SoutheasternSectionNewsletter Page� Summer2007

Southeastern Section Newsletter

In This Issue...Host for 2008 Conference .................1

President’s Message .........................1

Call for Papers ..................................2

Highlights of Conference at Louisville .......................................3

Student Poster Winners ....................4

Awards ..............................................5

2007-2008 Officers ............................5

July 2007 Editor: Ken Brannan, The Citadel 843-953-5083 ken.brannan@citadel.edu Summer Edition

AmericAn Society for engineering educAtion

UniversityofMemphistoHost2008Conference

TheHerffCollegeofEngineeringattheUniversityofMemphiswillhostthe2008ASEESoutheasternSectionConferenceApril6-8.TheUniversityislocatedintheheartofMemphisandeasilyaccessibletodowntown,theairport,localattractions,andshopping.EventswillbeheldoncampusintheHolidayInnHotel,awellappointedall-suitepropertyandfour-timenationalawardwinner,aswellastheFogelmanExecutiveConferenceCenter.Thehotelfea-turesabeautifullydeco-ratedatrium,restaurant,grill,lounge,fitness center, and 14,000 square feet of meetingspace.TheFogelmanExecutiveConferenceCenterisafull-servicemeet-ingfacilitywiththreeamphitheaters,��conferencerooms,twodiningrooms,and

5�newlyrenovatedqueen guest rooms.

TheHerffCollegewasestablishedin1964 at what was thenMemphisStateUniversitythroughagiftfromMr.andMrs.HerbertHerff.TheHerffCollegehasgrownintheensuingyearsandcurrentlyoffersundergraduatedegreesinBioMedi-cal,Civil,Computer,ElectricalandMe-chanicalEngineeringaswellasdegreesinComputerEngi-neeringTechnology,

ElectronicsEngineeringTechnology,andManufacturingEngineeringTechnology.TheundergraduateprogramsinCivil,Electrical,Computer,andMechanical

PresidentWigal’sMessage

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ASEE Vision Statement

“ASEE will serve as the premier multidisciplinary society for individuals and organizations committed to advancing excellence in all aspects of engineering and engineering technology education.”

SE Section Web Address:

http://cee.citadel.edu/asee-se/

ItwassevenyearsagothatIwasintroducedtotheASEESESectionasanattendeeandpresenterattheSection’sannualconferenceattheCitadel.OurCampusRepattheUniversityofTennesseeatChatta-nooga(UTC),CharlesKnight,insistedthatwenewhiresparticipateintheconference–Ithinkwealldid.IfIrememberaccurately,Charleswonthe“OutstandingCampusRep”Awardthatyear.

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ASEESoutheasternSectionAnnualConferenceApril6-8,2008

Herff College of Engineering University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

Building Bridges: Making the Connections that Facilitate Engineering Education

Call for Papers and Presentation Abstracts

Authorsmayaddressothertopicsofinteresttotheengineeringeducationcommunityaswell.Guidelinesforpreparingthemanuscriptsareavailableathttp://cee.citadel.edu/asee-se/.Thisisapeerreviewedconference.Paperswillbeacceptedonthebasisofpeerreviewofthecompletemanuscript.Allacceptedpaperswillbeincludedintheconferenceproceedings.Authorsofacceptedpapersareexpectedtopresenttheirpapersattheconferencetofacilitatethetransferofknowledgethroughdiscussionanddebate.Inadditiontofullmanuscripts,alimitednumberofabstractsmaybeacceptedforpresentation.Theseabstractswillbepublishedinthebookofabstracts,butwillneitherbepeerreviewednorincludedinthereviewedproceedings.

Weanticipateasessiondiscussingstudentpostersandstudentexperiencesinengineeringeducation(designprojects,research,etc.).Informationonstudentposterswillbeavailableinthefall.

Tentative schedule for submission of papers and abstractsSeptember2�,2007–AbstractssubmittedforconsiderationOctober 5, 2007 – Authors notified regarding acceptanceDecember3,2007–ManuscriptduefromauthorsforreviewJanuary��,2008–ReviewedmanuscriptsreturnedtoauthorsFebruary8,2008–Finalmanuscriptandextendedabstractduefromauthors

Electronically submit a 250-300 word abstract by September 21, 2007 to:TechnicalProgramChairDr.DonaldP.Viscodvisco@tntech.edu

For more information about the conference site, please contact:

Authorsareinvitedtosubmitfull-lengthmanuscriptsforpresentationattheconferenceandinclusionintheconferencepro-ceedings. Papers addressing the conference theme have first priority and may include topics such as:

ABETAccreditationDistanceEducationDiversityRecruitmentandRetentionPro-gramsEducationMethodsEngineeringandEngineeringTechnologyCurriculaFosteringUndergraduateResearchFreshmanEngineeringProgramsIndustrialPartnerships

