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Doug Reeve P.Eng.; Annie Simpson; Veena Kumar; Emma Master; Dave Colcleugh; Greg Evans P.Eng.

leadership tools of inclusiveness, empowerment,ethics, purposefulness and process.The skills of good leadership are not innate; they can be learned. In her recent study onthe development of leadership identity among students, Susan Komives (Komives, et al.,2005) identified four key developmental influences: adult influences, through externalaffirmation and as role models; peer influences, as role models and collaborators;meaningful involvement -- experiences that help students experience diverse peers anddevelop new skills; and reflective learning -- structured opportunities to allow students touncover their passions, integrity, and commitment.At the same time as we are learning about the demands of leadership in the 21st century,the Faculty is

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Rei Marzoughi

aswhere the engineering profession sits in relation to this interaction. The intent of both programsis to provide students with the context required to become more well-rounded engineers capableof seeing the complexity of problem-solving so that not all problems appear to be solelytechnical. When reflecting on my education thus far, I am faced with two questions: How well dothese programs deepen our understanding of how technology is influencing human life, societyand the biosphere? Are they successful in helping future engineers adjust design and decision-making to technically execute engineering endeavors but at the same time prevent or greatlyminimize the harmful effects such endeavors may exert on society and the biosphere?These two questions

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Jason Salonga

. If we can tional curricula in teaching conceptual design. Whole courses dedicated to creating and justifyingaccept this similitude, then educators in engineering should benefit from learning about the way design concepts have been developed by Paul Gauvreau, a professor in the Department of Civildesign is taught in the visual arts. With this in mind, this paper reflects on the delivery of art stu- Engineering and NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) De-dio courses and reflects upon its pedagogical value with respect to design in engineering. Fur- sign Chair. Gauvreau is also my academic supervisor. Similar progress has been made at thether, it gives suggestions on how elements of art

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Robert Edwards; Gerald Recktenwald

lecture. After the lecture thestudents are asked to conduct a more detailed lab exercise using the same equipment to helpthem gain the deeper understanding they may not have otherwise obtained through the lecturealone. It is important to recognize that there are different types of learners. Kolb (11) describes fourlearning styles: concrete active (activists), concrete reflective (reflectors), abstract reflective(theorists), and abstract active (pragmatists). Each of these types of learners has their ownmethods for gaining knowledge and understanding. No single style of teaching is right foreveryone. It is important to balance class-room activities to be able to reach everyone. Tuan,et.al. (12) have looked at the effect of inquiry-based

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Daren R. Wilcox; Gerd W. Wostenkuhler

) together. One complex programmable logic device andsmall amount of VHLD code can literally replace hundreds of discrete logic components. The costadvantage held by discrete logic devices for the last several decades has evaporated. The advantagesCPLDs have are in production costs, board area savings, operating performance, reliability, time tomarket, programmability, electromagnetic interference, and design security [3]. Over the last decade,the rapid acceleration of adopting CPLDs has left a pedagogical mess.The typical engineering and engineering technology fundamental digital electronics course, up untilrecently, has reflected the history of digital design. Originally, digital designs were implemented withsmall scale integrated (SSI) devices

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Susan J. Masten; Robert V. Fleisig

exposure to the engineering profession (2-4), the designprocess (5), and the diversity of engineering disciplines; all while keeping their excitement, enthusiasm, and enjoyment levelshigh. Teaching first-year students about the engineering approach to problem-solving and design provides them with a frameworkwithin which to apply core scientific knowledge and mathematical skills they are acquiring in other courses. As part of ourIntroduction to Professional Engineering course, small groups of students work together on 2 intensive 6-week design projects.Students choose from a set of topics that reflect the diverse engineering disciplines within our faculty. The project descriptionswere developed in collaboration withEngineers without Borders

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Chirag Variawa

’ steps to help students and TA helped me resolve develop [them]. a problem two of my group members were having… ”Periodic self- At regular intervals, “The team meetings with 90%assessment of team students must be the TA helped us focus onfunctioning required to reflect on upcoming tasks, and past, present, and future helped us distribute tasks team goals accordingly” Table 1.0 – ESP II cooperative-learning goals vs. as perceived by studentsStudents believe that most of the cooperative

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Thomas F. C. Woodhall

defined multidimensional informing the constraints, and client nature; showing needproblem statement constraints and statement statement is aware of potential strengths accurately reflects potential biases from project needs client needs, terminology takes client need able to show potential and converts it into is

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Ahmed S. Khan; Beverly Cronin; Maneesh Kumar; Atef Mustafa; Pankti Patel; Joey Socorro

Preprocessor), a reflective programming language mainly used in server-side scripting. 7. X3D for 3D model – The ISO standard for real-time 3-D computer graphics.VIII. Development and Testing of Prototype The unified process (UP) method was used to develop this project. The UP method isgenerally deployed in software development environments, but can be applied to both hardwareand software development. This process combines the incremental process model and iterativeprocesses Another process defined by the UP method is the development of ' use cases'that detailhow a user will interact with a part of the system. They are developed with the idea thatcomputer systems/people will interact with hardware and software

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Deborah Tihanyi; Margaret N. Hundleby

is related to the others as being aknowledge-generating activity and a knowledge-presenting one. The assessment appropriate tothis construction is a set of activities that • take account of the origins of and expectations for the work being done, • orient to the purposes at which the work is aimed, • identify rhetorical techniques as a response to both context and purpose, and • consider outcomes to reflect the disciplinary context while adding to the knowledge and practice of which it consists.Instead of a stop/start procedure, assessment provides a continuous flow of information about thecondition of the communication outcomes, the relation of that condition to the context(s) oforigin, and the elements that