Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin Wilhelm, University of Virginia; Benjamin Kidd, University of Virginia; P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

• The tools used by the engineer and other technical professionals; • Interaction of the engineer with the customer and engineering managers to set agreed- upon goals; and • The economic, political, ethical, and social constraints as boundary conditions that define the possible range of solutions for engineering problems and demand the interaction of engineers with the public.Structure/History of the Class “Inside the Box” or ITB, as it is commonly and affectionately called by participants, is acourse that emphasizes all of the above. The brain child of graduate student Benjamin Kidd andAssociate Dean of Undergraduate Programs Paxton Marshall, ITB is offered to First YearEngineering students as a section of

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann McKenna, Northwestern University; James Colgate, Northwestern University; Gregory Olson, Northwestern University

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Design in Engineering Education

and help them perform simple daily tasks6.Table 1. Three Examples of IDEA design projects.Pedagogy of IDEA Design Project CoursesTwo interdisciplinary design project courses serve as the backbone to the IDEA curriculum. Inthese two courses (IDEA 298 and 398) students work in teams to solve problems as illustrated inTable 1. We have adopted a two-part teaching approach for these project-based courses. Onecomponent of the course consists of addressing topics we have identified as critical to the designprocess such as ethics, project management, communication and teamwork. This component ofthe course is team taught by faculty from both the engineering school and the writing program.Many of the classes devoted to these topics use a case-based

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ifte Choudhury

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Construction

construction graduates in Bangladesh to communicate with people andunderstanding of ethical issues.Mathematics and Science (MATHSCI): It is the reported importance of the ability ofconstruction graduates in Bangladesh to control the technical processes in construction byapplying the principles of mathematics, statistics, and physical sciences.Business and Management (BUSMAN): It is the reported importance of the ability ofconstruction graduates in Bangladesh to manage the principal resources of the industry.Architectural and Engineering Design disciplines (DESIGN): It is the reported importance of theability of construction graduates in Bangladesh to understand of the processes of architecturaland engineering design disciplines.Construction Practice

Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anithashree Chandrasekaran, Stevens Institute of Technology; Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, increases in student satisfaction, increase inperformance (grade curve) in other design courses, etc...While revising Design I (E121) special consideration was given to the fact that the materialsdeveloped were consistent with and supported the ABET criteria described below. The intentwas that the students adopt imaginative and innovative approaches to the design process andestablish a complete design. 1. To design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability. 2. To function on multi-disciplinary teams. 3. To identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems. 4. To

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dana Elzey, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs

practice should come together.2,6The re-design of ENGR 162, which will be referred to as ‘162X’, consists of a semester-long designand development project (EIC case study), lecture topics on various technical aspects, lifelonglearning exercises, and project reporting and documentation assignments. The EIC case study, or‘theme’, provides a conceptual framework in which lecture topics, such as design methodology,engineering analysis, estimation, economic analysis, engineering ethics, and so on, are integrated.Figure 1 below, illustrates the theme-based structure of 162X; the design problem is introducedalmost at the outset of the course and is developed (in teams) through well-defined stages, includingproblem identification and definition, concept

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Robert Chalou, Michigan State University; Clark Radcliffe, Michigan State University; Gaile Griffore, Michigan State University

best solutions. They will learn theimportance of evaluation and how it is an inherent part of the engineering process. Topics suchas product safety and liability, professional ethics and environmental considerations will also becovered. The students will also explore engineering design and analysis through a three-weekmechatronic system project. During this project, students will learn a new technology throughanalysis of past product designs, be trained in that technology, define and develop a new product,and produce a presentation on that new product.Assessment of the Pilot ProgramAssessment of the program will consist of two parts: the courses and the program. Two surveyshave been developed and will be administered to assess the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ken Vickers, University of Arkansas; Ron Foster, University of Arkansas; Greg Salamo, University of Arkansas

curricula by major professor and cohort group manager • Formal planning of research with Microsoft Project, including monthly reporting • Peer mentoring on research planning in student-led weekly group meetings • Research progress summary reports by semester • Resume and curriculum plan updates by semester • Summer short courses on narrow topics using industrial style scheduling • Research presentations on current hot issues using industrial format reporting • Solicitation-style candidacy exam process, with open written source access • Creativity and team building through industrial-style one to two day seminars • Formal summer classes in Ethics, and Proposal Writing and Management • Formal fall/spring

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Arch Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erich Connell, East Carolina University; David Batie, East Carolina University