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InnovativeClassroomPracticeInnovativeTeachingMethodsInteractiveEngineeringEducationK-�2InitiativesLearningCommunitiesLife-longLearningOutcomesAssessmentProfessionalDevelopmentRetentionIssues

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Dr.PaulJ.Palazolo,P.E.AssistantDeanppalazol@memphis.edu

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HighlightsofConferenceatLouisville

ItisthatzealforparticipationinanorganizationthatCharlesholdsashighlyimportantthatgotmeinvolvedandhaskeptmeinvolvedinASEEoverthelastsevenyears.ItrulyenjoythesharingofpedagogicalapproachesandcurriculumfocusthatoccursattheannualSectionconference.Iespeciallyappreciatemeetingcolleagueswithsimilarinterestswhodesiretoimprovehowandwhatourstudentslearninandoutoftheclassroom.EveryyearIcomeawayfromourSectionconferencewithnewcontactswhohaveintroducedmetoinnovativewaystoimprovemyteachingandstudentlearning–thankyouSoutheastSection!

Ihopemanyofyouattendedtheenjoyableandproductive2007SectionMeetingandConferenceinLouisvillehostedbytheUniversityofLouisvilleandtheJ.B.SpeedCollegeofEngineer-ing.Iwanttothankallthosewhohelpedmaketheconferenceasuccess-especiallyMikeDayandJ.P.Mohsen,theConferenceSiteCo-Chairs,andKeithPlemmons,theConferenceTechnicalProgramChair.IalsowanttothankSheltonHoustonfortheleadershipheprovidedtotheSectionoverthelastyearandforthis conference. His shoes will be hard to fill. Thank you also to the 2006-2007 officers and conference paper reviewers. Your hardworkwasevidentinthesuccessoftheconference.

Nowthatthe2007ASEESEConferencehasconcluded,theSectionislookingforwardtoanewyearofactivitiesinclud-ingattendingtheNationalASEEConferenceinHawaiiinJuneandplanningandattendingourownSectionConference,hostedbytheUniversityofMemphisonApril6th–8th,2008.Manypeoplewillbeinvolvedinmakingthemeetingandconferenceagrandsuccess-especiallyDonVisco,theTechnicalProgramChair,andPaulPalazolo,theSiteChair.Theywillneedallourhelptomaketheconferenceasuccess.

We also need your help to define better ways the Section can

serveitsmembership.ThomasDion,theSection’sCampusRepsCoordinator,isconductingasurveyofthosewhoattendedtheLouisvilleConferencetopollthemembershipastoyourinvolvementinpresentASEEofferingsandyoursuggestionsforotherswaystheASEEcansupportyou.Ifyouhavenotalreadycompletedthesurvey,pleasedoso.Ifyouhavenotyetreceivedthesurvey,pleasecontactmeatCecelia-wigal@utc.eduandIwill forward it to you. The findings of this survey will be shared with the Section officers to help define future ASEE SE activi-ties.

IfyouarelookingtobecomingmoreinvolvedintheSection,please consider being an officer of one of the Section’s Divi-sionsorUnits.Thesegroupssupporttheannualsectionconfer-encethroughthereviewofpapers.However,IwelcomeideastogetthemmoreinvolvedintheSection.MaybeaDivisionwouldliketosponsoraworkshopattheconferenceoraspecialtopicalsession.PleasekeepinmindthefollowingdatesfortheSection:No-vember8thand9thisthefallboardmeetingwheretheDivisionand Unit officers as well as the Executive Board come together todiscussSectionneeds,direction,andoutcomesaswellastheupcomingSectionconference.AndofcoursethereistheApril2008conferenceinMemphis–Idohopemanyofyouwillat-tend.

IlookforwardtoworkingwiththeSectionoverthenextyearandhopethatIcanprovidesimilarleadershipthathasdirectedtheSectioninthepast.IfyouhaveideasofwhattheSectionmayprovideyou,yourUniversity,ortheSectionatlarge,pleasebringthemtomyattention(Cecelia-wigal@utc.edu).Wehavetheopportunitytotakewhatwealreadydowellanddoevenmore.

CeceliaM.Wigal

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Some�59conferenceattendees(�20faculty,7ad-ministrators,32students)participatedintheconfer-ence.Inadditiontooutstandingtechnicalpresenta-tions,therewere2workshops(FosteringStudentEngagementinTechnicalCoursesUsingTabletPCsandDyKnowSoftware;HighPerformanceLearningEnvironment(Hi-PeLE))andatouroftheUniver-sityofLouisvillecampus.

