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Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanorious Chalkiadakis; Mohammed Fahmy; Recayi Pecen

power systems, Page 10.399.11modeling, circuit theory, microcontrollers, analog electronics, control systems, and laboratory development. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education

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Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Skylar Stewart; Linda Ramsey; Julie DuBois; Jorge Roldan; David Mills

next time we held thecourse we should do only one session per week. On the other hand, the students felt that thesession length of 1 ½ to 2 hours was appropriate.Impact on Teaching FellowsIn reflecting upon the impact of this course, it is clear that we learned as much from thisexperience as did the students who participated. Foremost, educational research of this typevastly differs from the typical laboratory research we as graduate engineering students havebecome accustomed to. For example, when conducting educational research investigators mustunderstand that working in a K-12 environment requires a higher degree of flexibility, patience,and tolerance of unexpected chaos. An important outcome derived through the implementationof this

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shana Smith

-206. Osberg, K. M. (1997). Spatial Cognition in the Virtual Environment. Human Interface Technology Laboratory,University of Washington, Retrieved June 10, 2002, from http://www.hitl.washington.edu/publications/r-97-18/. Pleck, M. H., Mcgrath, M. B., Bertoline, G. R., Browers, D. H. & Sadowski, M. A. (1990). Factors affecting theengineering design graphics curriculum: Past, present, future. Proceedings of the NSF Symposium on Modernizationof the Engineering Design Graphics Curriculum, Austin, Texas, 43-52. Sulbaran, T. & Baker, N. C. (2000). Enhancing Engineering Education Through Distributed Virtual Reality, 30thASEE/IEEE frontiers in Education Conference, October 18-21, Kansas City, MO, S1D-13 – S1D-18. Vandenberg, S

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

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June Marshall; John Marshall

problems of businessand life. Page 10.376.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Why, of all the human arts, does college teaching not improve? From Plato’s academy ofthe fifth century B.C. to the research university of today, professors have taught much thesame way, with indifferent results. A few students learn very well, many learn a little,and a few nothing at all.What is a better idea? Try learning. Learning is something students do. It requirescompelling problems and well-designed laboratories, studios

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Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Schildgen; Jon Duff

senior project topics.Finally, administrative considerations for making the senior project successful includeinstitutional funding for faculty mentoring, laboratory access, and archival capabilities todocument the results. Dutson 8 suggests that a modular approach might be implemented tocounteract administrative difficulties. Other authors, most notably Adams 4, entertain virtualteams as an alternative. As this study shows, support from the three constituent groups is criticalfor the success of a senior project initiative. Page 10.584.10 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Innovative Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sofia A. Pechorskaya; Alexandr M. Shvaiger; Charles Dolan

the Associate Professor position inRussian University is about $ 100 per month).As demonstrated in [3], engineering courses are very difficult to teach on-line because of theneed for laboratories and equation manipulation, especially at the undergraduate level. But Page 10.953.2simultaneously, “many of the issues can be solved through collaboration among institutions tocreate a strong national shared engineering curriculum enabled by on-line methods… It may play 2005-1175_Final.doca remarkable role in brining together the work of colleges and universities across the UnitedStates (and eventually across the

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Advancing Manufacturing Through Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

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Hakan Gurocak; Xiaolin Chen; Dave Kim

workshop helped the girls understand fundamentals of molding, polymerprocessing, and machining. All participants had a chance to operate manufacturing toolsin a real engineering laboratory. Page 10.983.7 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAll students and staff pretended to run a manufacturing company called “Wazzu Corp.”There were three divisions in the company, the Plastic Molding division, PolymerProcessing R & D division, and CNC Machining division. In the ‘Polymer Processing R& D’ division

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Early College Retention Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yvonne Ng

solving, can take on the seemingly impossible.References 1. D. L. Beaudoin and D. F. Ollis. “A Product and Process Engineering Laboratory for Freshman.” Journal of Engineering Education. July 1995. 2. R. M. Felder, G. N. Felder, and E. J. Dietz. “The effects of personality type on engineering Page 10.1194.9 student performance and attitudes.” Journal of Engineering Education, 91, 2002. pp. 3-17. 3. D. A. Finken. “Shifting Gears in Engineering Education.” SWE, Fall 2004. pp. 18-26.4. N. Howe and W. Strauss. Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation. NY: Vintage Books, 2000.5. Y. Ng and J. Rexford. She’s an Engineer

