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Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Scott

from CSM were brought over during the 2003-4 academic year to establish an engineering designprogram on the new campus. The program, modeled after CSM’s cutting edge EPICS Program (Engineering PracticesIntroductory Course Sequence) was given the new acronym of STEPS (Strategies for Team-based Engineering ProblemSolving). The translation of the program to the other-cultural setting has brought challenges to all major emphases ofthe Program – teamwork, communications, problem-solving, mentoring, and graphics. This paper will attempt toidentify the unique Arabic cultural aspects which either resist or embrace the Western design model, and begin toidentify a common core curriculum for engineering design programs in the Middle East

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Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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Marilyn Dyrud

Ethics 101 Marilyn A. Dyrud Oregon Institute of TechnologyIntroductionEthics training, now somewhat formalized as ABET EAC criterion 3f and TAC criterion2i, is by necessity becoming a more integral part of engineering and technology curricula,whether via stand-alone ethics courses or inclusion in technical courses and programs.Instructors new to the field, however, may find themselves in a quandary as to coursecontent and methodology; ethics is an enormous and ancient field of study, and tailoringphilosophical content to fit a technical class poses a challenge. Pedagogy in philosophy,too, varies a great deal and tends to be

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Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

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Russel Jones

will end with a graduation exam.The International Center for Entrepreneurship of MoldovaThe ultimate goal of the projects supported financially by the Soros Foundation Moldova and theEurasia Foundation is the creation an International Center for Entrepreneurship in the Republic ofMoldova and the development of an entrepreneurial spirit in Moldovan society. With EurasiaFoundation support, plans call for the following: an elective course entitled “Organization andadministration of the private business” added into the curriculum at the Technical University ofMoldova and its affiliated technical colleges throughout the country; the organization of managerialinternships; and the creation of opportunities for cooperation with partners from the

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Systems Approach to Teaching ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

skills required for two representative Microelectronics courses.The task was simplified by having all classes available for web-supported delivery. Thatallows classes to be delivered in a compressed format with an intensive whole-day classbacked up by 100 or more slides and reading materials available in advance on the web[3]. This arrangement suits working students but it also allows a focused discussion onpoints of difficulty that emerge from the preparation efforts. Reports and exams alsoprovide conventional but less immediate feedback on progress.The first plan was to use the math classification employed by the Arizona Department ofEducation (AdoE) for its vocational technological curriculum [4]. While the list providesa good starting point

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Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

their educational experiences, theirpersistence in college, and the more likely they are to continue their learning” [6]. Thus,it is reasonable to conclude that an effective student must be both self-aware and self-directed, yet these issues are often ignored completely by engineering faculty.Student awareness and understanding of their learning skills, performance, preferences,and barriers is referred to as metacognition. Although different research groupsemphasize different aspects of metacognition [7], it clearly refers to two distinct, butrelated issues [8]: Awareness and knowledge of self as learner Conscious self-control and self-regulation of cognitionIn essence, a metacognitive learner must understand his or her

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Entrepreneurship, Design, and PBL

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports

communicating with employees at a work site. 3) An improved system for linking individual computers with servers. 4) A real-time wireless system for providing traffic and environmental information to vehicle operators. 5) An integrated “black box” / entertainment system for motor vehicles. 6) A system for utilizing color as well as pattern for security and information storage in UPC product codes. 7) A drive-by-wire system as a fundamental building block for an autonomous, full size vehicle.Some of the larger and more complex projects may also have entrepreneurial elements: 1) A suborbital rocket 2) A formula racecar 3) A vertical take-off and landing aircraft 4) A

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

Session 1526 Two Experiments for the Introductory Chemical Reaction Engineering Course Kevin Dahm Rowan UniversityAbstractThe Rowan University Department of Chemical Engineering has received an NSF-CCLIgrant to develop realistic chemical reaction engineering experiments for theundergraduate curriculum. Two of these experiments were an esterification reactioncarried out in a packed bed, and a competitive reaction in which the kinetics wereinfluenced by micromixing.The first experiment is the esterification of ethanol

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EM Skills and Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanton Cort; Gary Wnek

particularly opportune time to highlight the topic of innovation is through a courseon product and process design. A specific example is the two-semester course entitledProduct and Process Design, Development and Delivery (P2D3), an integral part of theMaster of Engineering and Management (MEM) curriculum at Case Western ReserveUniversity.3 Briefly, the MEM degree involved a one-year, 42-credit curriculum forB.S.-degreed engineers and computer scientists. It was launched in 2001 in thoughtfulresponse to much input from industry about the need for ‘business-minded innovators.’We currently have students from a broad spectrum of technical disciplines, includingbiomedical, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, mechanical and systems engineering, aswell

