................................................................................................................................9778

Sheldon Landsberger, Rose Stiffin, Dimitri Tamalis, Michael Elliot, Ayivi Huisso AC 2008-1444: ATTRACTIVE SCIENCES - RECRUITING AND RETENTION ACTIVITIES FOR WOMEN IN ACADEMIC CSET EDUCATION....................................................................................................................................................................................................................9794

Nina Dahlmann, Maria Elsner, Sabina Jeschke, Nicole Natho, Olivier Pfeiffer, Christian Schroeder AC 2008-1445: INTERACTIVE ENERGY COURSEWARE ................................................................................................................................................9807

Peter Idowu AC 2008-1446: GREENING THE SUPPLY CHAIN: DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER GAME TO TEACH ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN MANUFACTURING ..................................................................................................................................................................................................9821

Jacqueline Isaacs, Jay Laird, Seth Sivak, Mark Sivak

VOLUME 15 AC 2008-1447: UNDERGRADUATE MATERIALS RESEARCH: TENSILE IMPACT TOUGHNESS OF POLYMERS..........................................9834

Mir Atiqullah AC 2008-1449: ONTOLOGIES AND WEB-SEMANTICS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF CURRICULUM IN CIVIL ENGINEERING ......................9844

Jean-Pierre Bardet, Dennis McLeod, Gisele Ragusa, Nazila Mokarram AC 2008-1450: BUILDING ACADEMIC PATHS IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS ..........9855

Ardie Walser AC 2008-1453: PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO PROJECT-BASED LEARNING INCORPORATING PEER FEEDBACK IN ORDER TO ENHANCE CREATIVITY IN ENGINEERING COURSES ..........................................................................................................................................9863

Adrian Ieta, Art Pallone AC 2008-1455: WRITING A BOOK ON THE ROLE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE IN MANUFACTURING FOR INSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH: LESSONS LEARNED ........................................................................................................................................................................................9874

Rajiv Asthana AC 2008-1457: INCORPORATING A LEARNING COMMUNITY APPROACH TO ENHANCE A FUEL CELL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES (REU) ...............................................................................................................................................................9886

Cortney Martin, Brandy Bratton, David Dillard, Michael Ellis, Maggie Bump AC 2008-1458: USER ADAPTIVE INTERACTIVE COURSES IN SCORM COMPLIANT LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS..................9895

Sabina Jeschke, Olivier Pfeiffer, Thomas Richter AC 2008-1459: DEVELOPMENT OF A FRESHMAN AND PRE-FRESHMAN RESEARCH AND DESIGN PROGRAM IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................9905

Mary Baker, Brian Nutter, Mohammed Saed AC 2008-1460: SIX SIGMA: DOES IT BELONG IN THE MANUFACTURING CURRICULUM?...............................................................................9915

Alan Leduc

AC 2008-1461: MULTIDISCIPLINE TEAM TEACHING APPROACH TO ENHANCE PROJECT-BASED LEARNING OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................9922

Steven Burian, William Johnson, Fred Montague, Arrin Holt, Jim Nielson, Rachel David AC 2008-1463: GROUP COMMUNICATION VIA TECHNOLOGY FOR ENGINEERING WORK: PERCEPTIONS ON EFFECTIVENESS.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................9936

Denise Bauer, Gul Okudan AC 2008-1465: ADDING LEAN AND SIX SIGMA TO INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS: DOES THIS CONSTITUTE A CHANGE IN CURRICULUM? ..................................................................................................................................................................9948

Susan Scachitti, Jamie Workman-Germann, Matthew Stephens, Annaji Sharma Ammu, Richard Szromba AC 2008-1466: IT'S ALL THERE: TEACHING COMPLEX MANAGEMENT CONTENT USING FEATURE FILMS ...........................................9963

Zbigniew Pasek AC 2008-1467: PHYSIOLOGY CONCEPTS AND PHYSIOLOGY PROBLEMS FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS....................9971

Robert Linsenmeier, David Gatchell AC 2008-1468: THE TOOTHPICK FACTORY: A SIMULATION GAME FOR THE SOFT SKILLS..........................................................................9993

Marilyn Barger, Jodi Sutton, Eric Roe, Richard Gilbert AC 2008-1469: FEEDBACK THROUGH CRITICAL INDICATORS OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE: CONTRIBUTING TO THE ASSESSMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION ...................................................................................................................................................10001

David Gonzalez-Barreto, Antonio Gonzalez-Quevedo, Sonia Bartolomei-Suarez AC 2008-1470: AN IMPACT STUDY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RICH PHYSICAL SCIENCE MODULE AT THE FOURTH GRADE LEVEL ..........................................................................................................................10009

Manisha Shrestha, Kelly Morris, Rajesh Ganesan, Donna Sterling AC 2008-1471: WE GOT GAMES: INFORMAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN A HANDS-ON MUSEUM .......................................................10021

Zbigniew Pasek AC 2008-1474: ENERGY AWARENESS EFFORTS AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY.........................................................................................................10033

Kenneth Van Treuren, Ian Gravagne AC 2008-1475: ENVIRONMENTAL CONCEPTS OF CIVIL/CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING STUDENTS ......................................................10049

Enno Koehn, James Koehn, Phanindra Nagumantri AC 2008-1476: USING APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO HELP TRANSFORM POOR COMMUNITIES ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................10059

William Jordan AC 2008-1477: A NEW ENGINEERING COMMUNICATIONS COURSE BASED ON A PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS PROCESS ...........................................................................................................................................................................................10075

Leslie Potter, John Jackman, K. Jo Min, Matthew Search AC 2008-1478: UNDERSTANDING AND RELATING TO YOUR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ..........................................................................10099

Edward Gehringer AC 2008-1480: PEER ASSESSMENT OF TEAM WORK AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IN CONSTRUCTION/CIVIL ENGINEERING.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................10108

Enno Koehn, James Koehn AC 2008-1483: DAMAGE CONTROL: WHAT TO DO WHEN THINGS DON'T WORK ............................................................................................10118

Edward Gehringer AC 2008-1484: ASSESSING STUDENTS' WIKI CONTRIBUTIONS ...............................................................................................................................10129

George Gehringer AC 2008-1485: ADDRESSING CONTEMPORARY ISSUES, LIFELONG LEARNING, AND THE IMPACT OF ENGINEERING ON GLOBAL AND SOCIETAL ISSUES IN THE CLASSROOM ............................................................................................................................................10136

Kenneth Van Treuren AC 2008-1487: ENGINEERING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT TO ENHANCE LEARNING.....................................................10152

Marilyn Barger, Robin Little, Richard Gilbert, Charles Parsons, Debbie O'Hare, Pat Van Driessche, Kim Parsons AC 2008-1490: INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROLS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS ............10159

George Meyer AC 2008-1492: USING HANDS-ON SIMULATION TO TEACH LEAN PRINCIPLES: A COMPARISON AND ASSESSMENT ACROSS SETTINGS..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10172

Sharon Johnson, Bryan Norman, Jean Fullerton, Susan Pariseau AC 2008-1494: A STUDY OF INTEGRATION OF SUSTAINABILITY IN ENGINEERING CURRICULA AT U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................10185

M. P. Sharma, Robert W. Peters AC 2008-1503: TEACHING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) TO DESIGN ENGINEERS ...............................................................10201

Junling Hu, Linfeng Zhang, Zingguo Xiong AC 2008-1504: ENGINEERING STUDENT RETENTION: DEVELOPMENT OF A VALIDATED, QUANTITATIVE INSTRUMENT FOR EXPLORING THE ROLE OF PERSONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT ..........................................................................................................10212

Jennifer VanAntwerp, Rachel Reed, Crystal Bruxvoort, Neil Carlson AC 2008-1505: INVESTIGATING AND ADDRESSING LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN THERMODYNAMICS ..................................................10230

David Meltzer

AC 2008-1506: CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING COURSE – STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF CREATIVITY AND COMPARISONS OF CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING METHODOLOGIES..................................................................................................................................................10241

Andrew Gerhart, Donald Carpenter AC 2008-1507: COMPARISON OF DIFFERING CREDIT HOUR ALLOTMENTS FOR THERMODYNAMICS AND FLUID MECHANICS COURSES.........................................................................................................................................................................................................10258

Andrew Gerhart, Philip Gerhart, Robert Fletcher AC 2008-1508: PERSPECTIVES ON A FRESHMAN TREATMENT OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ........................................................................10277

John Robertson, Sarah Roux, Vivek Ramanthan, Mark Rager AC 2008-1509: KINESTHETIC STRUCTURES ...................................................................................................................................................................10291

Kevin Doug AC 2008-1511: HOW MANY ENGINEERS DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A MEASUREMENT?..................................................................................10299

John Robertson, Barbara Rampel, James Edwards AC 2008-1512: CONNECTING ARCHITECTURE WITH STRUCTURES .....................................................................................................................10309

Kevin Doug AC 2008-1513: THE UBIQUITOUS MICROCONTROLLER IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS.....................10316

Michael Holden AC 2008-1514: ASSESSING THE TRUE COST OF DELIVERING NANO-HYPE ........................................................................................................10326

John Robertson, Michael Kozicki, Slobodan Petrovic AC 2008-1516: ADAPTATION OF GROUNDWATER PHYSICAL MODELS AND ACTIVITIES.............................................................................10339

Amy Chan Hilton AC 2008-1519: MITIGATION OF BARRIERS TO COMMERCIALIZATION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY: AN OVERVIEW OF TWO SUCCESSFUL UNIVERSITY-BASED INITIATIVES .............................................................................................................................................10349

Harpal Dhillon, Salahuddin Qazi, Sohail Anwar AC 2008-1521: ENGINEERING FACULTY ATTITUDES TOWARD SERVICE-LEARNING ....................................................................................10363

Cathy Burack, John Duffy, Alan Melchoir, Eric Morgan AC 2008-1522: A PROJECT-BASED INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION ................................................10384

Sohail Anwar, Patrick Favier, David Jouglet AC 2008-1523: DEVELOPMENT OF AN AD-HOC CURRICULUM ADVISING TOOL TO IMPROVE STUDENT PROGRESS USING CPM AND PERT ANALYSIS ....................................................................................................................................................................................10393

Virgilio Gonzalez AC 2008-1525: SERVICE-LEARNING PROJECTS IN 35 CORE UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING COURSES.............................................10404

John Duffy, Carol Barry, Linda Barrington, David Kazmer, William Moeller, Cheryl West AC 2008-1529: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ON-LINE INTRODUCTION TO NANOTECHNOLOGY COURSE: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................10424

Sohail Anwar, Harpal Dhillon AC 2008-1531: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION FOR GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY EXERCISES ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................10433

James Hanson, Senro Kuraoka AC 2008-1533: A COMPUTER CONTROLLED TEST SYSTEM FOR MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL-RESONATOR (MEMS RESONATOR) GAS SENSORS ...............................................................................................................................................................................10445

Mustafa Guvench, Joshua Ward, Robert N. MacKinnon AC 2008-1537: LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERING GRADUATES: PERCEPTIONS OF WORKING TIME .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................10452

James Trevelyan, Sabbia Tilli AC 2008-1544: THE YEAR OF DIALOG - A SUMMARY REPORT................................................................................................................................10467

J. P. Mohsen, Ronald Barr AC 2008-1545: INTELLIGENT TUTOR FOR LADDER LOGIC PROGRAMMING ....................................................................................................10480

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Yuan-Teng Cheng AC 2008-1546: ANALYSIS OF VERBAL DATA FROM AUTOMATED SYSTEM DESIGN PROBLEM-SOLVING ..............................................10495

Sheng-Jen Hsieh AC 2008-1547: USING THE SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR REENGINEERING ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GLOBAL INDUSTRY ..............................................................................................................................10507

Simo Lehto

VOLUME 16 AC 2008-1548: TEACHING DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS IN A DIVERSE CLASSROOM .....................................................................................10534

Taskin Padir, Kimberly O. Muller, Collette Coullard AC 2008-1550: THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT OF A WWW-BASED AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS LABORATORY: FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENT PARTICIPATION, COMMUNICATION, AND PERFORMANCE ..................................10547

Richard Drushel, John Gallagher AC 2008-1552: A TEAM LEADER SELECTION PROCESS FOR PROJECT-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES .............................................10566

Sibel Ozgen, Joan Alabart, Magda Medir

AC 2008-1553: AN APPROACH FOR VERTICALLY INTEGRATED EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN................................................................10585J. W. Bruce, Lee Hathcock

AC 2008-1558: RESEARCH PROJECTS AS A PART OF A 3-PHASE MULTI SUBJECT PROJECT BASED LEARNING IN VEHICLE ENGINEERING STUDIES ...................................................................................................................................................................................10602

Emilia Bratschitsch, Annette Casey, Michael Trzesniowski AC 2008-1559: EUROPEAN CIVIL ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT (ECEM) - IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM ......................................................................................................................................................10613

Carsten Ahrens AC 2008-1562: USING LEGO BASED ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING CONCEPTS OF SPEED, VELOCITY, AND ACCELERATION.....................................................................................................................................................................10624

Nataliia Perova, Walter H. Johnson, Chris Rogers AC 2008-1564: UTILIZING UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANTS IN FUEL CELL DURABILITY AND RELIABILITY TESTING; ASSESSING THEIR FEASIBILITY, BENEFITS, VALUE AND CONTRIBUTIONS ..........................................10638

Robert Fletcher AC 2008-1567: A REVIEW OF THE 4+1 ACCELERATED MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAM:STUDENT AWARENESS PRESAGES STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES ..........................................................................................................................................................................10667

Daniel Walsh, Stacey Breitenbach AC 2008-1569: ALTERNATIVE FUELS RESEARCH WITHIN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECT ............................10675

Robert Pieri, Alan Kallmeyer, Michael Stewart, Leslie Backer AC 2008-1570: ENGINEERING IMAGES IN TELEVISION: AN ANALYSIS FOCUSING ON THE IMAGES DEVELOPED BY HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS .....................................................................................................................................................................................10684

William Lee AC 2008-1571: DESIGN, THE NEXT GENERATION: A FIRST-YEAR COURSE IN PRODUCT DESIGN .............................................................10694

Susan Montgomery, Rodney Johnson AC 2008-1572: DEVELOPMENT OF A NUCLEAR CERTIFICATE FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY, NUCLEAR SECURITY, AND NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WITHIN A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ..................................................10709

Sheldon Landsberger, Steven Biegalski, Elmira Popova, Kendra Foltz-Biegalski, Michael Krause AC 2008-1575: “MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH TEAM” (MRT) PROJECT COURSE...............................................................................................10712

John Kuhlman, Donald Gray AC 2008-1576: DETECT: DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE PATHWAYS TOWARD INNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE COLLABORATION BETWEEN FOUR ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS.................................10726

Donal McHale, Richard Hayes, Robert Herrick, Dhushy Sathianathan, Heinz Schmidt-Walter, Robert Simpson, Eugeue Coyle, Mike Murphy, Michael Dyrenfurth

AC 2008-1578: NETWORKING LAB SIMULATION USING VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGIES ......................................................................................10741

Chengcheng Li, Lee Toderick, Peng Li, Tijjani Mohammed, Philip Lunsford AC 2008-1581: A COURSE SEQUENCE FOR INTEGRATING PROBLEM SOLVING AND CRITICAL THINKING IN A HYBRID OUTCOME-BASED IS/IT CURRICULUM .........................................................................................................................................................10749

Azzedine Lansari, Akram Al-Rawi, Abdallah Tubaishat, Faouzi Bouslama AC 2008-1583: IMPACTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTERS AND PROGRAMS ON THE PREPARATION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ENGINEERS.....................................................................................................................................................................................10759

Thomas Mason AC 2008-1586: CAMP CONCRETE – GROWTH OF A GRADUATE PROGRAM .......................................................................................................10771

Chris Ramseyer AC 2008-1591: A SET OF COMPUTER-CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS IN INTRODUCTORY ELECTRIC CIRCUIT LABORATORIES FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (EE) AND NON-EE MAJORS.............................................................................................10783

Alexander Ganago, Andrew Watchorn, John DeBusscher AC 2008-1592: INTEGRATING THE SECURITY+ EXAM OBJECTIVES INTO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CURRICULA .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................10804

