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W. Riddell; S. Bakrania; K. Bhatia; J. Courtney; K. Dahm; R. Harvey; L. Weiss

Putting the horse before the cart – Fitting a new project into established design and writing pedagogy W. Riddell†, S. Bakrania†, K., Bhatia†, J. Courtney, K. Dahm†, R. Harvey‡, L. Weiss†† College of Engineering† College of Communication‡ College of Liberal Arts and Sciences†† Rowan UniversityProject-based learning has been an important aspect of the Rowan University College ofEngineering curriculum since its inception in 19961. In the fall of the sophomore year,engineering students take a multidisciplinary, integrated, project-based course that is designed toteach both

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Harold R. Underwood

Assistance for Asperger Syndrome from Communications Technology Developed through an Integrated Projects Curriculum Harold R. Underwood, Associate Professor of Engineering Messiah College, Grantham, PAAbstract: Asperger Syndrome (AS), classified among neurodevelopmental disabilitiesbetter known as autism spectrum disorders, affects 1 in every 150 children in the UnitedStates1. Adults with AS experience impaired social interactions with tendency towardrestricted and repetitive patterns of behavior, though gifted with average to above-average intellect. While neither specific cause (although genetics is suspected) nor cureis known for AS at this time

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D. Weber; G. Reluzco; D. Kaminski; B.W. Bequette

Creating Grade 11 and 12 Curricula Guided by both Project Lead the Way and NSF GK-12 D. Weber1,2, G. Reluzco1, D. Kaminski3, B. W. Bequette2 1 Mohonasen High School, Schenectady, NY 2 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering 3 MANE Department Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NYAbstractA new challenge for a privileged group of graduate students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutein the 2008-2009 academic year is to participate in an NSF GK-12

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Samantha Murray

than 9.5% of engineering professionals are African American,Hispanic American or Native American. The project team includes Michigan Technological University (Dr. Neil Hutzlerand Joan Chadde), Foundation for Family Science/David Heil & Associates, and theAmerican Association for Engineering Education (Dr. William Kelly and SamanthaMurray), along with Dr. Christine Cunningham, who has developed the Engineering isElementary (EiE) curriculum now used in 46 states, will participate in development of thematerials. ASEE will help to disseminate the Family Engineering project to more than 50engineering societies, student chapters, and engineering professionals. This project brings engineering education to the elementary family unit

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Neville Jacobs

that IEEE started 2 years ago, and whose purpose is to exposestudents at every level to technology projects of about 2 hours duration. The projects would conform to,and be part of the ongoing school science and math curriculums. I will not dwell on this program, as I’msure that others at this conference who will be talking about it. I see it as a key way to start getting agreater number of students, of all ages, familiar with what technology is all about.THE ROBOT CHALLENGE. This is an initiative from the Baltimore, Maryland, Section of IEEE, and is now in its 13th year.The purpose is to expose teams of boys and girls in High School (grades 9 though 12) to all the elementsof an engineering project, so that they can really see if this

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Kauser Jahan; Jess W. Everett; Gina Tang; Stephanie Farrell; Hong Zhang; Angela Wenger; Majid Noori

understanding, appreciation and protection of aquatic life and habitatsthrough research, education and youth development programs. This nonprofit organization is aleader in conservation-oriented research, environmental education, and community service bothlocally and globally. It conducts programs offsite through outreach projects to schools andcommunity-based organizations as well as onsite at the State Adventure Aquarium [10] in aunique partnership to engage aquarium visitors in the wonder of the aquatic world. TheAcademy delivers a wide variety of classroom lessons, allowing children grades preK-12 toinvestigate ocean-related topics, from coral reef symbiosis to the sticky tube feet of the sea star.NJAAS also offers 30 minute electronic field trips

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XingYing Cheng; Daren Wilcox

environment. Because we are using Ubuntu Linux operating system whichapplies the GNOME desktop environment, when we create a project, we have to select othersand type gedit into the “other command” under the project option.Bluespec Operation in LinuxAfter we installed both the Bluespec environment and the Ubuntu Linux operating system, wecan launch the Bluepec development workstation by typing the command ‘bluespec’ in the Linuxenvironment.In the workstation of Bluespec, we can execute all the behaviors like creating project, typechecking, compile, linking and simulating. The first step is creating a project. In this step, theproject option setting is very important, because we have to choose the top file and module forthis particular project and