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Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tony Casalena; Matt Weinstein; Borna Ghavam; Blake Robertson; Karen Thornton; David Barbe; James Green

research lab with the purpose of gainingexperience in the research and development process. The Hinman program supportsinternships with startup companies to help students become familiar withentrepreneurship processes and in selected faculty laboratories to help the students gainexperience in the R&D process. One particular student, Blake Robertson, is profiled hereas an example of the potential for creating an environment that opens the door to productdevelopment in the CEOs community.Blake began his journey into product development during a summer internship in 2002.After the internship was over, the faculty member hired Blake to continue working onprojects in his VLSI lab. Since then, Blake has worked on a number of projects. Amongthem, he

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Security

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

G Murphy; G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

scientific information systemsintegration and management. He is the author of a text book, 'The Use of Computers in Laboratory Automation',which was commissioned by the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK). His first book, 'Language Independent DesignMethodology - an introduction', was commissioned by the National Computing Centre (NCC). Dr Maj hasorganized, chaired and been invited to speak at many international conferences at the highest level. He has alsoserved on many national and international committees and was on the editorial board of two international journalsconcerned with the advancement of science and technology. As Deputy Chairman and Treasurer of the Institute ofInstrumentation and Control Australia (IICA) educational sub-committee he was

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Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kishore Sirvole; Jennifer Mullins; Jeff Kaeli; Jason Snook; Hayden Griffin; Vinod Lohani; Jenny Lo

well asexploring student's areas of interest in science and technology.JEFF KAELI is a junior majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. He has worked on the Alice Teamas an undergraduate TA and in developing classroom exercises.HAYDEN GRIFFIN is currently professor and head of the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.He holds BSME and MSME degrees from Texas Tech University and a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics fromVPI&SU. He had 13 years of experience in industry and government laboratories prior to joining Virginia Tech in1985. Prior to moving into his current position, he was associate dean for academic affairs in the College ofEngineering

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Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tobia Steyn

laboratory wherefacilitator-student and student-student communication are mostly one-on-one or in informalsmall groups. Students are encouraged to work cooperatively in study groups. An approach ofcontinual (formative) assessment and extensive feedback on performance is followed. Studentsare encouraged to deliver a high standard of work and perform at their best.Mathematics in the Professional Orientation CourseThe content of the module in the first semester focuses on fundamental mathematical concepts.The aim is to give students a thorough understanding of 2-D functions and their graphs as theseconcepts form the basis for calculus. This support in mathematics is given in addition to andseparately from the standard first semester calculus module

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Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sumedha Ariely; Barbara Masi; David Wallace; Amy Banzaert

% 2.008 Design & Manufacturing II III 21 44% 2.72 Elements of Mechanical Design III 16 33% 2.006 Thermal-Fluids Engineering II II 12 25% 2.005 Thermal-Fluids Engineering I II 9 19% 2.002 Mechanics & Materials II I 7 15% 2.001 Mechanics & Materials I I 6 13% 2.670 Mechanical Engineering Tools N/A 6 13% 2.671 Measurement & Instrumentation N/A 6 13% 2.672 Project Laboratory N/A

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cecelia Wigal

Validation (Designed Object) Figure 2.0: The Design Process (UTC Emphasis) Page 10.831.5 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Concurrent with the design methodology is a graphics design laboratory on graphical sketchingand CAD. A major outcome of the course is a small team design project, with application ofbasic engineering science, engineering graphics, and written and oral presentation.The Course

Conference Session

Assessing Where We Stand

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Eisenbarth; Kenneth Van Treuren

Department of Engineering at Baylor University. He received hisB. S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the USAF Academy, his M. S. in Engineering from Princeton University,and his DPhil. at the University of Oxford, UK. At Baylor he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluidmechanics, thermodynamics, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering.STEVEN EISENBARTHSteven Eisenbarth is Associate Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University. Hereceived his B.S. in Mathematics and Physics from Albertson College of Idaho and a Masters and Ph.D. in Physicsfrom Baylor University. He teaches courses in electrical and computer engineering including embedded computersystems design, computer organization, electrical

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Embedded Computing

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2005 Annual Conference

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J.W. Bruce

) Page 10.38.3was secured and mounted on the roof of the four story Simrall Electrical and Computer Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationEngineering building at MSU. Sensors are multiplexed and transmitted via an eight-conductorCat5/RJ45 cable to the microprocessors laboratory on the third floor.The sensor signals represent six quantities in three signal categories: analog, digital closure, andfrequency. The weather sensor signals are described in Table 1. Analog sensors create a voltageoutput corresponding to their quantity, wind direction, air temperature, and wind directioncompass