Akram Al-Rawi, Azzedine Lansari AC 2008-1596: ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ CONCEPTIONS OF SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING .........................................................................10815

Jonathan Stolk, John Geddes, Mark Somerville, Robert Martello AC 2008-1598: TC2K AND CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT: THE CASE FOR COMPREHENSIVE COURSE ASSESSMENT IN SUSTAINING CONTINUOUS PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT..........................................................................................................................................10834

David Cottrell AC 2008-1600: A WRITING-INTENSIVE FLUID MECHANICS LABORATORY........................................................................................................10848

Philip Parker AC 2008-1601: ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS.......................................................10856

Peter Adriaens, Timothy Faley AC 2008-1603: DEVELOPING A JOINT ENGINEERING/BUSINESS SCHOOL ENTREPRENEURIAL CURRICULUM ...................................10865

Timothy Faley, Peter Adriaens AC 2008-1606: INTRODUCING MATERIALS AND PROCESSES TO FIRST AND SECOND YEAR STUDENTS ................................................10873

Charles Bream, Mike Ashby

AC 2008-1608: PROJECT-BASED INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING FOR FRESHMAN STUDENTS............................................................10882Gregory Wight, R. Danner Friend, Jacques Beneat, William Berry

AC 2008-1611: ACTIVE LEARNING ACROSS THE COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM .................................................................................10897

William Birmingham, Vincent DiStasi AC 2008-1613: ENHANCING DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING EDUCATION WITH AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING AND MUSIC SYNTHESIS.................................................................................................................................................................................................................10912

Ed Doering, Sam Shearman, Erik Luther AC 2008-1614: ATTRACTING MINORITY STUDENTS TO SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING..................................................................................10928

Rafic Bachnak, Jack Esparza AC 2008-1616: INTEGRATING ENGINEERING ETHICS EDUCATION INTO A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SEMINAR COURSE: MAKING THE “SOFT” OUTCOMES RELEVANT ...........................................................................................................................................................10937

David Cottrell AC 2008-1617: CENTRIFUGAL PUMP TEST BED: A SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECT ............................................................................................10950

Robert Choate, Kevin Schmaltz, Joel Lenoir AC 2008-1621: EXPLORING THE ECO-PEDAGOGY OF AN URBAN ECO-TOURISM HILL PATH DESIGN ....................................................10965

Kun-jung Hsu, Shu-Chen Lin, Yi-Rong Lin, Szu-Yu Yeh AC 2008-1623: DO STUDENTS IN SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAMS SUCCESSFULLY IMPROVE MATH PLACEMENT AND PERSIST? A META-ANALYSIS...................................................................................................................................................................................10976

Chris Papadopoulos, John Reisel AC 2008-1625: A NON-TRADITIONAL AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO TEACHING MECHANISMS AND MORE ...............10984

Arif Sirinterlikci AC 2008-1626: DEMYSTIFYING THE FACULTY SEARCH PROCESS: INCREASING WOMEN'S PURSUIT OF ACADEMIC CAREERS THROUGH KNOWLEDGE AND NETWORKING .................................................................................................................10992

Jan Rinehart, Sherry Woods, Rebecca Richards-Kortum AC 2008-1627: WIKI-BASED LEARNING IN THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CLASSROOM ......................................................................11000

Alan McGaughey, Jeremy Michalek AC 2008-1628: A MODEL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PENN STATE HARRISBURG’S CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY .......................................................................................................................11014

Sofia Vidalis, Joseph Cecere AC 2008-1633: DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF A BEAM TESTING SYSTEM FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN MECHANICS OF MATERIALS.............................................................................................................................................................................................11022

Rani Sullivan, Masoud Rais-Rohani AC 2008-1635: THE DIAGRAMMATIC AND MATHEMATICAL APPROACH OF PROJECT TIME-COST TRADEOFFS...............................11035

Kun-jung Hsu AC 2008-1639: EXCEED TEACHING WORKSHOP: TENTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY...............................................................................................11046

Allen Estes, Ronald Welch, Stephen Ressler, Norman Dennis, Debra Larson, Carol Considine, Tonya Nilsson, Jim O'Brien, Thomas Lenox

AC 2008-1642: TEACHING ENGINEERING TO THE DISINTERESTED: A CASE STUDY IN TEACHING ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES TO NON-ENGINEERING MAJORS ............................................................................................................................................................11063

Gerald Himes, Jakob Bruhl, Joseph Hanus AC 2008-1643: A REVIEW OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND RECOGNITION OF FACULTY TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION AROUND THE WORLD ..................................................................................................................................11080

Dirk Schaefer, Tristan Utschig AC 2008-1645: RESEARCH AND DESIGN ON WIND TURBINES..................................................................................................................................11096

Joshua Pippin, Julie Wang AC 2008-1647: AGILE EDUCATION: WHAT WE THOUGHT WE KNEW ABOUT OUR CLASSES, WHAT WE LEARNED, AND WHAT WE DID ABOUT IT...........................................................................................................................................................................................11104

Richard Whalen, Susan Freeman, Beverly Jaeger AC 2008-1651: A PROCESS MAP FOR STATE-WIDE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY /MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM REFORM ........................................................................................................................................................................11127

Eric Roe, Richard Gilbert, Marilyn Barger, Bradley Jenkins AC 2008-1652: SUCCESSFUL INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF K-12 OUTREACH PROGRAMS .............................................................................11136

Susan Powers, Bruce Brydges, Peter Turner, Gail Gotham, James Carroll, Douglas Bohl AC 2008-1657: VIDEO LECTURE ON THE PYTHAGOREAN THEORY......................................................................................................................11155

Bertram Pariser, Cyrus Meherji AC 2008-1661: A STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR TEAMWORK ...............................................................................................11159

Suk Kim Chin AC 2008-1665: TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS APPLICATION TO ETHICS......................11174

William Birmingham AC 2008-1667: IFOUNDRY: ENGINEERING CURRICULUM REFORM WITHOUT TEARS ..................................................................................11184

David Goldberg, Andreas Cangellaris, Michael Loui, Raymond Price, Bruce Litchfield

AC 2008-1669: WORDTREES: A METHOD FOR DESIGN-BY-ANALOGY..................................................................................................................11192Julie Linsey, Kristin Wood, Arthur Markman

AC 2008-1670: CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION (CEEE) TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE: TOOLS AND STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY INTEGRATION AND ASSESSMENT IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION .....................................11206

Qiong Zhang, Julie Zimmerman, James Mihelcic, Linda Vanasupa AC 2008-1675: STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL LABORATORY EXERCISES FOR ALL ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES ......................11220

Jeremy VanAntwerp, Richard Braatz

VOLUME 17 AC 2008-1677: TRAINING UNDERGRADUATES IN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF THE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE...................................11230

Katie Caldwell, Wendy Crone AC 2008-1678: THE EFFECTS OF INSTRUCTORS' TIME IN INDUSTRY ON STUDENTS' CO-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCES...................11240

Betty Harper, Patrick Terenzini AC 2008-1680: PHLIPS FOR ACTIVE LEARNING............................................................................................................................................................11252

Julie Linsey, Austin Talley, Kristin Wood, Daniel Jensen, Kathy Schmidt AC 2008-1681: SYSTEMS DESIGN USING REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCES WITH INDUSTRY .............................................................................11262

Robert Gray AC 2008-1682: A PORTABLE VIRTUAL NETWORKING LAB FOR IT SECURITY INSTRUCTION ....................................................................11270

Peng Li, Tijjani Mohammed, Lee Toderick, Chengcheng Li, Philip Lunsford AC 2008-1683: WEPAN'S DIGITAL WOMEN IN ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE CENTER ...................................................................................11279

Jenna Carpenter, C. Diane Matt AC 2008-1684: OVERVIEW OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION ASSESSMENT AT PRESCHOOL-12TH GRADE LEVELS ..............................11286

Noemi Mendoza Diaz, Monica Cox AC 2008-1685: PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF NANOTECHNOLOGY AND THE ROLE OF INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION.............11296

Wendy Crone AC 2008-1686: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR A NEW ENERGY ENGINEERING MAJOR ......................................................................11303

Sarma Pisupati, Yaw Yeboah AC 2008-1687: ENVIRONMENTS FOR FOSTERING EFFECTIVE CRITICAL THINKING (EFFECTS)...............................................................11312

Juan Caicedo, Joseph Flora, Charles Pierce, Andrew Nichols, Briana Timmerman, Wiley Graf AC 2008-1688: FACULTY COLLABORATION ON DOCUMENTING OUR NEW SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE............................................11314

John Phillips AC 2008-1689: THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT IN THE UTILIZATION OF COLLEGIATE SWE SECTIONS AS A RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STRATEGY..............................................................................................................................11324

Debra Lasich, Candace Sulzbach AC 2008-1691: FRESHMAN PROGRAM TO GERMANY: AN INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN ENGINEERING ...............................................11337

Ilka Balk, G. Lineberry AC 2008-1692: DEVELOPMENT OF A PEDAGOGICALLY-FOCUSED COURSE FOR ENGINEERING GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTS ......................................................................................................................................................................................................11346

Rocio Chavela Guerra, Monica Cox, Heidi Diefes-Dux AC 2008-1693: APPLYING AN INTERACTIVE, MODULAR APPROACH TO EFFECTIVELY TEACH SIGNAL PROCESSING CONCEPTS.....................................................................................................................................................................................................11353

Sam Shearman, Erik Luther, Ed Doering AC 2008-1695: A TWO-PROJECT SEQUENCE FOR LEARNING FEM, CAD AND MANUFACTURING SKILLS ..............................................11361

Donna Ebenstein, Daniel Cavanagh AC 2008-1697: MATHEMATICS SKILLS ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING IN FRESHMAN ENGINEERING COURSES..................................11372

Phillip Mlsna, Janet McShane, Jennifer Maynard, Maya Lanzetta, Chester Ismay, Sarah Brown AC 2008-1698: PREPARING GRADUATE STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS TEACHING MENTORS AND AS FUTURE PROFESSIONALS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................11380

Tershia Pinder-Grover, Sarah Root, Emine Cagin AC 2008-1699: SCAFFOLDING TO IMPROVE REASONING SKILLS IN PROBLEM FORMULATION...............................................................11399

John Jackman, Sarah Ryan, Craig Ogilvie, Dale Niederhauser AC 2008-1700: OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT IN A HANDS-ON MANUFACTURING PROCESSES COURSE ........................................................11416

Mukasa Ssemakula AC 2008-1701: IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN UNDERGRADUATE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................................................................................................11424

Karen Bursic, Kim Needy AC 2008-1702: HOTS FOR INDEPENDENT READING AND RESEARCH IN APPLIED ENGINEERING (IRRAE) ............................................11432

Amy Kindschi, Patrick Eagan, Paul Ross AC 2008-1703: ENHANCING PRECALCULUS CURRICULA WITH E-LEARNING: IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSESSMENT ....................11442

Janet Callahan, Seung Youn Chyung, Joanna Guild, William Clement, Joe Guarino, Doug Bullock, Cheryl Schrader

AC 2008-1704: TEACHING ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DESIGN USING CASES: A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE ........11456Graham Thomas, Esther Thomas

AC 2008-1705: ENHANCING THE SOFTWARE VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION COURSE THROUGH LABORATORY SESSIONS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11465

Suchil Acharya AC 2008-1706: INTEGRATED LECTURE-LAB APPROACH WITH VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR TEACHING ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS TO BIOENGINEERING STUDENTS................................................................................................................................................................11477

Jorge Torres, James Sweeney AC 2008-1707: EVOLUTION OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SOPHOMORE DESIGN COURSE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................11487

David Pines, Hisham Alnajjar AC 2008-1709: COMPARING THE DESIGN PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESSES OF PRODUCT DESIGN AND ENGINEERING STUDENT TEAMS IN THE US AND UK ...............................................................................................................................................11501

Senay Yasar Purzer, Mark Henderson, Alison McKay, Chell Roberts, Alan de Pennington AC 2008-1710: DIFFERENCES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OUTCOMES IN FACE-TO-FACE, ONLINE AND HYBRID MODES OF ENERGY CONSERVATION COURSE ..........................................................................................................................................................................11517

Sarma Pisupati, Jonathan Mathews AC 2008-1711: FLORIDA ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY FORUM: A VEHICLE FOR CHANGE .......................................................................11530

Marilyn Barger, Richard Gilbert, Eric Roe, Bradley Jenkins AC 2008-1720: DESIGN AND SETUP OF A NETWORKING AND DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING LAB FOR RECRUITING, TEACHING, AND RESEARCH..............................................................................................................................................................................................11538

Mahmoud Quweider, Fitra Khan, Juan Iglesias AC 2008-1725: INTRODUCING REAL-WORLD HYDROLOGY CASE STUDIES INTO AN UNDERGRADUATE CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM......................................................................................................................................................11556

Thorsten Wagener, Sarah Zappe AC 2008-1726: HANDS-ON CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SENIOR DESIGN: EVOLUTION FROM PAPER TO PRACTICE............................11569

Margot Vigeant, James Maneval, Michael Prince, Michael Hanyak, William Snyder AC 2008-1727: DESIGN OF INTELLIGENT SPACECRAFT: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING EDUCATION COURSE ...............11583

Andrew Willis, James Conrad AC 2008-1728: GEARING UP FOR THE FUTURE: A K-12/UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE AN ENGINEERING MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL....................................................................................................................................................................................11608

Elizabeth Parry, Laura Bottomley, Elizabeth Miars, Lizette Day AC 2008-1729: IMPACT: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH FOR CREATING HIGH-TECH STARTUPS...................................................11619

Kelly Crittenden, Jon Pratt, James Nelson AC 2008-1731: SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS' IMAGES OF ENGINEERING: WHAT DO ENGINEERS DO? ..........................................................11627

Faik Karatas, Amy Micklos, George Bodner AC 2008-1732: TECHNOLOGY IN CONTEXT: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGICAL "LITERACY" WITH SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-MAJORS ...............................................................................................................................................................................11641

Kathryn Neeley, W. Bernard Carlson, Sarah Pfatteicher, Bruce Seely, Douglass Klein, Ronald Miller AC 2008-1735: IT-ENHANCED TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MACHINE DYNAMICS......................................................................................11650

El-Sayed Aziz AC 2008-1736: DEVELOPING A LAB COURSE IN NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS .............11666

Vladimir Mitin, Nizami Vagidov, Xiufeng Liu AC 2008-1739: A CLIENT-BASED ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS........................................................................11674

David Cowan AC 2008-1741: SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT: A ROBOTIC SYSTEM USING STEROSCOPIC CAMERAS FOR NAVIGATION.......................11689

Andrew Willis, James Conrad AC 2008-1742: MATERIAL SCIENCE MEETS ENGINEERING EDUCATION WHILE BUILDING AN INDUCTION PULSE ELECTRIC MOTOR ................................................................................................................................................................................................................11698

John Marshall AC 2008-1743: A SUCCESSFUL MODEL FOR ENGINEERS STUDYING ABROAD: A FOREIGN STUDY CENTER WITH CONCURRENT INSTRUCTION ...........................................................................................................................................................................................11703

Michelle Clauss, Blair Allison, Mark Reuber, Stacy Birmingham, Vincent DiStasi AC 2008-1746: INTEGRATION OF AN INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM WITH A WEB-BASED AUTHORING SYSTEM TO DEVELOP ONLINE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS WITH FORMATIVE FEEDBACK ..................................................................11716

Robert Roselli, Stephen B. Gilbert, Larry Howard, Stephen B. Blessing, Aditya Raut, Puvi Pandian AC 2008-1748: ENGAGING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS USING A COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11728

Wesley Stone, Larry Smith AC 2008-1750: PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE OF USING A LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN SE-1 COURSE ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................11736

J. Scott Hawker, Ian Webber, Michael Starenko, Jeremiah Parry-Hill

AC 2008-1751: DEVELOPMENT OF EXCEL ADD-IN MODULES FOR USE IN THERMODYNAMICS CURRICULUM: STEAM AND IDEAL GAS PROPERTIES ............................................................................................................................................................................11754