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Mary Lowe; Marcia Wiedefeld; Andrew Zink

, skills, and enthusiasm for learning. UDL providesrich supports for learning and reduces barriers to the curriculum while maintaining highachievement standards for all.http://www.cast.org/Universal Design of InstructionA Checklist for Inclusive Teachinghttp://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Academics/equal_access_udi.htmlUniversal Design of Physical SpacesA Checklist for Designing Spaces That Are Welcoming, Accessible, and Usablehttp://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Programs/equal_access_spaces.htmUniversal Design of Your ProjectA Checklist for Making Projects Welcoming, Accessible, and Usable. Project DO-IT, University ofWashingtonhttp://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Programs/design.html

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Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci

engineering project that virtuallyeveryone has seen and it lets them experience the relationship between a real world project andthe science and engineering behind it. The experiment is ideally suited for a group or team effort.IntroductionRoadside sound barriers were selected as a hands-on experiment for freshmen engineeringstudents because it was something that virtually all students had seen yet not all were aware oftheir intent. In a humorous note, some adults (of the conspiratorial nature) thought they were toconfine people. Of course engineers, especially civil engineers know that these barriers are toreduce the intrusion of vehicular noise from highways into the abutting residentialneighborhoods. Another reason for selecting this experiment

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Ricardo A. Camilo; S. Keith Hargrove

customer orders, meaning that those customers canbe lost or can decrease their businesses with the company substantially. The mentioned factshighlight the importance of Paper Products Inc achieving a high level of inventory accuracy andproduct tracking, which are some of the benefits that RFID technology can offer to this type ofbusiness.Some goals of this project are to reduce manipulation in employee information, costs and processinaccuracies. Similar achievements are presented by Fosso Wamba et al6 in their work. Theyfocus on a three-layer supply chain on warehousing activities and emphasize many SCMopportunities especially in terms of business process optimization. Fleisch and Tellkamp2 presentresults of their simulation studies that show that

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Josh Wyrick; Catherine Booth

Integration of Green Engineering Labs into Freshman Engineering Courses Josh Wyrick, Catherine Booth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Rowan UniversityAbstractThe emergence of sustainability and green engineering projects is re-shaping the engineeringclassroom. One of the vehicles for these topics at Rowan University is within the EngineeringClinics- project based, required courses. The first freshman clinic focuses on engineeringmeasurements, and is typically the first true engineering course the students experience. Theclinics are designed to be fully integrated and multi-discipline. The labs used

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Indranil Goswami

RIBBITT – Teaching Elements of Engineering Design Using a Child’s Toy Indranil Goswami, Morgan State UniversityAbstractCivil engineering freshmen at ___________ University are taught a second semester orientationcourse which gives them an overview of the major sub-disciplines within their chosen field, inaddition to working on an open ended team structured design project. The course is taught by ateam of faculty from the department, who also guide the projects. One of the components taughtin this course was an interactive exercise in mechanics, using a simple toy called “FrogHoppers”.During this exercise, students were exposed to engineering concepts such as strength ofmaterials

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Kanti Prasad

at our place so far. 1. Introduction“Theory without practice is Utopia and practice without theory is superstition” has beenthe guiding beacon in imparting the instructions by the author all along. It is because ofthis reason the VLSI design laboratory was established simultaneously with thedevelopment of VLSI Design courses (16.502/16.470). In 1984, only text book availablewas Mead and Conway and DLAP was the prime tool for the experimental layout andsimulation. The projects were fabricated at M2C, and were tested at UMASS Lowellusing LV 500 tester.Full use was made of both of these in the class room as well as in the laboratory. Since itinvolved extensive use of programming in PASCAL, along with VAX

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Orla LoPiccolo; Amit Bandyopadhyay