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis

guiding the selection of materials;acoustical properties or moisture resistance may trump durability in certain applications.“Invisible” TechnologyA university facility’s relationship to educational technology has matured far beyond the pointwhen the computer station was the showpiece of the college classroom. Technology can assistand enhance learning and various devices and systems will become a more essential componentin the learning process, it is time to think of technology as “just another tool” in an educator'stoolbox, and that school buildings be designed to seamlessly integrate technology.As a design concept, this means avoiding “over-celebrating” or overemphasizing technology,even as we create spaces that flexibly accommodate many

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Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Renee Rogge; Loren Sumner

therapidly changing demands of practicing engineers. The faculty endeavor to bring insight andwisdom from a variety of different perspectives and appreciate the role of technology in thecareers of practicing engineers. The curriculum is carefully designed to achieve specificprogram outcomes, including those listed under Criteria 3 of the ABET Criteria for AccreditingEngineering Programs. Criteria 3 recognizes the value of technology by stating in outcome k)that: “Engineering programs must demonstrate that their students attain an ability to use thetechniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.”Advancements in technology continue to improve the analysis tools and capabilities ofengineers. Time-consuming and

Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Young

collaborating schools has reinforced the initialassumptions that an integrated learning space can provide significant augmentation of theeducation of engineering students. Mid-course and post-course surveys and assessments haveshown that students respond positively to workshop environments where they experience thefour key stages (Conceive, Design, Implementation, and Operations) of the product lifecyclethrough engineering projects, both curricular as well as extra-curricular.The examples of CDIO workspaces discussed in the paper show that costs and formats can varysignificantly, depending on goals, numbers of students and available financial resources.However, some design issues stand out regardless of scope: the need for a curriculum/usagemode-driven

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Energy Program and Software Tools

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mohammed Fahmy; Recayi Pecen; Faruk Taban; Ayhan Zora

data acquisition curriculum. This study promises to be an excellentopportunity for senior and graduate students for EE, EET, and MET programs as well as otherinterdisciplinary approaches. Students with basic control system theory may gain a lot of usefulpedagogical skills by applying energy strategies in a virtual environment.References[1] A Joint Venture of Industry and Government. Off-Highway Vehicle Technology Roadmap. U.S. Department ofEnergy. DOE/EE-0261, December 2001.[2] Joshi, A., and Jayan, PG. Modeling and simulation of aircraft hydraulic system. AIAA Modeling and SimulationConference and Exhibit, 05-08 August 2002, Monterey, California, USA.[3] EASY5 Overview. Retrieved August 29, 2004, from http://www.adams.com/easy5/overview.html

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NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

THE JAVA-DSP (J-DSP) PROJECT – FROM THE PROTOTYPE TO THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION AND DISSEMINATION* Andreas Spanias and Venkatraman Atti Department of Electrical Engineering, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5706, USA. e-mail: [spanias, atti]@asu.edu AbstractThis paper describes the roadmap followed to develop a prototype, obtain support for its fullimplementation, embed in the curriculum and assess, and then disseminate. We outline specifically howthe J-DSP online laboratory concept was conceived, how the prototype “proof of

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College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brecca Berman; Gordon Kingsley; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

the individual Georgia Tech colleges and academic departments. STEP and its partner schools and teachers have been included on many faculty research grants, in initiatives that address the broader educational impacts of the research. These grants have included plans to create and implement curriculum units based on faculty research, plans to mentor minority high school students and provide research internships, and plans to develop additional pipeline programs from STEP feeder schools. Plans have been developed for an institutionalized Teaching Interns program that includes graduate and undergraduate students and that is supported by the university administration. The Office of Admission has actively participated in

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Irina Nelson

varied educational backgrounds, to enhance theirappreciation of the complexity and challenges of international space activities, and to facilitatetheir integration into a network of professional, political, and cultural organizations withsignificant impact on space programs.The Master of Space Science (MSS) Program 9This program begins in September of each year and is conducted at the ISU Central Campus inStrasbourg. Typically, about 50 students attend the MSS program, the majority of whom holdacademic degrees at the Master's level or above. The program has a modular structure consistingof a core curriculum (Module 1,) a specialized curriculum (Modules 2 and 3,) aninterdisciplinary team-project (Module 4,) and a twelve-week on-site internship10