Jesse Huguet, Keith Woodbury, Robert Taylor AC 2008-1752: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN NEW CONCEPTS IN SOLAR ENERGY CAPTURE: THEORY, MODELING AND SIMULATION..........................................................................................................................................................................................11773

Samuel Lakeou, Esther Ososanya, Wagdy Mahmoud, Fatou Mbengue, Bodjona Coboyo, Abdulaziz Sirag, Ben Latigo AC 2008-1753: DEVELOPING AN INDUCTION HEATING SYSTEM LABORATORY WITH DSP MICROPROCESSORS AND POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICES ..............................................................................................................................................................................11783

Frank Li, Theodore Burke, Jalal Jalali AC 2008-1755: GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DESIGN PROJECTS UTILIZING A VIRTUAL PRODUCT LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT (VPLM).........................................................................................................................................................................................11794

Daniel Schrage, Michael Richey, Kenneth McPherson, Xavier Fouger, Cedric Simard AC 2008-1756: EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF RE-DEFINITION OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES ON INTER-MEASURE CORRELATION AND VALIDITY ........................................................................................................................................................................................11808

Carolyn Wood, Daniel Ferguson, Margaret Huyck AC 2008-1760: SERIOUS GAMES AS SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CAPSTONE PROJECTS.................................................................................11817

Bruce Maxim AC 2008-1763: ANALYSIS OF TABLET PC BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN FRESHMAN TO JUNIOR LEVEL ENGINEERING COURSES.....................................................................................................................................................................................................11829

Vinod Lohani, Ricky Castles, Aditya Johri, Dewey Spangler, David Kibler AC 2008-1764: USING A POPULAR TELEVISION SHOW TO EXCITE INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS THROUGH ENGINEERING: NUMB3RS FOR TEACHERS ..................................................................................................................................................................11847

Catherine Skokan, Michael Ewing, Barbara Moskal, Heidi Barker AC 2008-1766: SMALL INTERVENTIONS, BIG IMPACTS: HOW MODIFICATION OF DELIVERY PROCESS OF IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES FOR FRESHMEN CAN DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE LEARNING .....................................................................................................11855

Aly Tawfik, Janis Terpenny, Richard Goff AC 2008-1774: ENHANCING THE ASEE CAMPUS REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAM - A SECTION CHAIRS PERSPECTIVE........................11881

Charles McIntyre AC 2008-1775: INTERNATIONAL DESIGN PROJECT EXPERIENCES: ASSESSING THE SHORT-TERM IMPACT ON STUDENTS..........11889

John Aidoo, Shannon Sexton, James Hanson, Kevin Sutterer, Robert Houghtalen AC 2008-1776: INTEGRATION OF C INTO AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN MACHINE ORGANIZATION .................................................11904

Eric Freudenthal, Brian Carter, Frederick Kautz, Alexandria Ogrey, Robert Preston, Arthur Walton AC 2008-1783: SUPPORT OF STUDY ON ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY FROM PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS ......................................11910

Djafar Mynbaev, Candido Cabo, Roman Kezerashvili, Janet Liou-Mark

VOLUME 18 AC 2008-1786: INTEGRATING EXPERIMENT, MODELING AND DESIGN USING A HANDS ON HYDRAULIC POSITIONING LABORATORY FOR MECHANICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS EDUCATION ...............................................................................................................11924

James Widmann, Charles Birdsong, John Ridgely, Frank Owen AC 2008-1789: INTRODUCING UNIVERSAL DESIGN CONCEPTS IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY PROJECT ....................11938

Judy Cezeaux, Thomas Keyser, Eric Haffner, Anne Kaboray, Carol Hasenjager AC 2008-1790: ESTABLISHING A HIGH SCHOOL / ENGINEERING PARTNERSHIP WITH A SIMPLE INDUSTRIAL PROCESS CONTROL MODULE...........................................................................................................................................................................................11947

John Marshall AC 2008-1791: PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN TEACHING ENGINEERING: AN ETHICAL MANDATE TO PRODUCE RESPONSIBLE ENGINEERS.................................................................................................................................................................................................11957

B. Kyun Lee, Paul R. Leiffer, R. William Graff AC 2008-1800: BUILDING ENGINEERING LITERATE NON-ENGINEERS ................................................................................................................11976

Deborah Mechtel, Andrew McCue, Keith Kintzley, Robert Voigt AC 2008-1802: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN INDIA: ANOTHER LOOK...................................................................................11984

Rajeswari Sundararajan, Daniel Dangelo, Haritha Mogilisetti, Sundhasarath Somasundaram, Robert Nowlin AC 2008-1803: PROMOTING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN THERMODYNAMICS WITH ENGINEERING SCENARIOS (YEAR 2) ...........12001

Patrick Tebbe, Stewart Ross, Michael Ostendorf, Scott Cray AC 2008-1804: PEDAGOGY: REVIEW OF BEST PRACTICES.......................................................................................................................................12011

John Marshall, June Marshall AC 2008-1809: A PROGRESS REPORT ON A HANDS-ON INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND NEXT-GENERATION MULTI-FUNCTION RADAR .....................................................................................................................................................................12025

Mark Yeary, Robert Palmer, Tian Yu, Kevin Kloesel, Kent Johnson, Mike Biggerstaff, Phil Chilson, Guifu Zhang AC 2008-1810: UNIVERSITY & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS: GROWING THE NUMBERS OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN THE STEM PIPELINE .................................................................................................................................................................................12043

Karla Korpela, Shalini Suryanarayana, Christine Anderson AC 2008-1812: TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER FOR LOW-COST BUCK-BOOST CONVERTERS ......................................................12061

Daniel Dangelo, Drew Campbell, Jason Harper, Rajeswari Sundararajan

AC 2008-1815: ANALYSIS OF THE CURRICULUM OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS ........................12076Sean Falkowski

AC 2008-1816: AN INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS COURSE: MAKING CONCRETE STAND UP TO THE TASK...........................................12087

David Cottrell AC 2008-1817: INTEGRATED AUTO-ID TECHNOLOGY FOR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES (I-ATMUS)...........12096

Nebil Buyurgan, Justin Chimka, Nabil Lehlou AC 2008-1820: KEY FACTORS RELATED TO HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ INTEREST AND ASPIRATIONS IN ENGINEERING, SCIENCE, AND MATH.............................................................................................................................................................................12102

Michelle Porche, Jennifer Grossman, Anne Noonan, Peter Wong AC 2008-1824: INTEGRATING ALGEBRA AND ENGINEERING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOM....................................................12121

Wendy Huang, Barbara Brizuela, Peter Wong AC 2008-1825: EVALUATING AN INTERNATIONAL COURSE IN PRODUCT REALIZATION FOR GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................12138

Matthew Mehalik AC 2008-1827: AN "EIA" APPROACH TO SUPPORT LABORATORY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS ...............................................................12150

Nabil Lehlou, Nebil Buyurgan, Justin Chimka AC 2008-1830: STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FACULTY TECHNICAL CURRENCY, TEACHING TECHNIQUES, AND COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS FOR THEIR LEARNING/ SUCCESS ..........................................12157

Ahmed Khan, Gene Gloeckner, George Morgan AC 2008-1834: A DAY CAMP FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS TO CREATE A STEM PIPELINE..........................................................................12179

Susan Burkett, Claire Small, Charles Rossetti, Bryan Hill, Carol Gattis AC 2008-1835: CONSTRUCTION OF A RADIANT COOLING AND CONTROL DEMONSTRATION UNIT FOR USE IN ENGINEERING COURSES.....................................................................................................................................................................................................12190

Patrick Tebbe, Brian Weninger, Corey Thibeault AC 2008-1840: PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF 915 MHZ RFID SYSTEM OPERATING IN A FLUORESCENT LIGHTING ENVIRONMENT.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................12204

Ghassan Ibrahim, Jon Zeisler, Mike Kutch AC 2008-1842: DESIGN OF A CARBON NEUTRAL GREENHOUSE FOR GREENFIELD COMMUNITY COLLEGE .......................................12214

Lawrence Decker, William Hansen, Robert Dewar AC 2008-1843: THE FIRST FIFTEEN YEARS.....................................................................................................................................................................12227

Joan Kowalski, Tracie L. Brockhoff AC 2008-1844: WEB-BASED SIMULATION OF FLEXIBLE MANIPULATOR SYSTEMS ........................................................................................12238

Abul Azad, Imran Ghayasuddin, Mohammed Murtuza, Muhammed Abedur Rahman AC 2008-1845: TO BUILD A BETTER BOTTLE OPENER: INTERWEAVING A PROJECT THROUGH THE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM .............................................................................................................................................................12253

Linda Wanless, Scott Amos, John Irwin, David Wanless AC 2008-1848: GETTING STUDENTS ON THE RIGHT TRACK: A STUDY OF EXIT SURVEYS IN A FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING PROGRAM ..................................................................................................................................................................................................12272

Jim Chamberlain, Lisa Benson AC 2008-1849: DREAMS TO REALITY: BRINGING "FAR-OUT" BACK INTO AEROSPACE EDUCATION .....................................................12286

Narayanan Komerath AC 2008-1851: APPLES AND ORANGES? A PROPOSED RESEARCH DESIGN TO EXAMINE THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN TWO MEASURES OF ENGINEERING LEARNING....................................................................................................................................12295

Patrick Terenzini, Lisa Lattuca, Matthew Ohland, Russell Long AC 2008-1852: OBJECT CLASSIFICATION USING ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR INSTRUMENTED WITH SENSORS ....................................12304

Nicholas Dadds, Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic AC 2008-1853: RAY TRACING FOR UNDERGRADUATES ............................................................................................................................................12305

Christiaan Gribble AC 2008-1856: AN EXAMINATION OF THE USE OF SOCIAL COGNITIVE CAREER THEORY TO EXPLORE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE POST BACCALAUREATE DECISIONS OF HIGH ACHIEVING ENGINEERING STUDENTS........................................12317

Venetia Dover, Lorraine Fleming, Dawn Williams, Viara Quinones AC 2008-1861: IMPACT OF PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAM ON HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' INTEREST IN ENGINEERING ...................................12326

Betsy Homsher, Janet Brelin-Fornari, Terri Lynch-Caris AC 2008-1866: A BRIDGE TO SUCCESS: TRANSITIONING MINORITY STUDENTS THROUGH AN ENGINEERING SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM ............................................................................................................................................................................................12333

Carol Gattis, Thomas Carter AC 2008-1867: USE OF SPREADSHEETS IN SOLVING HEAT CONDUCTION PROBLEMS IN FINS ..................................................................12335

Amir Karimi AC 2008-1868: MACHINE VISION AND COMPUTERIZED ANIMATION: POWERFUL TOOLS IN THE DESIGN OF A ROBOT-ASSISTED CATHETERIZATION SYSTEM........................................................................................................................................................................12356

Jennifer McDonald, Sonja Crowder, Christopher McInnis, Stavros Yanakis, Nicholas Bertozzi, David Kaplan, Michael D'Ambra

AC 2008-1869: EVALUATION OF A PRESSURE SENSOR FOR A TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM ......................................................................12371Carlin Shaodong Song, Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic

AC 2008-1870: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY SENIOR YEAR COURSE INTEGRATION MODEL .....................................12378

Kevin Cook, Robb Larson AC 2008-1874: ECAP: A RECRUITMENT-TO-GRADUATION PROGRAM FOR UNDERREPRESENTED ENGINEERING STUDENTS......12390

Carol Gattis, Shannon Davis, Bryan Hill, Patricia Kirkwood AC 2008-1876: OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATORS THROUGH PARTICIPATION OUTREACH ACTIVITIES ...............12403

Stephanie Ivey, Anna Lambert, Paul Palazolo, David J. Russomanno AC 2008-1879: A PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE: HOW COOPERATION BETWEEN THE NATIONAL MILITARY ACADEMY OF AFGHANISTAN AND KABUL UNIVERSITY BENEFITS BOTH INSTITUTIONS AND THE AFGHAN NATION ..............................................12412

Richard Gash, Christopher Conley, Scott Hamilton, Paul Krajeski, Stephen Ressler AC 2008-1880: PROJECT BASED LEARNING AS A CATALYST FOR ACADEMIC EVOLUTION AND AS AN INCUBATOR FOR ACADEMIC INNOVATION....................................................................................................................................................................................................12419

Daniel Walsh, Robert Crockett, Zahed Sheikholeslami AC 2008-1881: EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE ON GROUP PROJECTS ..................................................................................12428

Jon Carson AC 2008-1884: A NEW TOOL TO ASSESS THE VALUE OF ACTIVE AND PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IN ENHANCING ENGINEERING STUDENT SELF-EFFICACY ...................................................................................................................................................................12433

Gary Halada AC 2008-1885: SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE DESIGN PROJECTS IN AN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATION PROGRAM ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12448

Amir Rezaei, Mariappan Jawaharlal, John Caffrey, Kyu-Jung Kim AC 2008-1886: DEVELOPING A SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT FOR VISUAL LEARNING IN INTRODUCTORY CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CLASSES ..............................................................................................................................................................................12461

Richard Zollars, Christopher Hundhausen, Jonathan Brown AC 2008-1887: INTEGRATED CURRICULUM AND LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERGRADUATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER NETWORKING PROGRAM .............................................................................................................12469

Shuju Wu, Ragu Athinarayanan, Xiaobing Hou, Sophia Scott AC 2008-1888: ACHIEVING TEAM WORK IN DESIGN PROJECTS: DEVELOPMENT AND RESULTS OF A SPREADSHEET TOOL............................................................................................................................................................................................................12477

Rudolph Eggert AC 2008-1889: TRANSFER SUCCESS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DEGREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE GRADUATES TO A BACHELOR DEGREE CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.........................................................................12496

Michael Mincic AC 2008-1890: NEGOTIATING THE PATH TO THE PROFESSORIATE: A STUDY OF FACULTY PERSPECTIVES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ...........................................................................................................................................................................................12505

Monica Young, John Tillotson AC 2008-1891: INTEGRATING TECHNICAL, SOCIAL, AND AESTHETIC ANALYSIS IN THE PRODUCT DESIGN STUDIO: A CASE STUDY AND MODEL FOR A NEW LIBERAL EDUCATION FOR ENGINEERS......................................................................12521

Dean Nieusma AC 2008-1896: MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM ASSESSMENT - A GENERALIZABLE INSTRUMENT.................................................................12537

Denine Northrup, Steven Northrup AC 2008-1898: THE ULTIMATE CAP STONE COURSE: A LABORATORY BASED PROBLEM SOLVING DESIGN PROJECT ...................12545

John Marshall AC 2008-1900: INCORPORATING AND ASSESSING ABET “SOFT SKILLS” IN THE TECHNICAL CURRICULUM ......................................12551

Timothy Skvarenina AC 2008-1902: A COMPARISON OF EMBEDDED SYSTEMS EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES, EUROPEAN, AND FAR EASTERN COUNTRIES.................................................................................................................................................................................................12568

Afsaneh Minaie, Reza Sanati-Mehrizy AC 2008-1905: TEACHING RESEARCH SKILLS IN SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAMS ...............................................12573

Jacqueline Fairley, Jill Auerbach, Adrianne Prysock, Leyla Conrad, Gary May AC 2008-1906: TEACHING ENGINEERING IN HIGH SCHOOL USING SERVICE-LEARNING: THE EPICS MODEL ....................................12598

Michael Thompson, Pamela Turner, William Oakes

VOLUME 19 AC 2008-1907: THE IMPACT OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME (OST) MATH AND SCIENCE CLUBS ON ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, TEACHERS, SCHOOLS AND THE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE FELLOWS THAT FACILITATE THEM .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12610

Lynn Albers, Althea Smith, Kate Caldwell, Jessica McCoy, Laura Bottomley, Elizabeth Parry AC 2008-1908: ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY'S DESIGN ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES ......................................................................................12632

David Kurtanich, William Wood, Edward Garchar

AC 2008-1914: DEVELOPMENT OF A RESEARCH-INTENSIVE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY MINOR IN NANOTECHNOLOGY STUDIES (NTS) ...............................................................................................................................................................................12640

