Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lionel Craddock, Bluefield State College; Daphne Rainey, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Susan Faulkner, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Frank Hart, Bluefield State College; Martha Eborall, Bluefield State College; Lewis Foster, Bluefield State College; Stephen Cammer, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Betsy Tretola, Virginia Tech; Bruno Sobral, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Oswald Crasta, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Course Management Service (CMS)The CMS became the online framework for the course called COSC 490 – Cyberinfrastructure.The CMS software and systems developed by CART at BSC allowed for full online courseadministration and access to syllabus, outline, surveys, quizzes, testing, reading material, chat,instructor collaboration and general remote student communication as substantiated in the articlereferenced above.Supplemental Materials Used and Online Course DevelopmentThe course modules were designed for flexibility for the BSC professors, students, and the VBIteam. As a test deployment, we needed to provide multiple instructor and assessment officerprivileges and the CMS accommodates this requirement seamlessly. To supplement themodules, BSC

Conference Session

Sustainability & Environmental Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Gaughran, University of Limerick; Stephen Burke, University of Limerick; Sonya Quinn, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

educational intervention modules for SMEs as well as for engineering and design undergraduates for Interregional EU application. He lectures in design for sustainability across a number of courses in UL, and endeavours to link academic research with industry, through seminars and onsite coaching. He believes that the application of sustainability strategies is not just a moral obligation in manufacturing, but also helps secure competitive advantage. He holds a PhD in Design and Ergonomics from Brunel University.Stephen Burke, University of Limerick Stephen Burke graduated from the University of Limerick with a 1st Honours in Technology Education in 2002. He has served for two years as a teaching

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University; Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

to adequately prepare them for the FE exam. 2) As shown in Table 5, the weighted coverage is not sufficient to ensure a high passing rate on the exam. It is our belief that the engineering program should achieve a weighted coverage of at least 80%, or in general we should not allow greater than 1.5% lost coverage in any one of the thirteen topical areas. Applying this criterion, 8 of the 13 topical areas are inadequately covered in the engineering curriculum. 3) The inadequate coverage stems from two sources. First, the material is just not being covered. This is the case for the Engineering Material and Properties FE topical area. Second, the course syllabus gives little indication that the