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A. Richard Vannozzi

methodologies for teaching and learning in software intensiveenvironments, it is important to draw a distinction between training and education. Training isusually understood to be the acquisition of a specific set of skills in order to master theperformance of a specific task, with little emphasis on theory. [1]. This is not to say that theory isnot important, and in fact implicit in most professional training is the fact that an understandingof the underlying theory and abstractions already exists in the trainee. In contrast, education ischaracterized by the transmission of knowledge and understanding for use in subsequentdynamic applications [1]. Implicit in education is the exposure to theory as at least part of thelearning experience. Step by step

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Andrzej Zarzycki

traditional didactic and passive-style learningreferred by Paulo Freire as “banking education.”[ 1] There is ample precedence and philosophical backing for the learning-by-doing approach.Some trace it as far as Confucius, with his memorable adage from around 450 BC: “Tell me, andI will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand.” In more recenttimes, David Kolb defined the concept of Experiential Learning Theory (ELT)[ 2] using twocontinuum axes: active experimentation–reflective observation and abstract conceptualization–concrete experience. Each of four learning types consists of experimentation, experience, orreflection as an active component of the learning process. These components can be used asbuilding

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Andrzej Zarzycki

expectations fordigitally based architectural education and practices. It sets an expectation for architecture tobehave like a 21st-century structure, not merely be fashioned to look like one. Performance-based design is a particularly promising direction in regard to architectural generative processesin which a form can be not only evaluated based on the performance criteria, but also derivedthrough the very process of simulation. Performance-based simulation is emerging as a critical component of the contemporarydesign process [ 1] [ 2], where it can function as a mechanism for the generative design validation.Performance-based simulations could facilitate human design by interactively responding todesign parameters or function as semi

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Rathika Rajaravivarma

are enrolled in the Electromechanical Engineering Technology program. In this paper, we step through the process to employ LEGO as a tool in the Logic and Problem Solving course. We will also discuss the students’ experience with LEGO as part of enriched learning. Finally, we conclude with the observations and recommendations of the efficient use of LEGO mindstorms in the curriculum. 1Intr oductionActive learning approach to engage students has been an area of study in multipledisciplinary areas [1-3]. Using LEGO Mindstorms as a tool to induce activelearning in introductory and advanced courses has proved successful in the pastdecade [4-5]. Programming with

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Peter Salvatore

put in a landfill with CH 4 recovery, or put in a landfillwithout CH 4 recovery. This information was given by physical plant and WIT’s waste removalcompany.ResultsTable 1- Emissions by CategorySource Amount (Tons The results of the Greenhouse Gas Inventory eCO 2 ) showed that Wentworth Institute ofPurchased Electricity 3,000 Technology emitted about 17,000 metric tonsOn-Campus 8,000 of carbon dioxide equivalents (eCO 2 ) for theStationary fiscal year 2007. About 3,000 metric

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Amos Joseph St. Germain

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Elif Kongar; Kurt A. Rosentrater

Greening the Engineering and Technology Curriculum via Real Life Hands- on Projects Elif Kongar 1 and Kurt A. Rosentrater 2 AbstractThis paper aims at demonstrating how greening efforts can be embedded into science andengineering courses without major curricular changes. In this regard, examples of final projectsassigned in a statistical quality control, a 500-level, graduate engineering course, focusing oncampus sustainability are provided. After completing ten weeks in the classroom, the studentswere asked to apply their engineering knowledge and learning of continuous processimprovement techniques to a given problem

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Andrew C. Foley; Eben H. Phillips

Senior Engineering Mechanisms Design Machine Design Instructive Capstone Design I Capstone Design II DemonstrativeFigure 1 :Design course progression through four year Mechanical Engineering ProgramCourse Objectives The introduction to mechanical engineering design (IMED 1208) course isambitious in its practical goals and in its significant contribution to numerous ABEToutcomes. E.g. ED03, an ability to design a system, component or process to

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Ali Alshubbak; Saeid Moslehpour; Eugenio Pellicer; Joaquín Catalá