Gary Halada, Mary Frame, Chad Korach, David Ferguson AC 2008-1915: THE RELATIONSHIP OF INSTRUCTOR RATINGS WITH TA (TEACHING ASSISTANT) RATINGS IN HIGH ENROLLMENT, LECTURE/LAB COURSES: A PRELIMINARY STUDY........................................................................................................12653

Jon Sticklen, Mark Urban-Lurain AC 2008-1916: TEACHING TEACHERS BEYOND THE TOOL: INCORPORATING ROBOTICS AND DATA COLLECTION INTO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS................................................................................................................................................................................12661

Brian Howell, Robert Houghton, Elaine Franklin AC 2008-1917: DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRIC MACHINE LIVE COMPUTATIONAL MODULES FOR CLASSROOM USE .......................12670

Clayton Hochstrasser, Joseph Werner, Donald Kasten AC 2008-1919: AN OPTIMIZED HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR FUEL CELLS ..................................................12680

Razwaan Arif, Han Chu, Yeong Ryu, Adam Filios, Hazem Tawfik, Kamal Shahrabi AC 2008-1920: VARIANCES IN COPING EFFICACY AMONG WOMEN STEM STUDENTS: IS GENDER OR DISCIPLINE MORE INFLUENTIAL? ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................12690

Venetia Dover, Dawn Williams, Lorraine Fleming, Viara Quinones AC 2008-1926: ALIGNING STUDENT LEARNING, FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CONTENT: A FRAMEWORK FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING OF ENGINEERING INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT..........................................................12703

Arunkumar Pennathur, Louis Everett AC 2008-1930: INCORPORATING TABLET PORTABLE COMPUTERS INTO THE CLASSROOM .....................................................................12713

Sofia Vidalis, Joseph Cecere AC 2008-1933: USING THE “WOW” FACTOR TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE ENGINEERING STUDENTS ...............................................................12718

Gerald Sullivan, Jon-Michael Hardin AC 2008-1937: READING BETWEEN THE LINES: EVALUATING SELF-ASSESSMENTS OF SKILLS ACQUIRED DURING AN INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING PROJECT......................................................................................................................................................12726

Mary McCormick, Chris Swan, Douglas Matson AC 2008-1942: TEACHING ELECTRIC CIRCUITS USING TABLET PC AND CENTRA .........................................................................................12738

Asad Azemi AC 2008-1944: ENHANCEMENT OF TRADITIONAL AND DISTANCE LEARNING THROUGH HYBRID E-LEARNING APPROACH.......12746

Asad Azemi AC 2008-1946: ENHANCING ENGINEERING EDUCATION: LEARNING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THROUGH SERVICE-LEARNING PROJECTS.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12758

Mary McCormick, Chris Swan, Douglas Matson, David Gute, John Durant AC 2008-1947: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE LABORATORY FOR COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING COURSES .......12779

Yuqiu You, Xiaolong Li, Gabriel Alungbe, Sam Mason AC 2008-1949: ENGINEERING FOR NON-ENGINEERING SCHOOLS: A HANDS-ON EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM THAT ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY THROUGH UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND APPLIED SCIENCE ..............12789

Chris Bachmann, Jeffrey Tang, Carl Puffenbarger, Mike Kauffman AC 2008-1950: ASSESSMENT STRUCTURE AND METHODOLOGY FOR DESIGN PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS IN ENGINEERING CAPSTONE COURSES..............................................................................................................................................................................12803

Robert Gerlick, Denny Davis, Steven Beyerlein, Jay McCormack, Phillip Thompson, Olakunle Harrison, Michael Trevisan AC 2008-1952: BASSWOOD BRIDGES.................................................................................................................................................................................12824

Harvey Abramowitz AC 2008-1953: EDUCATION IN SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO DESIGN ENGINEERING .....................................................................................12888

Frank Kragh, Jeffrey Reed, Carl Dietrich, Donna Miller AC 2008-1954: RHETORIC OF GRAMMAR FOR ENGINEERS: DEVELOPING A WAC (WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM) WORKSHOP FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS .................................................................................................................................12897

Maren Henry, Eric Granlund AC 2008-1959: CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STUDENT OUTCOMES....................................................12916

Steven Northrup, John Burke AC 2008-1960: HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH A TURBOJET ENGINE IN THE THERMAL SCIENCE LABORATORY COURSE ...........12924

Messiha Saad AC 2008-1961: A SEMI-AUTOMATIC APPROACH FOR PROJECT ASSIGNMENT IN A CAPSTONE COURSE ...............................................12937

Mark Chang, Allen Downey AC 2008-1964: ENGINEERING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE KINGDOM OF JORDAN ..................................................................12948

Aiman Kuzmar, Taima Alhiyari, Abedalbasit Abedalhafiz AC 2008-1966: ASSESSMENT OF A PRESTIGIOUS ENGINEERING GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM ..........................12958

Maura Borrego AC 2008-1967: IMPROVING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT OF AN REU SUMMER PROGRAM ............................12968

Carol Barry, Jacqueline Isaacs

AC 2008-1969: IMPLEMENTATION OF WIRELESS WEBCAM TECHNOLOGY FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FIELD TRIPS.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................12978

Mark Shaurette AC 2008-1970: USING SIMCITY 4 SOFTWARE AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL TO COMPLEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS..........................................................................................................................................................................................12996

Matthew Cathell, Michael Birnkrant, Jean Robinson, Priscilla Blount, Adam Fontecchio, Eli Fromm AC 2008-1976: EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN WITH MICROCHIP’S 16F88 MICROCONTROLLER .................................................................13009

Omer Farook, Chandra Sekhar, Essaid Bouktache AC 2008-1977: THE PROBLEM OF GROUNDWATER AND WOOD PILES IN BOSTON, AN UNENDING NEED FOR VIGILANT SURVEILLANCE ................................................................................................................................................................................................13017

James Lambrechts AC 2008-1978: MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE SIMULATION AS THE FOUNDATION COURSE AND SYNERGISTIC FOCUS OF ADVANCED COURSE HANDS-ON APPLICATION...................................................................................................................................................13046

Phil Waldrop AC 2008-1979: WHEN CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY IS ELEVATED TO CIVIL ENGINEERING, WHAT CAN FILL THE TECHNOLOGY VOID .........................................................................................................................................................................................13054

James Lambrechts AC 2008-1982: DEVELOPMENT ADVISING – EXPLORING THE BOUNDARIES; WHAT ARE APPROPRIATE, CARING LIMITS? .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13064

Elizabeth Waterfall, Elizabeth Albrecht, Stephen Williams, Owe Petersen AC 2008-1983: A LEARNER-CENTERED APPROACH FOR PREPARING AT-RISK STUDENTS..........................................................................13073

Glenn Ellis, Mary Moriarty, Gary Felder AC 2008-1986: A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) FOR A UNIFIED APPROACH FOR CONTINUOUS-TIME COMPENSATOR DESIGN......................................................................................................................................................................................................13097

Minh Cao, John Watkins, Richard O'Brien AC 2008-1987: A BLANK SLATE: CREATING A NEW SENIOR ENGINEERING CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE ...................................................13111

Mark Chang, Jessica Townsend AC 2008-1991: A NEW BACHELORS’S PROGRAM IN MOTORSPORTS TECHNOLOGY .....................................................................................13124

Gary Crossman, Guido Lopez, Anthony Dean AC 2008-1992: INTEGRATING DESIGN FOR SUPPLY CHAIN RESEARCH INTO A GRADUATE SUPPLY CHAIN MODELING COURSE – A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH..........................................................................................................................................13132

Ricki Ingalls, Mario Cornejo, Chinnatat Methapatara, Peerapol Sittivijan, Kim Needy, Bryan Norman, Braden Hunsaker, Erin Claypool, Nuri Gokhan, Scott Mason

AC 2008-1993: SUMMER ON-SITE IMMERSION IN FRENCH LANGUAGE AND ENGINEERING ......................................................................13143

David Ollis, Anthony Smith AC 2008-1995: NONCOGNITIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF INCOMING ENGINEERING STUDENTS COMPARED TO INCOMING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS: A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION...........................................................................13156

Kenneth Reid AC 2008-1997: UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING TEAM PROJECTS: IS THERE ANY CORRELATION BETWEEN PRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION?.........................................................................................................................................................................13166

Morshed Khandaker, Peter Orono, Stephen Ekwaro-Osire AC 2008-1999: INDUSTRY EXPECTATIONS FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS AND MANAGERS: CURRICULUM IMPROVEMENT .........................................................................................................................................................................................13177

Gouranga Banik AC 2008-2001: AN EXTENDED ENGAGEMENT EFFORT ..............................................................................................................................................13190

Nancy Denton AC 2008-2003: PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION IN CONSTRUCTION IN USA ....................................................................................................13199

Gabriel Alungbe, Jason Stepp, Xialong Li, Ahmad Zargari AC 2008-2007: A BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING STARTUP KIT FOR LABVIEW ....................................................................................................13206

Shekhar Sharad AC 2008-2010: UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING PROGRAM IN NANOMATERIALS, MACROMOLECULES AND INTERFACES............................................................................................................................................................................................................................13215

Annette Jacobson, Rosemary Frollini, Susana Steppan AC 2008-2013: CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSES: CONTENT RECOGNITION ............................................................................................................13224

Don Dekker, Stephen Sundarrao, Rajiv Dubey AC 2008-2014: CHESS HONING ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEM (C.H.E.S.S. BOARD): A CASE STUDY OF SUCCESSFUL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT...........................................................................................13233

Ahmed Khan, Jack Manansala, John Smith, Gabe Perez, R. Aguayo, Rommel Sison AC 2008-2015: THE NASA ADMINISTRATOR'S FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (NAFP): BENEFITS TO THE HBCUS/MIS (HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES / MINORITY INSTITUTIONS ................................................................................13245

Mohammad Alim, M. Aggarwal, Benjamin Penn, Ashok Batra AC 2008-2016: INCORPORATING HDL BASED DESIGN FLOW IN EET CURRICULUM ......................................................................................13253

Maddumage Karunaratne, Gregory Dick

AC 2008-2018: A FRESHMAN ENGINEERING CURRICULUM FOR A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING PROGRAM ............13262Laura Ruhala, Richard Ruhala, Eric Sprouls

AC 2008-2019: IMPROVING RETENTION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION THROUGH UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAM ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13276

Salil Desai, Leotis Parrish, Marcia Williams AC 2008-2023: FOSTERING DESIGN ACROSS MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES WITH GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING AND FPGAS. ................13284

Shekhar Sharad, Greg Crouch, Reid Lee, Brian Johnson AC 2008-2024: USING MICROTUBULES TO ILLUSTRATE POLYMER PROPERTIES ..........................................................................................13292

Yoli Jeune, Henry Hess

VOLUME 20 AC 2008-2025: TEACHING ENGINEERING ECONOMY ONLINE IN CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM ..................................................................13303

Gabriel Alungbe, Jaby Mohammed, Yuqiu You AC 2008-2026: AN INTERVENTION USING CONCEPT SKETCHING FOR ADDRESSING DISLOCATION-RELATED MISCONCEPTIONS IN INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS CLASSES ............................................................................................................................13308

Stephen Krause, Amaneh Tasooji AC 2008-2029: ENGAGING MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING: THE ROBOTICS SYSTEM DESIGN CAMP - NATURE AS INSPIRATION ................................................................................................................................................................................................13319

Reid Bailey, Susan Donohue AC 2008-2031: "...A GOOD IMAGINATION AND A PILE OF JUNK"...........................................................................................................................13338

Shawn Jordan, Robin Adams AC 2008-2033: ACTION AT DISTANCE: A MS DEGREE OFFERED THROUGH DISTANCE LEARNING AS A VECTOR TO STUDENT ENRICHMENT AND INDUSTRIAL INTERACTION .............................................................................................................................13349

Lanny Griffin, Daniel Walsh, Robert Crockett, Robert Szlavik AC 2008-2037: CAN DESIGN BE A COMMON GROUND AMONG DISCIPLINES?...................................................................................................13357

Shanna Daly, Robin Adams AC 2008-2038: A 5-YEAR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING CURRICULUM FOR STUDENTS ENTERING AT THE COLLEGE ALGEBRA LEVEL.....................................................................................................................................................................................13377

Richard Ruhala, Laura Ruhala, Eric Sprouls AC 2008-2039: RATING CAPSTONE DESIGN STUDENTS ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE .......................................................................................13390

Vernon Ulrich AC 2008-2040: INCORPORATING K-12 OUTREACH INTO AN REU PROGRAM FOR FEMALES.......................................................................13401

Terri Camesano, David DiBiasio, Kristen Billiar, Marsha Rolle, Susan Zhou AC 2008-2041: DEVELOPING A WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES PROGRAM IN AN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13411

Laura Wilson, Teresa Cook, Jo Ann Thompson, James Everly AC 2008-2045: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT’S VIEWS OF TECHNOLOGY ..............................................................13425

Mary Brake, Kaninka Bhatnagar AC 2008-2046: THE ROLE OF ADJUNCT FACULTY IN FUTURE ENGINEERING EDUCATION ........................................................................13437

Andrew Rose, Norman Voigt AC 2008-2048: TEMPORARY LOADS DURING CONSTRUCTION: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND COURSE DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................13449

William Wood, David Kurtanich, Robert Di Rienzo AC 2008-2051: UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGICAL FAILURE: ETHICS, EVIL, AND FINITUDE IN ENGINEERING DISASTERS .......13456

Gayle Ermer AC 2008-2054: ATTITUDE SHIFTS IN HIGH SCHOOL MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHER PRACTICE THROUGH CONNECTING MATH, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING IN A MATH SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP: PROJECT PATHWAYS...........................13471

Stephan Krause, Robert Culbertson, Marilyn Carlson AC 2008-2056: HUMAN BONE SOLID MECHANICS CHALLENGE: FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIAL STRUCTURE WITH COMPLEX GEOMETRY AND LOADING ....................................................................................................................................13484

Arturo Fuentes, Stephen Crown, Bob Freeman AC 2008-2057: STUDENT ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PRESCRIBED UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS...................................13498

Shahnam Navaee AC 2008-2059: USING WRITING TO ASSESS LEARNING IN ENGINEERING DESIGN: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES ...........................13522

Patricia Carlson, Frederick Berry AC 2008-2064: AN INTERNATIONAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING ........................13530

Curtis Larimer, Michaelangelo Tabone, Matthew Mehalik, Kim Needy AC 2008-2065: A SPIRAL CURRICULUM APPROACH TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INSTRUMENTATION IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING..........................................................................................................................................................................13543

Kumar Mallikarjunan, Anand Lakshmikanth, John Cundiff, Andrew Fulton AC 2008-2068: ELECTIVE COURSES ON NUCLEAR ENERGY ....................................................................................................................................13556

Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang

AC 2008-2070: INTRODUCING ENGINEERING THROUGH CANDY ..........................................................................................................................13557Michael Birnkrant, Matthew Cathell, Priscilla Blount, Jean Robinson, Adam Fontecchio, Eli Fromm

AC 2008-2072: TEACHING AND USING GPS/GIS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROJECTS........................................................................13569

Saeed Monemi, Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu AC 2008-2077: CNC MACHINING: A VALUE-ADDED COMPONENT OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ............................13579

Trian Georgeou, Scott Danielson AC 2008-2079: BREAKING THE CYCLE OF CALCULUS FAILURE: MODELS OF EARLY MATH INTERVENTION TO ENHANCE ENGINEERING RETENTION ..........................................................................................................................................................................13591

Robin Hensel, J. Ryan Sigler, Andrew Lowery AC 2008-2081: USING AN EDUCATIONAL MICROPROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE AND FPGA IMPLEMENTATION TO INTRODUCE INTERRUPTS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................13607

Jonathan Hill AC 2008-2083: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF USING PERSONAL RESPONSE SYSTEMS (CLICKERS) IN A CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS COURSE .....................................................................................................................................................................................13619

David Probst, Margaret Waterman AC 2008-2086: PROGRESS IN ASSESSMENT OF GRADUATE ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEGREE PROGRAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA ...................................................................................................................................................13627

