Conference Papers for Monday, April 5, 2004

9:40 to 10:40 AM

Technical Session 2(M1): Four Concurrent Sessions

Instructional Unit

Moderator: Bob LeMaster

1. Junk Yards Wars, Monster Garage, and Student Projects by Robert A. LeMaster.
2. Use of Multimedia Instructioncal Materials to Communicate technical Issues to Business Students
3. Self-Evaluation of Student Learning by John W. Lipscomb.

Mechanical Engineering Division

Moderator: David Farrow

1. Engineering Education as an Information Processing Feedback Control System
2. Embracing Complexity in Engineering Education at Southeastern Universities by James Russell, Michelle Maher, Nadia Craig, Wally Peters.
3. Educating for the 'Out-Sourcing & Out-sourced' Workplace by M. Javed Khan.

Software Engineering Division

Moderator: Udai Kudikyala

 1. Using Information Technology Resources to Share Engineering Knowledge in the Information Age by Tulio Sulbaran, Wade Baker.
2. BSSE at MSU: The First Accredited Software Engineering Bachelor's Degree in a Public University by David A. Dampier.
3. Information Communications in Software Projects by Frank Tsui.

Computer / Electrical Engineering Division

Moderator: Ehsan Sheybani

 1. Augmenting the Technology Classroom with 3rd Party, Online Classes
2. The Impact of Ownership on Student Performance and Attitudes in a Microcontrollerbased Robot Laboratory by William Dillard.
3. A Freeware-Based Antenna Simulation Exercise by L. Brent Jenkins.

11:00 to 12:20 PM

Technical Session 3(M2): Four Concurrent Sessions

Chemical Engineering

Moderator:Priscilla Hill

 1. Improving Student Evaluations by Demonstrating Concern for Students by L. Brent Jenkins.
2. Facilitating Cross-Disciplinary Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at The Citadel by Kenneth P. Brannan, Suzanne T. Mabrouk, Alix G. Darden, Virginia M. Deroma,
Russell O. Hilleke, Kristy Y. Johnson, Dennis J. Fallon.
3. Teaching Chemical Engineering Courses with Workbook Strategy by Yasar Demirel.
4. Team Member Selection: A Functional-Based Approach by Sharon G. Sauer, Pedro E. Arce.

Computer Engineering

Moderator: Dan Kohn

1. Laboratory Internships Enhance Learning Environment for Students by Randy K. Buchanan and Jerry Walker.
2. Using Home Based Servers to Create Course Web Presence by Daniel E. Kohn.
3. Declarative Algorithms for Language Theory by Juan Carlos Guzman.
4. Model Driven Development: Implementing a New Software Development Paradigm in Computer Science and Engineering Courses by John B. Bowles and Caroline M Eastman.

Instructional Unit

Moderator: Cecelia Wigal

1. Instruction for Communicating in the Information Age by Cecelia M. Wigal.
2. A Comparative Study of Traditional Instruction Versus Experimental Instruction by Cordelia Magalene Brown, Arthur J. Brodersen.
3. Using Reverse Engineering in the Classroom to Teach Creativity
4. Incorporating Hands-On Experiences in a First Course in Automatic Controls in the Information Age by David E. Farrow.

Civil Engineering Division

Moderator: Thomas Dion / Michael Woo

1. New Civil Engineering Curriculum by Michael D. Boyette.
2. Educating Civil Engineers for the Information Age Using a Focus Group for Curriculum Assessment by Thomas R. Dion, Dennis J. Fallon.
3. Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams Made Easy Using the "Continuous Segment Method" by Timothy Wayne Mays.
4. Rethinking Capstone Courses in Civil Engineering: A Response to ABET 2003-2004 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs by W.J. Davis, T.W. Mays, J.K. Plemmons.
2:00 to 3:20 PM Technical Session 4(M3): Four Concurrent Sessions

Electrical Engineering Division

Moderator: Dan Garcia

 1. Developing Student Electromagnetic Intuition by Dan Garcia.
2. Industry Teaming for Graduate Course Development: A New RFIC Course Sequence at the University of South Florida by Thomas Weller, Lawrence Dunleavy, Brittin Kane, Jim Paviol, Mike Wyatt.
3. Making It Real: Complex Specification-Based Projects for VLSI, VHDL, and Capstone Design by Charles E. Stroud.
4. Using Video Solutions as an Instructional Aid in Teaching Introductory Engineering Circuit Analysis by R. M. Nelms, R. F. Halpin.

