Conference Session

Electromechanical & Manufacturing ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuping Wang, University of North Texas; Vijay Vaidyanathan, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

in the classroom through implementation activities which otherwise would not beavailable to them. In the 2005 fall semester, for the first time we took a graduate (ELET 5320)class of nine students to the Advanced Optics and Sensors Laboratory for practical experiences.Students observed demonstrations of the polymer waveguide fabrication process. This is the firststep to fulfill our objective. We plan to divide future classes into small groups of 3-5 students.Each group would fabricate the waveguide based on their designs. We anticipate measurableachievements in following years.Acknowledgement Authors thank Brad Borden and Haritha Namduri for taking the SEM image

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Koplow, Northeastern University; Francis Di Bella, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Chicago, Ill Engineering Technology Division How to Rescue a Poorly Operating Experiment in Engineering Technology and Change it into a “Real-World” Engineering Technology Learning LessonFrancis A. Di Bella, PE Director of School of Engineering TechnologyMichael Koplow, Adjunct Instructor ThermodynamicsNortheastern University, Boston, MAABSTRACTA planned experiment that goes awry can never be completely avoided. Even the bestplanned lab experiment in an engineering technology course will suffer a somewhatembarrassing failure in the middle of the experiment, with a lab team of engineeringtechnology students looking on, dispirited and possibly embarrassed for the seeminglyhelpless instructor. But this is the

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn Kohne, Loyola College in Maryland; Steven O'Donnell, Loyola College in Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Materials

occurand, possibly survive. The problem with these numbers is the computer execution time requiredto evaluate all of the created circuits. One solution well suited to this problem is the use ofparallel processing to reduce computation time. An effort to adapt this software to a parallel-processor system is currently underway by the co-author as a two semester Senior DesignProject.Instructor’s Notes: This project is suitable for student research in a 10 week, 40 hours/weektimeframe. Approximately three weeks should be planned for the design of the user interfacethat establishes the habitat and fauna, sets initial conditions and performance parameters, reportsintermediate results and displays final circuitry and analyses. Three to four weeks should

Conference Session

Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bethany Jones

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International

part of their undergraduate education. If carefully planned, an internationalexperience will go a long way toward counterbalancing any limitations of their native culture andupbringing. No one student can go all places, but faculty advisors and mentors would do well toguide students to think carefully about both their own intellectual habits and attitudes, and abouthow the rest of the world thinks and acts, and to select a destination which will go the farthest in Page 11.1192.5giving them personal competencies which will develop apace with their technical expertise.1 Open Doors 2003 – 2004.(http://opendoors.iienetwork.org)2 Ibrahim Al Abed

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Denton, Purdue University; Grant Richards, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

annualenrollment of 100 students.Implementation The first step of the laboratory overhaul was to review existing labs and identify areasneeding change in order to develop an overall project plan. The original undergraduate coursehad eight laboratory experiments spread over a 15 week semester, including a five week projectin which RF isolation techniques were investigated using various printed circuit board designmethodologies. The review resulted in a determination that three labs required minor changes (less than25%), three labs required major changes (greater that 50%) and two labs, including the RFisolation project, should be eliminated. The graduate students concluded a new project based ona superheterodyne RF receiver would fit well with the

Conference Session

Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gearold Johnson, Colorado State University; Dueb Lakhder, Consultant to UNESCO; Thomas Siller, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

International

courses, a series of general education courses were chosenthat address major global social issues. Herein, the new engineering program isdescribed, along with the program plan. This new degree program has the advantage ofdeveloping an international-focused curriculum within engineering for students with astrong interest in eliminating world poverty in a sustainable manner.IntroductionA major role for faculty is curriculum updating and design. As the world of engineeringchanges, it is a faculty responsibility to keep the curriculum up to date and relevant forcurrent and future students. Faculties normally respond by making incremental changesand adjustments to the curricula. Over time, incremental changes can lead to curriculathat are no longer

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Fisher, MVCS Science Advisor

communities to reinvest the knowledge gained and advances made. 4) Enter competitions to motivate students in teamwork and overcoming challenges providing social benefit: Science clubs must have a goal or mission to accomplish just as sports teams do. Well planned and organized competitions are a wonderful way to motivate learning. The events sponsored by colleges and other institutions that MVCS has entered, greatly increased the club’s numbers and further interests. The school is indebted to these and wishes to applaud them now and hope more will follow in the future. There seems to be a trend to expand these activities, but putting all these elements to use must occur to make the events

