Conference Session

Construction Safety and Risk Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neil Opfer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; David R. Shields P.E., University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Tagged Divisions

Construction

program. A subsidiary benefit was that in planning Page 24.320.7for safety it also forced one to better plan for the work package itself. Therefore there was notonly a safety benefit but a productivity benefit as well.In discussions with safety-conscious contractors in the years since then this author has beenstruck by how many of those contractors follow this same practice of mandatory pre-job JSAsattached to their work packages.Mandatory Substance Abuse TestingNumerous contractors over the years have implemented requirements for substance abuse testingfor their employees on either a pre-job basis, randomly, or on a post-accident basis. In

Conference Session

Topics Related to Civil Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Roger V. Lindgren, Oregon Institute of Technology; Sean St. Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology; David K. Thaemert P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Matthew Sleep, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the three-credit CE405 Sustainability & Infrastructure course; asubstitution may borrow a single credit from another course under the old curriculum, such asCIV317 Engineering Economics. The intent in making any of these substitutions is to bothsatisfy accreditation criteria for the selected program of study under which the student plans tomatriculate, while also maximally accounting for course credits already completed by the Page 24.336.8student.Another notable benefit, albeit one that takes some acclimation from current student advisors, isthe course numbering structure that was implemented with the new curriculum. A system wasadopted

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Fatin Aliah Phang, Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Aziatul Niza Sadikin, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Syed Ahmad Helmi, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Mohd Johari Kamaruddin, Centre of Lipids Engineering & Applied Research (CLEAR), Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

theliterature as well as the questions that they have listed for the interview. The requirement isfor each group to have at least one face to face interview.Although the instruction is somewhat detailed, students normally feel overwhelmed by thefact that they have to find their own material to learn, teach one another, and search forengineers to interview. To provide support for planning the tasks and seeing the "big picture"of the whole assignment, students are taught to develop a Gantt Chart to manage their timeand expectations as a group. After conducting the assignment for several years, it is safe tosay that most students have never talked to engineers. Ensuring that they have foundengineers to interview is important for the success of the

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy E. Study, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

pretest and posttest as part of regular classroom activities and themean scores for these students are similar to the expected mean for freshman engineers based onprevious research. Course content includes multiview projection, dimensioning, workingdrawings, creation of design solution alternatives, and CAD. Instruction techniques includesketching and the use of manipulatives along with lecture, demo, and CAD tutorials.In phase 2, the assessment of haptic tendencies of college students who plan to becomeelementary or secondary STEM teachers will be undertaken. Recruitment of subjects will beginlater in 2014. The primary reason for this testing is to determine if the haptic tendencies of thesefuture teachers are similar to students self-selecting

Conference Session

DEED Melange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, manufacture, and end of use oftheir water bottle design. The software lets the user determine what materials to use for thedesign, along with where they plan on manufacturing and selling the product. It then gives thestudents quantifiable results of how their design affects the environment by looking at theCarbon Footprint (amount of CO2 released), Energy Consumption (amount of Mega Joulesused), Air Acidification (amount of SO2 given off), and Water Eutrophication (amount of PO4produced). This small project gave the students an appreciation for assessing something theydesigned and analyzing generated data on how their product would affect the environment. Thestudents were then asked to change their design and materials to have their water bottle

Conference Session

Structural Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith E. Hedges, Drury University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

to lateral forces, contracts to framing layouts in response to gravity forces, andconcludes with the convergence to rigid body statics and the mechanics of deformable bodies.The process conceptually investigates the external environment of the structural elements prior totheir internal behaviors. The general course information, the topical content, lesson plans andinstructional strategy, and the assessment protocols describe the parti pris course.General Course InformationThe course description, content, and requirements respond to the structural systems accreditationcriterion. The original course description reads, “Investigation of the basic principles ofstructural systems through the analysis of overall structural behavior with specific

Conference Session

FPD 7: Beyond Course Content

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University; Beverly Kris Jaeger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Kris Jaeger, PhD has been a member of Northeastern University’s Gateway Team, a selected group of full-time faculty expressly devoted to the First-year Engineering Program at Northeastern Uni- versity. Recently, she has joined the expanding Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at NU to continue teaching Simulation, Facilities Planning, Human-Machine Systems, and Senior Capstone Design. Dr. Jaeger has been the recipient of several honors in engineering education for both teaching and mentoring and has been involved in several award-wining engineering educational research initiatives through ASEE and beyonDr. Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

Conference Session

Capstone & Senior Design Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Kristina Rojdev, NASA; Daniel Carrejo, NASA; Anthony J. Colozza

