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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Orlins, Rowan University; Catherine Yang, Rowan University; Demond Miller, Rowan University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Anthony Marchese, Rowan University; Patricia Mosto, Rowan University; Courtney Richmond, Rowan University; Mariano Savelski, Rowan University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Paris von Lockette, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University

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NSF GRANTEES POSTER SESSION Research Experiences in Pollution Prevention and SustainabilityAbstractRowan University hosts an NSF REU Site in Pollution Prevention and Sustainabilityevery summer. Undergraduate students from various science and engineering disciplinesfrom all over the USA participated in these pollution prevention research activities.Engineering faculty mentored students for an eight-week period. While research was theprimary activity, other community building modules, seminars, social events andcommunication strengthening exercises were an integral part of the Pollution Preventionexperience. A special workshop on environmental ethics and environmental justice wasalso offered to help students connect pollution prevention

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Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuvra Das, University of Detroit Mercy

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

courses,business and finance aspects, as well as communication, ethics and interpersonal issues. One ofthese case studies was adapted and used in a Mechanics of Materials laboratory class as a pilotstudy on the effectiveness of the use of such a technique. In this paper the pilot study and itsresults are being discussed .IntroductionA paradigm shift is taking place in engineering and technology education. This shift is beingcaused by a number of forces. The National Science Foundation (NSF), the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology Education (ABET), the changing expectations of employers,emerging knowledge related to cognitive theory and educational pedagogy (such as thedocument “How People Learn”1) are some of the forces that are

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

) System (15 slides) NASA STS Stress & Strain (21 Field Joint Design, Solid Rocket Statistics, Graphs, Engineering-Management Conflict 51-L (61 slides) Booster, Engineering ethics, Charts, Tables (36 resolution, Statistics (39 slides) slides) Aeronautics (60 slides) slides) In Hot Water Nuclear science, Plant efficiency, Nuclear energy, Graphs, Charts, Decision making, Risk, Financial (27 slides) Temperature, Water Convection, Evaporation, Enthalpy, Algebra (14 slides) assessment, Project management, Cycles (19 slides) Power Cycle (14 slides

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenshen Pong; Tim Le, San Francisco State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

), Construction Engineering (Engr439), Finite Element Methods (Engr 432) and Mechanical and Structural Vibrations (Engr 461).Most of these courses focus on basic design-oriented content to prepare students for practicalexperience. In their last semester, students enroll in a required two-course sequence, SeniorDesign Project (Engr 696/697), in which they: (1) engage in laboratory and field exercises anddemonstrations; (2) discuss the selection of design projects, methods of research, engineeringprofessional practice, ethics, and time management; (3) select, develop, schedule and completean original design project; and (4) present the project orally and in writing. This advanced workis done with maximum independence under the supervision of a faculty

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Ka-yiu San, Rice University; Larry McIntire, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

two texts: Biotechnology - Science, Engineering and Ethical Challenges for the Twenty-First Century [Joseph Henry Press (NAS), 1996] and Frontiers in Tissue Engineering [Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd., 1998]. Page 11.474.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Development of Educational Materials for a Bioengineering Fundamentals CourseAbstractA significant effort has been made to develop educational materials for sophomore-levelbioengineering and biomedical engineering students. The materials focus on the conservationlaws and include: a textbook, a problem-based learning

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On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

heterogeneous2 and contain three to five students.All learning in the LASER CULT is done in the context of the project. Each project isintroduced with a case study3 that makes the material relevant, enables all students to begin theclass with the same preconceptions, and links knowledge from electrical engineering to optics.The case study incorporates emerging knowledge with ethical and social issues as a story in acontext relevant to students, often a problem encountered by young engineers at a small start-upcompany. In each case study the protagonists are presented with a design problem, whichstudent teams will solve later in the course. Since students have little or no prior knowledge ofthe design problem being covered, the case study includes

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Virtual and Distance Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University-Mankato

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Medium Medium 7) Creativity N/A N/A 8) Psychomotor Medium Medium 9) Safety High Low 10) Communication High High 11) Teamwork High Low 12) Ethics in the Lab N/A N/A 13) Sensory Awareness Medium Low Figure 1: Experimental apparatus used for the refrigeration experiment. Page 11.113.8 Figure 2: Virtual experiment created to reproduce the data