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Architectural

collaborativecourse were described on the poster. (see Figure 1). Figure 1. Course information posterEach faculty member taught the issues related to their discipline. The specific topicscovered in the course were; Values of designers and design process, Issues facingLandscape Architecture, Problems from an Interior Design perspective, Tools utilized Page 11.284.4for Communications in the Built Environment, Ethics, Professionalism, Values andLegal obligations, Professional Interrelationships, and Technology’s impact on the futureof Design Professionals. Presentations were rotated in sequenced to have each disciplinepresent once, then

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Whittington, Purdue University-Calumet; Kim Nankivell, Purdue University-Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University-Calumet; James Higley, Purdue University-Calumet

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Engineering Design Graphics

the specific technical course degreeoffering. Each consecutive course will build on the soft skills “put-them-to-work” within aspecific technology genre. A good avenue for practicing and assessing soft skills within aspecific technology degree is through group projects, critiques, discussions and “real-world”projects, including issues of ethics, and allowing students to practice critical thinking, problemsolving, creativity, and communication skills.Evaluating Aesthetic Expertise; another level to assessment of rapidly changing technologyThe need for creativity and professional aesthetic competence is prominent in ComputerGraphics and should be addressed and built upon in each sequential course. This also provides abasis for establishing

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vered Doctori Blass, University of California-Santa Barbara; Mary Hong Loan Dinh, University of California-Santa Barbara

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Environmental Engineering

in2000 to help developing areas worldwide with their engineering needs, while involving andtraining internationally responsible engineering students. EWB–USA projects involve the designand construction of water, waste-water, sanitation, energy, and shelter systems. These projectsare initiated by, and completed with, contributions from the host community, which is trained tooperate the systems independently without external assistance. The projects are conducted bygroups of students under the supervision of faculty and professional engineering mentors. Byinvolving students in every step of the process, the program maximizes their learning andawareness of the social, economic, environmental, political, ethical, and cultural impacts ofengineering

Conference Session

Integrative Projects in Aerospace Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Jayaram, St. Louis University

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Aerospace

Page 11.274.2designing and developing the software required for smooth functioning of the BillikenSat1 inorbit. (Exploded View)Figure 1: External Structure of the BillikenSat 1. It is made of Aluminum 6061 and weighs 254gramsThrough this interdisciplinary senior capstone design program, it is our intention to provideundergraduate students with the benefit of experiencing real-life issues– such as designing asystem to meet realistic constraints such as economic, manufacturability, sustainability andprofessional and ethical responsibilities, as well as teamwork and communication skills.SATELLITE BUSThe satellite bus is made up of all the necessary subsystems that are essential for normaloperation of the satellite and completing its

Conference Session

Design for Manufacture and Industry

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay, Ball State University

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Design in Engineering Education

, system Activities (340) design Projects Industrial Control & Digital Design of control systems, creative Activities Instrumentation (371) problem solving Projects Applied Strength of Materials Design for strength, fatigue, Activities (407) creative problem solving Projects Manufacturing Planning and Economic decision making, legal Activities Control (463) and ethical issues, project Projects management **Design of Experiments in Experimentation

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratories in BME

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy Cezeaux, Western New England College; Steven Schreiner, Western New England College; Diane Testa, Western New England College

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

instrumentation andexperiments. This three-course traditional laboratory sequence allows students to progress fromsimple performance of experiments on standard equipment using prescribed protocols, to thedesign of instrumentation, and finally, to the design of experiments for investigating hypothesesabout physiological systems, integrating knowledge from previous laboratory and lecture classes.The first junior laboratory course runs concurrently with a bioinstrumentation course and the firstsemester of a two-semester course sequence in engineering physiology and provides studentswith laboratory experiences and discussions on biomedical ethics. The outcomes for this courseinclude the ability to use modern engineering tools to make measurements on and

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum and ABET Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glen Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renee Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

, selecting the best design, constructing, and evaluating performancerelative to initial design specifications. Teams undertake a common project – in terms of clientneeds – although design products to meet these needs may vary.Biomedical Engineering Design I & IIDuring these two quarters, seniors undertake and construct their capstone design project workingon a relevant problem in biomedical engineering. This begins from the development of thedesign problem from a set of (real) client needs, establishing specifications, planning the project, Page 11.1427.3scheduling and efficient use of resources, examining ethics and safety in