ThewelcomereceptionwasheldattheJeffer-sonClubofthePNCPlaza

Thekeynoteaddress,“EngineeringEduca-tion Scholarship: Continuing the Year of the Dialogue,”wasdeliveredbyJerryJakubowski,PresidentofRose-HulmanInstituteofTechnol-ogyandABET/EACchair.

More highlights on Page 6

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First and Second Year Engineering and/or Engineering Technology Design TeamsFirstplace–MarshallStout,ThomasWoods,JoshAslinger,JohnOzbek,Devin

Moore-UniversityofTennesseeatChattanoogaJunior/Senior Engineering and/or Engineering Technology Design Teams

Firstplace–TimAdams,TrevorGarson-Embry-RiddleAeronauticalUniversityUndergraduate Research Individual

Firstplace–HopeSedrick,JenniferBollig-TennesseeTechnologicalUniversitySecondplace–RobertHaynes-GeorgiaInstituteofTechnologyThirdPlace–JamesKlein-TennesseeTechnologicalUniversityThirdPlace–MalikDavis-TennesseeTechnologicalUniversity

Best Overall Research PresentationStephanieWilson–UniversityofTennesseeatChattanooga

StudentPosterCompetitionWinners2007ASEE-SEConference

(ContinuedfromPage�)EngineeringareaccreditedbytheEngineeringAccreditationCommissionofABET,Inc.TheundergraduateprogramsinComputerEngineeringTechnology,ElectronicsEngineeringTechnology,andManufacturingEngineeringTechnologyareaccreditedbytheTechnologyAccreditationCommissionofABET,Inc.TheundergraduateprograminBiomedicalEngineer-ingisrelativelynew,andaccreditationofthisprogramwillbesoughtafteranappropriatenumberofstudentshavegraduated.TheinitialaccreditationvisitfortheundergraduateBiomedicalEngineeringprogramisplannedfortheFall2009whenallotherundergraduateprogramswillbevisitbyteamsrepresentingtheABETCommissionsforpurposesofre-accreditation.Inadditiontotheundergraduatedegrees,thecollegeofferstheMSandPhDdegreesineachoftheengineeringdisciplinesandtheMSdegreeinengineeringtechnology.

TheHerffCollegeofEngineeringisasmallcollegeofabout�,000studentswithinalarge,metropolitanresearchuniversityofmorethan20,000students.Some60facultymemberswithoutstandingacademicandprofessionalcredentialsprovideexcellentclass-roominstructionforourstudentsaswellasopportunitiestoparticipateinresearchatthefrontiersofmoderndaytechnology.SinceMemphisisconsideredasthe“DistributionCapitaloftheWorld”andisrapidlydevelopingintoanemergingbiotechnol-ogycenter,studentshavethechancetoworkwithfacultyonworld-classresearchforglobalcompaniessuchasFedEx,forgovernmentalorganizationssuchastheU.S.ArmyCorpsof

Engineers,andforotherpremierorganizations,suchasSt.JudeChildren’sResearchHospital.Theseopportunitiesareavailabletoundergraduatesaswellasgraduatestudents.

TheMemphisChamberofCommerceprobablygivesthebestoveralldescriptionofMemphis:“Memphisspillsupoutoftherichblacksoil.Memphislingersonthewarmbreezewiththesweet smoke of barbeque pits and the melancholy mojo of the bestguitaryoueverheard.There’sjustsomethingrealaboutMemphis.Fromtheholygrailsofmusiclandmarkstotherestau-rants,fromthebasketballcourttotheacclaimedzoo,fromtheel-eganthotelstothemysticalnightclubsonlegendaryBealeStreet,there’sanirresistiblesoulthat’sdrawnpeoplehereformorethanacentury.”Memphisisablendofthecharmofthesouthwiththedriveandenergyofamajormetropolitancenter.

Memphisoffersanumberofattractionsforthevisitor,someofwhicharelocatedwithinwalkingdistanceoftheconferencesite.Also,publictransportationisavailablefromtheconferencesitetomostoftheotherattractions.TheattractionsincludetheArtMuseumoftheUniversityofMemphis,BealeStreetHistoricDistrict,CenterforSouthernFolklore,Graceland,ElmwoodCemetery,MemphisBotanicalGardens,MemphisBrooksMuseumofArt,MemphisPinkPalaceMuseum,MemphisZoo,PinkPalaceMuseum,PeabodyHotel(ThemarchofthefamousPeabodyducksisfreeandtakesplacedailyat��amand5pm.Af-terwards,taketheelevatortotherooftoseetheducks’homeandthewonderfulviewsofMemphis),PinchHistoricDistrict,SouthMainArtsDistrict,andW.C.HandyPark.Inaddition,MemphisishometotheNationalCivilRightsMuseum,whichislocatedattheLorraineMotel,thesiteofDr.MartinLutherKing’sassas-sination.ThismuseumchronicleskeyepisodesoftheAmericancivilrightsmovementandthelegacyofthismovementtoinspireparticipationincivilandhumanrightseffortsglobally,throughtheircollections,exhibitions,andeducationalprograms.FormoreinformationofthingstodoinandaroundMemphisvisithttp://www.memphistravel.com/thingstodo.asp.