Gerald Crain, James Sluss, Monte Tull, Samuel Lee AC 2008-2089: MEETING THE MENTORING NEEDS OF NEW FACULTY: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCE.................................13635

B. Elizabeth Jones, Denise Martinez AC 2008-2093: IMPACT OF REMOTELY ACCESSING COMPUTER SOFTWARE IN A COMMUTER CAMPUS ON FRESHMEN ENGINEERING STUDENTS...........................................................................................................................................................................13639

Suleiman Ashur, S. Scott Moor, Essam Zaneldin AC 2008-2094: THE ART OF DESIGN MODELING – TEACHING FRESHMEN GRAPHICS COURSE.................................................................13653

Sridhar Condoor, Lawrence Boyer, Sanjay Jayaram AC 2008-2097: DEVELOPMENT OF ENGAGING PROJECTS FOR EMBEDDED APPLICATIONS.......................................................................13663

Jeff Wiegley AC 2008-2098: DEVELOPING AN ADVANCED DIGITAL CONTROL LABORATORY WITH A SYSTEM-ON-A-PROGRAMMABLE-CHIP (SOPC) ........................................................................................................................................................................................13676

Faramarz Mossayebi, Frank Li, Eric Lombardo, Chitra Rajagopal AC 2008-2099: MOTIVATING RESEARCH IN AN ENGINEERING TEACHING INSTITUTION ...........................................................................13684

Howard Evans, Shekar Viswanathan AC 2008-2101: DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW CURRICULUM FOR ROBOTICS INTERFACING ENGINEERING..............................................13692

Yuqiu You AC 2008-2104: RECENT CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTS AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY...............................................................13702

Mark Cambron, Walter Collett, Stacy Wilson AC 2008-2105: LEARNING STATICS – A FOUNDATIONAL APPROACH ..................................................................................................................13713

Sridhar Condoor, Sanjay Jayaram, Lawrence Boyer AC 2008-2106: IMPROVING CAMPUS CLIMATE FOR FACULTY FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS ..................................................13726

Lisa McClain, Cheryl Schrader, Janet Callahan AC 2008-2108: PROFESSORS’ INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF NANOHUB SIMULATIONS AS LEARNING TOOLS .............................................................................................................................................................................13738

Alejandra Magana, Sean Brophy, George Bodner AC 2008-2111: IMELT: INTEGRATING MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING, AND LITERACY IN THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................13748

Heath Tims, Galen Turner, Don Schillinger AC 2008-2112: GEO: A WEB-BASED EVENT REGISTRATION AND COMMUNICATION TOOL ........................................................................13757

David Bowman, Elizabeth Stephan, Lisa Benson AC 2008-2115: SCAFFOLDING STUDENT’S CONCEPTIONS OF PROPORTIONAL SIZE AND SCALE COGNITION WITH ANALOGIES AND METAPHORS .........................................................................................................................................................................................13766

Alejandra Magana, Sean Brophy, Timothy Newby AC 2008-2116: ONLINE INTERACTIVE MEMS EXPERIMENTS AND WEB-BASED CURRICULUM..................................................................13779

Siamak Faridani, Kurt Gramoll AC 2008-2117: A SIMPLE EDUCATIONAL WIND TUNNEL SETUP FOR VISUALIZATION OF DUCT FLOW STREAMLINES AND NOZZLE/DIFFUSER BOUNDARY LAYER SEPARATION .....................................................................................................13793

B. Terry Beck, Brian Anderson, Mina Hosni AC 2008-2127: THE FIRST YEAR TRANSITION: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR STUDENTS, INSTRUCTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS.......................................................................................................................................................................................................13804

Lisa Romkey AC 2008-2128: A COMPREHENSIVE AND INTEGRATED APPROACH TO INCREASE ENROLLMENTS IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY ..........................................................................................................................................................................................13817

Bruce Gehrig, Deborah Sharer, Stephen Kuyath, Anthony Brizendine

AC 2008-2129: IMPROVING ETHICS STUDIES THROUGH A SPIRAL CURRICULUM: PILOTING AN ETHICS DISCUSSION AT THE SENIOR LEVEL ..............................................................................................................................................................................13831

Kumar Mallikarjunan, Christian Whysong, Jenny Lo AC 2008-2130: HOW TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF ASEE STUDENT CHAPTERS ...........................................................................................13846

Elizabeth Van Ruitenbeek AC 2008-2131: GEARUP: TEACHING ENGINEERING, SCIENCE, AND MATHEMATICS TO JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH THE USE OF K’NEX BRIDGES ..............................................................................................................................13852

Heath Tims, Galen Turner, Don Schillinger AC 2008-2132: USING VIDEOS TO TEACH THE ETHICAL USE OF ENGINEERING INFORMATION ..............................................................13862

William Baer AC 2008-2135: FACTORS CITED BY SECONDARY STUDENTS AS INFLUENCING THEIR INTERESTS IN NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ............................................................................................................................................................................................13869

Kelly Hutchinson, Lynn Bryan, George Bodner, Nicholas Giordano AC 2008-2136: INTEGRATING SENSOR NETWORKS IN UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM: A MARRIAGE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE.....................................................................................................................................................................................................13890

Anbu Elancheziyan, Jaudelice de Oliveira, Fernand Cohen, Fredricka Reisman AC 2008-2138: DESIGN OF A METHODOLOGY FOR THE INSPECTION OF BROACHING TOOL ....................................................................13898

Devdas Shetty, Claudio Campana AC 2008-2139: EXTENSIVE USE OF ADVANCED FPGA TECHNOLOGY IN DIGITAL DESIGN EDUCATION ................................................13914

Mihaela Radu, Clint Cole, Mircea Alexandru Dabacan, Shannon Sexton AC 2008-2140: TEACHING ASPECTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.......................................13925

Gregory Zieren, John Blake AC 2008-2143: USING WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR LEARNING SCIENCE CONCEPTS ..............13936

Nataliia Perova, Patricia Hogan, Walter H. Johnson AC 2008-2148: DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSESSMENT OF A PROGRESSIVE READING LOG SYSTEM ......................13947

David Benson AC 2008-2160: TEACHING EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN USING VIRTUAL LABORATORIES: DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSESSMENT OF THE VIRTUAL BIOREACTOR LABORATORY ...................................................................................................................13957

Christine Kelly, Edith Gummer, Philip Harding, Milo Koretsky AC 2008-2163: A FIRST YEAR SEMINAR FOR SURVEYING ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND THE EFFECTS ON RETENTION .............13972

Thomas Seybert AC 2008-2165: PATHS TO DISCOVERY: CHICANAS IN MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING. ..................................................13982

Lupita Montoya, Cleopatra Martinez

VOLUME 21 AC 2008-2166: THE DESIGN OF AN EXPERIMENTAL ANAEROBIC DIGESTOR FOR ORGANIC WASTE PROCESSING ..........................13990

Esther Ososanya, Abiose Adebayo, Jean-Pierre Fodjouo, Francis Ayissi, Steven Omoijuanfo, Tuan Ly, Kevin Allen, Anene Wynn, Mamoun Mohammed Ali, Gizaw Mulugeta, Dimitri Ditombi Bamba, Meraj Shaikh

AC 2008-2167: A NEW LOOK AT UPPER-LEVEL MATHEMATICS NEEDS IN ENGINEERING COURSES AT UAB ......................................14008

Gregg Janowski, Melinda Lalor, Hassan Moore AC 2008-2170: MAKING THE CONNECTIONS: FACILITATING STUDENT INTEGRATION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CONCEPTS INTO A COHERENT FRAMEWORK..............................................................................................................................14018

Rebecca Toghiani, Adrienne Minerick, Keisha Walters AC 2008-2172: TEACHING DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS - PART II ................................................................14032

William Waldron, Pramod Chaphalkar, Shabbir Choudhuri, John Farris AC 2008-2173: A FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS FOR ELECTRICAL/COMPUTER ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS .........................................................................................14044

Sanjay Raman, Da Silva Luiz, Masoud Agah, Allen MacKenzie, Christopher Maxey, Amy Bell AC 2008-2176: AN OFT-OVERLOOKED RESOURCE: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS CAN BE A VALUABLE ASSET TO HELP IMPROVE THE CURRICULUM, FACILITIES, AND PEDAGOGY ...................................................................................................................14054

Gene Harding, Benedict Kazora, Robert Smethers AC 2008-2181: MERGING ADA & LEED TO ENHANCE OLDER ADULT LIVING: A CAPSTONE PROJECT ...................................................14061

Darrell Nickolson AC 2008-2182: DECISION-MAKING IN THE DESIGN-BUILD PROCESS AMONG FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS.....................14070

Phil Schlosser, Michael Parke, John Merrill AC 2008-2183: ONLINE, INTRODUCTORY MICROCONTROLLER LABS AND EXERCISES FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS .................14080

Marc McComb AC 2008-2186: CURRICULAR ENHANCEMENT TO SUPPORT PROJECT-BASED LEARNING IN COMPUTER AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING .............................................................................................................................................................................................14085

Albert Liddicoat, Jianbiao Pan, James Harris, Lynne Slivovsky AC 2008-2188: ENGINEERGIRL: A WEBSITE TO INTRODUCE MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS TO ENGINEERING ............................................14100

Bevlee Watford, Catherine Didion, Patricia Paddock, Suzanne Jenniches, Annette Gildea, Katie Gramling, Greta Zornes

AC 2008-2193: ENGAGING FIRST YEAR STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN THROUGH ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14107

Susan Masten, Robert Fleisig AC 2008-2194: USING MICROSOFT OUTLOOK FOR PERSONAL AND PROJECT PLANNING IN A FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING COURSE .......................................................................................................................................................................................................14118

W. David Harding, Samuel Daniels AC 2008-2195: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FORENSICS TOOL FOR WINDOWS MOBILE DEVICES ...............................................................14126

Kyle Lutes, Richard Mislan AC 2008-2197: ARTICULATING NEED SENSITIVE VERTICALLY INTEGRATED PROGRAMS FOR ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................14137

Saeed Khan, John DeLeon AC 2008-2199: ROLE OF TWO-YEAR COLLEGES IN THE PREPARATION OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS ..................................................14148

Dale Buechler, Christa James-Byrnes AC 2008-2203: RENEWABLE ENERGY EDUCATION OF FUTURE ARMY LEADERS AT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY...........................................................................................................................................................................................................14155

Gunnar Tamm, A. Ozer Arnas, Daisie Boettner, Seth Norberg AC 2008-2205: SIMULATION-BASED LEARNING OF DISTILLATION PRINCIPLES IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT: FROM DA VINCI’S ALEMBICS TO MODERN APPLICATIONS ......................................................................................................................................................14165

Yakov Cherner, Jerry Meldon, Anatoly Peresunko AC 2008-2218: OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE TO SUPPORT STUDENT TEAMS: CHALLENGES, LESSONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES.........14172

Clifton Kussmaul AC 2008-2219: EXPERIMENTALLY DETERMINING MASS MOMENT PROPERTIES ...........................................................................................14183

Byron Newberry AC 2008-2220: PROCESS AND CHALLENGES OF BUILDING A NEW CIVIL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM AT A REGIONAL CAMPUS.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14192

Suleiman Ashur AC 2008-2221: MAKING MATH AND SCIENCE EXCITING THROUGH ENGINEERING SPORT: THE WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY TREBUCHET COMPETITION....................................................................................................................................................................14203

Joseph Slater AC 2008-2223: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENT FOR COOPERATIVE LEARNING USING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS AND POLYMER PROCESSING..............................................................................................................................................................14215

Andrew Thornton, Kyle Shipp, Tony Lin AC 2008-2225: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF ABET INC. .....................................................................................................14227

George Peterson, Kathryn Aberle AC 2008-2226: USING SIMULATION-BASED HYBRID AND MULTILEVEL VIRTUAL LABS FOR FIBER OPTICS, PHOTONICS AND TELECOM EDUCATION.....................................................................................................................................................................14238

Yakov Cherner, Ahmed Khan, Amin Karim, Victor Rubanchik, Gary Mullett AC 2008-2227: INVESTIGATING IMPULSE LOADING USING MODEL ROCKETRY.............................................................................................14255

Byron Newberry AC 2008-2230: A PRACTICE-INTEGRATED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING .................................14264

Mark Yim, Katherine Kuchenbecker, Paulo Arratia, John Bassani, Jonathan Fiene, Vijay Kumar, Jennifer Lukes AC 2008-2234: A NOVEL METHODOLOGY FOR ENGINEERING COURSE DESIGN BASED ON SIX SIGMA PRINCIPLES: INCORPORATION OF DIVERSE CONSTITUENTS IN COURSE DESIGN ......................................................................................14279

Anoop Desai, Jean-Claude Thomassian AC 2008-2236: OUTCOME ASSESSMENT PROCESS IN A MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING PROGRAM ...................................................14289

Jahangir Ansari, Amir Javaheri, Stephen S. Tompkins, Keith Williamson AC 2008-2237: USE OF CASE STUDIES AT HAMPTON UNIVERSITY: RESULTS OF IMPLEMENTATION .....................................................14300

Qiang Le, Chetan Sankar, P.K. Raju AC 2008-2239: BIOLOGICALLY-INSPIRED DESIGN: A UNIQUE MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN MODEL ...................................................14308

Brent Nelson AC 2008-2240: LOWERING THE BARRIERS TO ACHIEVE ETHICS ACROSS THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM....................................14318

Kristyn Masters, Sarah Pfatteicher AC 2008-2241: LARGE-SCALE PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM DESIGN: LEARNING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH ENGINEERING CLINICS .......................................................................................................................................................................................................14327

Peter Mark Jansson, Ulrich Schwabe, Andrew Hak AC 2008-2243: AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY: A COUNTER-INTUITIVE PATH TO GREATER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY ENROLLMENT ............................................................................................................................................................14340

Sangram Redkar, Scott Danielson, Bradley Rogers, Trian Georgeou AC 2008-2246: INFORMATION GATHERING ACTIVITIES IN ENGINEERING DESIGN ......................................................................................14347

Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Innocent Afuh, Peter Orono AC 2008-2247: INSPIRE: A LOW-COST PRE-COLLEGE ENGINEERING ENRICHMENT PROGRAM...............................................................14355

Brenda Hart, Veronica Hinton-Hudson, James Lewis

AC 2008-2248: VERTICAL INTEGRATION PROJECT WITH FRESHMAN AND JUNIOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS .................................14373William Waldron, John Farris, Hugh Jack, Christopher Pung

AC 2008-2251: TEACHING ENHANCEMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE THERMODYNAMICS II...........................................................................14392

X. Chang Li, Kendrick Aung, Jiang Zhou, Xuejun Fan AC 2008-2253: FOLLOWING UP ON ENGINEERS OF THE FUTURE (EOF) WORKSHOP MOMENTUM ..........................................................14402

Stephanie Goldberg, Paul Siciliano, Clark Greene, Steve Macho AC 2008-2255: DECISION-MAKING IN FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING: EXPLORING HOW STUDENTS DECIDE ABOUT FUTURE STUDIES AND CAREER PATHWAYS ...............................................................................................................................................................14416

Ida Ngambeki, Odesma Dalrymple, Demetra Evangelou AC 2008-2257: USING THE DESIGN PARADIGM AS A STRATEGY FOR CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENT....................................................14428

Donald McEachron, Fred Allen, Elisabeth Papazoglou, Mustafa Sualp AC 2008-2258: AN INTEGRATED SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO DEVELOPING A PROFESSIONAL WATER AND WASTEWATER WORKFORCE: ETD IT/IET INTEREST GROUP ...............................................................................................................................14452

Andrew Ernest, Jana Fattic, Sherry Reid, Alan Cranford AC 2008-2264: WHY A LIBERAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION IS NEEDED TO SOLVE THE ENERGY CRISIS ....................14466

Matthew Heun, Steven Vanderleest AC 2008-2265: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CO-OP IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING .................................................................................14483

Jeffrey Johnson, Eileen Crisanti, Jill Collet, Edward Grood, Linda Moeller AC 2008-2266: AN ANALYSIS OF SUCCESSFUL MINORITY STUDENTS ENROLLED IN TECHNOLOGY DEGREE PROGRAMS ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................14489