Conference Session

Tools and Support for Software Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Gannod, Arizona State University; Kevin Gary, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Defensive Programming Use Cases Estimation System testing Refactoring User Stories Risk Management Metric tools Code Reviews Requirements Quality Inspections Metrics Requirements Analysis Test Planning Overview Configuration RUP Analysis Release Management Management Professionalism & Ethics Structured Analysis Postmortem Usability

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University

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Computers in Education

2006-2172: A STUDENT OWNED MICROCONTROLLER BOARDHugh Jack, Grand Valley State University HUGH JACK earned his bachelors degree in electrical engineering, and masters and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering at the University of Western Ontario. He is currently a professor at Grand Valley State University and chairs the product design and manufacturing program. His research interests include controls and automation, including the use open source software for industrial control.Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University NAEL BARAKAT has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from McMaster University. He is currently teaching controls, automation and ethics at Grand Valley State University

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Lovitts, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 11.496.4items in the worksheet and our coding reflect statements made in the article, not ourinterpretations of them. For instance, if an article said that students worked in teams, then, in thesubcategory Social Arrangement, within the category of Study Characteristics, we coded theitem “Team,” which connotes a division of roles and responsibilities, when, in fact, the socialarrangement may really have been loosely formed small groups. Finally, readers should beaware that some terms appear in more than one category or subcategory (e.g., ethics, case study,team) and that these terms mean different things in different contexts and were codedaccordingly.Analysis of the Content of the DatabaseThe database underlying the PR2OVE-IT website is

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Thomas Griffith, North Seattle Community College; Michael Brzoska, Eastern Washington University

pedagogy for helping accreditedprograms to meet ABET EAC 2000 Engineering Criteria. Through service learning studentslearn to apply concepts and theory to real problems, to undertake the entire product design-manufacture-delivery process, to solve problems in an interdisciplinary team, to understand theprofession and its ethical responsibilities, etc. However, some successful engineering-basedservice learning endeavors exist, and EWU will apply the lessons learned from these projects. Avery well known, long-term, large-scale, team-based, multidisciplinary undergraduateengineering design program called EPICS (Engineering Projects In Community Service) is atPurdue University13. Multidisciplinary undergraduate design teams work with local community

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Sullivan, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah

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Educational Research and Methods

teaching technicalcommunication to engineering students do meet the objectives of EC 2000, we argue that they donot go far enough. That is, in order for engineering students to be professionally as well astechnically competent, they must be prepared to not only write professional documents andprepare professional presentations, they must also learn about interpersonal communication inorder to be productive organizational members.CLEAR ApproachThe University of Utah’s CLEAR Approach (Communication, Leadership, Ethics, and Research)to improving engineering education involves collaboration between the Colleges of Humanitiesand Engineering. Our goal is to prepare engineering undergraduates to occupy positions ofleadership in organizations through

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Ports, QTS, Inc.; Dennis Kulonda, Florida Tech; Clifford Bragdon, Florida Tech; Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

between the Tata Group (one ofIndia’s largest corporate houses), a consortium of Singapore companies led by Ascendas LandInternational Private Ltd. and the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board. The aim ofthis park is to create a “one stop solution” for the high-tech needs of knowledge-based MNCs inIndia. The park already accommodates major industrial conglomerates in IT-related services liketelecommunications, R&D, financial services, biotechnology, and electronics. Such public-private co-operative initiatives have resulted in the explosion of high tech firms in Bangalorefrom 29 in 1992 to over 800 in 2000 with exports exceeding $1 Billion. The Indian ethic ofdedicated hard work is a societal asset that the managers of large MNCs

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

Scheduling 72 Engineering Ethics 40 76 Engineering Economics 40 61 Developing and Writing Functional Specifications 36

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Schuhmann, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; Kim Barron, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

2006-1844: ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: THESEARCH FOR POLICYRichard Devon, Pennsylvania State University Devon is Professor of Engineering Design and the Director of the Engineering Design Program in the School for Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs at The Pennsylvania State University, where he has received several teaching awards. He has directed both the Pennsylvania Space Grant Program and the Science, Technology, and Society Program at Penn State. Devon currently focuses on design education, global programs, and design topics such as design ethics, innovative design, and conceptual design communications.Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Ports, QTS, Inc.; Dennis Kulonda, Florida Tech; Clifford Bragdon, Florida Tech; Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

resulted in the explosion of high tech firms in Bangalorefrom 29 in 1992 to over 800 in 2000 with exports exceeding $1 Billion. The Indian ethic ofdedicated hard work is a societal asset that the managers of large MNCs value greatly. TheBangalore success story can be attributed to the combined support of government leadership ineducation and industry, and an actively involved world wide diaspora that invests and developsintellectual capital back and forth. There are other regions of India such as Pune and Hyderabadthat are emulating Bangalore’s successes in the global IT industry. Page 11.373.4IrelandThe Bangalore success story sounds very similar