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

within the allotted budget for the project. If standard salaries for all the work completed would Page 24.927.5have been included in the proposed budget, the total costs would have exceeded the NASA budget forthe project. By using a Capstone Design team approach for the design, development and test activities,the Capstone team was offered the opportunity to work on an exciting and challenging project whileproviding a cost effective method to accomplish these initial project elements.The Capstone team began planning the initial design activities during the Fall 2012 semester andcompleted final prototype demonstration, project presentation

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses - Labs and Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yazan Alsmadi, Ohio State University ; Kaichien Tsai, Ohio State University; Mark J. Scott, Ohio State University; Longya Xu, Ohio State University; Aimeng Wang

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

circuits and as well as applying them tomotor drives.In reply to question two, 60% of students requested adding a few free lab periods to thelaboratory course where they can have the opportunity to practice alone without being guided bya lab procedure. Other suggestions were: • They prefer to have additional challenging problems with an additional extra credit where they can improve their debugging skills. • They recommended having an optional recitation class during the week where students can ask questions.V. Future WorkStudents’ comments and suggestions are being considered in the future work plan of the PowerElectronics and Motor Drives Laboratory at OSU such that they can be integrated with thecurrent developed lab. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raquel Perez Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

with the PI and co-PIs or senior personnel. The lab sessions will serve as practice for the graduate students to exercise the implementation of good teaching practices. Typically, graduate students (even those with teaching assistantships) lack the experience of designing educational activities, as these are usually designed by senior instructors/faculty members, whereas teaching assistants are only responsible for the implementation. This training will provide graduate students the educational training that they will need as they progress in their careers, especially if they plan to secure an academic job.(iv) To develop a multi-platform nanotechnology educational app—i.e., an app that will be able to run on

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Alejandro Teran, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM); Hoa Thi Pham, International University - Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City

Tagged Divisions

International

, Harman reported the existence of 368 higher education institutions providingfor over 1.5 million students and in 2013, Nguyen et al .report 419 institutions enrolling 2.2million students, reflecting the large growth in higher education occurring in Vietnam.11The country is undergoing a social and economic planned transformation, and like China, isforging its own path in the development and application of a “socialist-oriented marketmechanism.” The higher education system is under a major structural and policy reform, moving Page 24.972.12Vietnam from a Soviet model of higher education towards a western-styled system. The reformis being planned in the

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Clarke, Florida International Univeristy; Debra Lee Davis, Florida International University; Raymond Chang Lau, Florida International University; Tariq M. King, Ultimate Software Group, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

StructureThe CEN4072 course topics as stated in the catalog description are: test plan creation, test case Page 24.1115.5generation, program inspections, black-box testing, white-box testing, GUI testing, and the useof testing tools. The prerequisite for CEN4072 is data structures. The students in the course areevaluated based on three exams, a team-based project, and class participation. Details on the courseproject are provided in the next subsection.The material presented to students during the course is centered around black-box and white-boxtesting techniques.3, 18 The black-box testing techniques presented include: random, equivalencepartition

Conference Session

Discipline Specific Topics and Techniques

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mandy Wheadon, Purdue University; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Page 24.1124.1423. Golde, C. & Dore, T. At cross purposes: What the experiences of today’s doctoral students reveal about doctoral education. 1–58 (2001).24. Nerad, M., Aanerud, R. & Cerny, J. in Paths to Profr. Strateg. Enrich. Prep. Futur. Fac. (Wulff, D. H. & Austin, A.) 137–58 (Jossey-Bass, 2004).25. Dees, J. G. The meaning of social entrepreneurship. Duke Univ. Fuqua Sch. Business, Cent. Adv. Soc. Entrep. 1–5 (2001). at 26. Magner, D. Critics urge overhaul of Ph.D. training, but disagree sharply on how to do so: How graduate school alters students’ career plans. Chron. High. Educ. 46, 19 (2000).27. Carnevale, A., Rose, S. & Cheah, B. The college payoff: Education, occupations, lifetime

Conference Session

Programming, Simulation, and Dynamic Modeling

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Anthony William Duva P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Michael Jackson, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

plan &summary and both student and faculty experiences when the balance of theory, simulation andprojects was implemented in the course. Valuable information from students’ survey will bepresented and analyzed. According to the students’ survey in our three classes, the majority ofstudents strongly agreed with that the teaching approach “the balance of theory, simulation andproject” was the best one for teaching the course “Design of Machine Elements”.1. IntroductionThe trend in engineering education is swinging from an emphasis on theory to a balance betweentheory and applied design activities [1-4]. There are certainly some gaps or differences betweenthe academic settings and the industrial settings for mechanical engineering programs

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Raelin, Northeastern University; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology ; Jerry Carl Hamann, University of Wyoming; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; David L. Whitman P.E., University of Wyoming; Leslie K. Pendleton, Virginia Tech

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College Industry Partnerships