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Christe, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

requested by employers, faculty can investigate sources ofinstruction and plan topic coverage. Program outcomes for this specialty are identified. Theseare tailored to the health care field (with relation to ABET a-k) and will mesh with programoutcomes typically in place for existing electrical engineering technology programs. In addition,techniques to offer specialized instruction and several resources to locate potential industrypartners will be identified. Examples are provided of two institutions who have successfullyexpanded their electrical engineering technology programs into this arena are explored aspotential models for successful course offerings.Introduction“Health care jobs are the result of one of the largest industries in the country

Conference Session

Engineering Education & Capacity Building in Developing Countries

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

building. But economic development and job creation planning must also be pursued – to complete the chicken and egg scenario that will keep good engineering graduates in their home countries. Brain drain may be a concern in early years of a major technical capacity building effort, but several case studies of successful emerging countries indicate that as the economy develops and good job opportunities are provided at home, engineering -- graduates will choose to stay in their home cultures and contribute to further sustainable economic and social development. Bibliography 1) Dominique Guellec, Brain Drain, SciDevNet, http://www.scidev.net/dossiers/index.cfm?fuseaction=dossierfulltext

Conference Session

Technology in Classrooms - Construction Engineering Perspective

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Engineering EducationAbstractWith the rising reliability and serviceability of IT technology in recent years, science,engineering, and technology classes have begun to vastly assimilate IT technology as aneffective tool for classroom reform. The widening gamut of IT applications has come to includethe development of web based “virtual learner-centered classrooms,” allowing typicalclassrooms to reach more extensive student populations. As the archetypal engineering andconstruction science classroom is highly dependent on the instructor, developing students’critical thinking skills becomes a challenging task for even the most inspired of educators.Nonetheless, these skills are a continual necessity for any student planning to venture into

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

tenets of the engineering profession and its actions [2].” Reference [3] includes the students’ knowing of the engineering practice within aglobal, environmental and societal context as one of the ‘awareness skills’. It alsoindicates that mastering such skills will be a major determinant of the futurecompetitiveness of engineering graduates. Agenda 21, a global action plan for delivering sustainable development accepted atthe Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, stated that “education is critical forpromoting sustainable development and improving the capacity of the people to addresssustainable development issues [4]”. The international survey of Ref. [4] found out thatengineering students had weak knowledge of many of the environmental

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Mehran Elahi, Elizabeth City State University

Tagged Divisions

International

provides general technicalassistance. Each team is required to prepare a project plan, a design review, construct the projectand provide a final report on project and present it to faculty members. Students’ presentationshould be in both written and oral forms, allowing faculty to assess the students’ performanceand project. Students are required to send e-mail memos and invite department faculty membersto participate in their presentation at the end of the semester. Faculty members use aquestionnaire survey that addresses five program outcomes to measure the students’competencies. The faculty members provide the feedback to improve the program curriculum,outcomes and capstone project. These outcomes include scientific knowledge, technical skills

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

plan is needed to teach all these Page 11.861.5topics within a relatively shorter time than for a regular electrical engineering program.LabVIEW from National Instruments [4], a graphical programming software package,serves as an excellent teaching assistance to deliver these concepts. The authors developa virtual lab session that uses LabVIEW to teach basic Boolean algebra and digital logic.Instead of explaining rules of Boolean algebra in a regular lecture, the students are told tomanipulate the switches on graphical interfaces and watch the changes of the indicators.With this straightforward observation, they are then taught Boolean algebra rules

Conference Session

EM Program Trend and Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yesim Sireli, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

implementation beginning with the definitions and lists of the requirements andactivities.2.1 Requirements and ActivitiesRequirements (or objectives) are defined as selected factors that are important for healthyestablishment of the Systems Engineering & Engineering Management Department as follows. Student recruitment Student retention Competitive curriculum Effective learning environment Faculty recruitment Faculty retention Research portfolio development Domestic recognition of the department International recognition of the department Establishing and maintaining close relations with the industryActivities, on the other hand, are defined as planned and unplanned actions to

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Peterson, Old Dominion University; Morgan Henrie, University of Alaska Anchorage; Shannon Bowling, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

develop a pilot study to see if in deedthe question we have is relevant. If it is, we plan to proceed to try and answer our underlyingquestions: 1. How much management do engineering management students need? 2. How do we best teach management to engineering management students?These are not simple questions. We fully expect them to be complex and largely related to theexpectations of the students and the objectives of the specific programs.Bibliographical Information1. Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, Old Dominion University, http://eng.odu.edu/enma; retrieved 1/18/062. Kotnour, Timothy, and John V. Farr, “Engineering Management; Past, Present, and Future”, Engineering Management Journal, Vol. 17

