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Manufacturing
Statistical Techniques Useful for the Foundry Industry		Matthew E. Elam, Robert G. Batson
Enhancing Student Understanding of Control Charts Using a Dice Activity		Martin P. Jones, Ph.D., Rita S. Hawkins, Ph.D., Rathel R. (Dick) Smith, MS
Simulating Manufacturing Processes in Education and Training: Enhanced Color Sorting Example		Richard Johnson
Industry and University Collaboration		David W. Gore, P.E., John Leonard
MOLD MAKING FOR ROTATIONALLY MOLDED PLASTICS PRODUCTS		Peter W. Klein
Mechanical
New Integrated Materials and Manufacturing Course Sequence for Mechanical Engineering Technology		Joseph F Dues, Jr., Timothy R Cooley, Margaret Ratcliff, Rodney Handy
Networking
Integrating Industry with Senior Project Research: Open-Source VoIP Design Project for Medical Sector		Guy C. Hembroff and Nasser Alaraje
An Experimental Pilot Wireless Wide Area Network: a Project Based Learning approach in Radio Frequency Course		Ghassan Ibrahim, Owen Wesstrom, Chris Root
Electronics
Non-Calculus Derivation of the Maximum Power Transfer Theorem		Kenneth V. Cartwright, Ph.D.
PSCAD Simulation in a Power Electronics Application Course		Liping Guo
Power Electronics for Energy Efficiency - Integrating Commercial Drive Development Platforms and Pumps for Real World Learning		Athula Kulatunga, Ph.D., CEM, Mike Bastick
Civil
The State of the Art Analysis and Design of Structures: Application of RISA-3D		Ali Mehrabian, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Using Concrete Proportioning to Teach Spreadsheet Modeling		Richard L. LeBoeuf, Ph.D.; Christopher Wright; Joe Coward
Education
An Innovative Curriculum Approach for Expanding Engineering Technology Education		Jinwen Zhu, George Yang, and Virendra Varma
Teaching Design to First Year Engineering and Engineering Technology Students: A Case Study		Sohail Anwar, Eric Granlund
Communications
Calculating the Capacitance and Inductance of Multiconductor Transmission Lines		Sarhan M. Musa and Matthew N.O. Sadiku
Computers and Software
Intellectual Property: Perspectives from within Corporate America and The Law		Jeffrey M. Ulmer

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