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Matthew Roberts; Philip Parker; Christina Curras; Michael Penn; Max Anderson

learning activityto increase awareness of the infrastructure. The local infrastructure report card will also serveas an ABET assessment tool. Details on how an infrastructure theme will be infused through-out the curriculum are presented.IntroductionThe importance of the infrastructure to the economic development of the country is well un-derstood by engineers and many political leaders in the U.S. As highlighted by the 2005American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) Infrastructure Report Card1, the United States’infrastructure is in very poor condition, and was given an overall grade of D. Because ofthese infrastructure needs, civil engineers of the future will need to be skilled at maintainingand upgrading in-place infrastructure in addition to

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Valerie J. Fuchs; James R. Mihelcic

Engineering Education for International Sustainability: Curriculum Design Under the Sustainable Futures Model Valerie J. Fuchs and James R. Mihelcic Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 49931Introduction: The complete description of this research can be found in the Proceedings of theAmerican Society of Engineering Education’s 5th Annual Global Colloquium (Fuchs andMihelcic, 2006). Further data analysis and conclusions are found in Fuchs (2007). Note that thisassessment is not an assessment of ABET requirements, although the programs, as part of

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Hetal Jasani

and they will havehard time to learn OPNET in short period of time such as one semester.VI. References[1] N. K. Swain, M. Swain, and J. A. Anderson, “Integration of virtual instruments into an EET curriculum,” Firenze, Italy, 2004.[2] C. Rosenberg and S. G. M. Koo, “Innovative and easy-to-deploy communication networking laboratory experiments for electrical and computer engineering students,” Como, Italy, 2002.[3] Z. Nedic, J. Machotka, and A. Nafalski, "Remote laboratories versus virtual and real laboratories," Reno, NV, 2003.[4] R. P. Ramachandran, L. M. Head, S. A. Mandayam, J. L. Schmalzel, and S. H. Chin, “Laboratory experiments unifying concepts in the communications, digital signal processing (DSP) and very

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Zhanping You

) Asphalt Mixture by comparing DEM Technological and FEM UniversitySummaryIn this paper, the author presented a Distinct (Discrete) Element Method (DEM) courseoffered for graduate students. In the course work, students were taught the theory andapplication of DEM. The course served a variety of functions in the curriculum. First,students learned an advanced numerical analysis technique, which covered basicknowledge in DEM for engineering purposes. The second function was to introduce the Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE North Midwest Sectional Conference 5students to a wide range of issues common to all disciplines of engineering, includingbasic engineering problem

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Qiong Zhang; Dana Johnson; James R. Mihelcic

International Sustainability: Curriculum Design under the Sustainable Futures Model,” Proceedings of 5th Annual ASEE Global Colloquium on Engrg Educ., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 9-12, 2006.Fry, L.M. and J.R. Mihelcic, "Integrating a Global Perspective into Graduate Engineering Education & Research," Proceedings of 5th Annual ASEE Global Colloquium on Engrg Educ., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 9-12, 2006.Hokanson, D.R., J.R. Mihelcic, L.D. Phillips, “Educating Engineers in the Sustainable Futures Model with a Global Perpective: Education, Research & Diversity Initiatives,” International Journal of Engineering Education, 23(2): 254-265, 2007.Hokanson, D.R., Q. Zhang, J.R. Cowden, A.M. Troschinetz, J.R

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Leonard Bohmann; Dana Johnson; Kris Mattila; Nilufer Onder; John Sutherland

disciplines to develop a curriculum forService Systems Engineering that integrates business, engineering, and the sciences and serves asa model for other universities. This is an exciting degree program that takes curriculumdevelopment beyond its current boundaries and branches into a new direction. In this paper,efforts related to the development of the curriculum will be described, as will the challengesfaced by the project team to facilitate interdisciplinary education. The successes to date will behighlighted along with the lessons learned, and collaboration experiences with other universityfaculty members on curriculum development.IntroductionIn the next decade, the role of services will continue to grow and skilled individuals are neededto

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Yue Li; Qiong Zhang

is vital to educate students now to better prepare them to face many challenges in professional practice in the 21st Century. However, there is no existing civil and environmental engineering curriculum that addresses both PBE and sustainable design. It is impossible to design sustainable civil infrastructure while keeping the essential merits of PBE design without an integrating effective training for the students. How to address that is a challenge, but also an opportunity for educators in CEE. It is difficult to add a separate course on sustainability engineering, given the already heavy CEE curriculum in most universities. The integrated curriculum needs sustainability concepts to be introduced in a broad