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sookram Sobhan; Noel Kriftcher; Nerik Yakubov; Alon Kadashev; Magued Iskander; Vikram Kapila

, andPolytechnic University Distinguished Teacher Award. Dr. Iskander’s research interests include Geotechnicalmodeling with transparent soils, foundation engineering, and urban geotechnology. He makes extenive uses ofsensors and measurement systems in his research studies. Dr. Iskander has published 50 papers and supervised 6doctoral students, 14 masters students, 6 undergraduate students, and 7 high school students.VIKRAM KAPILA is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY,where he directs an NSF funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSFfunded Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics that has been featured on WABC-TV and NY1News, and an NSF funded GK-12

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Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tina Hudson; Laurence Merkle; Joshua Holden; Richard Layton

Conf., Salt Lake City.2. MUPEC 2004 conference website, www.rose-hulman.edu/MUPEC2004/RICHARD A. LAYTONRichard Layton received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1995 and is currently an AssistantProfessor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. His interests include student teambuilding and laboratory curriculum development. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Layton worked for twelve years Page 10.1373.10in consulting engineering, culminating as a group head and a project manager. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Brian Resnick

-13.[4] Caprette, David. Guidelines for Keeping a Laboratory Record. 25 April 2003. Rice University. 27 Dec. 2004 [5] Hollash, Steve. IEEE Standard 754 Floating Point Numbers. 04 Nov. 2004. 25 Dec. 2004 [6] Moore’s Law. Intel. 15 Oct. 2004 [7] Wells, Don. Extreme Programming. 28 February 2004. 20 Dec. 2004 BiographyBRIAN J RESNICK – Is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at of theUniversity of Cincinnati. Software engineering, embedded systems, automation, motion control, simulations, anddata communications are among his areas of expertise. He has over 30 years of industrial experience, is a memberof ASEE, IEEE and Tau Beta Pi, is a Professional Engineer, and holds eight U.S. Patents

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IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

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Randa Shehab; Teri Rhoads; Teri Murphy

the accelerated pace and highworkload expected of each engineering course9, 10. Many also report poor teaching within theSME (science, mathematics, and engineering) curricula10. Other curriculum-related factors thatdiscourage engineering students from persevering include restrictive curricula that require strictprerequisite structures, provide limited course offerings, and require additional laboratory work5.These curricula restrictions are particularly problematic for non-traditional students. Financialconstraints5, 9, 11 are also cited by students as reasons for leaving engineering.A reported lack of interest in engineering curricula9, 10 may be indicative of a more specificproblem as identified by Edward. He describes a discontinuity based

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Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Randa Shehab; Teri Rhoads; Teri Murphy

the accelerated pace and highworkload expected of each engineering course9, 10. Many also report poor teaching within theSME (science, mathematics, and engineering) curricula10. Other curriculum-related factors thatdiscourage engineering students from persevering include restrictive curricula that require strictprerequisite structures, provide limited course offerings, and require additional laboratory work5.These curricula restrictions are particularly problematic for non-traditional students. Financialconstraints5, 9, 11 are also cited by students as reasons for leaving engineering.A reported lack of interest in engineering curricula9, 10 may be indicative of a more specificproblem as identified by Edward. He describes a discontinuity based

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A through K and Beyond

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Dennis

, ifadhered to, enable the accomplishment of the BOK. The institution must set priorities andsupportive policies, adequately fund the infrastructure and personnel, assess quality, attend tostandards, and recruit and retain students. Who, then, should the faculty and institutions of theBOK be? What will enable them, both individually and collectively, to be successful infacilitating the accomplishment of the BOK? The historical notion of institutional support is thatit has an obligation to provide the faculty and students with adequate physical resources such asclassrooms and laboratories. This notion is short sighted and will not guarantee that faculty willbe capable of implementing the BOK or emulating the characteristics of the ideal facultymember

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Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mark Urban-Lurain; Taner Eskil; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

enough mechanics skills to create the solutions.This, again, placed a larger burden of the work on those students. The problems should beselected such that the knowledge of the statics students plays a greater role in the development ofthe solutions.In future endeavors, we will have the groups present their work in the laboratory setting. Thepresentations will be part of each student’s final course grade. This requirement will furtherdevelop the teamwork aspect of the project by sharing responsibility for the group work andproviding evidence to both sets of students that they have participated in a joint activity. And, itwill also provide the students with an opportunity to practice their oral presentation skills. Weplan to incorporate these