(e.g., use of retention measures in annual rankings).1 Thewell-known Tinto Model of Institutional Departure2 has pointed to the major reasons whystudents leave academia; namely, academic difficulties, irresolution of educational andoccupational goals, and lack of integration into the intellectual and social life of the institution.Tinto and many others have subsequently offered a number of suggestions for institutionalpractices designed to retain students. Among them are: more targeted recruitment, reduction ofexperience of racial discrimination and prejudice on campus, improved chance for earlyacademic success, better and more frequent advising, more active experiential instruction, moreinformed career planning, improved social acclimation

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Jason K Durfee P.E. P.E., Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

place for people to examine much as a museum does. To that end, a plan was initiated tolocate unused or underutilized display cases on campus that could be filled with oldtechnological artifacts. These display cases would give today’s students a realistic look at antiquetechnologies in a way that is superior to pictures and textual descriptions. The objective was toenhance the student’s understanding of the history of past technologies and how they are relatedto today’s technologies. This paper reviews the continuing efforts to promote technologicalliteracy by using a wide variety of approaches ranging from the old to new. It discusses how anold method using display cases can become an effective technique and looks into the future toother means

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel M. White, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

the studentapplication. We also provide a detailed description of the design and development process toprovide a reference for future design processes. Finally, we report on future plans and activitiesfor the student application.Related WorkApplications for mobile devices have been used as learning aids before. Pikme, an iPhonespecific application, was developed to help the instructor manage student class lists to learnstudent names, randomly select students to participate in class discussion, and rate these solicitedstudent responses5. The application can then store these ratings to aid the professor in gradingstudent participation. Overall student and instructor feedback was positive: use of theapplication in class led to increased student

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Khalid S. Al-Olimat P.E., Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

continue to be, conducted entirely by Skype or Google Chatmechanisms, thereby replacing the need for face to face meetings. This also, in some regards,increases the realism of the process, for it is now common for large industrial companies toconduct major technical reviews of projects distributed amongst several geographically-diverse Page 24.1394.6teams via teleconference.Proof of Concept and Planned AssessmentDue to the experimental nature of this initiative, students enrolled in the 2013-2014 capstonedesign sequence at Ohio Northern University were advised of the nature of the experiment andgiven the option to request an independent reviewer

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Hooper Sanders, East Carolina University; Mark Angolia, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

200 hours per year of industrial training and consulting for topics including forecasting, inventory management, production planning, project management, and supply chain management. His research interests are in improving supply chain efficiency through the application of technology and best practices for warehousing, logistics, and inventory management. He holds a B.S. and Master of Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a Ph.D. in Technology Management from Indiana State University. He also holds professional certifications of CPIM and CSCP from APICS, The Association for Operations Management, and a PMP from the Project Management Institute

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; David Reeping, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Time Mang. Stress Mang. Visual Personal Academic Management Academic Plan of Advising Study

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University; Thomas William Richardson, Coastal Hazards Center of Excellence; Himangshu Shekhar Das, Jackson State University; Donald L Hendon

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

envisionedto protect the coastal communities in Chambers and Brazoria Counties. An eminent team ofpartners was formed by TAMUG to carry the concept evaluation to the next level and to openlyinvolve stakeholders in the effort. Partners and collaborators include engineers from TheNetherlands, Delft Technical University, Texas A&M University, TAMUG, economics experts,planning experts, municipal, county and state governments, Army Corps of Engineers GalvestonDistrict, the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and the Jackson StateUniversity Coastal Hazards Center of Excellence (sponsored by the Department of HomelandSecurity).This project involved participation of four graduate students in evaluation of a continuousseawall at an elevation of

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Bill Williams, Setubal Polytechnic Institute; Jose Manuel Nunes Oliveira, Universidade de Aveiro; Gavin Duffy, University of Limerick; Dermot Brabazon P.E., Dublin City University

Tagged Divisions

International

Portugal have teamed with researchers at the University of Western Australiafunded by the Portuguese FCT to study engineers in the workplace.In Ireland, Dr. Kevin Kelly of Trinity College Dublin collaborated on a European-wideproject that looked at engineering recruitment, retention, and progression. In the fall of 2013,Dublin Institute of Technology established a research group specifically aimed at promotingEER across the college of Engineering and the Built Environment; leaders plan to convertthis research group into an established center on campus in the near future. Several Irishfaculty have also developed strong collaborations across the European Union for conductingEER work; however, there have been few instances of national collaboration

Conference Session

Innovative Projects in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale H. Litwhiler, Penn State - Berks

