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Outreach Projects and General Energy Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bin Wu, University of Missouri, Columbia; Sanjeev Khanna, University of Missouri; Richard Wyatt, University of Missouri; Roger Korenberg, Missouri Department of Natural Resources

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

become more competitive through achieving lean production and energy efficiency and waste minimization. As a mechanism to facilitate this effort, we provide links to each others website and provide the necessary web materials.Student involvementUp to date, both undergraduate and graduate students have been successfully involved with theCenter’s work - graduate classes through group projects, and senior undergraduate classesthrough Capstone projects. In addition to engineering, students majoring in physics, biochemistryand management have also been involved in the effort. These students have tackled, or getinvolved in, many activities such as:• Training about industrial energy audits, jointly supervised and facilitated by the

Conference Session

Student Teams and Project-Based Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-773: ANALYZING STUDENT TEAM DIALOGUES TO GUIDE THEDESIGN OF ACTIVE LEARNING SESSIONSSteven Zemke, Gonzaga University Steven Zemke is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Gonzaga University. He teaches design classes at the sophomore, junior, and capstone level. His research pursuits are in the pedagogy of design. Steven received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a dissertation on pedagogy from the University of Idaho in 2005. Prior to teaching, Steven was a design engineer and engineering manager for 25 years.Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University Diane Zemke is a Doctoral Student in the Leadership Studies Program at Gonzaga University. Her interests include

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cesar Luongo, Florida A&M-Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M-Florida State University; James Sturges, Lockheed Martin; David Bogle, Lockheed Martin

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Design in Engineering Education

of Mechanical Engineering, Florida A&M – Florida State University b Lockheed Martin CorporationIntroductionLike most other programs, the curriculum of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at theFAMU-FSU College of Engineering is capped with a one-year senior design project in which thestudents work in teams to design and implement products or systems under the sponsorship of anindustrial partner. It has been recognized that capstone design courses represent an excellentvehicle to round out a good engineering education and they provide the appropriate platform forstudents to apply design thinking and transition into a professional career1. Many universitieshave adopted this

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcos Esterman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Dorin Patru, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Amuso, Rochester Institute of Technology; Edward Hensel, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

of the Aerospace Systems and Technology Track, with particularemphasis on the Microsystems Engineering and Technology for the Future Exploration of OuterSpace Regions (METEOR) family of projects will be used as a case example to illustrate theprocess.IntroductionProject-based “capstone” design has become an integral component of the undergraduateengineering experience. As noted by Dym, et al.1, this has been the standard academic responseto address the need to produce engineering graduates able to practice in industry. TheMultidisciplinary Senior Design (MSD) program at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)arose from departmental capstone design experiences within Mechanical, Industrial, andElectrical Engineering2. Since its inception

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Cordon, University of Idaho; Barbara Williams, University of Idaho; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Donald Elger, University of Idaho

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First-Year Programs

coaches who observed an activity, and written feedbackprovided by student teams. In the activity, teams were asked to use the tools to distinguishbetween problem-solving and design activities that they had performed earlier in the semester.Next, the students were asked to classify a number of simple scenarios. Finally, feedback wassolicited about the greatest strengths and areas of improvement for each of the tools as well asinsights gained through this class activity. Findings were validated by separate focus groupswith design faculty and with students enrolled in a capstone design course. Both students andfaculty envisioned the two tools to be a natural extension of project work, prompting newinsights about the role of problem solving, design

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University

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Civil Engineering

bridge and an analysis of the trusses of thestructure based on the inspection results. This approach to active project-based learning offers aunique hands-on experience that engineering students typically appreciate.I. IntroductionThere is a significant need to expose undergraduate engineering students to real life engineeringprojects rather than a simulated project that is more hypothetical than practical1. Unfortunately,practical projects are too often left to the senior capstone course2. However, engineeringstudents upon entering college need exposure to practical projects to better prepare themselves asfuture engineering practitioners. It is important for engineering students to understand that thestudy of engineering by nature is both

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas-Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, University of Texas-Brownsville; Amajd Zaim, University of Texas-Brownsville

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

game requirements are introduced to the students in their sophomore year with preliminarywork done on different pieces; however, the final game is actually implemented during the senioryear as a capstone project for the Computer Graphics (COSC-4330) course. Our intention, oncewe have a good pool of completed projects, is to distribute, either in hand or though an on-lineportal/website, the best project from the previous offering as an exemplary project to learn fromand replicate in terms of best practices. This will serve two purposes: firstly, it will allow thejunior student to see how the end product should look like; and secondly, it will allow him torelate the preliminary work done before the capstone project to where it meshes in the

