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TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

Survey Structural Design & Construction Survey Survey Evaluation Evaluation Engineering Technology Program Evaluation Evaluation Mission and Goals ANNUAL CYCLES Process Process Improvement Improvement Planning

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NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Jeff Jackson

Engineering Education (DLR), Centers for Learning and Teaching (CLT),Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU). Many of these programs are a part of theDivision of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC). In developing a STEM proposal,selecting the correct program, and the correct solicitation, is the first step in the successfulproposal process. A proposal that does not fit the program/solicitation, however well conceived,may stand little chance of funding. A well thought out plan that not only addresses the correctprogram, and the correct solicitation, but that also plans for future related proposal development Page 10.442.1to other programs

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; Bradley Jenkins; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

FloridaIntroductionThe Florida Advanced Technology Education Regional Center for Manufacturing Education(FL-ATE) was funded by the ATE program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in thesummer of 2004 after 2.5 years of planning. This regional center will focus on curriculumdevelopment, faculty professional development, and outreach activities focused on recruitmentof students into Florida’s two-year manufacturing and related technologies A.S., A.A.S., andcertificate programs. FL-ATE is one of 30 funded ATE centers throughout the country focusedon regional or national needs in traditional, redefined, or emerging advanced technologies.One unique aspect of FL-ATE is that it has a strong partnership among three educationalinstitutions. The Center has strong

Conference Session

Integrating Research into Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

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Marlin Thomas

into the entry levelprofessional IE curriculum.1. IntroductionHomeland security has been a U.S. priority since the formation of our nation and throughouthistory our goal has been to provide citizens with a secure environment that is free of fears ofany attacks or invasion of our homeland. This is largely the basis for maintaining a strongmilitary force. In addition, we also have a network of federal, state, and local civil defenseorganizations that organize and direct preparedness and recovery plans for providing emergencyrelief to citizens during major disasters. Community alert programs such as air raid drills,training programs for schools, fall-out shelters, and emergency medical treatment plans areexamples of our civil defense programs

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College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mary Hebrank; Glenda Kelly; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

lesson plans forclassroom teachers at the partnership school would facilitate lasting programmatic assimilationinto the school itself.A third engineering Teaching Fellows program, Math Understanding through the Science of Life(MUSCLE), funded by the GE Foundation Math Excellence Program, partnered the Pratt Schoolof Engineering with Lakewood Elementary School and Rogers-Herr Middle School in Durham,NC. Undergraduate Engineering Teaching Fellows were placed in these two partnership schools10 hours per week, helping teachers develop and teach lessons and activities that integratemeaningful math and engineering exercises into life sciences. Hands-on projects were used toengage students in creative ways to inspire a passion and curiosity about math

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Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Dunn

developed that utilized major componentsneeded in modern construction practice. Student teams were assigned to develop capstoneprojects based on actual plans and specifications that were either actively being bid orconstructed in the public sector. Plans represented various project types and included amunicipal wastewater treatment plant, an interstate bridge, and a highway embankmentStudents formed groups who took the identity of various active contractors. The capstoneconsisted of these individual teams choosing a set of plans and specifications from the varied setof available plans and preparing for four project phases: a business plan, project bid,construction schedule, and after construction litigation. Because of the size of these projects

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Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Donna Barrett; Marion Usselman

computing as they apply to "real world"inquiry, problem solving and reasoning. Each teacher is assigned a science or engineeringmentor who is responsible for orienting the teacher to the work environment and guiding theteacher through the summer experience. The teacher also collaborates with the mentor to developan Action Plan for integrating new perspectives, knowledge, and insights gained from thefellowship experience into the classroom to stimulate student interest in science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM). These Action Plans can also include partnershipactivities such as mentor visits to the teacher’s classroom, field trips to the research lab, and highschool student research internships in university laboratories.GIFT

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Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Sebern

disciplines, software engineers must have appropriateknowledge and skill both in practice (what they do) and process (how they do it). Softwareengineering practice has many components, including requirements analysis, softwarearchitecture, design, implementation, verification and validation, application of formal andmathematical methods, adaptation to specific application domains, and underlying computerscience foundations. Software engineering process addresses issues such as planning, estimation,quality management, teamwork, and continuing improvement of methods and techniques.The purpose of this paper is to describe some areas of software engineering process, includingapproaches that have demonstrated effectiveness in industry, to report on how

