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Byron Garry; Suzette Burckhard

extremelysmall…the two, for all practical purposes, are essentially unrelated.”4Does that mean that engineering faculty have to make a choice between what is consideredtypical engineering research - Boyer’s Scholarship of Discovery, Integration, or Application - orconcentrate on teaching? Prince, et al.,5 argues that SoTL is the means most likely to achieve alink between teaching and typical engineering research.Boyer’s fourth definition of scholarship, SoTL, has been guiding the course of the engineeringeducation community. There are several definitions to what SoTL is. Richlin states a scholarlyteacher investigates in the literature what has been tried to attempt to solve specific teachingproblems, then selects and applies a method that has the best

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Naima Kaabouch; Deborah L. Worley; Jeremiah Neubert; Mohammad Khavanin

mentor-led study sessions continues, so does the pursuit of creating aframework for best practices of peer mentoring programs that may be used by other institutions.AcknowledgementThe authors acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation under the grantnumber DUE-0942270.References1. “Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and employing America for a brighter economic future,” National Academy of Science, Washington DC, National Academies Press, 2005.2. “Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5,” National Academy of Science, Washington DC, National Academiy Press, 2010.3. “Science and engineering degrees: 1966–2006 (Detailed Statistical Tables NSF 08-321),” National Science

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Wendy R. Stary; John R. Schultz

involve faculty from both institutions spendingtime teaching and conducting research at the other institution.Carrying out these objectives has, and will continue to involve many key players at both theUW-Stout and the h_da campuses. Much success has already been realized to date thanks totheir help, still, many challenges have had to be overcome in the process.Challenges and Outcomes to DateAs mentioned previously, the spark for developing an international exchange in PlasticsEngineering was the product of conversations at the K-Show in Germany in the fall of 2010.After a great deal of discussion spanning from October 2010 to May 2011, it was decided that ashort-term, blocked course might be the best “first step” towards development of an

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Charles McIntyre

responsibilities that are required for atypical construction project, i.e., construction documents and codes, material estimating, projectscheduling, procurement and delivery, actual construction, inspections, change orders, projectdelivery, demolition, and a final project report. The “revised” course was delivered during the2012 Fall Semester to sixty-five (65) students. Student feedback was extremely positive.IntroductionCurrent research within the engineering disciplines indicates that a first-year (freshman) hands-on course that emphasizes real-world design experiences can increase recruiting and retentionrates and provide the groundwork for future academic “learning” in subsequent coursework.3,8,14Within the engineering disciplines, there exists a

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Dilpreet S. Bajwa; Sreekala G. Bajwa

of 3-4 students. Grading is based on the teamworkaccomplishment, project planning and execution, system design, best solution to a problem,budget preparation, prototype development and demonstration and finally report writing andpresentation of their work to the peers. The CSP problems assigned to the students are smallindustry sponsored projects, new design project, or faculty research projects. At North DakotaState University (NDSU), Department of Mechanical Engineering, ME 461/462 courses offersenior design project experience. In the first semester students focus on project planning, systemdesign and budget planning. System design component is aimed at developing critical thinking,understanding the constraints and identifying the best

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Luis Rodriguez; Gail Coover; Dalelia Davis; Angela Frey; George Johnson; Oumar Kaba; Andrew Pham; Kathlyn Bender

, making athoughtful response to selected readings, conducting an informational interview with aprofessional in their intended field, reporting on best practices, and participating in a juriedposter presentation of a small research project.Overall, the curriculum is designed so that the task difficulty is slightly greater than students’current ability as established by their transcripts and pre-assessment results. Students areexposed to vicarious successes and role models, with opportunities to present successes and 440correct errors. Each student’s performance gets honest feedback, with specific information abouthow to improve their skills and performance. Instructors and staff meet regularly to

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Bakr M. Aly Ahmed; Mike Christenson; David A. Crutchfield

priority. As with many fields, thisdevelopment has the potential of impacting the teaching models and content of architecturalcourses and related research endeavors. This paper offers a case study of how a variety ofenvironmental-analysis technologies have been integrated within specific technical coursework,student research, and how the resulting feedback has been made visible to the student body andgeneral public.IntroductionIn Winter 2010, a team of NDSU College of Engineering and Architecture faculty and staffdeveloped a proposal for an NDSU Student Technology Fee Grant.1 The proposal, titled“Technology for Feedback,” aimed to benefit students both within and outside of NDSU’sprofessional architecture and mechanical engineering degree programs

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Aurenice M. Oliveira

, non-majors, active learning, electrical engineeringtechnology.BackgroundIn recent years both universities expectations and student expectations of faculty have increased,not only a professor is expected to teach effectively, but also to manage other responsibilitiessuch as maintaining certain levels of research and other scholarly activities. Teaching freshmanand sophomore engineering students is crucial because it is during this initial period that studentsare more likely to change majors or drop out of college 1, 2. Many studies stress the importance offirst-year college experience, and indicate the first-year GPA as the best predictor of attrition.The adoption of an active learning format whereby student participation is highly encouraged

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Nannan He; Gale Allen; Cameron Johnson

decreasing and the emphasis on research and journalpublications for tenure and promotion is increasing. At MSU Mankato state and industry supporthas come together with faculty interest for the past several years in the areas of automationengineering and manufacturing. Courses in industrial automation involving PLC’s, sensors, andactuators have been taught since 2006 using hands-on active learning techniques. An effort isunderway to increase the technical depth and broaden the training by exploring deterministictiming and modeling in complex real-time automation systems using traditional PLC and PC-based PLC equipment and future, large multicore computer designs.1. IntroductionIn Spring 2006, a laboratory and courses were first created for training