Conference Session

Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alvin Post, Arizona State University; Qiang Hu, Arizona State University; Milton Sommerfeld, Arizona State University

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Biological & Agricultural

purchased a regenerative blower for aeration. Funding for this reactor was providedthrough a local Edson Student Entrepreneur Grant.Figure 2: Students Stewart Clark and Linda Graham with the stairstep reactor they built.Unfortunately, the biology students graduated and left before the reactor was complete. Noprovision for cooling was made, and the units were not assembled. To keep the project moving,two senior mechanical and manufacturing technology students, Linda Graham and Stewart Page 12.309.4Clark, were assigned the task of completing the reactor for their Capstone project. Thesestudents designed a cooling system and plumbing, checked the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhengtao Deng, Alabama A&M University; Cathy Qian, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University

ability to function in multidisciplinaryteams and 3) an ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessaryfor engineering practice. One of the key challenges faced by the engineering educator todayis how to provide a fast track for the project and design engineering experience while alsoproviding a strong fundamental engineering education and solid preparation in engineeringanalysis and design in a four-year program.The ME program at AAMU strongly encourages teamwork on class projects for courses inthe major. This allows students to develop a design portfolio starting from the freshman year.Project training continues through their capstone design course. The projects assigned tostudents are often combined with on-going

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati; Muthar Al-Ubaidi, University of Cincinnati; Richard Kegg, Tech Solve Inc.

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Manufacturing

project as their capstone experience. Both co-oping and senior projects have brought the College many friends and partners in industry, suchas Procter & Gamble, Milacron, GE Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati Machine, CincinnatiIncorporated, Eagle Manufacturing, Meyer Tools, Cinergy, Toyota Motor Manufacturing atGeorgetown Kentuky, etc. They are eager to help the College bring our successful program tothe next higher level. It is these industry friends who have helped the College set the goals for anew level of Manufacturing Engineering Technology education, and who stand ready to workbeside us to keep the development of courses.Conclusion and Discussion The new curriculum will be extensively used in the manufacturing courses. The

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Mohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy

AC 2007-346: DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT IN TEAM-ORIENTED,PROJECT-BASED COURSES: EVALUATING A LATEX/SUBVERSION-BASEDAPPROACHSandra Yost, University of Detroit MercyMohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy Page 12.562.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Document Management in Team-Oriented, Project-Based Courses: Evaluating a LATEX/Subversion-Based Approach1 AbstractThis paper discusses a low-cost approach to the implementation of a document versioning systemfor technical reports. Several alternatives have been considered, including commercial documentcollaboration services such as NextPage 2™ (NextPage, Inc.) and SharePoint™ (Microsoft Inc.),open

Conference Session

Computer Tools for Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jianyu Dong, California State University-Los Angeles; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University-Los Angeles

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Computers in Education

that the impact on students’ learning outcomes is verypromising. In our future work, more comprehensive assessment data will be collected andanalyzed, and the findings will be used to further improve the engineering curriculum.AcknowledgmentThis work is sponsored by Hewlett-Packard. The authors would like to thank HP for theircontinuous support to higher education.Reference[1] A. J. Dutson, R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby, and C. D. Sorensen, “A Review of Literature on Teaching DesignThrough Project-oriented Capstone Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 17-28, 1997.[2] D. L. Evans, B. W. McNeil, and G. C. Berkeley, “Design in Engineering Education: Past Views of FutureDirection,” Engineering Education, vol. 80, pp. 517-522, 1990.[3] K

Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; Ann Brady, Michigan Technological University; Karina Jousma, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-1638: INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERNATIONAL SENIOR DESIGN:HOW SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIESSUPPORT ABET ACCREDITATIONLinda Phillips, Michigan Technological University Linda Phillips, P.E. is Lecturer of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University and Director of the International Senior Design program that allows undergraduates to combine the engineering capstone design course with field construction in a developing country. Ms. Phillips brings over 20 years of project and company management experience to her professional practice-type classes.Ann Brady, Michigan Technological University Ann Brady is an Assistant Professor and directs the

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford

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Computers in Education

Page 12.111.2presentation. Finally, cxlib is a stepping stone leading toward real-time operating systems.While some students first avoid cxlib, after an introduction they nearly all remark how easy it isto use. Students discover how using tasks helps to organize and simplify their code. Beyondclassroom examples, students have used cxlib in class projects, senior capstone projects, andgraduate research. Projects have included home alarm systems, trivial traffic light controllers, asimple two-phase motor controller, a simple acquisition system supporting the classic Tektronix40xx graphics format, and a keypad scanner with Morse code sounder. Details regarding cxlibare available at the project webpage2. The embedded microprocessor course