2010 ASEE Northeast Section Conference Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, 7 – 8 May, 2010 Implementation of Delphi methodology for designing engineering syllabus according to the industry’s needs Ali Alshubbak 1, Saeid Moslehpour 2, Eugenio Pellicer 3, Joaquín Catalá 4Construction and civil engineering are multidisciplinary professions where students areacquiring a career that is based on the durable knowledge; practical abilities andindustry’s needs. Other studies, such as mathematics or physics are pure science basedon theoretical knowledge. But a question persists: is the knowledge acquired

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Gloria Monaghan

. There were a number of changes between virtual classroom and student comments aboutSecond Life, but there are three or four social responses that were dramatically different than exchangesperformed in a traditional classroom setting. The topics discussed centered on these four themes;1. Relationships in Second Life2. Gender role in Second Life3. Education and reproduction in the 21 Century4. The virtual world and learning in the virtual world. The virtual class and traditional class differed in about four dominant ways; 1. The types of studentswho responded changed slightly but significantly in terms of demographic (specifically race). 2. The waythe students responded to each other and professor was also significantly different in a

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David Potter

means ofpresentation (see Table 1). His summary indicates that a participatory style of presentation hassubstantially better recall than others, particularly the common classroom lecture. This examplereinforces the anecdotal feedback from new graduates about their need to learn on the job inorder for their education to make sense to them. 1 Table 1 Recall ability for different types of presentation Ability to Recall Type of Presentation

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Ryan Ferguson; Richard Lupa; Bradford Powers; Henry Whitney; Salah Badjou

in wind, and was constructed for less than $120. The prototype will bedemonstrated.Introduction The demand for alternative energy technologies is the greatest it has ever been [1] [2].Solar energy represents one of the best clean power options currently available. Unfortunately,solar panels generate only a very small percentage of the power required by the averagehousehold [3]. Therefore, it is of great importance to optimize the power collected by eachindividual cell. A solar tracker is a device which allows the solar cell freedom of motion to follow thesun throughout the course of the day, focusing the highest possible amount of light energydirectly onto the panel surface. By doing this, the efficiency of the cell can be

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Haruna Hosokawa; Judy Robinson

working as a mechanical engineerand teaching engineering classes at a university. In BPS, her roles include curriculumdevelopment and professional development in engineering and robotics and organizing theannual Robotics Olympics for the Boston Public Schools. She has a Master's degree inMechanical Engineering from Tufts University. Contact: TechBoston, Boston Public Schools.55 Malcolm X. Blvd. Building 1, Roxbury, MA 02120. Phone: (617) 635-8801 E-mail:hhosokawa@techboston.org. Judy Robinson is currently a robotics curriculum consultant to TechBoston. She hascreated a highly successful multi-disciplinary pre-engineering curriculum for kindergarten tosecond grades now being piloted in the Boston Public Schools. She taught in the Boston

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Benjamin Cadieux; Lee Denaro; Paul Ellsworth; Adam Robert; Salah Badjou

controlsa solenoid valve outside the building. When natural gas is detected above a set gas threshold, ortemperature above a set temperature threshold, the microcontroller actuates the solenoid andturns off the gas supply, thus preventing potential explosions and fire. A fully functional scaledmodeled was developed and will be demonstrated.Introduction: The National Fire Protection Association reported that fire departments throughout theUnited States of America responded to 2,410 home fires in which natural gas was the first materialthat ignited. These fires resulted in 43 civilian deaths, 211 civilian injuries, and a massive $48 milliondollars in direct property damage [1]. From December 2008 to the current date of May 4, 2009 therehave

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Salah Badjou

, it is conserved and may not becreated. Heat from solar energy or combustion of hydrocarbons may be converted to mechanicalkinetic energy through heat engines. When heating is the desired result, solar energy may bemost efficiently directly converted into heat. Electric technology is powered by electric energywhich is obtained through the transformation of other forms, such as mechanical energy ofrotation in generators or from the transduction of solar light by photovoltaic cells. Non-renewable sources include the hydrocarbons. Another non-renewable form is nuclear energy.The proportion of each energy type currently in use is shown in Fig. 1 [1]. It is seen that thehydrocarbon sources dominate, and next nuclear energy sources. The major

