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Qiong Zhang; Dana Johnson; James R. Mihelcic

understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic,environmental, and societal context” (ABET, 2002).Research experiences play an important role for students to learn and apply knowledge. Asfound in a survey (Lopatto, 2004), undergraduate research experience is an effective educationaltool to enhance student learning and increase the interest of students in careers in science and thelevel of pursuit of graduate education. Research teams in a collaborative environment allow forstudents from different disciplines to gain a broader understanding and view of project outcomes.Since cross-discipline interactions are one nature of sustainability science and engineering, Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE North Midwest

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Michele H. Miller; Kari L. Jordan

of engineering disciplines and subdisciplines, diversemethods for learning engineering have been developed encompassing both theoretical andpractical aspects.The call for engineering education reform seems to be continuous [1-9]. On the one hand,engineering curricula are slow to change, but on the other hand the target keeps moving. In the1990’s there was a sense that engineering education was out of touch with the actual practice ofengineering. In response, design has become a more prominent part of most engineeringcurricula. In recent years, globalization and the commoditization of many engineering functionshas lent an air of uncertainty to the direction that engineering education should go. While entirecurricula will likely undergo some

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Richard Smith

information security uses, policies, models – Sec 1, Sec 2 • Specific communications systems and policies – Net, Sec 2 • Planning and designing for security – Sec1, OS, Net, Sec 2 • Specific vulnerabilities; technical and policy solutions – Sec 1, OS, Net, Sec 2In June, 2007, our department participated in a workshop for information securitycurriculum development hosted by the University of Minnesota and sponsored by theNational Science Foundation. During that workshop we compared curricula acrossexisting and proposed programs at the 2-year, 4-year, and graduate level. The onlyconsensus standard identified for information security curricula were the IACEPrequirements. Participants noted that the demand was so high for graduates

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Amber J. Kemppainen; Alex S. Mayer; Jacqueline E. Huntoon

development in order to protect the environment for future generations” (Eide, et al., 2002). But how do we include the concepts of public service and sustainability into early engineering education? At Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech), first-year engineering students are preparing for the future by learning to incorporate sustainability into their overall design decisions. Through completion of integrated coursework and design projects, students are learning to consider the economic, environmental and social impacts of a problem in order to create sustainable solutions. These activities coincide with Michigan Tech’s emphasis on sustainability in both educational and research activities (see www.sfi.mtu.edu, for example). Michigan

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

curricula. Students completebasic mathematics, science, and general engineering courses in the first two years followed bycivil and environmental engineering courses in the remainder of their studies. The CEE pro-gram includes a significant laboratory component and practical design projects in the upperlevel classes. The program culminates in a capstone design class that is taken in the last se-mester in school. Projects for this class are often solicited from communities and non-profitorganizations, and typically incorporate a service learning component.In reviewing the existing UWP CEE curriculum for this curriculum development project, itbecame clear that the curriculum had not changed significantly in over 20 years. To illustratethis, the

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Kurtis G. Paterson

traditionalIntroduction to Environmental Engineering class. The objectives of this Podcast-Enhanced Learning (PEL) research are to provide guidance for the creation of suchpodcasts, pedagogical evidence supporting best use of such podcasts within a universitycourse setting, and student assessment of such efforts.The enhanced-podcast creation process is a multi-step workflow. Major steps includemedia design, sound, video, and post-production. Free software tools were used in theproduction of the podcast episodes. Podcast design guidance will be shared in the paper,as will typical workflow resource requirements.In the Introduction to Environmental Engineering class the enhanced-podcast wasintegrated into the class in three distinct methods for evaluation purposes