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jitendra Tate, Texas State University-San Marcos; Vedraman Sriraman, Texas State University-San Marcos

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Manufacturing

tried to see the students’ understanding about manufacturing processes.The first approach was video and lecture followed by plant tour. The second approach was planttour followed by videos and lecture. It was observed that students’ understanding had improvedconsiderably by the second approach. It was also observed that students who have taken thiscourse consider polymeric materials while selecting materials for their capstone project. This isoffered every other Spring. Next offering will be in Spring 08. But four students have taken thiscourse as special topics with the author in Fall 07. Two other undergraduate students whoreceived H-SLAMP scholarship are working with author on bio-based composites research. Allthese results indicate that

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oenardi Lawanto, Univ Of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Design in Engineering Education

, and evaluate any encountered task fit together as the team evolved their design?MethodThe purpose of this study was to examine learners’ self-management of cognition by observing agroup of four undergraduate engineering students (i.e., the Orange Team) exercising theirexecutive control over behavior during their work on their senior design project class (MIE 470).MIE 470 is one of the major capstone design courses prescribed by the mechanical engineeringdepartment’s curriculum at one of the large Midwestern University.Design Task and Context. This team’s task was to design and build a hydraulic bicycle. Unlike aregular bicycle, a hydraulic bike replaces a mechanical drive system with a hydraulictransmission and therefore, there is

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Dianne Dorland, Rowan University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Multidisciplinary Design 16-Week Multidisciplinary Modules Design Project Junior Product Development Process Development Senior Multidisciplinary Capstone Multidisciplinary Capstone Design/Research Project Design/Research ProjectEWB –Service Learning ProjectsThe majority of the SL-related projects that our students have worked on have been throughEngineers Without Borders™-USA. The US affiliate of EWB has as its mission “to helpdisadvantaged communities improve their quality of life through implementation ofenvironmentally and economically sustainable engineering projects, while

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University; Kelley Racicot, Washington State University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-465: EVERYDAY PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS ARCHIVEDAS E-PORTFOLIO: EVIDENCE OF SOCIAL LEARNING IN AN ENGINEERINGDESIGN CURRICULUMCharles Pezeshki, Washington State University Chuck Pezeshki is a professor at Washington State University in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and is the DIrector of the Industrial Design Clinic.Kelley Racicot, Washington State University Kelley Racicot is a graduate student in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Washington State University. She is employed at the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology at WSU. Page 12.702.1© American

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Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University

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International

course or a capstone project requirement in the curriculum. Those courses orprojects can be found at different levels depending on the institutions and the program itself. It isthere where the global design experience should be introduced to start preparing the futureengineers to work in the global market. The international design collaborations have differenttype of structures that will be discussed later as well as how to incorporate them in the courses.What is significant at this point is to reinforce the importance of the international experience inthe curriculum. Many universities around the world have already established successfulprograms to expose the students to the international experience. The new instructionaltechnologies have the

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Materials

Biomaterials, Microfabrication, Micro Systems Technology,Failure Analysis, Material Characterization and Corrosion. The capstone course, entitled“Corporate Culture,” gives students an overview of how to practice engineering in the corporateworld and covers topics such as organizational structures, product development processes,corporate business models, intellectual property, ethics and the practice of life-long learning.Moreover, each student must complete a Senior Design Project and present their findings at theannual Materials Engineering Technology Conference. Page 12.367.10Assessing Our ProgressOne of the continuing challenges of any pedagogy is

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh

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Biomedical

project mentor,complete extensive professional communication assignments, and bring all relevant design andprofessional skills together to complete their specific project.Overall, this four course model exposes students to a wide range of soft and hard skills relevantto biomedical engineering. The sequential structure of the courses requires students to transferknowledge and skills between courses in the sequence and from courses previously taken. Theculmination of the sequence in the senior capstone provides students with repeated exposure to,and refinement of, many skill sets. Further, as students are required to decide which skills shouldbe applied to their specific design projects, this course sequence not only introduces students toan array

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado at Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado at Boulder

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International

differentprojects for a community in Rwanda over two semesters, earning six credits that could be appliedas technical electives in their respective majors. In year two, twelve students in three teamsworked on a wastewater treatment/reuse design for a community in Sonora, Mexico. In thisformat, students earned 3 to 4 credits for the course, which counted as the capstone designexperience in their curricula. The students self-selected this international project from amongthree project options (the other two were service learning projects within the state) in thecapstone Environmental Engineering design class. Student evaluations of the EDW course arepresented and contrasted against feedback from students who worked on other service learningprojects or a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Durward Sobek, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

traditionis a capstone design experience within each program in the senior year. Each program hasevolved its own senior design course over the years to suit its particular curricular needs.Typically projects have been team-based with representation from within the disciplineexclusively.A few years ago, the College of Engineering initiated a program to offer a multi-disciplinarydesign opportunity for the senior design project. The “No Walls” program had students takean engineering design course (ENGR 401) offered through the general engineering programas a substitute for their discipline’s capstone course(s). The faculty coordinator identified theappropriate disciplines as dictated by the project requirements, and recruited students (largelythrough