Pedro Leite, Jung Oh AC 2008-2267: ASSESSING PROGRESS: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A THREE COURSE INTRODUCTION TO AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AND RELATED CURRICULUM MODIFICATIONS..........................................................................................14493

Thomas Hannigan, Keith Koenig, Lorenzo Coley, Christopher Hamm AC 2008-2268: STUDENT WRITING: AN ACTIVE LEARNING TOOL IN PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION ...............................14503

Teresa Larkin, Dan Budny AC 2008-2273: THE STATE OF ENGINEERING PROGRAM ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE IN LATIN AMERICA ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14516

Jaime Salazar Contreras, Jorge Ignacio Velez Munera, Maria M. Larrondo Petrie AC 2008-2277: NORTH TEXAS STEM CENTER: AN ENGINEERS PERSPECTIVE..................................................................................................14526

James Morgan, Luciana Barroso AC 2008-2278: COLLABORATIVE PRODUCT DESIGN AND REALIZATION IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULA ...............................................................................................................................................................................................14533

Vukica Jovanovic, Mileta Tomovic, Richard Mark French AC 2008-2280: ENGINEERING RESEARCH RESOURCES .............................................................................................................................................14545

Najwa Hanel AC 2008-2281: LIVING WITH THE LAB: A CURRICULUM TO PREPARE FRESHMAN STUDENTS TO MEET THE ATTRIBUTES OF "THE ENGINEER OF 2020" ............................................................................................................................................................................................14553

David Hall, Stan Cronk, Patricia Brackin, Mark Barker, Kelly Crittenden AC 2008-2283: A STRUCTURED APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING IN STATICS AND DYNAMICS: ASSESSMENT AND EVOLUTION ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................14571

Francesco Costanzo, Gary L. Gray AC 2008-2285: DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERGRADUATE COURSE IN MICROSTATION © AND GEOPAK © FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS......................................................................................................................................................................................14581

Gregory Nail AC 2008-2287: INTERACTIVE LEARNING USING A TABLET PC IN CIVIL ENGINEERING SOIL MECHANICS ..........................................14595

Kevin Sutterer, Shannon Sexton AC 2008-2288: UTILIZING A PCI DAQ BOARD IN THE LABORATORY COURSE OF MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEMS AND INTERFACING ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................14609

Yanfei Liu AC 2008-2289: INCORPORATING ENERGY ISSUES INTO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ........................................................................14619

Angela Bielefeldt AC 2008-2293: ADVICE FOR NEW FACULTY: STRUCTURING A SUMMER REU PROJECT AND MENTORING THE PARTICIPANT TO A PUBLICATION..................................................................................................................................................................................14630

Adrienne Minerick AC 2008-2295: A PROBLEM-CENTERED APPROACH TO DYNAMICS .....................................................................................................................14637

Gary L. Gray, Francesco Costanzo AC 2008-2296: IMPACT OF RAPID PROTOTYPING FACILITIES ON ENGINEERING STUDENT OUTCOMES..............................................14651

James Helbling, Lance Traub AC 2008-2297: FACTORS SUPPORTING PERSISTENCE OF FEMALES IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDIES: INSIGHTS GAINED THROUGH A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONSISTENTLY PERFORMING PROGRAMS........................................14662

Susan Donohue, Larry Richards, Carolyn Vallas

AC 2008-2298: ENGINEERING RESEARCH RESOURCES .............................................................................................................................................14673Najwa Hanel

VOLUME 22 AC 2008-2300: USING LET ME LEARN® TO PROMOTE METACOGNITION AND FOSTER TEAMING SKILLS ...........................................14682

Kevin Dahm, Roberta Harvey AC 2008-2301: INTEGRATING GLOBAL WARMING INTO A FRESHMAN ENGINEERING INTRODUCTORY COURSE ............................14696

Blair Rowley, Kumar Yelamarthi, Thomas Bazzoli AC 2008-2304: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A PRODUCT REALIZATION RET SITE: MAXIMIZING SUCCESS FOR TEACHER RESEARCH AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IMPACT .............................................................................................................................14703

Birdy Reynolds, Matthew Mehalik, Michael Lovell, Christian Schunn AC 2008-2307: RAPID PROTOTYPING IN THE DESIGN METHODOLOGY..............................................................................................................14715

Serdar Tumkor, Kishore Pochiraju AC 2008-2311: CENTRIFUGAL PUMP DESIGN, FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION: A PROJECT-DRIVEN FRESHMAN EXPERIENCE ...................................................................................................................................................................................................14726

Mike Swanbom, David Hall, Kelly Crittenden AC 2008-2312: THE TREATMENT OF ENGINEERING ECONOMY IN OTHER ENGINEERING TEXTS ...........................................................14742

William Peterson AC 2008-2313: CULTURAL COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT ...........................................................................................................................................14746

Angela Bielefeldt AC 2008-2314: THINKING GLOBALLY, ACTING LOCALLY: STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF VEHICLE ENGINEERING ...................................14757

Annette Casey, Emilia Bratschitsch, Adrian Millward-Sadler AC 2008-2316: TECHNOLOGY LITERACY AS A PATH TO “ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS IN A GLOBAL AND SOCIETAL CONTEXT”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14766

David Ollis AC 2008-2318: FOCUSED FOLLOW-UP TO 2005 NATIONAL CAPSTONE SURVEY ...............................................................................................14776

Susannah Howe AC 2008-2319: IMPROVING THERMODYNAMICS INSTRUCTION: HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH A GAS TURBINE ENGINE ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14788

Messiha Saad AC 2008-2323: EXTENDED ACTIVE LEARNING AS A MEANS TO LEARN SYNTAX IN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES..........................14801

S. Hansen AC 2008-2324: A "GLOBAL" CURRICULUM TO SUPPORT CIVIL ENGINEERING IN DEVELOPING NATIONS .........................................14807

F. Meyer, C. Conley, J. Hanus, J. Klosky AC 2008-2327: DRINKING WATER ACTIVITY FOR HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM..........................................................................14816

A. Bielefeldt AC 2008-2331: NOVEL TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRONICS INSTRUCTION-AN ELECTRONICS STUDIO ..................................................14824

A.N.M. Kannan, B. Rempel, L. Munukutla, B. Valenzuela AC 2008-2335: INCREASING STUDENT RETENTION AND COMPREHENSION BY PROVIDING EVERY STUDENT THEIR OWN INDUSTRY STANDARD TOOLS IN INTRODUCTORY ENGINEERING CLASSES ........................................................................14832

A. O'Fallon, J.R. Hagemeister, C. Cole, J. Harris AC 2008-2337: RECRUITING AND MENTORING OF PRE-COLLEGE MINORITY STUDENTS FOR ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING PROGRAMS........................................................................................................................................................................14846

J. Northern, B. Green, J. Attia, T. Northern AC 2008-2338: ENGINEERING STUDENTS OPINION ON PE 603100-SPORTS AND HEALTH: AN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSE AT THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY IN JORDAN ..........................................................................................14855

A. Kuzmar, A. Abedalhafiz, T. Alhiyari AC 2008-2346: DISCUSSIONS ON MENTORING FROM A NEW FACULTY'S MEMBER PERSPECTIVE .........................................................14868

M. Hale, S. Freyne, S. Durham AC 2008-2349: MAINTAINING AN ENGINEERING PORTFOLIO ...............................................................................................................................14869

P. Ross AC 2008-2356: EXPERIENCES IMPLEMENTING AN UNDERGRADUATE CIVIL ENGINEERING COURSE IN BIM....................................14874

M. Dupuis, B. Thompson, L. Bank, J. Herridge AC 2008-2357: THE STATE OF ENGINEERING PROGRAM ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE IN CANADA ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14893

D. Wolfe, P. Alexander AC 2008-2359: THE STATE OF ENGINEERING PROGRAM ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE IN INDIA ...........................14903

K. Vedula, M.M.L. Petrie AC 2008-2360: UTILIZING ROBOTICS TO FACILITATE PROJECT-BASED LEARNING: A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE.............................14910

A. Reed, T. Creekbaum, M. Elliott, D. Hall, D. Harbour

AC 2008-2363: USING COURSE MAPS TO ENHANCE NAVIGATION OF E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS ....................................................14922S. Miertschin, C. Willis

AC 2008-2364: HARVESTING OF LUNAR IRON: COMPETITIVE HANDS-ON LEARNING ................................................................................14936

P. Schubert, M. Beatty AC 2008-2368: A STUDY OF STUDENT RETENTION USING RAPID TESTING AND REPETITIVE TESTING: PRELIMINARY CLASSROOM RESULTS FROM AN FE REVIEW COURSE ............................................................................................................14943

F. King, S. Ilias AC 2008-2369: PROMOTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING USING LABORATORY TEAM PROJECTS: A CASE STUDY ...................................................................................................................................................................................14950

G. Davis, C. Hoff AC 2008-2371: QUANTUM DOTS: BRINGING NANOSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM............................................................................................................................................................................................................................14965

E. Wischow, L. Bryan, S. Daly AC 2008-2372: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LITERACY FOR NON-ENGINEERS ...........................................................................................14977

W. Suchan, S. Schwartz, E. Sobiesk AC2008-2378: PHYSICS FUNDAMENTALS, ENGINEERING DESIGN, AND RESEARCH: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THREE-WEEK SHORTCOURSE...............................................................................................................................14984

W. Jackson, J. Franck, J. Maloney, J.P.Ochoa-Ricoux, J. Rimoli, L. Rivas AC 2008-2381: GROUP SELECTION TECHNIQUES FOR A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT COURSE .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14996

G. Watkins AC 2008-2383: A METHOD FOR PREDICTING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES..................................................................15006

G. Nicholls, H. Wolfe, M. Besterfield-Sacre, L. Shuman AC 2008-2384: A DIRECT METHOD FOR TEACHING AND ASSESSING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS IN ENGINEERING PROGRAMS ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................15019

A.A. Kranov, C. Hauser, R. Olsen, L. Girardeau AC 2008-2386: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A MULTI-FACETED FRESHMAN DESIGN PROJECT: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, ELECTRONICS, MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION, SOFTWARE-HARDWARE INTERFACE AND ECONOMICS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................15038

D. Shaw, M. Tanyel AC 2008-2389: BANG HEAD HERE: FIRST YEAR INSTRUCTORS DEALING WITH STUDENT FAILURE.....................................................15051

A. Chalmers, E. Crispino, J. Hanus AC 2008-2392: CHALLENGES FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN A GLOBALLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT ..................................15063

S. Keshavamurthy, A. Srivastava, A. Minerick, N. Schulz AC 2008-2393: THE IMPACT ON ENGINEERING GRADUATE STUDENTS OF TEACHING IN K-12 ENGINEERING PROGRAMS ..........15071

M. Zarske, J. Sullivan, D. Knight, J. Yowell AC 2008-2395: SIMULATING CONSULTING ENGINEER RELATIONSHIPS IN A SENIOR DESIGN COURSE AND ASSESSING THE RESULTS ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15084

M. Bronzini, M. Casey AC 2008-2401: A NANOTECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENT FOR UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING PROGRAMS: CARBON NANOTUBE PRODUCTION USING ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING ...........................................................................................................15097

N. Jaksic AC 2008-2403: PREPARING EFFECTIVELY FOR ABET ACCREDITATION: WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?..................................................15106

K. Shryock, H. Reed AC 2008-2406: RETENTION AND MENTORING OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STUDENTS FOR ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING PROGRAMS........................................................................................................................................................................15117

D. Sweat, T. Northern, B. Green, J. Northern AC 2008-2407: COMMERCIAL BREAKS IN THE CLASSROOM ..................................................................................................................................15124

S. Norberg AC 2008-2410: CAPTURING STUDENTS FOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING-COUNTERING THE REVERSE FUNNEL PIPELINE...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15132

D. Bee, R. Rothaupt, L. Stradins AC 2008-2413: SERVICE LEARNING: COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL VALUES THAT ENGAGE UDNER REPRESENTED GROUPS INTO THE STEM PIPELINE................................................................................................................................................................................15142

L. Wilkins, I. Young AC 2008-2415: TECHNOLOGY SKILL ASSESSMENT OF CONSTRUCTION STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONAL WORKERS .....................15149

T. Nguyen, K. Schmidt, W. O'Brien AC 2008-2417: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE METHODS TO FORECAST ENGINEERING STUDENTS' RETENTION BASED ON COGNITIVE AND NON-COGNITIVE FACTORS ........................................................................................................................................15161

P.K. Imbrie, J. Jien-Jou Lin, A. Malyscheff AC 2008-2421: CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PROFESSIONALISM WITHIN A BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING CAPSTONE COURSE ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................15175

T. Allen, S. Peirce-Cottler

AC 2008-2424: DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL CAPSTONE: AN INTEGRATED EXPERIENCE........................................................................15185J. Johnson, M.B. Privitera, D. Narmoneva, B. Haridas

AC 2008-2427: EFFECTIVE TEACHING: THE STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVE............................................................................................................15191

A. Ieta, T. Doyle, A. Pallone AC 2008-2430: COMMUNITY SERVICE ATTITUDES OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS ENGAGED IN SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................15201

A. Bielefeldt, B. Amadei, R. Sandekian AC 2008-2433: STUDENTS' CHANGING IMAGES OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERS....................................................................................15213

A. Jocuns, R. Stevens, L. Garrison, D. Amos AC 2008-2435: BACK TO BASICS: INCREASING STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTATION AND INSTRUMENTATION ..........................................................................................................................................................15240

T. Hannigan, K. Koenig, C. Hamm, L. Coley AC 2008-2436: ENHANCING THE LABORATORY EXPERIENCE USING PEER EVALUATION OF GROUP LABORATORY REPORTS IN A FLUID MECHANICS COURSE ................................................................................................................................................................15251

D. Shaw AC 2008-2438: ENGINEERING ECONOMY ASSESSMENT OF BAYLOR'S PILOT GLOBAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATION COURSE .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15260

B. Kelley, R. Doty, B. Booth, C. Fry AC 2008-2439: HOW ACCURATE IS STUDENTS' SELF-ASSESSMENT OF COMPUTER SKILLS? ....................................................................15271

M. Collura, S. Daniels AC 2008-2440: LEARNER CENTERED GAMES: A PATHWAY TO STUDENT MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT....................................15286

S. Crown, A. Fuentes, B. Freeman AC 2008-2441: STUDENT ASSISTED GUIDANCE IN ENGINEERING (SAGE): A MENTORING COURSE TO RETAIN FRESHMEN ON ACADEMIC PROBATION...............................................................................................................................................................................................15298

J. Lee, J. Marszalek, A. Medina, S. Linnemeyer AC 2008-2443: DISCOURSE-BASED COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE: DEVELOPING GRADUATE STUDENTS' ABILITIES TO COMMUNICATE THEIR RESEARCH ACROSS DISPARATE DISCIPLINES AND EXPERIENCE LEVELS ......................................................15319

L. Anthony, M. Palius, C. Maher, P. Moghe AC 2008-2444: SUSTAINABILITY IN ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE DESIGN ........................................................................................15335

J. Kirby, H. Ozcan, F. Fouad AC 2008-2457: ENHANCING LEADERSHIP SKILLS THROUGH SERVICE LEARNING.......................................................................................15345

J. Ejiwale, D. Posey AC 2008-2465: COMPARISON OF CHEATING BEHAVIORS IN UNDERGRADUATE............................................................................................15351

N. Mattei AC 2008-2468: CIRCUIT ELEMENTS ARE PEOPLE TOO-USING PERSONIFICATION IN CIRCUIT ANALYSIS LECTURES TO IMPROVE COMPREHENSION.............................................................................................................................................................................................15363

L. Brent Jenkins

VOLUME 23 AC 2008-2484: A VISION FOR P-16 STEM EDUCATION AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN .......................................................................15372

J. Nelson, M. Odell, W. Geiger, K. Trampus AC 2008-2489: DESIGN OF A HARDWARE PLATFORM FOR ANALOG COMMUNICATIONS LABORATORY ............................................15386