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Amos, Michigan Technological University; Michael Powers, Michigan Technological University; Guy Hembroff, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

better prepared to be immediatelyproductive upon entering the workforce having experienced the value of communication skills,teamwork, and lifelong learning in the entrepreneurial environment.Bibliography1. B. Mathias-Riegel; Blazing an Entrepreneurial Trail; ASEE Prism, April 2003.2. Shaping the Future, New Expectations for Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, andTechnology; National Science Foundation (1996).3. Manufacturing Education Plan: Industry Identifies Competency Gaps Among Newly Hired EngineeringGraduates, Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the SME Education Foundation (1997).4. D. Stone, M.B. Raber, S. Sorby, and M. Plichta; The Enterprise Program at Michigan Technological University;International Journal

Conference Session

What's New in Statics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

an opportunity to work hands-on on a realengineering structure, to see and feel members and joints of a real bridge. Students wererequired to perform a preliminary inspection of the truss superstructure, spans 1 through 3. Thisinvolved three components: basic bridge geometry (since plans of the structure do not exist),member properties, and locating notable areas of deterioration. Basic bridge geometry includedlength of truss (lower cord), distance between panel points, lengths of vertical, diagonal andbottom chord members, transverse distance between trusses (centerline to centerline), androadway width. Member properties included size and shape as well as cross-sectional area.Notable areas of deterioration included pitting losses and

Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Koch, University of Michigan; Gary D. Herrin, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Engineering Advising Center and the Engineering Learning Resource Center metwith the course director for Calculus I and formulated the following plan:1. The course director would release a list of all engineering students who earned a C- or lower on the first exam to the Engineering Advising Center within two days of the exam being taken.2. The directors of the Engineering Advising Center and Engineering Learning Resource Center would contact all students on the list and require them to attend a group advising session the following week. The group advising session would be used to present data to the students about the importance of doing well in calculus, give advice about the likelihood of success in calculus if students remain in the

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Education Through Outreach and Collaboration

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Luntz, University of Michigan; E. Emanuel Almeida, University of Michigan; Dawn Tilbury, University of Michigan; James Moyne, University of Michigan; Keith Hargrove, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

conveyor, wherecommunication for monitoring and control was achieved via the OPC protocol operating througha Virtual Private Network (VPN). Students from both universities came together to plan the application and control structure forthe combined system, giving students at MSU a chance to learn first-hand from the experiences ofthe students at UM. A demand-pull manufacturing application was built on the combined testbedwhere the MSU system functioned as a ”Supply Cell” operating under control of the System LevelController and the Software Infrastructure at UM. A robust handshaking communication protocolwas developed to ensure the correct ordering of events in the presence of Internet communicationdelays and uncertainties. The inventory of the

Conference Session

Software Engineering Curriculum Components

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Bagert, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

would be compatible withthe general requirements for the ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission. Once again,application domain electives were suggested. In 1997-99, the Working Group on Software Engineering Education and Training(WGSEET) developed the Guidelines for Software Engineering Education3, which subsequentlybecame the de facto source for undergraduate software engineering curriculum models for thenext several years. This was perhaps the first curriculum model to state that there should be arequired “Application Domain Component” in a software engineering curriculum. By 2002, asurvey of U.S. software engineering degree programs stated that “Many of the degree plans alsorequired the student to take three or more courses in a

Conference Session

Curriculum Development & Assessment in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, Idaho State University; Michael Lineberry, Idaho State University; Leonard Bond, Idaho National Laboratory

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

section of the ANS.At the time this paper is being written, plans are being formalized for the summer to fallpracticum experience for the Scholars. They will spend nominally one-half to three-quarters oftheir time, from June through December of the junior to senior years, working on a nuclearproject with professionals at the INL. Scholarship monies will continue to cover any tuitionexpenses, but they will be paid a stipend for their work from the INL. During this time they willalso be continuing course work, especially the required reactor laboratory course, which they’llcomplete during the summer in a special pilot program using the INL’s Advanced Test ReactorCritical Facility and the ATR Simulator for many of the course experiments. When the

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allene Manning, Purdue University; Virginia Booth-Gleghorn, Purdue University-MEP; Monica Cox, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Purdue. Results from current assessments will be used to improve aspects of the program. Page 11.463.4Future Directions In an effort to enhance the Academic Boot Camp in the future, program developers areinterested in increasing the number of academic topics covered within the Camp. The hope is toexpand the Boot Camp to include separate tracks for science, technology and mathematicsstudents. The plan also includes the involvement of high school instructors working withcollege-level instructors in aspects of the Camp and giving Camp participants academic creditfor content that is covered during the program. Additional information about