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

that operatealternately for redundancy and to provide for scheduled maintenance on the non-operating boilerand pump. The output of the two pumps is combined to feed one continuous hot water loop thatcirculates throughout the building. In the winter, the water temperature set point is about 180°F(82°C) while in the summer it is about 130°F (54°C). The students planned to attach the TEG toa small pipe that is tapped into the main circulation loop.The small pipe that would serve as the heat source was found to be a standard 3/8 inch insidediameter “black pipe.” The team used their combined limited CAD experience to design a fixturethat could be clamped onto a 3/8 inch pipe. The heat sink (cold side) design from the previousyears was slightly

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid R. Parsaei PE, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Nimir Elbashir, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Divisions

International

implementation of this program. Number of activities in this visionhave been implemented during the past 5-6 years and have shown significant success whileothers are still in their first phases of testing.IntroductionThe State of Qatar, surrounded by Persian Gulf water and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia byland, is one of the fastest growing nations in the world. The country’s vision in transformingits carbon based economy into a knowledge based economy has made this nation an icon inthe Middle East. The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and CommunityDevelopment, a non-profit organization, which was founded in 1995, is the primary drivingforce behind Qatar’s 2030 Vision that plans to provide the skills and education necessary tomove the State of

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Yu, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

-survey. The survey results suggested that in general the studentsfound it convenient and easy to record their speech using Google Voice; they also agreed thatusing real-life data offered realistic tests of the theory, and that the automatic transcriptionsystem allowed them to investigate the performance of a real-life speech recognition system. Inclosing, the conclusions and future plans are presented. Page 24.104.2IntroductionIn recent years, speech and audio processing has received significant attention [1][2][3] in theengineering education society, while little has been proposed regarding topics related to speechquality and intelligibility

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve C. Hsiung, Old Dominion University; John M. Ritz, Old Dominion University; Ece Yaprak, Wayne State University; Thomas B. Stout, Tidewater Community College; Richard L. Jones, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Page 24.436.2 power isolation for digital/analog controls and motor drives.5. Available Op-Amp, EEPROM, and DAC operations.6. Available SPI bus communication and interface.7. Available GS encoder (EVEGA2).8. Available isolated power FET/IRF530*8 for stepper and DC motor controls.9. Available 2.2”*6.5” breadboard for additional interface.10. Available header socket and molded jumper wire for easy interfacing. Photo1. PIC Training SystemPlan of Project Implementations The plan for this project has been designed to achieve these goals through multipleproject components that will contribute to the development of exemplary undergraduate STEMeducation. These include:1. Use workshop attendee, student

Conference Session

ETAC, ABET, & STEM Programs

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine C. Balascio, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

appropriate to the media being used. - Comprehends communication from others. Attends to messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately.A complete list of the ET Workplace Competencies (without definitions or key actions) is shownin Table 1.Table 1. ET Workplace Competencies Engineering/Technical Knowledge Analysis and Judgment General Knowledge Planning Continuous Learning Communication Quality Orientation Teamwork Initiative Integrity Innovation Professional Impact Page 24.510.3 Cultural

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt A. Thoroughman, Washington University; Alessandra Hruschka, Washington University in St.Louis; Patricia Widder, Washington University in St. Louis

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. For theneurorehabilitation topic we collaborate with a biomedical engineer who works in theuniversity’s Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurship. The students develop awareness in Page 24.512.4business, how to present engineering solutions in economic terms, how to build an effective andmission-oriented team, and how to anticipate future technical, societal and economic change.This module helps students learn the importance of investigating the market and validatingmarket interest, begin to ideate preliminary notions of a business plan, evaluate economicviability, and continue to develop collaborative methods to constrain possible product ideas

Conference Session

K-12 Teacher Pre-Service and Undergraduate Instructor Training

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Penn State Harrisburg; Sofía Carolina Maldonado, Texas A&M International University; Gerardo J. Pinzon PE, Texas A&M International University; Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and the engineering design process and other conceptstaught in college engineering courses. Fourteen participants successfully completed theworkshop. This paper provides details about the workshop, including the topics covered.Results of pre- and post- workshop surveys are also presented and discussed.I. IntroductionThe declining competitiveness of the United States (U.S.) and impending shortage of engineershas been the focus of numerous reports [1, 2]. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Boardattempted to respond to the looming crisis through the creation and implementation of theClosing the Gaps: The Texas Higher Education Plan [3]. Under the program’s strategies, a goalto significantly increase the number of degrees awarded in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

future plans are documented in Section 5.Section 2: Components of the Redesigned CourseFirst, the sessions of the course have been reorganized to facilitate the integration around thecore theme. The course meets in 28 sessions during the Fall term (14 weeks at 2 sessions perweek). Figure 1 illustrates the grouping of the sessions as course modules. Page 24.527.2 Figure 1: Themes of the course modulesThe core theme of the course is to link the course and classroom activities to the communitythrough one or more community-based engineering projects with clearly identified servicelearning components. These projects are