: MS in Sustainable Design - Building and Site Integration inSustainable Design: “The course provides students with knowledge of site design and waterconservation strategies, methods and tools. Based on understanding ecological principles,students will research new approaches to integrated site and building design. Exercises, casestudies, and application of tools will provide students hands-on opportunities to investigatedesign issues and determine outcomes. 4-Field trips to exemplary projects will be part of theclass.”Our Existing Site Planning and Design Course Description States:“An advanced course in the utilization of engineering and architectural principles from conceptthrough construction techniques of a site development. Computer aided

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planning toadd sustainable site and water efficiency to our current curriculum. The traditional hydrauliccourse has been teaching in state college did not include the sustainability. In this course we areimplementing the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) criteria. There aresix categories for LEED credit. We are including part of subcategory 6 from Sustainable Sitescategory. Subcategory 6 includes Stormwater design management both for quality and quantitycontrol. Limit disruption of natural hydrology by reducing impervious cover, increasing on siteinfiltration and managing stormwater runoff moreover using rational method to estimate runoffwill be covered from subcategory 6. In addition we will consider the strategies of project

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theskills that are necessary of an electrical engineer. FPGA-based SoPC development boards havebeen used over the past few years in their undergraduate classes to allow for a wider variety ofstudent projects as an alternative to more traditional off-the-shelf microcontrollers or other basicFPGA boards. 5 63. MethodologyOur Computer Architecture course (EE375) at University of _____ was the last course in thedigital thread to integrate the DE2 board. By making this transition, we are able to use acommon platform throughout the thread in addition to designing, simulating, building, andtesting the MARC processor in the classroom. The design of the MARC has evolved over thelast ten years. In 1999, our department began considering simulation as a

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summarizessome of the surveyed computing topics. Table 1: Summary of 2002 computing survey questions after Abudayyeh et al.1 Computer application Computer-related skill Project management Use of spreadsheets Simulation Use of equation solvers CAD/GIS Programming in Fortran, C++, Java Optimization Use of electronic communication Collaboration Environments Use of database management systemsTable 1 is especially useful because it explicitly defines what the computing skills of value are(or were) at the time. Comparisons with the older surveys are somewhat limited due to

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Robert M. Brooks; Berk Ayranci; Keerthi Takkalapelli

, building peer network for group study and design projects, obtaining a mentor, and becoming an ASEE chapter officer were ranked 1 to 4 respectively, among the activities. 2. The student membership improved by 144% because of the top 4 activities. 3. t-tests and ANOVA tests indicated that the top 4 activities increased interest on ASEE at a statistically significant level of 0.01.RecommendationsEach year, student interest may be changing. Therefore, a preliminary survey needs to beconducted for adding new interests and removing insignificant interests from the list. Programsshould be scheduled and implemented representing the issues. Energies and resources should bespent according to the weighted priorities of the

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Deborah Ihezie; S. Keith Hargrove

selection of a Leanassessment tool, a preliminary visit out to the facility, execution of the assessment, and analysisof the results from the assessment.4.1 Selection of a Lean Assessment ToolThe first stage of this research project was to select a Lean assessment tool to use in theevaluation of the current level of Lean at MRAS. Different assessment tools were compared andcontrasted to meet specific requirements. The decision criteria were created based on theusability of the assessment tool, metric, familiarity with MRAS, detail, and affordability. Thesefactors were used as a benchmark for the selection process.The Lean assessment tool selected for this study was Strategos Lean assessment tool developedby Quarterman Lee at Strategos Inc. Several

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Warren A. Rosen; M. Eric Carr

the opportunity to learnhow a computer works from the inside out. Finally, we feel that the approach of having eachstudent construct his or her own working computer instills a real sense of accomplishment andself-confidence and provides an unusual skillset to attract potential employers. While further incremental changes to the course (notably, the creation of part kits as wellas streamlining of some labs) are needed to provide a smooth, polished course in Drexel’sdemanding ten-week quarter timeframe, the basic course as outlined here has great potential toinspire enthusiasm for engineering and digital design among Drexel’s AET students. Another major benefit of building a course around a complex project such as this is thatthe