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt Eliot; Jennifer Turns

knowledge. The work of the grant is guidedby three research questions: 1. What are the impacts of portfolio construction, particularly in the areas of knowledge integration and identity formation? 2. What are the mechanisms that lead to these impacts? 3. Under what conditions do these mechanisms result in an impact?Here we describe one part of this grant, specifically an effort to develop a version of the portfolioconstruction activity appropriate for seniors in the department of Technical Communication atthe University of Washington. We began our design process by gathering our accumulatedknowledge about the user population (the students) from a number of venues. For example, fromour own prior research on student understanding of

Conference Session

New Learning Models

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Perrin

Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”References1. B.M. Olds and R.L. Miller, “The Effect of a First-Year Integrated Engineering Curriculum on Graduation Rates and Student Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study,” Journal of Engineering Education, 93(1), 23-35 (Jan 2004).2. P.W. Laws, "Millikan Lecture 1996: Promoting active learning based on physics education research in introductory physics courses." American Journal of Physics, 65, 14-20 (Jan 1997).3. D.R. Sokoloff and R.K. Thornton, "Using Interactive Lecture Demonstrations to Create an Active Learning Environment," The Physics Teacher, 35, 340-347 (Sept 1997).4. D. Vernier, “Data Collection with Computers and Handhelds,” Catalog for Vernier

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K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell

activities, andexamine overall retention rates for students participating since 2000. During this four day residential program, students participate in academic reviews to preparefor their first year engineering curriculum including Calculus I & II, Physics I – Mechanics,Chemistry, and Introduction to Engineering courses. The WISE Summer Bridge Program alsointroduces students to MAPLE and Excel programming sessions, student engineeringorganizations, and provides evening activities geared toward students networking with WISEstaff, other engineering students, and industry. The WISE Summer Bridge Program occurs eachsummer prior to the beginning of the Fall Semester and has evolved over the previous sevenprograms to provide students with a head

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Yates; Maura Borrego

-specific content, and students greatly anticipate testing of the finalproducts. However, limitations in class size and learning objectives prevent these coursesfrom addressing perceptions of engineering as an inflexible discipline. In contrast, theinterdisciplinary nature, small class size, and guest speakers of the seminar coursedirectly address attrition due to perceptions of engineering as a rigid and uncreative field.Table 1 below illustrates the different focus of the seminar course with respect to ABETCriterion 3 outcomes. It is clear from this chart that existing introduction to engineeringcourses address many of the technical criteria, while the seminar courses provide studentswith context. An important factor in approval by the curriculum

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hilary Lackritz, Purdue University; Laura Demsetz, College of San Mateo; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno; Amy Moll, Boise State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University

1 Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, San Jose State University/ 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida/ 3Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno/ 4College of San Mateo/ 5Mechanical Engineering, Boise State UniversityAbstractThis paper will discuss the progress of curriculum development under an NSF, CCLI-EMDsponsored work, “Development of Project-Based Introductory to Materials EngineeringModules” (DUE # #0341633). A multi-university team of faculty are developing six lecture andthree laboratory modules for use in Introductory to Materials courses. This course is required bymost engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Houdeshell

, J. Page 10.1398.10 Mahoney, Editor. 1996, Community College Press: Washington D.C. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”5. Coe, B. and T. Polsinelli, Manufacturing Engineering Technology: Sinclair Community College, National Center of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing Education, in The Learning Edge, J. Mahoney and L. Barnett, Editors. 2000, Community College Press: Washington, DC. p. 41-50.6. Mott, R. Curriculum Design for an Associate

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Documenting Success

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Bern; Brian Steward; Amy Kaleita-Forbes; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

review, yet manyfaculty view assessment as merely an additional time-consuming task piled on top of the manythings they already have to do. Enthusiasm for outcomes assessment can be in short supply. TheAgricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) Department at Iowa State has its ABET reviewin 2006. We have been working for the past two years to engage our faculty in outcomesassessment, with a fair degree of success. This paper discusses the activities we’ve used to helpfellow faculty members become active participants in learning and outcomes assessment, andhow we’ve addressed impediments to their involvement. We’ll discuss the ABE LearningCircle, faculty workshops, curriculum development, and one-on-one assistance provided tofaculty to

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Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Whalen; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger; Bala Maheswaran

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationTo achieve success, other elements have also contributed. One component is an assigned pair ofCourse Coordinators from the Gateway Faculty who are responsible for conducting biweeklymeetings of all instructors and for managing any issues that arise concerning course curriculum,teaching media, physical facilities, and scheduling. In addition, there are now 5 faculty dedicatedto teaching freshmen who understand and enjoy the challenges of teaching these students intransition. All of the Gateway Faculty have attended teaching workshops and have won variousteaching awards. Their commitment to teaching and