Engineering Design Graphics Division

Moderator: Alice Scales

 1. VisTE: Visualization for Technology Education; An Outreach Program for Engineering Graphics Education by Aaron C. Clark, Eric N. Wiebe, Julie Petlick, Miriam Ferzli.
2. Profile of the Learning Style of Students Taking Engineering Graphics Courses at NC State University by Alice Y. Scales.
3. Undergraduate Distributed Collaborative Engineering Project using CAD, CAE, and PLM tools by Tord W. Dennis , Robert E. Fulton.
4. Using LEGO® Group Projects to Increase Student Understanding of Constraint-Based Solid Modeling and Other Engineering Graphics Concepts by Theodore J. Branoff.

Instructional Unit

Moderator: Laura Lackey

1. Ethics in the NanoInformation Age by Rosalyn W. Berne.
2. Classroom Experience with the Challenger Case Study: Design of Field Joint for STS 51-L by Laura W. Lackey, Helen M. Grady.
3. A Framework for Critical Thinking by J. K. Plemmons, A.G. Darden.

Civil Engineering Division

Moderator: Kevin Bower / Keith Plemmons

 1. Nine Years of Engineering Educators: The Foundation Sequence in Civil Engineering at the University of Memphis by Paul J. Palazolo, Anna Phillips-Lambert, Charles V. Camp.
2. Practical Training in the Curriculum of the Civil Engineering Education by Patricio Tapia, Kitti Manokhoon, Dr. Fazil Najafi.
3. Improving the Learning Process of Environmental Engineering Laboratory by Dennis D. Truax.

3:40 to 5:00 PM

Technical Session 5(M4): Four Concurrent Sessions

Bioengineering /Mechanical Engineering Division

Moderator: Rene Rogge

 1. Addressing Legal Issues in the Biomedical Engineering Curriculum
2. A Student-led Approach to Teaching Advanced Biomechanics by Renee D. Rogge.
3. Dynamic Effect of Prismatic Joint Inertia on Planar Kinematic Chain by Eleonor D. Stoenescu, Dan B. Marghitu.
4. Graduate Student Education Through
Collaboration Between Enigneering School and A Chiropractic School

Computer / Industrial Engineering Division

Moderator:Kamal Ali

 1. Educating Engineers On-Line: Strategies and Lessons Learned by Patricia D. Carden, Thomas E. Carden.
2. Educating Engineers for the Information Age: How Exposure to Information Age Tools in the Classroom Prepares Students for the Information Age by Scott Schultz and Joan Burtner.
4. Using OPNET in a Computer Networks Class at Mercer University

Engineering Design Graphics Division

Moderator: Aaron Clark

 1. Effect of Computer Animation on Spatial Visualization Skills by William J. Hart.
2. Incorporating LabVIEW with Traditional Circuit Analysis by Randy K. Buchanan, Giancarlo Milano.
3. Design, Manufacturing, Measurement, and Reverse Engineering in Undergraduate Engineering Education by R. Radharamanan.

Civil / Electrical Engineering

Moderator: Chris Effiong

 1. Arches: A Neglected Topic in Structural Analysis Courses by Luis A. Godoy.
2. Laboratory Technology for Educating Engineers in the Wireless Information Age
3. Software Radio: A Platform for Graduate Research in the Wireless Age
4. A Design Method for Simultaneous 3-Phase Power Factor Correction of A 3-Phase Unbalanced System

 Abstracts presented at the conference without a full length paper are shown in italics
and are not included in this proceedings.