Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Council of Sections

sequence at Stevens known as the Design Spine3. The first five courses are core designcourses taken by students from all intended disciplines; the last three are taken in the discipline - a juniorcourse followed by a 2-semester capstone senior year project. In most cases the core design courses arelinked to concurrent engineering science courses, thus providing context for the latter. The Design Spineis a key vehicle to develop a number of threads that build both technical and so-called “soft”competencies. The latter include communications, creative thinking, teaming, economics of engineering,problem solving, project management etc. It should be noted that the first four design courses have beentaught by adjunct engineers, either practicing or

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Recruiting, Retention, Enrichment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

produce superiorresults. Cognitive diversity can take a variety of forms, but in this work diversity of personalitytypes is explored. The impact of cognitive styles on team performance was evaluated in afreshman environmental engineering (EVEN) course. The students worked on projects involvingcomparative analysis and some calculations, but no design or intrinsically “creative”requirements. Specifically, student teams in 2006, 2007, and 2008 evaluated solid wastelandfills. In 2006 and 2007 the project encompassed three or four periods of in-class directionand work time. In 2008, the project was modified to compare the energy and environmentalimpacts of landfills to waste-to-energy incinerators and included only two class periods withinstructor

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula, Wayne State University; Gene Liao, Wayne State University; Darin Ellis, Wayne State University; Kyoung-Yun Kim, Wayne State University; Shlomo Sawilowsky, Wayne State University

PRDE 2000 Product Product Development Process used in industry: planning, Development Processes specifications, development processes, and economics. QUAL 2400 Project The Project Management Institute methodology. Visual Management tools for planning and scheduling, diagramming, time and cost. PRDE 2420 Capstone Integration of multiple design disciplines: emphasis problem Project solving, time & team management, process change.6. Project OverviewTable 7 gives an overview of how each institution addresses the SME competency gaps throughthis project and how the individual

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 1

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debbie Mullins, Texas Space Grant Consortium; Wallace Fowler, University of Texas, Austin

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Aerospace

range of students enrolled in STEM-relateddisciplines, but garner the most interest among engineering majors where capstone design coursecompletion is a requirement for graduation. Teams from all major engineering disciplines have Page 14.741.3participated in the program, suggesting that many engineering students respond with interest 2when offered an opportunity to work on a NASA project. NASA association, however, is not theprimary contributing factor to student involvement. Students most often cite the opportunity forreal-world engineering relevance (versus theoretical) as most meaningful, coupled

Conference Session

Innovations in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Troy Perales, Texas A&M University; Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay Porter, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

addition of a newfaculty member, re-introduced field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology to itshardware suite and Hardware Description Languages (specifically VHDL) to its programminglanguages. The intent is to provide students with a spectrum of hardware technologies andprogramming languages to choose from in implementing their Capstone Design Projects duringtheir senior year of classes.As with many engineering and engineering technology programs, the EET/TET programsrecognized the importance of Field Programmable gate Array (FPGA) technology to thedevelopment of the digital curriculum.1,2 The faculty decided to introduce the FPGA technologyat the beginning of the technology courses required by both educational programs so that allstudents

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting; Paul Flikkema, Northern Arizona University; Tom Weller, University of South Florida; Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Wendy Verrei-Berenback, University of Vermont; Wayne Shiroma, University of Hawaii, Manoa

course described herein is one component of a larger, NSF-sponsoredcurriculum development effort that seeks to encourage systems thinking in our students.Engineering curricula tend to be compartmentalized leading to topics (e.g., electronics, power,communications in electrical engineering) being taught in isolation without providing connectionsas to how they are dependent in real-world systems. Our project strives to give studentsexperience in making these connections. The course placement in the curriculum is just prior tothe student’s Capstone/senior project. The trend is that Capstone projects are becoming moreinterdisciplinary thus creating a greater need for students to have a systems perspective. Thistrend is certainly true in today’s

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

Page 14.1205.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 THE EFFECT OF IMPROVEMENTS IN SOPHOMORE DESIGN INSTRUCTION ON PERFORMANCE IN SUBSEQUENT COURSE OFFERINGSAbstractThe chemical engineering curriculum at Rowan University includes a team-taught,multidisciplinary sophomore course sequence called Sophomore Engineering Clinic I and II,intended to teach engineering design and technical communication. Prior to 2005, SophomoreClinic I featured a semester-long design project. The faculty team made substantial changes tothe course in the Fall of 2005 to address various shortcomings in student achievement of thecourse goals. The new course design featured a 4-week project intended to introduce students tothe