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Daniel Domato; Marco Castaldi; James Patrick Abulencia

green engineering without having to create a semester-long independent course.Introduction: “The need for energy and fuels is one of the common threads throughout history and isrelated to almost everything that man does or wishes to do [1].” For the past one hundred years,the primary sources of energy producing materials have been crude oil and coal. And with theprices of crude oil increasing and the availability of natural resources decreasing, thedevelopment of alternative fuels is now on the forefront of the scientific and economic world.Globally since 1860, our energy consumption has increased exponentially. This trend can beseen in Figure 1: Figure 1. World energy Consumption by resource, 1860 – 1990 [1] To this

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Xiaobin Le P.E.; Ali Moazed; Anthony Duva; Richard Roberts

Application of the SolidWorks in teaching mechanical design for the digital generation Xiaobin Le, Ali Moazed, Anthony Duva and Richard Roberts Department of Electronics & Mechanical, Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA 02115Abstract: Some problems for students in engineering design are (1) having difficulty tovisualize the complicated component or assembly from 2D drawings, (2) not sure how tomanufacture designed components, (3) not sure how to properly assemble the components and(4) not sure whether the component or assembly has enough strength /stiffness. With appearanceof true 3D CAD software such as SolidWorks, the concepts of

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R. Radharamanan; Jeng-Nan Juang

membrane (PEM) fuel cells are nowattracting enormous interest for various applications such as low-emission vehicles, distributedhome power generators, and power sources for small portable electronic products [1, 2, 3].Recent studies indicate that water management is crucial for efficient operation of PEM fuel cells[4, 5]. The water content of the polymer electrolyte must be sufficient to provide good ionicconductivity, but too much water can flood the pores of the catalyst and gas-diffusion layers.In the process of producing electricity by means of PEM fuel cells, hydrogen fuel passes throughan anode catalyst layer where the hydrogen gas separates into protons and electrons. The protonspass through the PEM while the electrons pass through an

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Ismail I. Orabi

mechanicalengineering capstone design courses. Examples of the current projects will be presented.IntroductionSenior design engineering courses have increasingly used industry-sponsored projectsthat give students opportunities to address real world problems [1-4]. Capstone design coursesare also a site for developing many of the higher-level engineering learning outcomes and thoserequiring integration of innovation, problem solving and knowledge. The vast majority ofcapstone design instructors assign great value to the capstone design course [5-6]. Many believetheir courses offer potential for achieving and assessing all of the engineering criterion 3outcomes required by ABET [7].The mechanical engineering capstone design instructor has initiated the industry

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Andrzej Zarzycki

digital objects.Presently, BIM-based tools lack significant generative design modules and thus becomeperipheral within the architectural design process. This deficiency reflects the difficulty ofreconciling the generative-lateral modes of creativity with the didactic-hierarchical modes ofproblem solving. At the same time, general-use, generative design software lacks the databasedimension and material-based knowledge associated with its digital models. Often limited tosimple mesh definitions, traditional digital models exist outside real units and dimensions,without any physical reference to the outside world. In this aspect, these digitally created designsstill operate within the old paradigm, defined by Alberti [ 1], in which design is

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Tyler J. Martin; Matthew S. Jolda; Christopher M. Linden; Douglas E. Dow

theseavailable tools. Different people have different optimal learning styles. Seven types of learningstyles have been identified, which individuals use to learn or gain knowledge. Any combinationof these styles can be used but individuals often primarily utilize one or two learning styles [1].The following descriptions of learning styles classify the preference of an individual whilelearning. Social learners prefer to work in groups while solitary learners gain more working ontheir own. Aural learners use sound and music to learn while verbal learners use speech andwords either written or spoken. Visual learners learn by seeing how something is done througheither pictures or images. Logical learners learn by using reasoning or systematic