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Frank Lanzer

Education 6is primarily due to the conflicting nature of the projects developed by these boys asopposed to girls. We had planned to follow this plan, i.e. two separate camps that cover thesame material. We were interrupted during this cycle with a state grant of nearly $10k,which we accepted but necessitated dropping the IWC. Proceeding with a more-inclusiveSTEM camp that included aspects of information security, we were also able to offer sixscholarships to students who would normally not be able to attend financially. Coincidingwith the camp dates was the opening of the movie Get Smart®. Thus, the name waschanged to TechnoSleuth Camp.It was decided that

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Scott C. Pender; Andrew J. Foote

. Much of the research for the first chapter of this project was done through the use of twoprimary sources. The first of the two sources was the Department of Commerce5 and the secondwas the Bureau of Labor Statistics4. The paper brings to life many eye-opening statistics aboutthe current job market as well as exploring the last decade of job shifts. Attempts are made toremove the current market collapse from much of the information. A major objective is to provethat American manufacturing while shrinking is not less productive. We have seen trends andshifts through American labor throughout our growth as a country. We saw the “death” of steelthroughout the country no more than twenty years ago. The country emerged from the seemingcrisis and

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Robert Aldi

4/22/09Rochester Institute of Technology, ASEE Page 2 of 141.0 Abstract This project was out of necessity while in the process of developing composite drive-shafts and the need to be capable of creating test scenarios with combined bending and torsional loading. The new processing technique and novel fiber orientation for composite shafts aim to produce mechanical properties with high torsional stiffness while allowing angular misalignment. The shafts should allow for a similar result as a constant velocity shaft or universal joint except that the angular misalignment capabilities are provided through fiber orientation. In order to then

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Josh Coffman; Sachin S. Terdalkar; Joseph J. Rencis; Jiancheng Liu; Ashland O. Brown

this technique.”8 The Abstract Hypothesis/Conceptual stage in Figure 1 can have experiences encompassed in the following three areas: themodeling, analysis, and theory. One or more of these experiences may be used to engagestudents in the Abstract Hypothesis/Conceptual stage. Brown then goes on to say thatexperiences found in homework assignments, course projects, and the FE learning modules applyto the Active Experimentation portion of the cycle. Additional types of Active Experimentationclassroom activities are stated in Figure 1. These activities include laboratory experiments,product teardowns, testing using engineering tools and methods, and performing simulations.The fatigue FE learning module focuses mainly on the simulation activity

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Raluca I. Rosca

“Has your teaching and training activities, if any,changed due to ETPP to reflect diversity in your audience?” F103 (Y): Slight modifications, mostly addressing diversity of background preparation for different students in the class (for example, when teaching MATLAB, some of the people were freshmen/juniors with no programming experience, while half where seniors with previous experience w. MATLAB; I ended up offering the seniors the opportunity to substitute a larger project at their level for the multiple simple homeworks addressed to the beginners). F106 (Y): The introductory courses I am teaching allow me to teach to a broad student body with widely ranging interests and skills

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difficulties are prevalent and persistent and not easily overcome. The results of the research have informed the development a set of tutorials on rotationsthat are included in Tutorials in Introductory Physics for use as a supplement to the traditionallecture-based course in introductory physics. Tutorials in Introductory Physics is an ongoingcurriculum development project by the Physics Education Group at the University ofWashington to improve student learning in introductory physics. I have shown that the tutorialEquilibrium of rigid bodies is effective in addressing some of the most serious studentdifficulties with equilibrium. Student results on post-test after working through the tutorials aremany times near or at the same level as the

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Alfred A. Scalza

can convince students that the goal is to gather as many “tools” as possible for their future in our industry, they are motivated to do the work and the grades take care of themselves. This is often accomplished by student professional clubs, experiential learning activities and group projects that are directly associated with their field. When the grade is the only motivation, the student’s effort is less and the student’s retention is low. Grades have their place, of course. The grading system in any college is flawed but they do attempt to tell us if the student has the motivation, skill, knowledge and ability needed to do well in a certain field.12 Some students do not belong in the field of study they are in and