B. Dunne, M. Cooke AC 2008-2491: OUTCOMES OF A NOVEL REU SITE IN CHEMISTRY & CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ............................................................15403

A. Minerick AC 2008-2492: EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF WASTE EGRESS FROM COLLECTION VEHICLE.......................................................................15415

R. Cuprak, J. Rajadas, T. Georgeou AC 2008-2497: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HYDRAULIC HYBRID VEHICLE LABORATORY: INTEGRATING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ............................................................................................................................................................................................15426

C. Schroeder, M. Elahinia, W. Olson, M. Schumack AC 2008-2498: FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS' INITIALS IDEAS FOR SOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMS..................................15444

S. Brophy AC 2008-2502: UNIFYING LABORATORY CONTENT OF A DIGITAL SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE CURRICULUM THROUGH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL INTEGRATION.........................................................................................................15454

S. Naumov, W. Obermeyer, R. Singhal, E. Garcia, N. Houshangi AC 2008-2510: TEACHING BASIC NANOFABRICATION PROCESSING USING CORE FACILITIES................................................................15468

J. Ejiwale AC 2008-2512: INCREASING THE IMPACT OF YOUR PROGRAM THROUGH NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEYS ........................................15475

C. Didion, K. Peterman AC 2008-2513: DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR SMARTPHONES ............................................................................15485

A. Panchul, D. Akopian

AC 2008-2525: RESULTS OF SEVEN YEAR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE PIPELINE OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITES STUDYING SCIENCE, ENGINEERING OR MATHEMATICS AT COLLEGE LEVEL........................15498

B. Christie AC 2008-2528: LAB REPORT WRITING (AND TEACHING!) MADE EASY...............................................................................................................15508

A. Magleby, C. Furse AC 2008-2531: MATERIAL ADVANTAGE AT IOWA STATE: A CASE STUDY FOR STUDENT PRE-PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY SUCCESS....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15515

M. Kessler, E. Merrick, L. Genalo AC 2008-2533: INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF MILITARY AND DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY IN ENGINEERING ETHICS EDUCATION.....15526

C. Papadopoulos, A. Hable AC 2008-2535: TEACHERS' NOTICING ENGINEERING IN EVERYDAY OBJECTS AND PROCESSES ............................................................15540

S. Brophy, G. Mann AC 2008-2537: ASSESSING COGNITIVE REASONING AND LEARNING IN MECHANICS ..................................................................................15556

C. Papadopoulos AC 2008-2539: CARTOGRAPHY: CREATING A GLOBAL MAP-BASED FUEL USE CALCULATOR ................................................................15572

E. Wilhelm, I. Berry, M. Stevens, W. Schenler AC 2008-2541: A STATICS SKILLS INVENTORY ............................................................................................................................................................15593

S. Danielson, R. Hinks AC 2008-2543: ENHANCING ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES THROUGH INTEGRATION OF NEW VISION FOR CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURES WITH NANOTECHNOLOGY INTO UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION RESULTS ............................................................................................................................................................................................15602

W. Zheng, H. Shih, K. Lozano, K. Kiefer, X. Ma AC 2008-2550: STUDENT DESIGN PROJECTS IN A PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER (PLC) COURSE.........................................15616

L. Guo, R. Pecen AC 2008-2552: INTERACTIVE SENSOR PACKAGE UNIT-A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DESIGN PROJECT.......................................................15625

Y. Liu, J. Zhao AC 2008-2554: ENTROPY BASED VERIFICATION OF ACADEMIC INTEGRIY .....................................................................................................15635

T. Doyle, A. Ieta, S. Qian AC 2008-2556: A COMPREHENSIVE LABORATORY CURRICULUM IN SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM (S-D-F) VIBRATIONS; PHASE I-WORKING MODEL EXPERIMENTS .....................................................................................................................................15643

A. Colletti, J. Monaghan, B. Sepahpour AC 2008-2558: ON THE USE OF JAVA-DSP IN EARTH SYSTEMS ..............................................................................................................................15660

K. Ramamurthy, A. Spanias, L. Hinnov, J. Ogg AC 2008-2564: CLASSROOM TEACHING AIDS AND LABORATORY EXPERIMENTATION TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN MATERIALS LEARNING.......................................................................................................................................................................................................15671

S. Durham, M. Hale, S. Freyne AC 2008-2566: THE STRUCTURE OF HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC AND PRE-ENGINEERING CURRICULA: MATHEMATICS ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................15686

M. Nathan, N. Tran, A. Phelps, A. Prevost AC 2008-2567: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY COURSE: ROBOTIC DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING WITH MINDSTORMS..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................15705

N. Jaksic, D. Spencer AC 2008-2568: TECHNOLOGY ENABLED SUPPORT MODULES FOR THE INVERTED ENTREPRENEURIAL CLASSROOM............................................................................................................................................................................................................................15715

S. Kellogg AC 2008-2571: SYNERGETIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN ENABLING NASA-CENTERED ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERS AND SPACE-SCIENTISTS ......................................................................................................................................................................15726

C. Liu, J. Dong AC 2008-2574: TIPPING THE SCALES: FINDING THE MOST EFFECTIVE BALANCE BETWEEN LECTURE VERSUS ACTIVE LEARNING ACROSS ACADEMIC LEVELS IN ENGINEERING ..................................................................................................................15737

B. Jaeger, M. Bates, B. Damon, A. Reppy AC 2008-2575: USING REAL-TIME DSP TO ENHANCE STUDENT RETENTION AND ENGINEERING OUTREACH EFFORTS ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15755

C. Wright, M. Morrow, M. Allie, T. Welch AC 2008-2580: WEB-ENABLED SYSTEM FOR MANAGING STUDENT APPLICATIONS FOR A SELECTIVE INDUSTRY-SPONSORED MULTIDISCIPLINARY CAPSTONE DESIGN PROGRAM ...................................................................................................................15767

R. Keith Stanfill AC 2008-2588: SECOND LIFE 3D VIRTUAL WORLD IN A FRESHMAN INFORMATION SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY COURSE .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15784

R. Avanzato AC 2008-2589: DESIGN OF WEB-BASED PROFESSIONAL ETHICS MODULES TO ALLEVIATE ACCULTURATION BARRIERS FOR INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING ..................................................................................................15791

B. Newberry, W. Lawson, K. Austin, G. Gorsuch, T. Darwin

AC 2008-2591: COMPARATIVE FRAMING ANALYSIS FOR TEACHING WIRELESS NETWORK MOBILITY ..............................................15800R. MacDonald, R. Malik, A. Smith, J. Goldman

AC 2008-2594: PITTKIT AND THE BREADBOARD LABORATORY INTERFACE PROCESSOR (BLIP): AN EDUCATIONAL APPARATUS CENTERED ON THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT ........................................................................................................15815

G. Stetten, D. Weiser, T. Cooper, S. Horvath AC 2008-2596: SUBURUBAN OUTDOOR CHALLENGE FOR AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS .....................................................................15825

R. Avanzato AC 2008-2601: EFFECTIVENESS AND PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIOS: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' PORTFOLIO ANNOTATIONS...............................................................................................................................................................................................15835

J. Turns, K. Xu, M. Eliot AC 2008-2602: DRAG-AND-DROP GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR PROCESS CONTROL EDUCATION .............................................15860

R. Morales-Menendez, T. Lopez, R.R. Medoza, L.E. Garza AC 2008-2603: INCORPORATING GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES IN U.S. ENGINEERING EDUCATION ................................................................15875

V. Renganathan, L. Gerhardt, P. Blumenthal AC 2008-2605: WHY HAVE ENGINEERING FIELDS BEEN SLOWER TO CHANGE THAN OTHERS? .............................................................15889

C. Hayes AC 2008-2611: UTILIZING ADVANCED SOFTWARE TOOLS IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY .........................................................................................................................................................15899

R. Pecen, A. Zora, F. Yildiz AC 2008-2612: A SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR ENHANCED STUDENT-LEARNING IN REAL-TIME EMBEDDED-SYSTEMS NETWORKING .....................................................................................................................................................................................................15916

S. Dworzecki, S.M. Mahmud AC 2008-2616: ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN BIOMIMETIC MICROELECTRONIC SYSTEMS: AN URBAN ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER'S REPONSE ......................................................................................................................................................................................15937

G. Ragusa, M. Khoo, E. Meng AC 2008-2617: DESIGNING AND DELIVERING AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COURSE FOR ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE STUDENTS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................15951

A. Bezbaruah, W. Lin AC 2008-2622: CREATING CLASSROOM LINKS BETWEEN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND CIVIL ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................15962

P. Dunn, K. Nichols AC 2008-2623: USING A SCRIPTING LANGUAGE FOR DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING..........................................................................................15967

L. Plebani AC 2008-2625: ENGINEERING OUTREACH: CONNECTING BIOMIMETIC RESEARCH TO URBAN K-12 CLASSROOMS ......................15974

G. Ragusa, M. Khoo, E. Meng, J. Cocozza AC 2008-2627: STUDENT-INITIATED DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL HANDS-ON FABRICATION TRAINING CURRICULUM IN AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE: A TQM APPROACH.......................................15989

S. Bernardoni, A. Nimunkar, J. Murphy, S. Courter AC 2008-2629: DESIGN AND INTEGRATION OF A CAPSTONE COURSE TO ACHIEVE PROGRAM OUTCOMES ......................................16012

M. El-Sayed, S. Beyerlein AC 2008-2632: SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES EXPERIMENTS FOR UNDERGRADUTE STUDENTS ...........................................16024

H. Shih, W. Zheng, W.L. Walters, S. Paradeshi AC 2008-2645: THINKING ABOUT GRADUATE SCHOOL............................................................................................................................................16035

M. Anderson-Rowland AC 2008-2647: EFFECTIVE EXECUTION OF SURVEYING LABORATORIES IN DISTANCE LEARNING USING LOCAL MENTORS ....16051

V. Lewis AC 2008-2649: RETENTION, GRADUATION, AND GRADUATE SCHOOL: A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM FOCUSING ON WOMEN AND UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS...............................................16056

M. Anderson-Rowland

VOLUME 24 AC 2008-2650: COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENTS: DOES GENDER MAKE A DIFFERENCE?...............................................16067

M. Anderson-Rowland AC 2008-2652: ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION IN A MINORITY ENGINEERING PROGRAM.............................................16082

M. Anderson-Rowland, C. Ruben AC 2008-2662: BEATING THE COMPETITION DOWN WITH THE STICK OF EDUCATION: A WINNING STRATEGY FOR A GLOBAL WORLD ......................................................................................................................................................................................................16096

S. Khan, B. Kissick AC 2008-2665: NUCLEAR HYDROGEN-CHEMICAL AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERS' DREAM .............................................................................16105

S. Revankar AC 2008-2667: SUMMER AND ACADEMIC YEAR UNDERGRADUTE RESEARCH IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERING .......................................16112

S. Revankar, F. Mbuga

AC 2008-2671: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERSISTENCE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALES IN ENGINEERING DEGREE PROGRAMS ....................................................................................................................................................16118

S. Frizell, F. Nave AC 2008-2673: PEDAGOGY OF A COURSE IN SPEECH CODING AND VOICE-OVER-IP ....................................................................................16125

T. Ogunfunmi AC 2008-2674: IMPACT OF SHADING ON COOLING AND HEATING LOAD..........................................................................................................16137

N. Macia, J.P. Ishioye, B. Dotson, M. Macia AC 2008-2675: IMPACT AND RESULTS OF MINORITY ENGINEERING STUDENT ADVISING AND MENTORING FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT......................................................................................................................................................................................................................16146

T. Ogunfunmi AC 2008-2677: EDUCATIONAL OPTICAL FIBER DATA COMMUNICATIONS TOOLKIT...................................................................................16156

J. Hill, A. Abu-aisheh AC 2008-2680: TEACHING CONCEPTS OF LEAN MANUFACTURING THROUGH A HANDS-ON LABORATORY COURSE.....................16171

A. Nambiar, D. Masel AC 2008-2690: A SUMMER TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE EXPERIENCE AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY...................................16187

D. Traux, E. Seiler, D. Reese AC 2008-2694: TEAM TEACHING TO INSTILL INTEGRATION IN A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CLASSROOM ...............................................16202

K. Dong AC 2008-2701: MOVING WITHOUT WHEELS: EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENTS IN ROBOT DESIGN AND LOCOMOTION.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................16209

B. Bishop, J. Esposito, J. Pipmeier AC 2008-2703: EARLY BIRD-TEACH MATHEMATICS BEFORE PROBLEMS ARISE...........................................................................................16220

S. Jeschke, A. Kato, O. Pfeiffer, E. Zorn AC 2008-2704: DESIGN AND DELIVERY OF A GRADUATE-LEVEL PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSE FOR EXPERIENCED ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS: COLLABORATIVE, APPLIED LEARNING FOR DISTRIBUTED TEAMS .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16228

W. Pferdehirt, J. Russell, J. Nelson, A. Shenot AC 2008-2705: MEDIUM VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR, TRANSFORMER AND INTERCONNECTION SPECIFICATION IN AN ECE CLINIC .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................16242

P.M. Jansson, U. Schwabe, A. Hak AC 2008-2707: APPLIED ENGINEERING WITH LABVIEW: EXPERIENCES FROM A PLUG-IN HYBRID PROJECT .................................16253

V. Winstead AC 2008-2708: PREDICTING ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR FIRST SEMESTER ENGINEERING STUDENTS USING PERSONALITY TRAIT INDICATORS ................................................................................................................................................................................16262

P. Kauffmann, C. Hall, G. Dixon, J. Garner AC 2008-2711: CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIONS IN TEACHING LINEAR ALGEBRA.....................................................................................16273

M. Allen, A. Kelley AC 2008-2716: WOMEN IN ENGINEERING CAREER DAY CONFERENCE: A RECRUITMENT TOOL FOR MASSACHUSETTS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS ......................................................................................................................................................................16282

R. Middleton, S. Perdomo AC 2008-2720: OFFERING HONORS COURSE OPTION WITHIN AN ORDINARY MATHEMATICAL COURSE FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING MAJORS.....................................................................................................................................16301

H. Liu AC 2008-2721: PROBLEM-SOLVING EXPERIENCE THROUGH LIGHT-DOSE COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICAL MODULES FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS....................................................................................................................................................................16310

J. Raghavan, L. Sena, H. Liu, D. Bethelmy AC 2008-2725: DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS APPROACH TO VERIFICATION AND UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION OF SIMULATIONS BASED ON FINITE ELEMENT METHOD ............................................................................................................................................16321

J. Fong, J. Filliben, A. Heckert, R. deWit AC 2008-2726: A STUDENT OVERVIEW IN PRACTICAL SUSTAINABILITY..........................................................................................................16366

C. Orndoff AC 2008-2727: TESTING INSTRUMENTS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF 3-D SPATIAL SKILLS ...........................................................................16384

R. Gorska, S. Sorby AC 2008-2729: ENHANCEMENT OF CAPSTONE INDUSTRY SPONSORED SENIOR PROJECTS THROUGH TEAM-BASED, PRODUCT REALIZATION ACTIVITES..............................................................................................................................................................16394

J. Widmann AC 2008-2731: DEVELOPING A PRACTICAL APPLICABLE COURSE IN SUSTAINABILITY-AN ENGINEERING CHALLENGE ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................16404

C. Orndoff AC 2008-2735: ELEMENTARY TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ENGINEERING: LESSONS LEARNED FROM ENGINEERING IS ELEMENTARY.........................................................................................................................................................................16423

C. Cunningham

AC 2008-2738: CHARACTERIZING COMPUTATIONAL ADAPTIVE EXPERTISE.................................................................................................16436A. McKenna, R. Linsenmeier, W. Glucksberg

AC 2008-2740: THE VALUE OF VALUE STREAM MAPPING TO STUDENTS .........................................................................................................16447

M. Lobaugh AC 2008-2741: RELATING-CONTINUOUS-TIME AND DISCRETE-TIME IN THE CLASSROOM.......................................................................16458

M. Hopkins AC 2008-2745: EMPLOYABILITY FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATES..............................................................................16472

