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David Che; David Clark; Tom Magnone

industry. A three credit course inmanufacturing engineering and a three credit course in quality engineering are being offered inthe spring semester in alternate years. We immediately saw the benefit of this arrangement fromthe feedback of our recent graduates in the industry. In this paper, the authors summarize whatwas learned from integrating manufacturing engineering concepts into mechanical designcurriculum, and incorporating global aspects of manufacturing in manufacturing engineeringcurriculum. We will outline some of the changes we have made to the curriculum and thechallenges we have faced. Topics of discussion also include immersing students in an industrialsetting in and outside of classrooms and hands-on project-based experiential

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Jonathan Cefalu; Timothy Roemer; Pawel Kosakowski; Shankar Krishnan

Incorporating 3D RP Process in Biomedical Engineering Design Jonathan Cefalu, Timothy Roemer, Pawel Kosakowski and Shankar Krishnan, Ph.D. Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MassachusettsAbstractDesign, prototyping and analysis are vital skills to be obtained by Biomedical Engineering(BME) students. These skills should be taught to the BME students during their design courses.Introducing the design process with prototypes gives students a better visualization of a finalproduct in three dimensions. While machining the designed part would be the ideal method, it isnot always practical within the confines of an academic term. The most

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Melissa Miller; Randall Reynolds

that would provide a high interest classroom project basedupon sound curriculum. The challenge for the project was to refine an academic competitioninvolving a simulation-based video game relating to Industrial Engineering. The project wasdivided into 2 divisions, one for junior level students in grades 6 – 8 and one for senior levelstudents in grades 9 – 12. Obviously, a major issue was designing the competitions with aproper level of difficulty for both age groups while keeping the subject matter relevant tomeaningful engineering concepts and instructional frameworks.The competitions were intended to help students acquire fundamental problem solvingcapabilities as well as a basic understanding of some tools used in Industrial Engineering

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Marwan Abumahaimed; Joseph J. Rencis

2009 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, Austin, TX, June 14-17, 2009.16. Norton, R.L., Machine Design: An Integrated Approach, Fourth Edition, Chapter 8 Finite Element Analysis, Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2011.17. Gessel, G.R., Rieder, W.G., and Tennyson, S.A., “Integration of Microcomputer Based Finite Element Analysis into the Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Curriculum,” Computers in Education Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 7-10, 1987.18. Hagigat, C.K., “Using Commercially Available Finite Element Software for Fatigue Analysis” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR, June

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James L. Huff; Todd A. Patten; Richard L. Wells; Monte Cox

pertinent learning towards theawareness and professional skills critical to HCD. However, this required curriculum is notframed specifically within the engineering context. As an engineering department, our desire isthat the skills gained in the university‘s liberal arts curriculum can be readily applied to theengineering design process. Ansanm gives the students necessary training to integrate thoseskills into the engineering design process. Proceedings of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 6Furthermore, the Ansanm partnership frames the engineering profession as a professionconcerned with

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Megan F. Dunn; W. Roy Penney; Edgar C. Clausen

effectively transfer subject informationto the engineering students. A number of methods have been developed for enhancing studentlearning including multimedia developments,1,2 active, problem-based learning,3 collaborativelearning,4,5 and participation in cooperative education.6 Several papers have specificallyaddressed methods for improving or supplementing the teaching of engineering including the useof spreadsheets to solve two-dimensional heat transfer problems,7 the use of a transport approachin teaching turbulent thermal convection,8 the use of computers to evaluate view factors inthermal radiation,9 implementation of a computational method for teaching free convection,10and the use of an integrated experimental/analytical/numerical approach

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Kenneth J. Fischer; Christopher D. Depcik; Lorin P. Maletsky; Robert M. Sorem; Ronald L. Dougherty

assignments with the capstonedesign project, the progress of some projects can be slowed because of the pace of instruction. Ifassignments related to the design process instruction are not integrated with the stages of thecapstone project (i.e. are ad hoc assignments just to teach the principles/tools), then the studentsare burdened with doing the work twice—once for the ad hoc assignment and once for theproject. Again, this latter approach cannot assure that the project and instruction arecoordinated.The difficulty of teaching the design process simultaneously with the initiation of capstoneprojects was part of the impetus for our department to implement a change in curriculum thatamounts to a three semester capstone design experience. While three

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Sohum Sohoni; David Fritz; Wira Mulia

simulators to teach Computer Engineering concepts to students. Somesimulators feature visual representation of the hardware to better convey the systems beingstudied. Examples of this include WebMIPS[7], RaVi[8] and MipsIt[9]. Other simulators such asMARS[10], SPIM[11] and TExaS[5] provide an integrated development environment and debuggingfeatures for students to develop programs for the target hardware. These systems have much lessemphasis on the inner working of the processor. Hades[12] is a Java-based logic simulator withan extensive library of logic components and a powerful visualization of the circuit simulation.Lastly, LC-3[13] is an Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) with an assembler and simulator suitethat students may use in learning

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Patricia S. Buford

of a University Student Interdisciplinary Research Grant for$10,000. The project, initially referred to as the “Solar Laptop Project,” was an attempt toinvolve many faculty and students from different departments while incorporating as many of theABET defined a-k student outcomes as possible. Eleven members of the faculty/staff andseventeen students participated on the project team. Team members represented five of theUniversity’s Colleges (Applied Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Business, Education, and Naturaland Health Sciences) and in particular seven academic departments (Computer and InformationScience, Electrical Engineering, Foreign Language, Speech Theater and Journalism,Management and Marketing, Physical Science and Curriculum and

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Thomas R. Marrero

“a holistic approach to education, conservation, and community development that uses the local community as an integrating content for learning at all ages” (p 83) Proceedings of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education  3  In project-based learning, there are several variations ranging from teacher-controlled to student-controlled methods; see Table 3.Table 3. Variations of Project-Based Learning* Type of Project Guidelines 1. Teacher-controlled: part of curriculum unit