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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Christopher W. Swan; Julia Carroll

professional issuesassociated with the practice of engineering. The course also examines the economic, political andsocial issues that frame the project delivery process. Professionalism, ethics, communications,and leadership skill development were threaded throughout the course. Though specificallydeveloped and aimed for civil and environmental engineers, course materials are applicable tomost areas of engineering and science. This paper presents an overview of the course and provides specific examples of differentpedagogical methods and tools used for topic and course delivery. In addition to exams andassignments, a number of term projects were completed, allowing students to actively apply theskills discussed. Some of the pedagogical

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Roy T.R. McGrann

design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues (k) an

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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John Adams; Charles Kochakian

data capture concepts e.g. barcodes 2. RFID engineering: implementation of various tag and reader technologies 3. An understanding of EPC and the role of RFID standards 4. Understanding integration of hardware, middleware and enterprise systems 5. Adoption of RFID at this time and going forward. Global and societal impacts; ethical considerations. 6. Ability to evaluate different potential RFID solutions to a specific businessAs a rule, the points of learning are evaluated for all courses offered in the EE department. Forthis case the POLs were met but not all formally evaluated. Going forward the course will bethoroughly assessed as detailed below.From the outset of the course, students were encouraged to decide on a

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Hudson V. Jackson; Evelyn A. Ellis

of instructional content to engineering andor technology would be systematically introduced where appropriate. Two examples of how this could beincorporated into the course content for math and social studies are shown in Figures 2.0 and 3.0. 4 Math Science Engineering Discipline Technology General specific Ethics Language Social studies History Relationship To Applications

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. Instructors wrestled with studentfrustration and the reality that good projects were tough to come by and an engineer’s“final design” could always be modified by a client.In 2000, the classroom and the capstone design components of this course began tochange. Planning and Design of Construction Projects continued to consist of two 50minute classroom sessions each week and two three hour laboratory periods per week. Toenhance student achievement of various educational outcomes and better meet the needsof the Coast Guard, the classroom portion of the course expanded its focus to coverlecture topics that can be assigned to six broad categories: 1. Planning 2. Cost Estimating 3. Scheduling 4. Engineering Economics 5. Engineering Ethics

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Arthur Heinricher; Brian Savilonis; David Spanagel; Robert Traver; Kristin Wobbe

explored the chemical,ethical, physiological and economic dimensions of a (simple) question: Why do we eat what weeat? The students completed projects on subjects ranging from hunger in Worcester tocontrolling fertilizer runoff. Power the World focused on the physics, history, and theenvironmental and economic impact of energy technologies. The students completed projectsranging from an energy cost analysis of green roofs and photovoltaic systems for WPI to airpollution in China.This paper will describe the final student projects as well as the smaller projects and activitiesdesigned to help students develop the intellectual skills needed for research and professionalwork, including clear, succinct writing, oral presentation, pair and small group