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Innovative Teaching and Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheldon Jeter

, Switzerland.Kline, S. J. and F. A. McClintock, 1953, “Describing Uncertainties in Single-Sample Experiments”, Mechanical Engineering, vol. 75, pp. 3-8.Klein, S. A., 1992-2002, “EES, Engineering Equation Solver”, F-Chart Software, Madison, WI.Taylor, B. N. and C. E. Kuyatt, 1994, “Guideline for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty in NIST Measurement Results”, NIST TN 1297, NIST Physics Laboratory, Gaithersberg, MD, available online at .BIOGRAPHYSHELDON M. JETER is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the George W. WoodruffSchool of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He has degrees from Clemson University, theUniversity of Florida, and Georgia Tech. He has been on the academic faculty at Georgia Tech since 1979

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Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap; Ken Burbank; James Zhang

the differen- tiation between engineering and technology majors. Experiential knowledge accounts for an important part of the technology curriculum. Most hands-on experience are gained through laboratory experiments associated with most of the courses. Availability of contemporary lab equipment has made it possible for students to gain hands-on experience from lab settings. While some high-end test equipment is steadily available in our labs, these test instruments are considered as luxuries in Chinese engineering schools. 3) The curriculum shows the incorporation of modern technologies. For example, because networking technology has become predominant in information collection and transfer, students are

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Manufacturing Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Johnson

Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”G Effective communicationH Recognition of the need for, and the ability to, engage in lifelong learning.I Knowledge of the ethical and social responsibilities of professionals working in the mechanical engineering technology field.J Respect for diversity and knowledge of contemporary professional, societal and global issues.K Commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement.L Competence in the use of the computer as a problem solving and communications tool.M The ability to apply project management techniques to the completion of laboratory and project

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Labs, Demos and Software in Mechanics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Hall; Carla Campbell; Nancy Hubing; Timothy Philpot

teaches Statics and Mechanics of Materialsand is the author of MDSolids – Educational Software for Mechanics of Materials and MecMovies, recipients of thePremier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware.RICHARD H. HALLDr. Richard H. Hall is a Professor of Information Science and Technology at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Hereceived his BS degree in Psychology from the University of North Texas and Ph.D. degree in ExperimentalPsychology from Texas Christian University. He is co-director of UMR's Laboratory for Information TechnologyEvaluation, and his research focuses on design, development, and evaluation of web-based learning technologies.NANCY HUBINGDr. Hubing is an Associate Professor in the Basic Engineering Department at

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Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Wicklein; David Gattie

/1.5% 24/8.8% 142/52.2% 102/37.5% associated text materials having the appropriate types of tools and 1/0.4% 20/7.2% 110/39.9% 145/52.5% test equipment to teach engineering design having the appropriate type of laboratory 2/0.7% 21/7.7% 111/41% 137/50.6% layout and space to teach engineering design developing additional analytical (mathematics) skills to be able to predict 3/1.1% 33/12.2% 151/55.7% 84/31% engineering results improving fundamental knowledge of engineering sciences (statics, fluid 5/1.8% 20/7.2% 149/54% 102/37% mechanics, dynamics) having access to practicing engineers to give 2/0.7

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Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Georgios Anagnostopoulos

programentitled Course, Curriculum and Laboratories Improvement (CCLI-EMD). Thetitle of the grant is “PROJECT EMD-MLR: Educational Materials Developmentthrough the Integration of Machine Learning Research into Senior DesignProjects”. The project partners are two major universities in Central Florida,Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) in Melbourne and the University of CentralFlorida (UCF) in Orlando. In addition to the two universities, there are two 2-yearCentral Florida colleges, Seminole Community College (SCC) in Oviedo andBrevard Community College (BCC) in Palm Bay.Project EMD-MLR is a “proof-of-concept” project focused on Machine Learning(ML), whose immediate objectives are i) the development of educational materialin the form of software

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Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Stockman

areimplemented by fundamental IT.The course has been supported by a teaching assistant (TA). The TA had office hours in additionto those of the instructor to support students with their homework. However, the most importantvalue was in being able to schedule open laboratory time so the TA could assist students in usingnew software tools.Graded homework problems are assigned every two weeks. Group work is encouraged for someproblems and forbidden for others. Two hour exams and a final exam are given. Some examproblems are quantitative, where students are required to apply algorithms and produce ananswer. For example, students are expected to be able to convert between binary and decimalnumber representation and smooth an intensity image by neighborhood