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Eric Davishahl; Denny Davis; Jim Lyons; Kenneth Gentili

suited to assess meta-cognitive processes and efficacy (self-worth as a learner) like thosethat are found in communication, teamwork, and design process skills1,2.The survey was administered twice during each half of an introductory engineering designcourse to measure students’ perception of the “Class Emphasis” and their “Personal Growth” inthe class. Elements in the survey include teamwork and communication skills, and the fivefundamental and inclusive elements of the Transferable Integrated Design EngineeringEducation (TIDEE) engineering design process. Process elements are information gathering,problem definition, idea generation, evaluation and decision-making, and implementation.This survey uses methodologies that were previously developed

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary McDonald; Charles Knight

curriculum content while the mechanicalsystems experiments cover content that is related to the design of machinery. ABETCriteria 8 requires that all mechanical engineering graduates have a generalunderstanding of both mechanical and thermal system areas.The content of each of the lab areas was established to stress the basic fundamentalstaught in the mechanical engineering curriculum while demonstrating the uniquepotential of experimental measurements using computer data acquisition [3]. Theseconsiderations provide the opportunity for integration of many forms of instrumentationinto a single experiment. As may be noted above, more topics related to thermal sciencesthan machinery are included in the laboratory systems operated in the laboratory. But

Conference Session

Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christy Moore; Stephanie Bird; Steven Nichols

, an international journalthat explores ethical issues of direct concern to scientists and engineers related to both the practice andapplication of science and technology. In its tenth year of publication, the journal is widely abstracted andindexed and was recently cited by the National Academy of Sciences as a leading resource for scholarlyarticles on research integrity. Recent special issues of Science and Engineering Ethics have focused onvarious topics including "Whistleblowing and the Scientific Community", "Scientific Misconduct", and"Communicating Science".Dr Bird is former Special Assistant to the Provost and the Vice President for Research at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology (MIT) where she worked on the development of

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt; Jeannie Brown Leonard; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

education.In an effort to understand better the importance of functional roles in engineering student teams,we conducted a pilot study using a qualitative methodology funded under the NSF ASA GrantAward Number DUE-0243265. These data provided evidence of students’ tendency to performsimilar functions across team experiences throughout the curriculum. Indeed, by the senior year,students are skilled at assembling teams with a range of functional skills covering all thespecialties needed to complete the assigned project15. Some students recognized this division oflabor compromised overall learning. However, students justified the approach as necessary toensure the creation of an outstanding product within a limited timeframe.To understand better this

Conference Session

Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacqueline Isaacs

. National Center for Learning and Teaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, http://www.nclt.us/ Last Accessed March 1, 2005.19. Engineering Prof Receives $100,000 Grant from NSF to Develop Nanosciences Classes, Press Release Nov 2004, http://www.csulb.edu/misc/inside/archives/vol_56_no_14/awards_grants/grant2.shtml Last Accessed March 1, 2005.20. NUE Abstract: Development and Dissemination of a Sophomore Course in Nano-Science, Engineering and Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology, NY http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0407281 Last Accessed March 1, 2005.21. NUE: Integration of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology into the Undergraduate Curriculum at

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Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shuhui Li

students’ capability to recognize widecontrol applications of electric machines in the modern ECE field and the integrativecharacteristics of electric machines with many other ECE courses. In 2003, the lecture part of the Electric Machinery course was restructured at TAMUK byusing an integrative teaching approach which presents students a complete view of controllableenergy conversion or electric drive systems with topics covering electric machines, powerelectronics, feedback controls, power supply systems, and mechanical loads. The reformation hasresulted in great positive feedbacks from students. In the restructured course, a diverse set oftopics are covered in a rapid succession so that it is important to have corresponding hardware

Conference Session

Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Christopher Byrne; Joel Lenoir; Robert Choate

Session 2166 Senior ME Capstone Laboratory Course Kevin Schmaltz, Chris Byrne, Robert Choate, Joel Lenoir Western Kentucky UniversityAbstractThe Mechanical Engineering faculty at Western Kentucky University have developed andimplemented a Design of Experiments Plan to assure that graduates of the program haveacquired the skills necessary to design and conduct experiments and analyze experimentalresults. Instruction is integrated throughout the ME curriculum, with students finallydemonstrating the ability to both define and analyze experimental problems in a capstone class.In its