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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tony Kerzmann; Gavin Buxton

. However, many of these legal barriers are being removed to facilitate the construction of these environmentally friendly buildings. 3. The design of an alternative energy education laboratory. As our Alternative Energy and Sustainability minor is still very new, we have limited alternative energy outreach events or activities at RMU (although an alternative energy summer camp has been successfully ran over the last couple of years). Therefore, we had a student interested in designing a laboratory space (outside) that could be used to teach the science behind alternative energy to young children. Interestingly, the laboratory was designed to consist of a number of different activities to showcase the

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Aiman S. Kuzmar

Convenience, TeachingTechniques, and Construction Management.Introduction:Typically, a three credit course at the collegiate level requires a total of 45 hours of direct contactbetween the students and the instructor. Many institutes of higher education use the regular falland spring semesters format to spread these 45 educational hours over a period of four months.Many others teach such courses over the summer session where it is more intense since it is a sixweek period. There are advantages and disadvantages for both formats, and there are severallimitations for the summer format.Few colleges and universities use a shorter time frame to offer courses. Some institutes utilizethe winter break to offer three week courses like Lone Star College [1

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Gonca Altuger-Genc

lecture and 2 hours for the laboratory. Thelecture component covers the theoretical part of quality control practices, and statistical methods;whereas the lab component covers hands-on practices of statistical methods, building controlcharts, design of experiments, etc… The prerequisites for the MET 409 – Statistical Quality Control are MET 252 – QualityControl and MTH 110 – Statistics.Instructor-Directed Learning:Instructor-directed learning (IDL) is also known as the traditional learning component of thecourse. In the IDL component, course instructor will provide students with journal articles, linksto newspaper articles or radio interviews related to the course subject. Students will be expectedto review these materials and answer follow

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Faruk Yildiz

. The large-sized training units onwheels are for outdoor experiments, and the small-sized training units can be used outdoors orcan be used indoors by with light (light bulb) and wind (fan) when weather conditions are notfavorable. Prior to the period of performance, five of the large training units had already beenbuilt for the mobile energy laboratory. During the period of performance, five more largetraining units were built along with 10 small-sized training units. For wind energy experiments,the large training units connect to a portable commercial wind turbine. Similarly, the small-sizedtraining units connect to peripheral components, such as a 10-inch by 10-inch photovoltaicmodule. Using worksheets, students learn about the function of

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ralph Belton; Ahmet Zeytinci

Engineer of the year2013 by the DC Council of Architects and Engineers, a professional organization representingmore than thirty organizations like ASME, IEEE, ASCE, etc. Has over 30 years of teaching andengineering practice in Europe, Japan and the US.Email: azeytinci@udc.eduAPPENDIXABET-TAC: Excerpt of 2009 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering TechnologyProgramsNAAB CRITERIA: 2010 Procedures NAAB Procedures for Accreditation -- ExcerptDesign Studio Course Syllabi, Problem Statement and Sample Student SolutionHistory and Theory of Architecture Course Syllabi, Special Assignment and Student Essay 5ABET-TAC: 2009 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Technology Programs