Conference Session

Design Methodolgy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Design in Engineering Education

theoretical background and system developmentmethodology used in development. Additionally an overview of the system is presentedfollowed by lessons learned from these efforts. By providing this information the authorshope to encourage the innovative application of IT in Capstone programs at otheruniversities.Background: Project OverviewThe Auburn Engineering Technical Assistance Program (ATAP) has used their fundingfrom the National Science Foundation (ENG#0332594) to marshal the diverse resourcesand interests of different (a) units of a state cooperative extension system, (b)departments of an academic institution, (c) research laboratories, (d) industrialdevelopment units of private corporations and government, and (e) manufacturingcompanies. The

Conference Session

Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

education in general, and those of the Middle East and the Arab Gulf States, in particular Page 12.92.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Practitioner - Faculty Collaboration in Teaching Civil Engineering DesignAbstractTeaching civil engineering design through senior projects or capstone design courses, withindustry involvement and support, has increased in recent years. The general trend towardincreasing the design component in engineering curricula is part of an effort to better preparegraduates for engineering practice. While some design projects are still of the “made up

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Cardella, Center for the Advancement of Scholarships on Engineering Education (CASEE); Cynthia Atman, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

mathematics is considered to be a fundamental element of engineering education, littleempirical research has been conducted to understand how engineering students actually usemathematics. This project takes a research- informed approach towards understanding the role ofmathematics in engineering design by combining two studies of engineering students’ use ofmathematical thinking: a study of engineering students’ use of mathematics during an industry-based senior design project and a study of engineering students’ use of mathematics during alaboratory based design problem.The capstone study used a combination of qualitative methodologies to investigate engineeringstudents’ use of mathematics during one of their first real- world design projects. For

Conference Session

Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Baker, Michigan Technological University; Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Richard Berkey, Michigan Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

the approach of the many engineering programs that offer a “real-world” team-basedsenior capstone design experience with its mandate that students be provided a “culminatingmajor design experience which incorporates appropriate engineering standards and multiplerealistic constraints1”. While these types of project experiences can be “created” withinengineering departments, many programs have found that the most effective “real-world”experience comes from projects that are defined and sponsored by industry. Studentsparticipating in these projects have the opportunity for mentoring by industrial project managersand face an increased expectation of results and diligence similar to what they will encounterwhen they begin their professional

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bob Lahidji, Eastern Michigan University; Jianhua Wang, Eastern Michigan University; Walter Tucker, Eastern Michigan University

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International

. Page 12.1176.3In the university setting, it is a common practice to provide the capstone course tosenior students. Senior students will work on the project by applying all the keyknowledge learned during the course of university study. Traditionally inEngineering Technology, the capstone course will provide students an opportunityto combine all knowledge and technology together to implement a real worldproject. Most of our students have never had a chance to address topics onoutsourcing prior to this. In this newly developed capstone course, we provide forstudents a systematic, total management and methodology of outsourcing, insteadof partial, or special field outsourcing management. It is the first time a capstonecourse has been used in

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

12.446.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Design and Construction of a Lab-Scale Ground Source Heat PumpAbstractUndergraduate engineering and engineering technology students are in need of rigorous andmulti-faceted hands-on activities to enhance their self-confidence and technical skills. Very fewcourses give students the opportunity to approach practical design and production problems in aholistic manner. Senior design courses or capstone projects frequently give students theopportunity to design complex or multi-component systems in a timely effective manner.However, most capstone design projects are only concerned with the design itself and not withproduction, construction, or

Conference Session

Design Methodolgy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rudolph Eggert, Boise State University

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Design in Engineering Education

1994. The largest group of respondents came from mechanical engineering,however, civil, industrial and electrical programs were fairly represented. The survey includedinformation on faculty involvement, industrial involvement, duration of projects, instructionhours per week, and most pertinent to this paper, the most frequently taught subjects as shown inTable 3. The rightmost column labeled “%” represents the proportion of responding schools thattaught the subject in their capstone course. The table is one of the earliest quantitative reports ofdesign topics and or subjects actually taught across North America. It provides an importantglimpse of specific engineering design topics that can be included in a design curriculum.In 1995, ASME6