Conference Session

Integrating Research into Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Toni Doolen; Rungchat Chompu-inwai

used in planning. The bottom part of the matrix shows the prioritizeddesign specifications and how difficult it will be to achieve these successfully6. Otherinformation that can be placed in QFD is product benchmarking data and target values. At any stage, QFD describes the matrix of what the customer wants versus how thesupplier will supply it. The first QFD matrix is used to translate customer wants(requirements of the actual end-customer) into product characteristics (broad details of howthe requirements will be met). The product characteristics are then translated through anotherQFD matrix into part characteristics. Part characteristics are translated into processcharacteristics. Finally, process characteristics are translated into

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Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kerry Kinney; Tricia Berry

pre and post-program surveys indicates that the program has increased the proportion of undergraduateparticipants interested in pursing a graduate education. As for the graduate students who serve asmentors in the program, over 60% of the participants report an improvement in their teachingand communication skills as a result of the program. The GLUE program has become anintegral retention and career development initiative for WEP and the College of Engineering atUT Austin and several improvements are planned for the Spring 2005 program.IntroductionAlthough The University of Texas at Austin has an excellent graduate program in engineering,many of our undergraduate students know very little about the research going on at ouruniversity

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New Endeavors

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carmine Polito; Rachel Husfeld

as a missionary in the Turkana region since1995, brought the need of the Turkana people for clean drinking water and water for irrigation to theattention of EWB-USA. EWB-USA awarded the project to EWB-VU in October of 2003, a mereeight months before EWB-VU took their first implementation trip to Nakor. EWB-VU has plannedthree trips to Nakor: the initial trip in 2004, and subsequent trips in the springs of 2005 and 2006.Initial Planning and Preliminary DesignInitially, the scope of the solution proposed by EWB-VU consisted of two components intended toaddress the drinking water and the irrigation/food needs of the village. The proposed componentswere:1) Windmill-Powered Water Pumps: Gene Morden reported that the groundwater in the area

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Recruitment and Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Warren; Diana Mellar

recruiting, selection, advising, and counseling."1,2 The focus of this paper is on studentrecruiting.The ABET TC2K criteria also require that a program have a "written continuous improvementplan in place." 1 Both student recruitment and continuous improvement are important from thestandpoint of viability of the program as well as the institution. Given that continuousimprovement methodology is now a key component in the criteria of accrediting bodies, such asABET, there is opportunity for campuses to expand Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)from the program level into other aspects of the institution.A continuous improvement plan was developed specifically for the student recruiting practices.CQI training was conducted for both faculty and staff

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Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joon Kim; Daniel Biezad

requires a team orientation, exposure to most if not all engineering disciplines as they relate to flight, and a systems view of planning, task scheduling, documentation, and testing. Students completing this course will be able to: (1) explain fundamental manufacturing and fabrication techniques used for aircraft made of metal or of composites; (2) implement the types of fabrication processes used by industry and by small aircraft builders, and document their own progress using established procedures; (3) demonstrate expertise in reading aircraft plans and construction diagrams, especially as the complete aircraft comes together; (4) analyze how modifications and errors impact fabrication time and cost; (5) integrate aircraft construction with

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Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Robert Choate

, student teams are required to design, build and test (DBT) an experimentaldesign project of their own choice.This project requires experimental problem solving skills, builds upon the analytical andnumerical techniques they have acquired in their engineering science courses, and will then beexpanded upon in a multi-disciplinary capstone laboratory design course in the spring semesterof their senior year. The project is coordinated through the ME program Design of ExperimentsPlan and further supports the ME program's Professional Component Plan by requiring the use ofengineering design with open-ended problems, integration of professional tools, anddemonstration of professional communications. This experience takes place from a point ofview that

Conference Session

Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill

, abusiness development team of several MBA students (coached by entrepreneurial faculty) and amultidisciplinary technology development team of 6 undergraduate engineers (coached byengineering faculty). The company is responsible for creating an alpha system prototype andcollateral materials such as a business plan and a presentation for entry in academic businessplan competitions. Three pilot entrepreneurial teams chartered in the initial offering completedtheir projects in spring 2004. Funding for these companies was secured through the EconomicDevelopment Administration, the Lemelson Foundation (via the National Collegiate Inventorsand Innovators Alliance), and the University of Florida. A board of directors was formed tooversee the direction of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mario Castro-Cedeno

