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J. A. Rozzi-Ochs; C. J. Egelhoff; H.V. Jackson; S. Zelmanowitz

IL while other cohortsdemonstrate a wide array of skills in the IL domain. This work marks a “stepping off point” forfuture refinement of methods to assess and improve the information literacy skills ofundergraduate engineering students.References1. American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy (1989) Final Report, Chicago, IL. Retrieved January 26, 2012 from http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/whitepapers/presidential.htm.2. Trussell, Alice. 2004. “Librarians and Engineering Faculty: Partnership Opportunities in Information Literacy and Ethics Instruction” Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, Krakow, Poland. Available

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Patrick H. Oosthuizen

Illustrating Environmental Complexities Using a Course on Environmental Effects of Civil Aviation Patrick H. Oosthuizen Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON Canada K7L3N6AbstractReducing the environmental impact of civil aircraft involves a number of problems that require acareful balancing of a number of often-conflicting considerations. The field is therefore one thatcan be used to expose engineering students to complex real-world environmental problems thatinvolve making difficult decisions in arriving at an acceptable solution. In this paper such acourse that is intended to introduce students from all engineering

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Brian Surgenor

revitalize interest in electrical engineering2.He did so through the phased introduction of industry based projects from year 1 to year 4, withprojects that involved design and build. An elective course in Mechatronics Engineering atQueen’s University is put forward as an example of an elective course with the “wow factor”.The course is laboratory-based and technology-oriented course in Mechatronics Engineering,where mechatronics is the subject that combines elements of computer, electrical and mechanicalengineering. The course presentation covers all the keywords that one hears in discussions onwhat is needed for the next generation of engineering students. The list of keywords include:active learning, integrated learning, just in time instruction

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Johanna Comanzo; Chris Normile

. Examplesincluded ‘Call your advisor’, ‘Register for courses’ and ‘Earn credit with an Excelsior CollegeExam’. After this initial contact, which went out to over 8,000 students, each month new non-persisting students would be contacted directly by their advisors. The results across the programsare still being evaluated, looking at the chart below and the data that has been collected so far forthe Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering; the persistence rate is well above the Collegeaverage. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology 95 90 85 80 75 70 BEL 65 60Excelsior College Overall persistence rate of 67

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Junichi Kanai; Mark Anderson

content and quality. The system made asignificant impact on the outcome of the project results. This paper will present issues indeploying the tools and the best practices for using these tools in capstone design courses.IntroductionTo become successful engineers, students must learn technical knowledge, good communication,skills, and teamwork skills. Traditional lecture-based coursework focuses on providing a solidtheoretical foundation and analytical skills for each of the various disciplines. On the other hand,laboratory courses and engineering design courses are often used to teach communication andteamwork skills4. Typical communication skills include, but are not limited to, maintaininglab/design notebooks, writing technical reports, and

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Erin Zeqja; Rachael Ashton

University.Two students from the 2010 internship served as the teaching assistants. The curriculum wasrevised extensively with an added lecture on Information Technology and the lecture schedulewas revised to provide students with more information before the construction site visits began.Program Description This highly competitive program consists primarily of classroom lectures, constructionsite visits and cultural experiences. Students selected for this internship are automaticallyenrolled in CIE 470: Global Engineering Internship. Students receive three credits as well as agrade that counts towards their overall grade point average. For the duration of the internship,transportation, lodging, and office space is provided by DCC for all

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Navarun Gupta; Manan Joshi; Bhushan Dharmadhikari; Lawrence V. Hmurcik

aquarium fires are a very common form of electric fires. We note that theirprevention is quite simple – use only appliances specifically made for use in a dampenvironment. Trust your sense of smell over your meter readings. Know that fusing the aquariumand buying quality appliances are a good start, but they are no protection against these fires ifyou have any light fixture or power strip in the vicinity that is not made for use in a dampenvironment. Further specifications about the use of items in or near an aquarium can be foundin the National Electric Code4.References [1] Bolz, Ray E. and Tuve, George L., “Handbook of Tables for Applied Engineering Science”, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 0-87819-252-2.[2] Weast, Robert C., “Handbook of Chemistry and

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R. John Milne

concepts and to other learning contexts where software is integratedwith offline learning. Practical considerations are discussed such as how the author deals withdifferent software versions and monitor/font sizes varying among student laptops, his officecomputer, and the computers used in the teaching lab. The paper concludes with a remainingchallenge for which the author has not yet found a good approach.IntroductionDuring their junior or senior year, Clarkson University students majoring in Engineering andManagement take a course in operations research. In this course, students learn to formulate andsolve management decision problems using Microsoft-Excel spreadsheets. Many of theseproblems are framed and solved as optimization models. In an