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Dan Brosnan; Dana Hawes; Max Nielsen; Salah Badjou

carry the household garbage bin from its storagelocation to the curbside and back once the garbage has been retrieved. A pictorial view of thissystem can be seen in Fig. 1 below. Current designs utilize systems which limit the functionalityof the devices.[1], [2], [3] This design alleviates these limitations while serving the purpose in amore effective and efficient manner while being affordable to both the designer and consumer.The design will be of great assistance to those who are physically incapable of performing thisotherwise common task. This includes the elderly, the handicapped, and those whose hecticlifestyle makes it impossible to accomplish the task. The project was to satisfy the requirementsof Junior-level Electromechanical Design

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Cameron Ian Cooper

-retention.IntroductionThis research follows a line of research started in 2008 [1]. The primary goal of this research is tounderstand the dynamics of a student body for the purposes of predictive modeling via neural networks.As evidenced, behavioral modeling of a student body in regards to success can be a difficult enterprise[2]. Student body data can become quickly obsolete and of little use for predicting student success.The initial stage of this research attempted to create a generalizable model for predicting first-semesterpersistence (i.e. identify students most likely to persist and conversely those students “at-risk” of notpersisting to their second semester of study). This model utilized the 2005 and 2006 freshman cohorts totrain and test a neural network

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Scott Grenquist

of(kilogram*meter) per (second2), in all their engineering calculations from that point on in their life. I believe that allowingstudents to substitute 1N for 1 (kilogram*meter) per (second2) is one of the greatest deficiencies in the instruction ofdimensions and units in this country today.Students should understand that the units of force are really (kilogram*meters) per (second2). Because the understanding offorce being (kilogram*meters ) per (second2 ) allows students to readily remember Newton's second law, it can also assist inunderstanding higher order derived dimensions. For instance, one equation that describes energy is that force times distanceequals energy. So, if the students know that force times distance equals energy, then

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Charles R. Sullivan; Mark J. Franklin

educational impact of theproject.Introduction Students are often most familiar with automobiles through the direct experience ofdriving them. Connecting study of vehicle efficiency to this experience helps to motivatestudents and to build more complete understanding. But class experiments including drivingautomobiles would pose serious logistical and safety problems. To provide students with suchan educational experience without these difficulties, we modified an open-source automobileracing computer game, The Open Race Car Simulator (TORCS) [1], to include a realistic modelof fuel consumption. The driving simulator, via three-dimensional graphics and a user interfacewith a steering wheel and pedals, provides students with a compelling

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Janet Baldwin

, rewind, and fast forward. The students would watch me writing on the “board”and hear me speaking. The intent was to have students take notes from the lessons, justas they would in class. They should also be doing the calculations and solving theexample problems with me. At any time during playback, the video could be paused orrewound to repeat. Shown in Figure 1 is a snapshot of a lesson video on 2-dimensionalequilibrium. Color is used very successfully for clarity, especially in the drawings. Inaddition, the page can be set up prior to recording, with pictures, videos, typed text, etc.The biggest difference between the online and face-to-face delivery was the access to theinstructor to ask questions and get further explanations. This was

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Paul C. King; Gerarda M. Shields

courses.INTRODUCTION Leading the IP curriculum development effort is an interdisciplinary team led by the partnership of alicensed Architect and a licensed Civil Engineer both full time professors at New York City College ofTechnology. This paper focuses on the curriculum development, implementation, and assessmentmethodology of the Integrated Projects courses.1. THE CITYPOLY – CITYTECH PARTNERSHIP1.1 Introduction to CityPoly High School CityPoly is one of four State-approved Career and Technical Education (CTE) demonstration sites inNew York City and has been named as one of 10 schools in New York City Chancellor Joel Klein’s 21stCentury Schools Initiative. The unique format of this CTE school is a 3 + 2 program in which studentscomplete a full 4 years