Adding Manufacturing Commands and Features to a CAD Interface Mario H. Castro-Cedeno Rochester Institute of Technology 1 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623-5603 AbstractManufacturing features and commands such as cut, drill, mill, turn, etc. can be added to theinterface of computer aided CAD software. The commands can be used to design simple tomedium complexity parts by using commands in a way that resemble the creation of amanufacturing process plan. Students using the software can be introduced to the capabilities andrelative advantages and

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mario Castro-Cedeno

amanufacturing process plan. Students using the software can be introduced to the capabilities andrelative advantages and disadvantages of manufacturing processes and equipment. The softwarecan be used as an augmentation of conventional shop exercises where the students have to planthe steps needed to fabricate a part.This research describes some of the previous research on design and manufacturing features andprovides examples of how manufacturing commands have been added to Solidworks CADsoftware.IntroductionThe goal of seamlessly transferring information between design and manufacturing has receivedmuch research effort during the last 20 years and researchers have achieved significant success[1]. The high level of interest is due to the fact that

Conference Session

International Developments & Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

civilengineering curriculum at the University of Florida that introduces students to a generalpicture of how cities and counties function within the United States.As a senior level, 3-credit-hour elective course, it introduces civil engineering seniors tomanagement and operational aspects of city and county government. Management topicsinclude public works organization, managing people, communication management,contract management, legal issues, budgeting, as well as finance, zoning, planning andpurchasing. The public works operations topics in the course cover transportation,equipment management, fleet management, traffic management in urban areas, wastemanagement, emergency management, code administration, water resource management,buildings management

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TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Hartin; Henry Kraebber; Nancy Denton

technologyprograms. This paper describes the educational process developed for the mechanical (MET) andmanufacturing engineering technology (CIMT) degree programs at Purdue University in WestLafayette, Indiana. Emphasis is given to the processes and plans developed in response to theTC2K Criteria 1 through 3.Background During the past decade or so, assessment and improvement efforts have become a part ofaccreditation processes in many disciplines and across the university through bodies such as theNorth Central Association. Starting in 2004, all of the ABET Technology AccreditationCommission (TAC) programs are now required to use the new TC2K criteria. The ABETEngineering Accreditation Commission began the transition for engineering programs in

Conference Session

TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lennard Lema; Zbigniew Prusak; Peter Baumann

Session 3649 In-common Methodology for Objective- and Outcome-based Programs Assessment Lennard F. Lema, Peter F. Baumann and Zbigniew Prusak Central Connecticut State UniversityAbstractThis paper reviews the development of continuous quality improvement plans for three closelyaligned engineering technology programs at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU).Many of the goals for the three programs are similar thus allowing for the development ofcommon learning objectives and learning outcomes which may be assessed simultaneously. Thelearning

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Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Hansberry; Guido Lopez

interdisciplinary communicationbreakdown in the engineering field. Factors that distinguish the exceptional engineer include theability to make, read, and interpret plans; effective interdisciplinary communication skills; andthe ability to combine creative thinking and visualization to make unique designs. Incorporatingarchitectural graphics into the general engineering curriculum exposes all engineering studentsacross the disciplines to a universal language and the creative design process. The practicalapplication of architectural graphics is presented across the fields of general, civil, mechanical,and electrical engineering.IntroductionEngineering graphics is a fundamental communication medium used by technically trainedpeople worldwide to design

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International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sucharit Koontanakulvong; Direk Lavansiri

produced 102 Because the system had to dealprocedures covering all operations at with more than 600 staff members andthe departmental level and the Faculty 5,000 students among 12 departments,(Central Administration) levels such as the implementation was divided intostrategic planning, budgeting, two phases; Phase 1 on system setupcurriculum development, teaching and (2001-2002), and Phase 2 on selfevaluation, laboratory maintenance, quality assessment (2003). Theresearch management, etc. [3, 4]. implementation of quality system setup The assessment based on the started at the Central AdministrativeUniversity criteria (34 indexes) can be units and followed with thegrouped into 5

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ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jiunn-Chi Wu

theassessment instrument and the consistency between learning materials and the educationalobjectives. Although there are various reform activities of engineering education in Taiwan, few ofthem are focus on integrating the engineering education outcomes into the academic program.Two year ago, several faculties from two institutions (National Central University andYuan-Ze University) who are aware of the impact and importance of the ABET EC-2000 andthe outcome-based course planning. This is the background of how we initiated this study.Six faculties from the ME department of two institutions participated this study. Our aim is toexperiment the feasibility of the outcome-based course planning so as to redesign our currentcourse planning in