Award-winningstudentpresentation

UniversityofMemphistoHost2008Conference

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The new officers for the 2007-2008 year are:

President Cecelia Wigal University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 423-425-4015President Elect Barbara Thomas Southern Polytechnic State University 678-915-4283Secretary-Treasurer Tulio Sulbaran University of Southern Mississippi 601-266-6419Immediate Past President Shelton Houston University of Louisiana Lafayette 337-482-6968

VicePresidents Programs Unit Keith Plemmons The Citadel 843-953-7677 Awards and Recognition Unit Claire McCullough University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 423-425-4352 Publications and Promotion Unit Brent Jenkins Southern Polytechnic State University 678-915-7433

DivisionChairs Administrative Division Richard Mines Mercer University 478-301-2347 BioengineeringDivision Chemical Engineering Division Venkat Subramanian Tennessee Tech University 931-372-3494 Civil Engineering Division Shane Palmquist Western Kentucky University 270-745-2919 Computer Engineering and Technology Division Tyson Hall Southern Adventist University 423-236-2916 Electrical Engineering Division Zhaoxian Zhou University of Southern Mississippi 601-266-4482 Engineering Graphics Division Ted Branoff North Carolina State University 919-515-1747 Engineering Technology Division Ken Hutnik Fort Valley State University 478-825-6880 IndustrialEngineeringDivision DavidElzandro TennesseTechUniversity 95�-3723386 Instructional Division Hodge Jenkins Mercer University 478-301-2831 Mechanical Engineering Division Loren Sumner Mercer University 478-301-5533 Professional Skills Division Peter Romine Alabama A&M 256-372-4141 Research Division Tim Mays The Citadel 843-953-7678 Software Engineering Division Juan Carlos Guzman Southern Polytechnic State University 678-915-7430

Campus Representative Coordinator Thomas Dion The Citadel 843-953-7676Proceedings Editor Barbara Thomas Southern Polytechnic State University 678-915-4283Newsletter Editor Ken Brannan The Citadel 843-953-7685

A complete listing of the section officers may be found on the ASEE-SE web site at http://cee.citadel.edu/asee-se/

ASEE-SE Selects New Officers

Atthe2007AnnualMeetinginLouisville,anumberofawardsweregivenforexcellenceinengineeringeducation.Thelistofrecipientsandtheawardsare:

SectionOutstandingTeachingAward MichaelMeadows UniversityofSouthCarolinaSectionOutstandingNewTeacherAward ZhaoxianZhou UniversityofSouthernMississippiSection Outstanding Mid-Career Teaching Award Guoqing Zhou Old Dominion UniversitySectionNewFacultyResearchAward PaulH.Ziehl UniversityofSouthCarolinaNewFacultyResearchAwardSecondPlace BenjaminJ.Mohr TennesseeTechnologicalUniversityOutstandingCampusRepresentativeAward DonaldP.Visco TennesseeTechnologicalUniversityOutstandingCampusRepRunner-Up JohnW.Brocato MississippiStateUniversityTonyTilmansServiceAward BarbaraBernalThomas SouthernPolytechnicUniversityThomasEvansInstructionalPaperAward: AdrienneR.Minerick,Ebonye-RosaT.Allen,BillB.ElmoreofMississippiStateUni-

versityfortheirpaper“Talking & Working for Diversity When You Don’t Belong to a Minority Demographic.”ThispaperalsoreceivedtheOutstandingPaperAwardforthe2006ASEE-SEConference.

SectionAwardsforExcellence

AdrienneMinerickreceivesEvansandBestPaperAwards

BarbaraThomas(right)receivesTilmansAward

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ComedianRikRobertsentertainedattheAwardsBanquet with his renowned stand-up act. Roberts has performed in 3 countries, 42 states, over 60 comedyclubs,morethan30colleges,over200corporateevents,andhasappearedontheTonightShowwithJayLeno.

MoreHighlightsofConferenceatLouisville

ASEEPresident(2007-2008)JamesL.Melsa,DeanEmeritusoftheIowaStateUniversityCollegeofEngineering,addressedtheawardsbanquet on “Leadership and Change.”

SightsofLouisvilleOpeningsessioninthehistoricBrownHotel’sCrystalBallroom