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Keith B. Lodge

run basic experiments for themselves with the intention that theywill develop a deeper understanding of fundamental concepts and relationships from their hands-on experiences. Such is the approach in Principles of Particle Technology , a junior-level 3-credit class inChemical Engineering that has two lecture periods and one 2-hour laboratory period per weekduring a 15-week semester. Particle technology is particularly amenable; key basic experimentscan be done within the laboratory session and the apparatus can be simple. In addition, thechronologies of the lecture and laboratory sessions are arranged to be in step with each other.Students work in pairs on the same experiment in a single laboratory session; each experiment iscompleted within

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Lisa Watrous; Mari Buche; Susan Bagley; Jason Keith

ADVANCE: An investigation of the representation of female faculty candidates at Michigan Technological University Lisa Watrous, Mari Buche, Susan Bagley, Jason Keith Michigan Technological University Proceedings of the 2011 North Midwest Section ConferenceIn the fall of 2008 Michigan Technological University was awarded a multi-year NationalScience Foundation ADVANCE grant e ed Cha g g he Face f M ch ga Tech . Thisresearch was supported by NSF grant No. 0820083. At the start of this project, the facultycomplement at Michigan Tech was over 80% in Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics (STEM) in terms of disciplines, and prior to the ADVANCE initiatives only 12%of the full professors and

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Nathan Johnson

Assessing Experimental Design in Civil Engineering Nathan Johnson University of Minnesota DuluthAbstractOne requirement for ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accreditationfor undergraduate Civil Engineering is related to experimental design. Determining andimplementing an appropriate assessment metric for this requirement presents challenges in thelaboratory setting due to the inexperience of students and interrelated experimental variables tobe modified within the constraints of equipment capabilities. A straightforward implementationof an experimental design assessment is presented for a junior-level CE course, Hydraulics

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William R. Peterson; Guanghsu Chang

Keeping an Engineering Economy Course In-line With the Practice of Engineering William R. Peterson, PhD, and Guanghsu Chang, PhD Department of Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering Technology Minnesota State University, MankatoAbstract:This paper addresses a perceived gap between the use of spreadsheets in the application ofengineering economy concepts and tools in the classroom and in the workplace. Of particularconcern is the use of tables in teaching the material and their absence from the workplace. Thepaper i ba ed on he a hor e perience in he orkplace a prac icing engineer /engineermanagers and in the classroom teaching engineering economy at

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Neil J. Hutzler; Joan S. Chadde; David Heil; Mia Jackson

Family Engineering for Elementary-Aged Children and Their Parents Neil J. Hutzler1, Joan S. Chadde1, David Heil2, and Mia Jackson2 1 Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 2Foundation for Family Science and Engineering, Portland, ORAbstractThe goal of the Family Engineering program is to engage, inspire, and encourage elementarystudents to learn about and consider careers in engineering and science through hands-onactivities with their parents at Family Engineering events. This program is designed toaddress the United States need for an increased number, and greater diversit , of studentsskilled in math, science, technology, and engineering. The Family Engineering program for6-12 year-olds and

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Genevieve Gagnon Ph.D.

; the programs with their educators and thetools they use and the learners of tomorrow.The best way to solve these issues first is to make sure that departments study theirprograms and lay out a roadmap of all the courses being taught to promote a great flowbetween courses. This will ensure that no fundamental skills needed to attain excellencein engineering education are missing. In this constantly changing environment, theteachers must take a guidance role to teach all these basic skills, using the best toolsavailable. They need to communicate the required wisdom from the freshman year, allthe way up to senior year, to produce the best engineers.With all the new technologies, the classrooms have changed a lot since 1911. Fromblackboard and

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Debao Zhou

Engineering Targeted Project Design in Kinematics and Control Classes Debao Zhou Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 55812, USA Email: dzhou@d.umn.eduAbstractLabs and projects will be the important ways to solidify the knowledge learned from classessince hands-on work can help the students understand class materials better. A kinematics andcontrol lab class has been offered in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineeringhere at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. The projects in class have been designed to solveactual engineering problems. Through the projects

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R. Nelson; J. Bumblis; C. Liu; A. Turkmen; N. Zhou; D. Olson; R. Rothaupt

What is Involved in Establishing a New Engineering Program? An Update on the New Computer Engineering Program at UW-Stout By R. Nelson, J. Bumblis, C. Liu, A. Turkmen, N. Zhou, D. Olson and R. Rothaupt University of Wisconsin - Stout Department of Engineering and Technology Menomonie, Wisconsin 54751AbstractA new program in Computer Engineering was recently launched at the University of WisconsinStout. Approval for this program was received from the Board of Regents Education Committee of theUniversity of Wisconsin (UW) System in August 2008. Program enrollment has grown from 0