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Brakora, University of Michigan; Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan; James Holloway, University of Michigan; Nilton Renno, University of Michigan; Steven Skerlos, University of Michigan; Toby Teory, University of Michigan; Peter Washabaugh, University of Michigan; Daryl Weinert, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

classroom knowledge education. We aretracking the following as some of our most important principles: 1. The real-world is multidisciplinary and our skills of practice must cut across engineering disciplines and even extend beyond engineering; 2. Engineering development must include at a minimum early project scoping (definition of requirements/constraints), concept design, building, and testing – we refer to this simply as the design-build-test (DBT) process. 3. This cannot be simply a traditional capstone, one-semester, senior-level, activity – students should be engaged as early as practical, ideally in the first year, and be able experience the DBT cycle more than once with growing sophistication.Because the MD

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College; Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Edward Bigos, Springfield Technical Community College; Ted Sussmann, Springfield Technical Community College

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Instrumentation

acquisition problem will be encouraged and documented forpossible adaptation or modification in other contexts. The students in the various ElectronicsGroup technologies will serve as “guinea pigs” for the testing of the materials developed inconjunction with the SensorNet system through structured labs and projects and more complexindividual and group senior capstone projects. Furthermore, as we gain experience with thenetwork it is expected that students from other technology areas will be given access to thenetwork and be allowed to develop networked sensor applications or other network controlscenarios that are relevant to their particular technology. Some of the other application areas thatare expected to be explored include: automation and

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Raper, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Susan Murray, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Christa Weisbrook, Missouri University of Science and Technology; William Daughton, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

projects and programs≠ analyze problems, consider alternatives, and implement solutions. Exhibit 1 – EM Program Educational Objectives Page 14.1311.5As stated above, it became clear that the current curriculum structure relative to the core and theemphasis areas offered in the department had to change. Relative to the core set of courses, fivenew courses were added (engineering economy, integrated accounting & finance, projectmanagement, quality philosophies and methods, and capstone senior design), and three wereeliminated (engineering management practices, accounting, and finance). In

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andre Butler, Mercer University; William Moses, Mercer University

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Mechanical Engineering

Method of Assessment to Examine Experimental Design in Mechanical Engineering LaboratoriesStudents in the mechanical specialization at Mercer University are currently required to take twogeneral mechanical engineering laboratory courses—one in the third year of the curriculum andthe other in the fourth year. The first of these courses begins with seven or eight single periodlaboratories in which the students are directed to complete a well-defined set of procedures andperform simple analyses. In an effort to more formally introduce experimental design into thelaboratory experience, this course ends with a three project sequence in which students areprovided with an experimental objective (e.g., determine the coefficient of

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar Nespoli, University of Waterloo; William Owen, University of Waterloo; Colin Campbell, University of Waterloo; Steve Lambert, University of Waterloo

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Design in Engineering Education

Engineering Education, 2009 Engineering Case Study Implementation: Observations, Results and PerspectivesAbstractWaterloo Cases in Design Engineering (WCDE) at the University of Waterloo (UW) is a newprogram to enhance design education through the development and implementation of designcases from student co-op work term and capstone project reports.This paper summarizes the results of an implementation of the same engineering design casegiven to three separate engineering classes during the same academic term. The engineeringdesign case was written from a student capstone design project report, and was developed tohighlight the engineering design process. The case was developed as a so called

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew Boutell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Fisher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

robotics certificate will help withrecruitment efforts3. In addition, faculty and students enrolled in the certificate program willparticipate in K-12 outreach such as mentoring middle school and high school robotics programs.Students in the program will also demonstrate their robotics projects to tour groups, increasingvisibility and attracting students to our institution. In fact, the final project robotics competitionfor one of the early courses in the robotics curriculum has already been featured on the campusweb site and in the local newspaper. Additionally, faculty with an expertise in robotics will beattracted to a school with a visible, established robotics education program and research.Multidisciplinary TeamworkRobots are mechanical

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego

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Graduate Studies

Materials Shared University Research Committee; Ph.D. Recruiting Coordinator for IBM’s Systems Technology Division; and executive sponsor for 3M division’s student programs. He has published and presented widely in areas of surface science, electronic materials and processes, project management, and industry/university relations. He holds 4 patents and has received awards for excellence in technical innovation (IBM), technical authorship (IBM), teaching (University of Colorado), and scholarship (National Science Foundation). Page 14.666.1© American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Michael Brzoska, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University

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Electrical and Computer

complex) specifications and complete the project successfully. A collateralbenefit of the laboratory intensive curriculum is that recruiting students becomes a much easiertask, as typical engineering minded students enjoy the creative component in the classroom.The four-year program culminates in the Capstone Design Class, a major design experience thatmixes students of multidisciplinary backgrounds into large teams (7 – 12 students) models thecreation of new company. This class has a heavy technical component, but also addressesentrepreneurship, leadership, etc. The class is described in detail in Section IV.Finally, the input from the faculty was used to determine the concentrations, or areas ofspecialization, the program would offer. Taking

