Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Gerhart; Andrew Gerhart

days.Questions on many people’s minds included: Why was there a blackout? What caused it?Those were difficult questions to answer for the general public simply because many of thepeople asking the questions do not know from where the majority of our electricity comes.Almost everyone with a degree in mechanical engineering does have an idea how the majority ofthe electricity in the U.S. is generated. Unfortunately many mechanical engineering graduateshave only a vague idea. Nonetheless, each mechanical engineer, when they were a studentwas required to learn something about the thermodynamic cycle (known as the Rankine Cycle)that uses steam to produce the majority of the electricity in the U.S. For many, this was simply apencil-and-paper exercise.While

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Renshaw

differs from the Waterfall model in that “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”it allows the developer to redefine requirements and catch project errors throughout the entiredevelopment of each portion or release of the project. The Iterative process model adapts well tochanges in requirements the end user is likely to request. The Iterative Development model ismore frequently used in the business world than the Waterfall model. An internship can provide astudent with experience and understanding of this model1,2.The creation of the Virtual Demonstration Garden website exposed us to the

Conference Session

Re-energizing the Mid-Life Professional

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Reid

Page 10.1466.1overwhelmed, stressed-out, and not in control of your workplace is becomingcommon in today’s stressful world. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Constant stress on the job can lead to various forms of burnout. Dr. Michael Cronin, Professor,Speech Communication at Radford University in Virginia states that “Burnout is a loss of will,motivation, idealism, moral purpose or commitment at work.”3 People may have a measureddegree of disconnection from their job brought on by constant work overload. When a personperceives that there is high degree of failure related to their job, increased stress

Conference Session

Women in IT Fields

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven P. Thomas

career plan beyond obtaining my engineering degree. I knew that a career in engineering would be interesting and challenging and I could make good money. Most likely I never dreamed beyond that because I didn’t have any women role models in engineering and wasn’t aware of any women in top-level positions in engineering. I do think maybe that kept me from developing a career plan and dreaming further.Furthermore, another participant who did not have a career plan explained, When I started my career there were so many opportunities and I didn’t want to limit myself by having an end state in mind. My parents encouraged me to do whatever made me happy and that was the kind of path that I took. The job

Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Solt; Ashbjorn Osland; Anuradha Basu

entry exist against potential competitors; h) the new venture's revenue and profit model; i) the team members and the value they add to the new venture; and j) intellectual property or other assets.3 The Neat Ideas Fair aims to promote creativity and entrepreneurship within the SJSU community and enablestudents, alumni, staff and faculty from different disciplines to interact and form entrepreneurial teams that couldsubsequently work on developing a business plan. It is a venue for participants to showcase and market their ideas toindustry professionals. Students from the Business School, Engineering, Industrial Design and Hotel Managementwill participate in the Fair. The Fair is going to be held at SJSU on November 29th and 30th

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Janice Duy; Scott Dunning

Web-Based Implementation of Energy Assessment Service Bruce Segee, Ph.D., PE 5708 Barrows Hall Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Maine Orono, ME 04469-5708 segee@eece.maine.edu Tel. No.: (207)581-2212 Janice Duy Emilie Lachance Scott Dunning Evan Chowdhury 5708 Barrows Hall Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred Carlson

, studentsinvolved in PBL are required to seek out the information they need to solve one to severalwell planned problems presented to them. PBL is commonly used for medical schooleducation and for chemical engineering education at McMaster(http://chemeng.mcmaster.ca/pbl) and is being promoted by the National ScienceFoundation at the University of Delaware (http://www.udel.edu/pbl) and SamfordUniversity (http://www.samford.edu/pbl). Currently there are only a limited number ofreports of using PBL for chemical engineering education, though Bucknell University hasused the method for at least several years. There are numerous websites touting the use of Page