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Carl Sandness; Tom Jamar; Roy Smith; j. Moe Benda

bring fundamental data analysis skills, group projects, career mentorship andcollege preparatory skills to students interested in pursuing engineering as a college major.Sandness attended training for Parametric Technology Corporation s Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3.0(Pro/E) software at St. Cloud State University, granting a site license for the installation ofparametric modeling software to institutional computers. Parametric modeling became thesecondary tool-set for student study in the proposed course. Further consultation with theadvisory committee led to the incorporation of the aforementioned mentoring sessions, job-shadowing activities, and site visits.The Introduction to Engineering course has been a successful venture and has had

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Stephen Patchin; Cody Kangas; Jamie Lindquist

Mind Trekkers Science and Engineering Festivals: Inspiring K-12 students to explore STEM Stephen Patchin, Cody Kangas, and Jamie Lindquist Michigan Technological UniversityThe Challenge O Ma 5, 2010 e Na a Sc e ce B a d b ed a e ed P e a e NeGeneration of STEM Innovators: Identifying and Developing Our Nation H a Ca a .S ed b e Na a Sc e ce F da , e e e ed ec e dato support the identification and development of talented young men and women who have the e a bec e C e e e a n of science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM

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Lisa Anneberg; Jiao luo; Suyun Luo

Student Attitudes on a Collaborative Undergraduate Engineering Program between the USA and China Lisa Anneberg1, Jiao Luo 2and Suyun Luo3 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, 1 Department of Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 2-3AbstractToday, the globalization of higher education is an important major development of higher education.Shanghai University of Engineering Science [SUES] and Lawrence Technological University [LTU, ofSouthfield, MI] have had a multifaceted academic collaboration since 2003. Fifteen Americanengineering faculty and 1200 Chinese engineering undergraduate students have participated in theevolving

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Mitchell Cornelius; Bidhan Roy; Osama Jadaan

Platteville has recentlyupgraded its minor program in micosystems and nanotechnology to a major program.In order to draw students towards this new major program, a nanotechnology module as beenincorporated into the coursework of Engineering Economics. This is because this is a coursetaken college wide and fulfills the objective of a wider audience. Besides, it also introduces thestudents towards the initial commercialization of this new technology and the volatility of therelated startup enterprises.This paper describes the initial steps taken to develop the module. We begin with a sectiondescribing the contents of a typical engineering economics course. This is followed by a sectiondescribing the steps taken to develop a module. An essential part of

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Christa James-Byrnes; Mark Holdhusen

. The faculty felt the students were notleaving the course with the skill set required of an engineering student, specifically the ability towork well in teams, the ability to efficiently and effectively solve engineering problems(including problem identification as well as proper problem solving techniques), an overallunderstanding of how a practicing engineer will use technology in their work, as well as afundamental understanding and use of a spreadsheet program. This was further evidenced by thefact that the faculty felt that students were not performing to their expectations in subsequentclasses to the level that the faculty felt a freshman/sophomore engineering student should. Thefaculty met for two days in 2007 and determined the new

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A. Hoxie

age a d e i e a i ac . Thi i c dedthinking about materials used in construction, embedded energy, and natural resource use. The studentsneeded to show an ability to apply the scientific principles learned during the course of the semester todesign and integrate a number of technologies to work together, thus producing an energy efficienthome.Written ReportThe written report was evaluated primarily based on clear organization and communication of theprimary goals of the project. The engineering and technical aspects were evaluated in the energymodeling and during the oral presentation. Students were asked to address the main points thoroughlyand to show thoughtfulness and insight. The report had a three page limit, therefore students had

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Seraphin C. Abou

. They focused on the departure from the traditionalinstructional models without fully discarding them. The educational objectives are to exposestudents to the open-endedness nature of professional engineering discourses, to appreciate theinterconnectedness of knowledge disciplines and the multidisciplinary nature of professionalengineering practices, and to instill into students with skills and knowledge which are convergentwith the higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy. This new view , which complements the moretraditional component-based approach, involves the integration of biological research withapproaches from engineering disciplines and computer science. The method results in more thana new set of risk assessment technologies. Rather, it

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Kristine Guzak; Kurt Paterson

In someinstitutions, this service involvement has fueled the creation of courses and programs thatoffer Learning Through Service (LTS) which seems to attract a wider range of students toengineering. A growing body of evidence advocates that LTS may provide significantadvantages to engineering students, but studies to date are quite limited.11-15 Asuniversities play catch-up to these trends, a fundamental question remains unexplored:What motivates engineering students to be engaged in service?2. ObjectivesThis paper presents findings to the above question of student motivation from two LTSprograms at Michigan Technological University: (1) iDesign, an international senior-level capstone design program, and (2) Peace Corp Master s International

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Byron Garry

Examples of Rubrics Used to Assess ABET Student Outcomes in a Capstone Course Byron Garry South Dakota State UniversityIntroductionIn our Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) program, we are continually re-evaluating thestudent outcomes and how they are measured by the assessment process. We have defined, withthe approval of alumni and our industrial advisory board, sixteen Student Outcomes labeled (a) -(p). These begin with the ABET Criterion 3 Student Outcomes (a) - (k)1 , and then add theProgram Criteria for Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology, and some universityrequired student learning outcomes, which are labeled