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachid Manseur, State University of New York, Oswego; Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego

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Electrical and Computer

format ≠ Project-based. Projects will be offered as possible at the course, semester, or year level and in partnership with industry (capstone) ≠ Multidisciplinary courses. Many engineering courses will include math and physics material where needed. ≠ Streamlined math and sciences support courses. Where possible, the pre-requisite math and physics courses are revised to include material that directly and more effectively impacts engineering education.Faculty and StaffThe initial planning for the new ECE program calls for five tenure-track faculty membersincluding the chairperson, one secretary, and at least one technician. The faculty is able tosupport a curriculum that includes the

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Reza Emami, University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education

content-based instruction to project-based knowledge construction. Thepractical steps are detailed for a full-year design course at the sophomore level.1. IntroductionDesign has changed status from a formal course to a flagship stream. There has been a cleartransition in the engineering curricula from the traditional approach to the alternative paradigm.The former viewed design as a byproduct of engineering education that cannot occur without thesolid formation of engineering sciences1, whereas the latter argues that analytical knowledge isnot adequate for tackling real-life engineering problems, and that design can be viewed as ameans of learning engineering not a result of it. Capstone design courses are fruits of formerapproach. They have

Conference Session

Workplace Concerns, Realities, and Intangibles

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

5 students/team), 9 short form Page 14.1372.4 Tools: MS Word reports, individual formal reports Tools: MS Word, Excel, Matlab ME – 471 Machine Design II ME 481 – Senior Capstone Design Design Project Documentation: Formal Design Reports Tools: C Programming, Excel, Matlab, WWW Problem Definition, Progress report

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Oakes, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

, such as the electrical engineering capstone course where all students participatein a service-learning assistive technology project. They have also integrated service-learning into engineering science courses with project work that varies in size and scopeas a function of the curricular constraints for the respective courses. This approach, at acollege level engages community partners with the support structure at the college leveland reduces the overhead that many faculty encounter starting their own projects.The SLICE project objectives are stated as: ≠ Integrate service-learning into the engineering curriculum at UML so that everystudent is exposed to service-learning in every semester of their experience in everydepartment at UML

Conference Session

Methods and Techniques in Graduate Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pauline Johnson, University of Alabama; Philip Johnson, University of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Joan Barth, University of Alabama; Bettie Aruwajoye, University of Alabama; Hannah Beatty, University of Alabama; Kendrick Gibson, University of Alabama; Sarah Dunlap, University of Alabama

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Graduate Studies

college from the University ofIquitos join you) gave us access to field equipment and joined our students and faculty onfield testing, surveys, group discussions, shopping for supplies for our upstream villageprojects, and evening social outings.Service project Our target communities were five remote Amazonian villages accessible only byboat from the city of Iquitos in the Amazon Jungle of Peru. Iquitos is the largest city inthe world with no access by road. Student-generated service project ideas were developedfrom conversations with the community during an initial survey trip. This was followedup by two campus-based design projects. A capstone senior design team designed anobservation tower to attract eco-tourism dollars, and an

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Electronics and Electrical ET Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; John Irwin, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

Electronics Engineers (IEEE), when itbecomes available.Senior Project EvaluationThe Senior Project Evaluation comprises the student performance on the senior capstone project asmeasured by an examiner. The examiner attends the project presentations at the end of thesemester and assesses each student based on relevant criteria using a level ranking assigned toquantify the senior project examiner’s opinion. Each project was assessed by at least twoexaminers drawn from the Industrial Advisory Board and faculty members. A rubric is developedto help in assessing students’ performance on senior project.Senior Exit SurveyThe EET program has developed a written questionnaire for graduating students called the SeniorExit Survey which all graduating seniors

Conference Session

Robots in Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Fernandez, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Richard Fischer, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Paul Drews, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University; Maegan Grady, Saint Mary's College, University of Notre Dame; Robert Rucker, Vanderbilt University; Jessica Tham, Louisiana Tech University; Thomas Bierbower, Randolph High School

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Computers in Education

directly aligned with the work done withing NASA;consequently, this had potential for recruiting new students to the engineering programs. More importantly, involvement of students with the real world engineering programs, helped in retention of students. Some of the students involved in this project participated in hands-on experience through their capstone design projects enabling them to apply their knowledge of engineering and mathematics. The vehicle was displayed at important university events such as Highschool Day and Engineering day and through this vehicle missions of NASA and AAMU were exposed to the potential engineering students.d. Familiarity with NASA goals and missions- the research project provided an avenue for

