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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

V. Genis; W. Rosen; R. Chiou; W. Danley; J. Milbrandt; G. Marekova; S. Racz; T. Kitchener; B. LaVay

Technology and provides an integrated educationalexperience directed toward developing the ability to apply the knowledge gain in the college to thesolution of practical problems in the engineering technology field. The majority of courses are fullyintegrated with training and laboratory experience to provide students with strong foundation ofengineering practices and to stimulate students’ interest by using a problem solving approach in state-of-the-art laboratories. Key factors in the development process included creation of the educationallaboratories that can significantly contribute to the development of technologically literate students andworkforce that could be in great demand not only in the tri-state area but also nationwide

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

JungHun Choi; Wes Grebski

second year engineering technologystudents. The projects were linked to the curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Penn StateHazleton. The design and development of an experimental airplane and a solar powered car have provento be very challenging and highly motivating for the freshmen and sophomore students. To design andbuild the experimental airplane, students used the specifications developed by the instructors. Theyanalyzed the feasibility of a full scale experimental airplane and designed the airplane based on theiranalysis. In the case of a solar powered car, students were involved in designing a chasse, suspension,power transmission and steering system from a conceptual design to the implementation of hardware. Asan example

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Chang-Hee Won

, orbital mechanics, satellite subsystems,and intellectual property issues. The author has offered multiple versions of spacecraft systemsengineering courses at two different universities. He will present the lessons learned by teachingsystems engineering course in traditional engineering curriculum. In this paper, he will also comparethe differences between the courses and suggest an effective method to teach systems engineering.I. Introduction A skill set that the industry values, but which is not taught in traditional engineeringcurriculum is systems engineering concepts. Temple University is taking the initiative to teachsystems engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels by engaging in the design, build, andtest of a

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Christopher M. Korpela; William J. Adams

interests and backgrounds. The challenge of presentingthem with exciting and relevant educational events becomes an exercise in developing projectsthat match the interdisciplinary composition of the student teams. In particular, EECS projectsseek to integrate electrical and computer engineering, computer science and informationtechnology students that have completed their sophomore or junior year. These students have hada solid basic education in their fields. They are at the point of deciding which field of theirdiscipline to specialize in and which electives they might be interested in taking. In addition tocoursework towards their major, every student takes a core curriculum of 26 courses in a fouryear bachelor's degree program which includes

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Edward F. Glynn; David W. Dinehart; Shawn P. Gross; Francis P. Hampton; Bridget M. Wadzuk

. The committee identified several steps in the development of the integrated mechanics sequence.The tasks included a mechanics survey of other institutions, a cataloging and prioritizing of mechanicstopics, an assessment protocol for mechanics courses, the development of the specific courses and animplementation schedule. The first two tasks are essentially complete. The committee is currentlyaddressing the other tasks.Engineering Mechanics Survey The committee’s first task was to survey civil engineering programs to determine how otherinstitutions present engineering mechanics. The committee examined 50 institutions via their web sites todevelop a data base that included total credits in the curriculum and total credits devoted to

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Carl A. Erikson

academic engagement by connecting Collaboratory work to faculty and student loads.Integrated Projects Curriculum (IPC)The Department of Engineering has developed and begun implementation of an Integrated ProjectsCurriculum (IPC) to engage students academically and professionally. The IPC draws on service-learningpedagogy to provide students with credit-bearing opportunities to engage the knowledge content of theiracademic discipline in the context of a specific problem or need, and to reflect on the experience in viewof Christian faith commitments. Service-learning is a pedagogy for achieving holistic, value changing,and action oriented learning objectives. It places students in contact with the needs of others, inrelationship with persons

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robert Avanzato

who integrate Second Lifeinto a course will be discussed. Second Life provides many opportunities to enhance the learningexperience in a wide range of courses.1. IntroductionSecond Life is an on-line, 3D, virtual community that provides an environment for students tolearn and interact in a creative and collaborative manner. Second Life was released in 2003 byLinden Labs and has increased in popularity over the past few years. Second Life boasts ofmillions of registered users, and typically there are between 30,000 and 50,000 residents loggedon at any given time. Virtual residents are represented as user-customized avatars in Second Lifeand these avatars can navigate, communicate and engage in many activities such as walking,flying, riding

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

W. Riddell; E. Constans; J. Courtney; K. Dahm; R. Harvey; P. Jansson; M. Simone; P. von Lockette

designs.There are some similarities between design and communication that suggest they are naturalpartners in the curriculum. They are two of the most difficult aspects of the engineeringprofession for students (indeed, practitioners) to master. Both are inherently open ended, andrequire an iterative approach where ideas are generated, then refined, eventually approaching afinished product (in other words, a sequence of divergent and convergent thought processes).Furthermore, the real-world need to use language to represent final designs through written andoral reports14 presents a strong reason to partner the subjects. However, beyond therepresentational purpose of language (writing about designs), there are additional reasons to teachcommunication