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IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

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Somchan Vuthipadadon; Jie Li; Piyamart Kumsaikaew; Shantha Daniel; Patrick Patterson; John Jackman; K. Jo Min

project in a required course IE341-Production Systems. This is motivated by the discussion on production systems teamprojects between our department and DMEM Department at University of Strathclyde,Scotland. We do note that there were other thrust areas in the collaboration project suchas team management and effectiveness, even though the global perspective was a primarythrust area.For the collaboration project, we chose to build the strategic production planning modelof a global supply chain around a traditional Scottish food product called haggis, whichhas significant cultural and regulatory implications ([3] and [4]). Haggis is a Scottishfood product consisting of minced sheep meats such as liver boiled with oatmeal [5].Subsequently, a

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Entrepreneurship, Design, and PBL

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports

engineering management curriculum offers innovative courses in technicalmarketing, high tech product strategy, fast cycle time product development & launch, andengineering entrepreneurship. In these case study courses, students develop real world marketingand business plans for commercializing innovative new products and technologies. Some of theinnovative product development and technology commercialization ideas have won accolades atregional business idea pitching competitions.All students in the Florida Tech College of Engineering must participate in a senior designprogram. The intensive undergraduate engineering programs at the university have resulted in anumber of outstanding crossfunctional Senior Design Projects. The Senior Design program

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wei Lin; G. Padmanabhan

university and college campuses. In the first two years, ten middle schoolteachers and thirty Native American middle school students were impacted through theafter-school enrichment activities. Selected NASA-developed lesson plans were modifiedand adapted for enrichment sessions collaboratively by the University, Tribal College,and Reservation middle school teachers. The state NASA resource person was frequentlyconsulted during the project period. We expect to impact additionally five teachers andfifteen students in the third year. We have identified mathematics, chemistry, and biologygateway courses to be improved. Mathematics course was reviewed and improved first.Chemistry and biology courses are selected for review and improvement this

Conference Session

A through K and Beyond

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

practitioner with excellent credentials,who “teamed-up” with a “full-time” faculty, in an attempt to bring-in the “practice” to 4th yearstudents in a geotechnical/foundation engineering class. The success achieved in meeting statedobjectives, i.e., including students’ exposure to the “practice”, was attributed, in large measure,to the proper coordination that preceded course delivery. The paper sheds light on thisexperience, and focuses on the contributions and effectiveness of the adjunct in: course planning,delivery of “practice – related” material, organizing instructional activities, as well as adjunct’sability and effort in engaging students, in and outside the classroom. The positive outcome ofthis experience has lead other faculty members to

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

results being achieved, and the documented processes thatensure these things continue to take place. - The guiding principles are listed under both department and individual program strategic plans. - General efforts being conducted are documented in annual department retreat meeting minutes as well as bi-annual industrial advisory board meeting minutes and other various documents - Assessment and evaluation is documented on various levels. Overall department and program assessment and evaluation results are documented in the annual department assessment report required by the university. Course assessment and evaluation is documented by individual instructors in a standard format. Whereas

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Feng Jao; Khalid Al-Olimat

On Line Microsoft Project Tutorial for Engineering and Technology Students Feng Jao and Khalid Al-Olimat Ohio Northern UniversityAbstractThis paper explores a designed online instructional tool to tutor engineering and technologystudents on how to utilize the Microsoft Project software to create a project plan which is one ofthe important elements in project management. Students in the engineering programs and in thetechnology program at Ohio Northern University are required to utilize Microsoft Project toconstruct a plan for their senior design projects. There are no any dedicated lectures to teachstudents or to show them how to use this software. Students need to learn it

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Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafic Bachnak

the first part, students learn about projectmanagement issues such as project selection, planning, scheduling, and control. In thesecond part, students select a project for the capstone course, propose a solution, andprepare a comprehensive project plan. Both courses, ENTC 4315 and 4350, are 3 credithours each. Changes are summarized as follows. 1. Restructuring ENTC 4350 Capstone Projects (3 credit hours) (a) This course is now team-taught. The supervising faculty is responsible for quality of projects, presentations, and reports. They evaluate students’ work and assign final grades. (b) The syllabus was revised. It shows all course activities (progress reports, presentations, report drafts, etc.) with