2008 Zone I Professional Papers Proceedings Archive (PDFs)

• Finite Element Method - a Tool for Learning Runway Design
  Robert M. Brooks, Parsaoran Hutapea, Iyad Obeid, Li Bai, Keerthi V. Takkalapelli
• Assessing the Effectiveness of a Mechanical Engineering Computer-Aided Design Course
  Roy McGrann
• Racing to Learn Engineering
  Peter Tkacik
• Imparting consummate instructions in microelectronics engineering and VLSI technology at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell
  Kanti Prasad
• Engineering Faculty Involvement in K-12 Education An Historical Perspective
  Philip Brach Ahmet Zeytinci
• Teaching Engineering Design with a focus on the developing world
  Beena Sukumaran, Joshua Bonzella, Kevin McGarvey, Heather Klein, Thomas Bryant
• A Ball-on-Beam System with an Embedded Controller
  David Evanko, Arend Dorsett, Chiu Choi
• A Comparison of Student Performance in an Online with traditional Based Entry Level Engineering Course
  Ismail Orabi
• Accelerating Engagement of First-Year Students in Academics: Use of Ideas from Quality Literature
  David Gray
• A NEW AUTHENTICATION MECHANISM TO ENHANCE IEEE 802.16 AUTHENTICATION VULNERABILITIES
  Abdelshakour Abuzneid, Abdelrahman Elleithy, Alaa Abuzaghleh
• Cognitive Learning in Introductory College Science Education
  Joe Manous, Eileen Kowalski
• Distance Education: Remote Labs Environment
  Bassem Alhalabi, M. Khalid Hamza, Ali Abu-El Humos
• Innovative Engineering Education Using Programmable Lego Robotic VD Graaf Generators
  Dean M. Aslam, Zongliang Cao, Cyrous Rostamzadeh
• Nanotechnology Learning Modules Using Technology Assisted Science, Engineering and Mathematics
  Dean M. Aslam, Aixia Shao
• The Opinion of The Engineering Faculty Members at the Hashemite University in Zarka, Jordan on Teaching Engineering Using Arabic instead of English
  Omar Shehadeh, Aiman Kuzmar
• Introduction to Engineering: A Freshman Year Multidisciplinary Engineering Course and Competition
  Joseph Robert Yost, Randy Weinstein
• The Engineer as a Professor: Bringing Experience to the Engineering Classroom
  Neal Lewis
• The Use of Clicker Technology to Evaluate Short- and Long-Term Concept Retention
  David-Michael Roux, Adam Czekanski
• Transforming a Technology Management Master’s Degree Curriculum Into a Successful Inter-Disciplinary Program for the 21st Century Needs of Global Organizations
  Gad Selig
• A Preemptive Goal Programming Model for the Sustainability of Growth in Engineering Colleges
  Elif Kongar, Tarek Sobh
• Wonder, Discovery and Intuition in Elementary Mathematics
  Andrew Grossfield
• Increasing the Participation of Women in the Engineering and Technical Services Industry
  Elif Kongar, Paul Kontogiorgis, Nancy Russo, Tarek Sobh
• Using Space Travel to Teach Engineering to Liberal Arts Majors
  Roger Burk
• Free Body Diagrams of Gear Trains
  Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang
• Early and Continuous Exposure to Engineering as a Profession: Career Imprinting in Grades PK-12
  Hudson Jackson, Evelyn A. Ellis
• DEVELOPMENT OF A PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PLATFORM
  Richard Mindek, Jr.
• Comparison of Shear Stress Acting in the Sockets of Typical Mobile and Immobile Ankle Prostheses Using Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
  Ha Vo, Stephanie Rossman, Zsaquez Flucker, Ramachandran Radharamanan
• Evolution of a Senior Capstone Course Through the Assessment Process
  Corinna Fleischmann, Nathan Podoll, Sharon Zelmanowitz
• Service Learning in Environmental Engineering at the United States Coast Guard Academy
  Sharon Zelmanowitz
• Interdisciplinary Learning for Chemical Engineering Students from Organic Chemistry Synthesis Lab to Reactor Design to Separation
  Matt Armstrong, Rich Comitz, Russ Lachance, Joe Sloop, Andy Biaglow
• Programming to Music
  Peggy Leonowich Graham
• The Evolution of Technical Communication at Lukens Steel, 1810-1925
  Carol Siri Johnson
• Using Available Wireless / Wired Network Infrastructure for Public Safety and Emergency Early Response
  Khaled Elleithy, Abdelshakour Abuzneid, Mohannad Abuzneid
• CAD/CAM and Robotics Applications in Laboratory-Learning Environment
  Ramachandran Radharamanan, Ha Vo
• Promoting Active Learning and Creativity in the Strength of Materials Course
  Karinna Vernaza
• Project-Based Team Learning: Teaching Decision Analysis When the Data are Sparse
  Robin Burk
• Multidisciplinary High Energy Laser Weapon System Student Design Study
  John Hartke, Robert Kewley, Gregory Kilby, Gregory Schwarz, Gunnar Tamm
• The role of Process Safety Management in a Chemical Engineering undergraduate program
  Barrie Jackson
• Computer Based Testing to Enhance Effective Teaching of International M.S. Students in Teaching-oriented Schools
  Saikat Ray
• INCLUSION OF RFID IN A BSEE CURRICULUM
  John Adams, Charles Kochakian
• Interactive Web Based Animation Software: An Efficient Way to Increase the Engineering Student’s Fundamental Understanding of Particle Kinematics and Kinetics
  Richard Stanley
• Helping Connecticut Aerospace Parts Manufacturers Become Lean
  M. Ali Montazer
• Assessing Impact of New Teaching Methods by Predicting Student Performance
  Jakob Bruhl, Elizabeth Bristow, J. Ledlie Klosky
• TEACHING NEW ENGINEERING STUDENTS ABOUT THE DISCIPLINES: A DISCIPLINARY OR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH?