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Chang, United States Military Academy; Peter Hanlon, United States Military Academy; Kirk Ingold, United States Military Academy; Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

munitions, detect and disable ordnance in hazardous environments, maneuver inrelatively small areas, be used as a decoy or be sent to draw out opponent fires without riskingthe life of the operator. There have also been various universities that have integrated roboticsinto their curriculum or developed new courses that use robotic platforms as the center piece.Weingarten, et. al. used robotics as a vehicle to engineering education and to propel the studentsinto research and life-long learning5. Chung and Anneberg6 summarized how to use contests tostimulate learning in computer science and engineering education. Mehrl et. al.7 used anautonomous robotics capstone design project to enable students to used their preferred learningstyle to learn how to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright; Paul Skaggs; Richard Fry, Brigham Young University; C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

with activities to helpthem semantically encode the primary principles of innovation, and b) to help them prepare forthe final two innovation activities: a formative ideation project, and a summative capstoneexperience.Both the formative ideation project, and the innovation capstone experience required the studentsto demonstrate how they came to their solutions as a result of using/engaging the principles andprocesses of innovation. The participants were assigned and completed the ideation projectduring the first day of instruction. It provided the participants with the opportunity toimmediately put into action the principles and processes they had experienced in the innovationmini-activities. The ideation project required the participants to

Conference Session

Investigating Alternative-energy Concepts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

did the workload compare to other (graduate or undergraduate?) 3-hour course at (your institution)? Responses: • The workload was manageable. I think with some additional readings, it would've matched a typical elective class. Definitely less than a typical AE core class however. • Pretty typical • The work is comparable to the 3 credit hour capstone courses that seniors in Aerospace Engineering major have to take. The course layout and workload required is almost identical to the senior space design course I took in Fall 2008. • The workload was very light at the start but increased quite exponentially during project completion time. However, the workload was never overwhelming and on the whole

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salah Badjou, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Loutfallah Georges Chedid, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

theirBachelor of Science in Electromechanical Engineering but with added strength in biomedicalengineering--the student’s transcripts will indicate the student’s completion of the biomedicalsystems engineering concentration.Historically, many of our Electromechanical Engineering students have shown an interest inbiomedical engineering by choosing their junior and capstone design projects in biomedicalengineering. Some of these projects were outstanding and won top regional awards from ASEE,ASME, and IEEE. There was a clear interest by the electromechanical engineering students inexpanding their knowledge into biomedical applications. In addition, a number of facultymembers have an interest in biomedical engineering, and had conducted research in

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Jill Cheney, United States Military Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

subject matter. However, a commonly encountered problem with design groupformation in an academic environment is the decision by the instructor on how to form theteams. Should students be allowed to choose their own groups, or should instructors assign theteams directly? If groups are assigned, how should the students be divided among the teams?This project seeks to provide insight into these questions.ME450, a course which provides a capstone design experience to senior non-engineering majorsat the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, is structured around three team-based engineeringdesign projects, or EDPs. Student design teams for these EDPs consist of three to fourindividuals who work toward the common goal of applying the engineering design

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

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Construction

and feel connected to the profession through theexperiences of these practitioners. The author has had the privilege of working with and utilizingadjunct clinical professors from industry in the areas of mechanical and electrical systems ofbuildings, materials testing, structural design, construction management and project scheduling.This paper cites select case histories, describes areas in which senior level courses in design andconstruction can be delivered more effectively by adjunct clinical professors. Practitioners, asadjunct clinical professors, bring technical relevance and currency to engineering curriculums,and students benefit from their experiences. In addition, participation of adjunct clinicalprofessors opens up opportunities

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid Vakilzadian, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Dietmar Moeller, University of Hamburg

leadership positionand present their scientific results in a clear and comprehensive manner, both orally and inwriting, using modern information technology. This requires: ≠ Good writing skills appropriate to the purpose, e.g., progress reports, published documents, and capstone design thesis. ≠ Good presentation (verbal) skills to defend research outcomes, to promote the public understanding of one's research field, and to support the learning of others when involved in teaching, mentoring, or demonstrating activities. ≠ Good project management skills in order to plan, implement, and evaluate each project. These skills allow the graduates to learn about project organization, planning, scheduling, budgeting, accounting

Conference Session

E-Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silverstein, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

courses. Heys used a wiki to aid students in completing a group design project[15].Hadley used a wiki in a similar way for the capstone design course[16].ImplementationA wiki was established, tied to campus computer authentication servers, using MicrosoftSharePoint Server 2007 running on Windows Server 2008 on a dual-core Intel PC. The structureof the wiki was simple, consisting of an instructional page (edited from the default provided bythe SharePoint program), and a single page corresponding to each chapter in “ElementaryPrinciples of Chemical Processes”[17] beginning with Chapter 2. Links were created on eachpage to simplify navigation between chapter pages.Students were first assigned a contribution to the wiki with the first homework