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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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Kristine Guzak; Kurt Paterson

Learning Through Service: Student Motivations Authors: Kristine Guzak, Ph.D. Student; Kurt Paterson, Ph.D., P.E.1. BackgroundOver the last few years, concerns have escalated among many national organizations thattechnical expertise is no longer solely sufficient for the development of futureengineers.1-5 Additionally, in the United States engineering programs continue to struggleto attract students, especially women and minorities, despite decades of strategies tochange these patterns.6-9 Independent of these challenges, students have rapidly createdextracurricular service efforts, of considerable note is the quick emergence of EngineersWithout Borders chapters at more than 200 universities within eight years.10

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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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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

Case-Based Learning: A Creative Experience in Comparison to Traditional Teaching Methods Waddah Akili Geotechnical EngineeringA b s t r a c tThis paper describes the steps taken in planning, developing, and executing a case study/ casehistory course in geotechnical/ foundation engineering at an international university. The paper ed : a ab e a ec e a a ed a ; e a a ecourse; and the results of evaluating the effectiveness of this approach versus traditionallecturing. Problems and challenges that could arise when offering the course for the first time arealso addressed. Embedded in this

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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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James Allert

—Engineering education, ABET, accreditation.The challenge of ABET accreditation is one that no engineering program can take lightly. Itinvolves the collection of direct measures from every course in a program and from a variety ofother sources to document and provide evidence to support the claim that course and programobjectives are being met. The data stream feeding into this process comes from multiple sources,in multiple formats and must somehow be managed and made sense of. Ultimately it must becondensed down into meaningful summaries of objectives, outcomes and performance criteriasatisfaction at both the course and program level. The stream of data does not end with program accreditation either. Accreditation involvesongoing monitoring of

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P. B. Ravikumar

discussing with several faculty members in the three colleges of EMS (Engineering, Mathematics,and Science), BILSA (Business, Industry, Life Sciences, and Agriculture), and LAE (Liberal Arts andEducation) about possible team based courses that can best represent this study in the short-term, thefollowing courses were chosen as shown in Table 1 below. The table also shows additional informationabout these courses specific to the 2011 Spring semester of study. Table 1 Courses Chosen for Personality Type Demographics Study# College Course Number Course Title Number of Teams1 EMS MECHNCHL 4930-01,02,03 Senior Design Project 122 EMS