  Jennifer Zirnheld, Adam Halstead
• Student Development of Class Notes Using a Wiki as an Alternative to a Single Course Textbook
  Vicki May
• MQP in China: Extension of WPI Practice on Project based Engineering Education
  Yiming Rong
• Technology courses to attract non technology students
  Anthony Manno, Kamal Shahrabi
• Motivating Engineering Mathematics Education with Game Analysis Metrics
  David Schwartz
• From Chalk to Electrons – Blended Engineering Education
  Frank Wright, Marie-Pierre Huguet
• Web-Based Collaboration Tool in Engineering Design Courses
  Junichi Kanai
• To Dam Or Not To Dam: An Insight Into The Environmental Politics Of Rivers
  Ashraf Ghaly, Megan Ferry
• DISCUSSION ON HIGH VOLTAGES AND THEIR SUCCESSFUL INTRODUCTION IN TO THE ENGINEERING CLASS ROOM USING REAL LIFE ACCIDENT CASES
  Navarun Gupta, Buket Barkana, Sarosh Patel, Lawrence Hmurcik
• The Challenge Of Preaching To No Choir: How Mindset Can Make Or Break A Course
  Ashraf Ghaly
• The Effect of Incorporation of Empowerment Projects on Student Performance in a Civil Engineering Course
  Robert M. Brooks, Soumitra Basu, Shriram Pillapakkam, Kurosh Darvish, Keerthi V. Takkalapelli
• The First Course
  Gregory Parnell, Michael Kwinn
• A Model for a Bi-lingual Curriculum
  Abdelrahman Rabie, Rahman Haleem
• Undergraduate Mechatronics Couse Design Project
  Ryan Ebel, Donald Abbott-McCune, David Chang
• Keeping the STEM Student Pipeline Flowing: An Innovative Partnership Between a K-12 School System and an Institution of Higher Learning
  Linda Riley, Charles Thomas
• Great Problems Seminars: A New First-Year Foundation at WPI
  Arthur Heinricher, Brian Savilonis, David Spanagel, Robert Traver, Kristin Wobbw
• From Electrons to Neutrons – Blended Engineering Education
  Marie-Pierre Huguet, Tom Haley, Sehnaz Baltaci-Goktalay
• Case-based Learning Methods with 3D Interactive Multimedia for Millennial Generation Engineering Students
  Paul Ranky
• Promoting Systems Thinking in Engineering and Pre-Engineering Students
  Rashmi Jain, Keith Sheppard, Elisabeth McGrath, Bernard Gallois
• Development of a Civil Engineering Design Course Based On Reflective Action
  Aaron Bradshaw, Gary McCloskey, Franklin Miguel
• Teaching for Success; Molding Course Syllabi to Support Student Capstone Design Work.
  Brian Novoselich, Justin Highley
• Strictly Proper Scoring Rules in an Absolute Grading Environment – Preliminary Findings
  Robert Dees, Kennon Gilliam, Michael Kwinn
• Effect of Defects on Mechanical Properties of Composites: Undergraduate Research on Materials
  Mir Atiqullah
• Beyond Their Technical Capabilities: Providing Student Exposure to Professional, Communication, and Leadership Skills
  Christopher Swan, Julia Carroll
• Second Life as a Pedagogical Tool for Improving Statistics Homework Sessions
  Diana Schwerha, Chang Liu, Sertac Ozercan, Tripura Vadlamani, Lev Neiman
• Using video podcast to enhance students' learning experience
  Imin Kao
• How to improve Student Retention Rates in Science and Technology
  Ali Setoodehnia, Anthony Manno, Kamal Shahrabi
• Discovery-Based Learning Engineering Classroom
  Bahram Nassersharif
• Design, Simulation and Testing of MOSIS Fabricated CMOS Operational Amplifiers for Class Projects in an Analog I.C. Design Course
  Mustafa Guvench
• Program Assessment and Alignment
  Daniel McCarthy, Michael Kwinn
• Video Analysis: The Next Physics Laboratory?
  David Palazzo, Chad Schools
• Getting Students to Think Green: Incorporating Green Building Rating Systems into Undergraduate Reinforced Concrete Education
  Rich Gash, Dave Fedroff
• Formation and Cooperation for SWARMed Intelligent Robots
  Wei Cao, Yanging Gao, Jason Mace
• Adding Automatic Control to the Senior Laboratory Experience
  Harry Knickle, Don Gray

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