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Enemuoh Emmanuel Ugo; Samuel Kwofie

INTEGRATING STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCE WITH TEACHING SUSTAINABILITY COURSE IN AFRICA Emmanuel Ugo Enemuoh, Ph.D. eenemuoh@d.umn.edu Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN 55812 Samuel Kwofie, Ph.D. drskwofie@yahoo.com Department of Material Engineering Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi, GhanaAbstractThe environment has some capacity to cope with

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Derek Wissmiller

Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. 2001, New York: Longman.6. Streveler, R.A., et al., Learning Conceptual Knowledge in the Engineering Sciences: Overview and Future Directions. Journal of Engineering Education, 2008. 97(3): p. 279-294.7. Kolb, D.A., Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development. 1984, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.Author Information Derek Wissmiller is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin Stout in the Department ofEngineering and Technolog . Dr. Wissmiller s current research interests include the investigation of studentlearning and assessment methods in engineering

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Marian S. Stachowicz

Fuzzy Versus Conventional Control Marian S. Stachowicz, Laboratory for Intelligent Systems, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA, The Warsaw School of Computer Science, Warsaw, Poland mstachow@d.umn.eduAbstractThis article presents notes from the interdisciplinary course ECE 5831 Fuzzy Sets Theory and ItsApplications and an introduction part to ECE 4951 Design Workshop dedicated to IntelligentControl, both taught at the ECE Department, University of Minnesota Duluth. What are theadvantages and disadvantages of fuzzy control as compared to conventional

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D. A. Rogers; B. D. Braaten

). Electromagnetic Wave Propagation, Radiation, and Scattering. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.7. Agilent Technologies (2009). Advanced Design System. www.agilent.com.Biographical InformationDAVID A. ROGERS is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University (NDSU). He earned the B.S.E.E. and Ph.D. (E.E.) degrees from the University of Washington, the M.S.E.E. from Illinois Institute of Technology, and the M. Div. (Ministry) degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is a Life Member of the American Society for Engineering Education.BENJAMIN D. BRAATEN is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NDSU. He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical

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Enemuoh Emmanuel Ugo; Samuel Kwofie

INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS WITH DESIGN: CASE STUDY OF BICYCLE FRAME Emmanuel Ugo Enemuoh, Ph.D. eenemuoh@d.umn.edu Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN 55812 Samuel Kwofie, Ph.D. drskwofie@yahoo.com Department of Material Engineering Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi, GhanaAbstractDesigning a product to meet specific needs

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Waddah Akili

. R c a d , L.G., M.G a , W.T. Sc e e , a d R.D. La de , P Ac ve Learning with Cases and I c a M d e , ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, vo.84, no.4, Oct.1995, pp.375-381.10. Shapiro, B.P., An Introduction to Cases, Harvard Business School, 1984.11. P ce, M c ae , D e Ac e Lea W ? A Re e e Re ea c , ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, vol 93, no.3, July 2004, pp.223-231.12. Online Collaborative Learning in Higher Education,, accessed 11/15/ 2004.13. S e , L., M. S a e, a d S. D a a , E ec S a -Group Learning on Undergraduates in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology: A Meta-A a , Review of Educational Research, vol.69, no.1

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M. S. Stachowicz; L. B. Kofoed

Problem Based Learning Principles for projects with “soft” evaluation. 1 M. S. Stachowicz, 2L. B. Kofoed Laboratory for Intelligent Systems, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA, The Warsaw School of Computer Science, Warsaw, Poland mstachow@d.umn.edu1 Department of Architecture, Design & Media Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark, lk@create.aau.dk2IntroductionInspired by a design workshop course offered at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department(ECE) at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) [1] we could see

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Michael A. Rother

Academic Versus Industrial Senior Design Projects Michael A. Rother Department of Chemical Engineering University of Minnesota-Duluth For the past seven years, the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University ofMinnesota-Duluth has used industrially supplied projects in its senior capstone design sequence.The change was implemented from academic to industrial projects as a result of an ABETrecommendation to increase the multidisciplinary experiences of the students. By ABETdefinition, an industrially supplied project is considered multidisciplinary. The department doesnot charge companies for the student

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Ahmet Turkmen; Jon Breen

Wisconsin - Stout and is expected to earn anMS degree from University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2011. His studies have ranged fromindustrial automation and robotics, to manufacturing systems, power electronics and motorcontrol. His recent work focused on hybrid vehicle systems and control. His e-mail isjlbreen@wisc.edu Proceedings of the 2011 North Midwest Section ConferenceAHMET TURKMEN, Ph.D.Ahmet Turkmen, Ph.D. is an associate professor at Engineering and Technology department ofUniversity of Wisconsin Stout. His fields of interest are medical instrumentation, modeling ofcardiovascular system, processing of physiological signals and engineering education. His e-mailis turkmena@uwstout.edu