S. Hundley, A. O'Neill, T. Talbert-Hatch, J. Killey, E. Wager AC 2008-2756: PROGRAM MENTORING A GRANT PROPOSAL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN 2-YEAR COLLEGE TECHNICIAN EDUCATION: LESSONS LEARNED AND OUTCOMES FROM A PILOT PROJECT..................................16489

E. Craft, B. Anderegg AC 2008-2758: PLASMA TORCH FOR BIOMASS PYROLYSIS ....................................................................................................................................16490

P. Schubert AC 2008-2759: EFFECT OF PROJECT DEFINITION ON THE SUCCESS OF STUDENT TEAM DESIGN PROJECTS.....................................16498

J. Wesner, M. Bigrigg AC 2008-2764: PERCEPTIONS OF WOMEN'S TREATMENT IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION: FROM THE VOICES OF MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS.....................................................................................................................................................................................................16506

L. Osborne AC 2008-2767: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS CORE COURSE SEQUENCE FOR AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING SCIENCE DOCTORAL PROGRAM .......................................................................................................................................................16536

L. Kurkalova, K. Schimmel, S. Johnston AC 2008-2770: MULTI-MODE LEARNING AND FLUID MECHANICS TO FLUID POWER: AN UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM REFORM ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16549

A. Choudhury, P. Ikonomov, J. Rodriguez, S. Ramrattan AC 2008-2777: ACTIVELY MODIFYING THE CLASSROOM APPROACH USING PRE-TESTS AND RECURRING PROBLEMS ...............16562

D. Benson AC 2008-2779: USING A WEB-BASED HOMEWORK SYSTEM TO IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND MASTERY IN CALCULUS .......16569

J. Carpenter, B. Camp AC 2008-2781: CONFRONTED BY STUDENTS: DEALING WITH ANGER, FRUSTRATION AND MORE PLEASANT EMOTIONS IN OFFICE HOURS AND IN CLASS ..........................................................................................................................................................................................16580

R. Bates, D. Wilson AC 2008-2782: MEASURING AND MODELING OF A 3-D ROAD SURFACE .............................................................................................................16588

P. Kumar, P. Ikonomov, S. Dwivedi, A. Choudhury AC 2008-2783: AN INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATION FOR NANOPARTICLE MANIPULATION & NANO-ASSEMBLY USING OPTICAL TWEEZERS .......................................................................................................................................................................16598

K. Bhavaraju, P. Ikonomov, S. Dwivedi, A. Choudhury AC 2008-2784: SUITABILITY OF AN UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING FOR PREMEDICAL STUDY............................................................................................................................................................................................................16610

W. Guilford, K. Bishop, W. Walker, J.M. Adams AC 2008-2786: THE PARTY'S OVER: SUSTAINING SUPPORT PROGRAMS WHEN THE FUNDING IS DONE..............................................16617

J. Gardner, P. Pyke, C. Schrader, J. Callahan, A. Moll AC 2008-2788: INNOVATIVE DELIVERY OF MIT4450-RAPID PROTOTYPING COURSE ...................................................................................16631

I. Fidan, A. Pinkstaff, F. Taban AC 2008-2791: INTRODUCTION OF GIS INTO CIVIL ENGINEERING CURRICULA............................................................................................16641

R. Luna, R. Hall, M. Hilgers, G. Bham, R. Elgin, C. Morris, G. Morrison AC 2008-2792: DEVELOPING ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST USING THE NORTH AMERICAN MODEL-WHAT ASSUMPTIONS ARE VALID? .................................................................................................................................................................16653

R. Thompson AC 2008-2796: DEFLECTION OF A BEAM IN NEUTRAL EQUILIBRIUM À LA CONJUGATE BEAM METHOD: USE OF SUPPORT, NOT BOUNDARY, CONDITIONS.........................................................................................................................................................................................16659

I.C. Jong AC 2008-2797: COMMUNICATING IN AN ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT: EFFECTIVE TEACHING USING ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS FOR OFFICE HOURS ..............................................................................................................................................................................16676

R. Rogers AC 2008-2799: INTRODUCING POLYMER/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES TO A MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ..................................................................................................................................................................................................16684

R. Kanu AC 2008-2807: MODELS ON INDUSTRY AND UNIVERSITY GLOBAL COLLABORATION THROUGH CO-OP AND INTERNSHIPS ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................16694

T. Akins, D.D. Gulick, J. Lohmann AC 2008-2808: DESIGN PORTFOLIOS FOR OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT AND PROGRAM VISION...................................................................16700

M. Plumley, V. Wilczynski

AC 2008-2810: EVALUATING A COMPREHENSIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM-THE RESULTS.......................................16708J. Matkins, J.A. McLaughlin, E. Brown, G. Hardinge, N. West, R. Stiegler, K. Jenne

AC 2008-2811: EMBEDDED DESIGN IN A SOPHOMORE COURSE............................................................................................................................16737

D. Wilcox, S. Wilson, G. Wostenkuhler AC 2008-2812: ENHANCING ETHICAL AWARENESS WITHIN UNDERGRADUATE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS BY PREPARING CODES OF ETHICS ........................................................................................................................................................................................16744

M. Huyck, J. Ferrill, L. Getzler-Linn, E. Howard, D. Ferguson

VOLUME 25 AC 2008-2814: ASSESSMENT OF A BLENDED PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT COURSE UTILIZING ONLINE AND FACE-TO-FACE DELIVERY MECHANISMS ....................................................................................................................................................................16765

D. Wittenborn, M. Richey, C. Miller AC 2008-2818: A PROCESSOR DESIGN PROJECT FOR A FIRST COURSE IN COMPUTER ORGANIZATION ..............................................16780

M. Black AC 2008-2821: THE INDO-US ENGINEERING FACULTY INSTITUTES- A MODEL FOR INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION..................................................................................................................................................................................................................16791

K. Vedula, H. Hoyer AC 2008-2823: LAB ACTIVITIES TO VALIDATE CAE-BASED RESULTS FOR HOSE DEFORMATIONS.........................................................16798

J. Rodriguez, P. Ikonomov, L. Rodriguez, A. Choudbury AC 2008-2825: RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN NANOTECHNOLOGY: ANALYSIS OF PARTICPANTS 1997-2007.......................................................................................................................................................................................................16805

N. Healy, L. Rathbun AC 2008-2826: ADVANCING THE GLOBAL CAPACITY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCH: A YEAR OF INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE ............................................................................................................................................................................................16819

J. Lohmann, E. De Graaff AC 2008-2827: A CASE STUDY OF STUDENT LEARNING IN CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY .............................................................16824

N. Das AC 2008-2828: THE NATURE OF TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN THE U.S. ..........................................................................................................16845

M. Sanders AC 2008-2834: DEVELOPING ENGINEERING ETHICS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM BEST PRACTICES: THE EAC TOOLKIT...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16870

J. Cruz, W. Frey, H. Sanchez, A Curbelo AC 2008-2837: ORGANIZATION OF AN INTRODUCTORY GREEN ENGINEERING COURSE FOR ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................16880

B. Utley, A. Ludwig, J. Cundiff, S. McGinnis AC 2008-2843: A WORLD WHERE EVERYTHING IS AUTOMATED: THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE ROBUST RFID INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL MAKE IT A REALITY ........................................................................................................16891

O. Egekwu AC 2008-2845: RE-THINKING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGINEERING DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SCIENCE WITHIN AN INCLUSIVE FRAMEWORK OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ...........................................................................................16900

M. Friesen AC 2008-2847: COMMUNICATION INSTRUCTION IN AN ENGINEERING INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS COURSE ................................16909

J. Norback, N. Serban, N. Gebraeel, G. Forehand AC 2008-2849: A TAXONOMY OF EPP PROBLEMS .......................................................................................................................................................16918

P. Boerger AC 2008-2850: THE METROLOGY TRAINING CRISIS: INDUSTRIAL/EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS MAY CLOSE THE GAP....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16926

M. Lapinskes AC 2008-2852: NCSLI METROLOGY EDUCATION OUTREACH ................................................................................................................................16934

G. Harris, C. Grachanen AC 2008-2854: COMPARISON BETWEEN GRADE EARNED IN A COURSE AND PERFORMANCE IN A SIMULATED FE EXAM FOR MECHANICS RELATED COURSES .............................................................................................................................................................16952

N. Gnanapragasm, K. Kuder, F. Dragovich AC 2008-2856: NAVY OUTREACH: SCUEBCE ABD TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP.................................................................16967

D. Sugg, J. Fishell AC 2008-2860: ENERGY ISSUES AND STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCE IN COSTA RICA ....................................................................................16988

K. Altaii, H. Cavallini AC 2008-2865: METROLOGY: WHY ENGINEERS SHOULD CARE...........................................................................................................................17001

H. Alexander AC 2008-2866: ENGINERRING ECONOMY FOR ECONOMISTS.................................................................................................................................17006

P. Boerger

AC 2008-2867: CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE WOMEN IN ENGINEERING ORGANIZATION USING A MANAGED RESROUCE STRATEGY ........................................................................................................................................................................................................17014

M. Bailey, E. DeBartolo, J. Mozrall, J. Olney AC 2008-2868: ENGINEERING GRADUATE STUDENTS: ENGAGING TODAY'S TEACHERS, TRAINING TOMORROW'S SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, AND OPENING NEW ACADEMIC AND CAREER PATHS FOR K-12 STUDENTS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................17027

J. Andrews, L. Meadows, J. Oguntebi AC 2008-2874: ENGINEERING CAREERS: A DAY FOR YOUNG WOMEN ..............................................................................................................17054

B. Hart, V. Hinton-Hudson AC 2008-2878: COMPUTER APPLICATIONS FOR ENGINEERS: TEACHING ORGANIZATIONAL, PROBLEM SOLVING AND CHECKING SKILLS TO FRESHMEN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS .....................................................................................17064

D. Forsman AC 2008-2881: WHY HAVE A RESEARCH REACTOR? .................................................................................................................................................17080

M. Krahenbuhl AC 2008-2882: NETWORK PROCESSES COMMUNICATION: CLASS PROJECTS................................................................................................17090

M. Dadfar AC 2008-2883: THE TEXAS SPACE GRANT DESIGN CHALLENGE PROGRAM ....................................................................................................17098

D. Mullins, W. Fowler AC 2008-2885: STUDY OF ACCURACY OF CNC MACHINE TOOLS..........................................................................................................................17115

S. Chattopadhyay AC 2008-2887: MATERIAL SELECTION FOR A PRESSURE VESSEL........................................................................................................................17125

S. Chattopadhyay AC 2008-2890: NEW AND INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR TEACHING MIXED DOMAIN EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN TO UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE STUDENTS .........................................................................................................................17133

A. Doboli, E. Currie, P. Kane, D. Van Ess AC 2008-2892: VIEWPOINTS TO DEVELOP QUALITY POLICIES IN ENGINEERING PROGRAMS IN EUROPEAN HIGH EDUCATION AREA.................................................................................................................................................................................................................17146

E. Tovar, J. Carrillo, J. García AC 2008-2895: FACULTY AND STUDENT USE OF TABLET PCS: PERSPECTIVES ON THEIR PEDAGOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................17160

C. Saviz, A. Fernandez, K. Hughes, M. Kalend, C. Mathews AC 2008-2901: EXPERIENCES IN TEACHING AND MENTORING INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE STUDENTS OF DIVERSIFIED BACKGROUNDS...........................................................................................................................................................................................17173

R. Mohan, V. Kelkar, A. Kelkar AC 2008-2907: INCORPORATING DIVERSITY AND INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS INTO AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR COURSE.....................................................................................................................................................17187

A. Rose, K.S. Kinsinger AC 2008-2912: THE VALUE OF SCAVENGER HUNTS IN THE LIFE OF A FRESHMAN .......................................................................................17189

C. Gunn AC 2008-2913: ILLUSTRATING BIOSEPARATIONS USING COLORFUL PROTEINS ...........................................................................................17196

B. Lefebvre, S. Farrell, C.S. Slater AC 2008-2916: IDENTIFYING ROBUST STUDENT MISCONCEPTIONS IN THERMAL SCIENCE USING MODEL-ELICITING ACTIVITIES ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................17200

A. Kean, R. Miller, B. Self, T. Moore, B. Olds, E. Hamilton AC 2008-2918: EMPOWERING ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS.......................................................................17211

D. Borrelli, S. Masten AC 2008-2922: THE ROLE OF DIAGNOSTIC REASONING IN ENGINEERING DESIGN: CASE STUDIES ......................................................17226

D. Crismond AC 2008-2925: DISTANCE LEARNING DELIVERY OF A WEB-BASED DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, WHICH INCORPORATES HANDS-ON LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AND REAL TIME VIDEO....................................17236

C. Rajagopal AC 2008-2928: EVALUATING DEVELOPMENT BOARDS FOR LABORATORY BASED EMBEDDED MICROCONTROLLER COURSES: A FORMAL EVALUATION MATRIX............................................................................................................................................................17252

J. Richardson AC 2008-2935: UNISYLLABUS: A TOOL TO MANAGE YOUR PROGRAM'S SYLLABI .......................................................................................17261

O. Rodriguez-Jimenez, C. Pacheco, N. Reyes-Aviles, M. Mercado AC 2008-2938: EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN ........................................................................................................17272

H.W. Huang AC 2008-2941: STEM COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTAL TUTORING METHOD ......................................................................................................17278

C. Shy, J. Northern, V. Brown AC 2008-2942: USING SPREADSHEETS AS A TOOL IN TEACHING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................17285

E. Zaneldin, S. Ashur

AC 2008-2943: A NEED FOR SYSTEMS-ORIENTED OUTREACH: LESSONS FROM A FAILED, 1-DIMENSIONAL APPROACH ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................17293

L. Vanasupa, V. Granados AC 2008-2950: A JOINT EDUCATIONAL FEEDER PROGRAM ...................................................................................................................................17301

M.S. Chen, A. Peng, Y. Sun AC 2008-2954: ON PROVIDING ENGINEERING STUDENTS WITH CULTURALLY-APPROPRIATE DESIGN EXPERIENCES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES...............................................................................................................................................................17310

T. Thompson, L.D. Zavodney AC 2008-2956: CONTEXT-BASED PROBLEMS AND EXERCISES FOR TEACHING ENGINEERING ECONOMY .........................................17329

R. Kesharwani, X. Chang, J. Terpenny, W. Sullivan AC 2008-2957: INCORPORATING EXPECTATION FAILURES IN AN UNDERGRADUTE FINITE ELEMENT COURSE..............................17338

V. Prantil, W. Howard AC 2008-2958: DEVELOPMENT OF A BIOENGINEERING CONCENTRATION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY: OUTCOMES AND LESSONS LEARNED ..................................................................17352

F. Nave, M. Gyamerah, I. Osborne-Lee AC 2008-2962: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF VIRTUAL HYBRID ELECTRIC BEHICLE SIMULATOR FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE....................................................................................................................................................................................................17358

G. Liao, C.P. Yeh, J. Sawyer AC 2008-2965: JUMR: JOURNAL OF UNDERGRADUATE MATERIALS RESEARCH ..........................................................................................17368

S. Holt AC 2008-2966: A FRAMEWORK FOR SUBSTANTIAL AGET ACCREDITATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM ..................................................................................................................................................................................................17375

S. Ashur, K. El-Sawy, E. Zaneldin AC 2008-2967: FINITE ELEMENT METHOD-A TOOL FOR LEARNING HIGHWAY DESIGN.............................................................................17387

R. Brooks, A. Madjar, W. Miller, K. Takkalapelli IMPARTING CONSUMMATE INSTRUCTIONS IN MICROELECTRONICS ENGINEERING AND VLSI TECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, LOWELL .............................................................................................................................................17396

K. Prasad LESSONS LEARNED FROM A SUMMER ENGINEERING OUTREACH PROGRAM ..............................................................................................17402

D. Feinauer, B. Walcott TEACHING STYLE VS. STUDENT LEARNING STYLE AND PERFORMANCE: DOES IT MATTER? ...............................................................17412

D.T. Bennett COMPUTER-BASED INSTRUCTION FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD .....................................................17423

B.G. Singley, R.H. Hotchkiss, J.K. McDonald

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