Schedule of Events

The 2006 ASEE New England Section Conference is hosted by the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA, on March 17-18, 2006.

The theme of this meeting is Engineering Education & Practice for the Global Community. Several events are planned around this theme. Original R&D papers will be delivered, a student poster competition will be held, and the ASEE New England Section will sponsor the Outstanding Teacher Award.

The conference banquet is scheduled for Friday evening, March 17. Proceedings will be distributed on CD.

Friday, March 17
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.	Conference Registration Outside Odeum
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. & 12:30 - 2 p.m.	Student Poster Competition Outside Hagglund
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.	Educational Technologies - Presentations and Exhibits Odeum C
12 - 1 p.m.	Lunch Odeum A & B (Buffet Outside Odeum)
1 - 1:15 p.m.	Dennis Berkey, President, Introductions Carol Simpson, Provost and Senior Vice President, Welcome Odeum A & B
1:15 - 2 p.m.	Keynote address: Ranch Kimball, Secretary of Economic Development for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts How Government Can Encourage Global Economic Development. More about this speaker... Odeum A & B
Panel I 2 - 3:15 p.m.	The Global Engineering Market Facilitator: Prof. McRae Banks, WPI Management Department Speakers: Steve Mezak, Accelerance, Inc., Al Barry, Central Industrial Supply, Inc. (CIS), and Marie Planchard, SolidWorks Corporation Odeum A & B
Panel II 3:15 - 4:30 p.m.	Educational Initiatives Designed for the Global Community Facilitator: Prof. John Wilkes, WPI Social Science and Policy Studies Speakers: Mary Leslie, CDM University, John Grandin, URI International Engineering Program, and Jeffrey Russell, ASCE Body of Knowledge Committee Member Odeum A & B
Panel III 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.	Projects for Engineering Students around the World Facilitator: Prof. Holly Ault, WPI Mechanical Engineering Odeum A & B
5:45 - 7 p.m.	Cocktail Reception Outside Mid-Century Room
7 - 7:30 p.m.	Student Poster Competition Awards Outstanding Teacher Award Odeum A & B
7:30 p.m.	Conference Banquet Ioannis (Yannis) N. Miaoulis, President and Director, Museum of Science, Boston, K-12 Engineering Curriculum Integration Odeum A & B

Saturday, March 18
7:30 - 8:30 pm	Registration and Continental Breakfast Outside Odeum
8:30 - 10:00 am Parallel Sessions	Session 1A Electrical & Computer Engineering Atwater Kent 219 Chair: Kanti Prasad	Session 1B Innovations in Engineering Education Atwater Kent 233 Chair: William Durgin	Session 1C Mechanical Engineering Higgins Labs 116 Chair: Rao Dukkipati	Session 1D Engineering Technology / Community Colleges Higgins Labs 218 Chair: Durga Suresh	Session 1E K-12 Education Salisbury Labs 104 Chair: Craig Firmender	Session 1F Civil & Environmental Engineering Salisbury Labs 105 Chair: Cornelia Demers
10:00 - 10:15 am	Break
10:15 am - Noon Parallel Sessions	Session 2A Industrial and Automation Manufacturing Atwater Kent 219 Chair: Paul Botosanti	Session 2B Innovations in Engineering Education Atwater Kent 233 Chair: LTC Robert Powell	Session 2C BA in Engineering Higgins Labs 116 Chair: Lance Schachterle	Session 2D Chemical Engineering Atwater Kent 233 Chair: Howard Saltsburg	Session 2E K-12 Education Engineering Curriculum Integration Salisbury Labs 104 Chair: Ravi Rajaravivarma	Session 2F Underrepresented Groups in Engineering Salisbury Labs 105 Chair: Larisa Schelkin
Noon	Box Lunch / Adjourn Conference Odeum A & B
Noon - 1:00 pm	ASEE New England Section Business Meeting Odeum A & B

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