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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Alfred A. Scalza

teaching environment and how does it affect the way students learn? Also,what disciplines contribute to organizational behavior and how do they affect the classroom learningexperience?When a college student joins a class to study a particular technical subject today, he or she moves into anew world of project based learning. Today, students must participate in self learning, critical (outsidethe box) thinking, team skills including managing the team, and individual as well as team ethics. Thestudent has moved into the “new” learning arena of group dynamics called experiential learning. Thestudent’s level of participation has been greatly raised and he/she will be required to participate in activeand self learning while developing enhanced

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Keith M. Gardiner

, teamwork, ethics and professionalism; innovative solution development andimplementation. Introduction to various engineering disciplines and degree programs. Table 5 lists someof projects successfully completed by first year engineers.Table 5Engr5 – Introduction to Engineering Practice (First year, mandatory)Sampling of projects undertaken: 1. Solution to problem of transferring many boxes of stored library books from temporary storage on an upper floor to the ground floor for return to the stacks. 2. Design and build inexpensive street luge. 3. Portable cage to protect spectators from flying objects at an annual Celtic Festival. 4. Inexpensive heated pallet and thermal sensor for monitoring and controlling body temperature for