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Friesen, University of Manitoba; Myron (Ron) Britton, University of Manitoba

program, and a typical course load rangesfrom four to seven courses. A mandatory core course was developed exclusively for programparticipants focusing on general cultural integration, engineering professional culture in NorthAmerica, the organization and regulation of the profession in Canada, employment maintenance,engineering law, and professional ethics. Subsequently, work terms are carried out in industryand are paid by the employer at a competitive wage or salary.Foreign credentials recognition is a key structural feature of the IEEQ program. IEEQ operatesdirectly within the licensing system in Manitoba and this provides the program’s critical value.APEGM recognizes successful completion of the IEEQ program as fulfillment of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

measure complex thinking skills.IntroductionDevelopment of critical thinking skills is generally recognized as an important aspect ofundergraduate education. An internet search reveals a large number of colleges and universities,both public and private, comprehensive and liberal arts, that explicitly call for the developmentof critical thinking skills as part of their mission statement. Two examples are those of ClemsonUniversity, which states, “In all areas, the goal is to develop students' communication andcritical-thinking skills, ethical judgment, global awareness, and scientific and technologicalknowledge,”1 and Missouri Valley College, which states, “The College's liberal arts heritagefocuses on scholarship, critical thinking and academic

Conference Session

Web-based learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Animesh Patcha, Virginia Tech; Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

ideas. This type of intellectual synergy tends to improve overall instructional practices. This year the study groups focused on topics that included some like: ‚ Ways to apply the “conceive, design, implement, operate”' approach to education, teaching and curriculum development ‚ Discus professional and ethical diversity and why there are so few women in electrical and computer engineering ‚ Explore various teaching types ‚ Engage in faculty discourse on issues and cutting edge solutions to improve the individual faculty's ability to teach effectively III.2. Targeted Audience and Enrollment Research has shown that ``adult learners comprise of 60 percent of the post-secondary

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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Mechanical Engineering

, speaking, ethics, and orientation to the university/college/majorsSoph. ME 201 – ThermodynamicsYear Student communication survey, refresher for past grammatical expertise Tools: MS Word, Email, WWWJunior ME 332 – Fluid Mechanics ME 371 – Machine Design IYear Laboratory Reports: (Approx. 9 @ 4- Short Technical Reporting 6 pages each) Design Analysis Reports (2 @ 4-6 pp. + App., Brief narrative of procedure, Individual); Technical Analysis, Economic measured data, deduced and analyzed Analysis, Recommendation for Action data, plotted results with discussion Tools: EES,Powerpoint and

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming; Dennis Coon, University of Wyoming; Paul Crips, Laramie Middle School; John Pierre, University of Wyoming

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

HSI is to provide a place where some of Wyoming’s most intellectually talented high school sophomores can gather before their junior and senior years, living and studying in an environment with no pressure for grades, and sharing ideas and friendship with other gifted students. The primary purpose of the program is to annually draw 100 talented high school sophomore students to the university for an intensive examination of unanswered questions and unresolved challenges. Among the areas that are probed include: world hunger, plants and people, knights and cowboys, drama, ethics and society, communicating with computers, understanding cultural development, pharmacy, fundamentals of computer design and programming, and

Conference Session

Electromechanical & Manufacturing ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Li Qian, South Dakota State University; Teresa Hall, South Dakota State University; Shanzhong (Shawn) Duan, South Dakota State University

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Engineering Technology

thanks to all students in MNET 436 atSDSU in Fall 2004 and Fall 2005.Bibliography1. Litzinger, T. A,(1996) Using writing to address lifelong learning, ethics in the global context of engineeringin mechanical engineering courses. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering EducationAnnual Conference & Exposition, June 23-26, 1996, Washington, DC.2. Fidan, I, Neal, L. L., Clougherty, R. J., Jr.(2003). Design, implementation, and assessment of WebCT-baseCNC. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition,June, 2003, Nashville, TN.3. Cervero, R.M, Miller, J.D, and Dimmock, K.H., (1986). The formal and informal learning activities ofpracticing engineers. Engineering Education