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry Duplicate Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University; David Quick, Rolls-Royce; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce

engineering in US industry. Andtransformative leadership must be undertaken to provide a catalyst for action that transforms USengineering education from the limiting constraints of one-time professional education at theundergraduate level (and singular emphasis on academic scientific research at the graduate level) to morefully develop world-class engineers and technological leaders throughout their professional careers inAmerican industry in order to ensure US innovative capability for global competitiveness.This strategic plan proposes a bold initiative and an exciting new advancement in partneringprofessionally oriented graduate engineering education with the practicing profession in Americanindustry that will stimulate technological innovation

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Jessica Wilbarger, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

the past decade.1. IntroductionCapstone design courses offer engineering students a culminating design experience on anapplied engineering project. With a longstanding history reinforced by support from theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), these courses have becomecommon in engineering departments across the United States. The composition of capstonecourses, however, varies widely. In 1994, Todd et al.1 conducted a survey of engineeringdepartments throughout North America to capture educational and logistical practices incapstone design courses at the time. Their results2,3 provided a wealth of information about theirrespondents' capstone courses plus comments about plans for future modifications.Since then, a number

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alexander Dillon, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Materials

teachers and fromother students. This improved social comfort aids group effectiveness, but also increases studentintegration, provides social incentives for attendance, improves self-esteem, and adds tostudents’ sense of belonging.28All project work in the materials science course is collaborative. From the first day of class,teams work together to set goals, plan experiments, acquire and interpret information, anddevelop skills and understandings. In addition, the instructor encourages collaboration on allhomework assignments. The emphasis on team engagement with problems creates a communitylearning environment in the materials laboratory, and an awareness of team support appears todecrease the students’ cognitive load.Teacher’s Approaches and

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute; Gerald Sullivan, Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

opportunity to hone their written and oralcommunication skills. The senior presentations and the actual project work done by thelower-level students allowed the lower-level students to see first-hand and in practice theusefulness and applicability of the engineering theory and skills they were learning.ConclusionAs this case study has shown, the vertical integration of lower-level engineering studentsinto a Capstone design project can provide significant benefits to both the senior- andlower-level engineering students involved. However, successful vertical integrationrequires a high level of planning and preparation to ensure that the organizationalstructure developed is robust enough to provide sufficient technical, communication,administrative

Conference Session

Network Administration and Security

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

network modeling, simulation and analysisfeatures. It has also been widely used for research and professional network design because ithas the ability to provide a virtual network environment that models the behaviors of small scaleto large scale networks (e.g., from a small office-based local area network to the global Internet).By working in the virtual network environment, IT managers, engineers and systems plannersand operation staff are empowered with knowledge to more effectively analyze the systemsperformance, diagnose difficulty problems, and validate changes before they are implementedand plan for future scenarios including growth and failure [4].Therefore, I will be using both Ethereal and OPNET IT GURU in my laboratory class to

Conference Session

New Topics in Engineering Economics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Merwan Mehta, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

the highest and most consistently selected areas. As far asdistance education approaches, students prefer use of streamed lectures coupled with some formof instructor interaction to answer questions. In addition, students prefer testing approaches thatallow more diverse expression as contrasted to multiple choice tests.The authors plan to continue these surveys and analytical studies for several more years andsolicit increased involvement from MEM and MS TS programs throughout the country.Additionally, the authors will collect longitudinal data to see how and if recommendationschange after a number of years pass. We hope that this study may also be a model for increasedcollaboration in other subject matter areas that are critical to MEM and

Conference Session

Network Administration and Security

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Recayi 'Reg' Pecen; Paul Gray; Jin Zhu, University of Northern Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

as Rockwell-Collins Inc. in Iowa, wireless networks service providers,manufacturers of network switching equipment, wireless application developers, andmanufacturers of personal wireless communications devices.Expected career paths for the NaSA majors include Network Administrator, Computer SystemsAdministrator, Computer Security Specialists, Network Security Specialists, Technical SupportSpecialist, and Advanced Research on Networking in general. Some research opportunitiesinclude High Performance Computing, High Performance Networks, Distributed Environments,Parallel Computing, System Security, Network Security, Data Encryption and Integrity, and theGrid Computing.III. Future Plans on Community College Articulation AgreementsThere are

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Connor, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Tech; G. Loganathan, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

its differing models gave the students preliminary insight into many of themethods, concepts, and tools that they will be more formally exposed to in upper level courses.The authors are continuing efforts to refine the project and plan to use it in future semesters. Page 11.943.7AcknowledgementThe support provided by the NSF through its Department-level Reform (DLR) program (grant #0431779) is sincerely acknowledged.Bibliography1. Engineering Workforce Commission Report. 2002. "Engineering & Technology Degrees." Report from theAmerican Association of Engineering Societies Inc.2. Connor, J. and J. C. M. Kampe (2002). “First Year Engineering