Conference Session

Writing and Portfolios

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Kejun Xu, University of Washington; Matt Eliot, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

in general. As a result, theannotations need to make it clear what the reader is learning about the student. In the followingexample, a casual reader reading the first part of the second paragraph might jump to theconclusion that the point is going to be about the class. Fortunately, the student does bring theattention back to himself in the third sentence. MANUFACTURING PROCESSES When an engineer designs a product, he/she has to know how to manufacture the product economically. Many great inventions have been made, but they are not produced. Why? Because they are too expensive to build! That is why a great invention has to be relatively cheap to manufacture. The artifact below is a portion of the syllabus of the course

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Ian Gravagne, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2008-1474: ENERGY AWARENESS EFFORTS AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITYKenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University Dr. Van Treuren is a professor on the faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Baylor University. He teaches the capstone Mechanical Engineering Laboratory course as well as courses in heat transfer, aerospace engineering, fluid mechanics, and wind power. His research interests include energy education and literacy and gas turbine heat transfer. He can be contacted at Kenneth_Van_Treuren@baylor.edu.Ian Gravagne, Baylor University Dr. Gravagne is an assistant professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Baylor University. He teaches the Engineering Design II

Conference Session

FPD5 - Teaming and Peer Performance

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlisa Labrie Richardson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

instructorused power point to present the course information. Most of the course management and classcommunication was done through blackboard, where the syllabus, assignments and lecturepresentations were all posted.According to the instructor’s syllabus for this particular ECE100 section, the course was Page 13.1289.7designed to emphasize the process of problem-solving, to prepare students to meet the generalpresentation requirements associated with technical work and to introduce them to the process ofcreating purposeful models. These skills and experiences will help them succeed with thediscipline-specific problems to come later. The course