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William S. Helton; Michele H. Miller; Robert Pastel

brain defies replication, medication, and explanation. New York: Free Press.Leventhal, L. M., Barnes, J., and Chao, J. (2004). Term project user interface specifications in a usability engineering course: challenges and suggestions. ACM Proceedings SIGCSE’04, 41-45.Pastel, R. (2005). Integrating science and research in a HCI design course. ACM Proceedings SIGCSE’05, 31-35,Smyth, M.M. (2001). Certainty and uncertainty sciences: marking the boundaries of psychology in introductory textbooks. Social Studies of Science, 31, 389-416.Author BiographiesWilliam S. Helton is currently an assistant professor of psychology in MichiganTechnological University’s Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences. He

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Michele H. Miller; Kari L. Jordan

, pp. 190-197.[11] Al-Holou, N., N. M. Bilgutay, C. Corleto, J. T. Demel, R. Felder, K. Frair, J. E. Froyd, M. Hoit, J. Morgan and D. L. Wells, "First-year integrated curricula across engineering education coalitions," Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, 1998, pp. 177-197.[12] Tonkay, G. L., R. Sause, L. A. Martin-Vega and H. G. Stenger, "Integrating design into freshman engineering: a Lehigh experience," Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997, pp. 1115-1119.[13] Nelson, J. and S. Napper, "Ramping up an integrated engineering curriculum to full implementation," Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999, pp. 13C12/12-13C12/17.[14] Morgan, J. R. and R. W. Bolton, "An

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Qingli (Barbara) Dai

(Unigraphics NX) into the curriculum ofstrategically selected academic partners worldwide. Michigan Tech was one of only twoU.S. universities selected for the initial four academic program partner sites. Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE North Midwest Sectional Conference 1Today NX is the key CAD/CAM/CAE software used in our mechanical engineeringcurriculum and utilized in our laboratories [1]. It is integrated throughout our curriculumbeginning with the first year, to learn solid modeling using NX. Sophomore students useNX in the lab portion of the course “Integrated Design and Manufacturing” to create thetool paths to produce a designed part. Junior students use NX in the Product Realization Iand II courses. Senior students use NX in

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John L. Irwin

effectively in engineering education.The following is a review of the quantitative results from this 2006 quasi-experimentalaction research study, which investigates the perceptions of teachers and studentsinvolved in problem-based simulation activities used in high school design engineeringcurricula. The purpose of the research is to investigate the potential for problem-basedsimulation activities to be used as curriculum and instruction aids for engineeringeducators. Also included is a discussion of survey results from engineering faculty whoattended NSF sponsored workshops designed to learn and practice problem-basedsimulation activities using dynamic analysis software, and reactions from universitystudents experiencing the experiential learning

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K. R. Haapala; M. J. Hutchins; J. L. Rivera; V. Kumar; A. R. Clarke; T. D. Eatmon; R. A. Harris; M. H. Durfee; J. R. Mihelcic; D. R. Shonnard; J. W. Sutherland

andtechnology aspects of sustainability.Sutherland et al. (2003) reported on the development of the MTU sustainability curriculum thatled to establishing the SFI. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, coursework in traditionaldisciplines (e.g., Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and the Social Sciences) beganto reflect the growing importance of the environment. An Environmental Policy graduateprogram was established that complemented the existing Environmental Engineering program.Efforts from across campus led to the Engineering for the Environment and, later,Environmentally Responsible Design and Manufacturing courses to address interdisciplinaryenvironmental issues. Involved faculty began to serve on graduate committees outside of

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Michael P. Hennessey

mechanicalengineering largely due to the existence of the liberal arts core curriculum comprised of 84semester credits outside the ME major. Also, it is the opinion of the author that engineeringstudents could greatly benefit from exposure to system dynamics topics and there has beenoccasional anecdotal evidence to support this claim. In response to the above observations, anew 4 semester credit technical elective course entitled Simulation and Visualization of DynamicSystems was created that integrates aspects of visualization (including animation) with atraditional system dynamics course. Prerequisites include Linear Algebra and DifferentialEquations and Engineering Graphics with 3 hours per week being allocated for lecture and 3hours per week for a

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Paul J. Weber

recognized(Bakshani & Allen, 1992; Broman, Byggeth, & Robert, 2002; Hesketh, Slater, Savelski, Hollar,& Farrell, 2004; Mott, Neff, Stratton, & Summers, 2002; ABET, 2007, p.2), it is imperative thatinstructors and institutions find ways to incorporate this need into their curriculum. This hasbeen done in various ways (Diehl, Boks, & Silvester, 2005; Handy, French, & Jackson, 2005).While sustainability can be viewed as part of the design process, Richardson, Irwin & Sherwinargue that sustainability is an attribute of good design rather than a portion of it (2005).The remainder of this paper is devoted to describing presentations and the corresponding insightsgained from implementing them. It is important to note that they