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Kenneth Halliday; Israel Urieli; Gregory Kremer

Session 2525 Putting the "Engine" Back Into Engineering Education - A Capstone Design Project Kenneth R. Halliday, Gregory G. Kremer, Israel Urieli Department of Mechanical Engineering Ohio UniversityAbstractThe Mechanical Engineering Department at Ohio University has recently radically transformedits Senior Design Curriculum. This change was motivated by the perception among the entiremechanical engineering faculty of the need to improve the way that engineering design is taughtat the senior undergraduate level. Three separate

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Shirley Fleischmann

Session 2793ABET 2000 and Community Service Projects for Engineering Students Shirley T. Fleischmann, Ph.D. Seymour and Esther Padnos School of Engineering Grand Valley State UniversityAbstractABET 2000 criteria require that students show a knowledge of professional ethics as wellas a knowledge of cultural and global issues. These topics are not often easily addressedin traditional approaches to engineering courses, however they are a natural part ofcommunity service projects. The author will discuss how community service projectshave been used with great success in the ASME student

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Valarie Arms; J. Weggel; Aly Valentine

Session 2453 Assessing Innovative, Project- Based Learning In Drexel’s Freshman Core Curriculum Aly Valentine, Valarie M. Arms, J. Richard Weggel Drexel UniversityIntroductionAlthough ABET and ASEE have cited the importance of innovation in engineering curriculumdevelopment, one of the enduring challenges is their assessment. In fact, ABET’s EC2000criteria reflect the program goals initiated by Drexel’s E4 (An Enhanced Engineering Educationfor Engineers), a program initially funded by the National Science Foundation. That programwon ABET’s

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Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

Session 1526 Developing and Implementing Hands-on Laboratory Exercises and Design Projects for First Year Engineering Students Richard J. Freuler, Audeen W. Fentiman, John T. Demel, Robert J. Gustafson, John A. Merrill The Ohio State UniversityAbstractDuring the past ten years, The Ohio State University’s College of Engineering has moved from aseries of separate freshman courses for engineering orientation, engineering graphics, andengineering problem solving with computer programming to a dual offering of course sequencesin the Introduction to

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Thomas Harmon; Glenn Burks; Eva Baker; Gregory Chung

Session 3530 Evaluation of a Simulation and Problem-Based Learning Design Project Using Constructed Knowledge Mapping Thomas C. Harmon, Glenn A. Burks Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UCLA Greg K.W.K. Chung, Eva L. Baker Graduate School of Education and Information Studies National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, Student Testing (CRESST) UCLA.AbstractThis work describes results from an educational evaluation of an environmental

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Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; K. Chandrashekhara; Vicki Eller

Session 1526 WWW Site Design for Internal and External Audiences: The Smart Engineering Project Steve E. Watkins, Richard H. Hall, Vicki M. Eller, K. Chandrashekhara University of Missouri-RollaAbstract The Smart Engineering project seeks to develop a model for training engineers withinterdisciplinary skills and experiences. It involves an interdisciplinary course and a demonstrationhighway bridge. An associated WWW site provides course resources including tutorials in topicalareas, exercises promoting team interaction, and guidance for collaborative activities and

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Ed McCombs; Camille F. DeYong

Session 1339 A Hands-On Approach to Teaching Undergraduate Engineering Students the Concept of Economic Project Risk Edward L. McCombs and Camille F. DeYong, PhD Industrial Engineering and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078AbstractMost engineering economic analysis textbooks explain the concept of economic projectrisk, including methods for estimating data. However, students often do not develop anappreciation for the difficulties involved in developing estimates. The assignmentdiscussed in this paper uses active learning to develop estimates of maintenance costs foran

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James Heidenreich; Dr. Eugene Silgalis; Nicholas Akinkuoye

Session 1149 Innovative Engineering Technology Projects: Their Uses As Recruitment, Formative/Summative Evaluation and Outcome Assessment Tools. Dr. Nicholas O. Akinkuoye, Dr. Eugene Silgalis, Mr. James Heidenreich Cuyahoga Comm. College Dept. Of Engineering Tech., Cleveland, OhioThe assessment of student learning and of educational outcome is as old as educationitself. However, Society’s quest for Quality issues, especially in manufactured productstook international and global center stage around the 1950, when Edward Deming’slecture to the Japanese help revolutionize the Japanese manufacturing industry and

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Kevin Davis; Frank Severance; Damon Miller

Session 2793 An Interactive Web-Based Analog Grade Computer as an Electrical Circuits Capstone Lab Project Kevin Davis, Damon Miller and Frank Severance Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Western Michigan UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the use of an interactive web-based circuit demonstration system to providea mid-semester superposition capstone experience for electrical circuit fundamentals labstudents. The particular circuit to be interactively demonstrated is a simple electronic artificialneural network which is used

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Richard Schultz; Darryl Sale; Chang-Hee Won; William Semke; Arnold Johnson

Session 3232 Spacecraft Systems Engineering – The Initiation of a Multidisciplinary Design Project at the University of North Dakota Chang-Hee Won, Darryl Sale, Richard R. Schultz, Arnold F. Johnson, and William H. Semke University of North DakotaAbstractDuring this past year, several departments at the University of North Dakota have been focusing onthe design of inexpensive spacecraft for atmospheric studies and remote sensing. Thismultidisciplinary design project emphasizes the systems engineering approach, in which extensivedocumentation is created

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Timothy Wheeler; Dr. Rose Marra; Dr. Jack Mitchell; Dr. Charles Croskey

Session 1332 S.P.I.R.I.T. Student Rocket Payload: Characteristics of a Long-duration Undergraduate Research Project Timothy F. Wheeler, Charles Croskey, John D. Mitchell, The Pennsylvania State University Rose M. Marra University of Missouri - ColumbiaAbstractStudent Projects Involving Rocket Investigation Techniques (SPIRIT) used experiential learningand vertical integration techniques to guide students of diverse backgrounds through a three-yeardesign and fabrication process for a

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Jerry A. Caskey

Session 2551 A Supplemental Lab Project to Reinforce Physical/Chemical Processes in an Environmental Engineering Course Jerry A. Caskey Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractNo matter what their learning style students at Rose-Hulman appreciate hands-on experiences toreinforce principles taught in the classroom. Over the past several years a supplemental labproject has been developed to reinforce several topics covered in our “Unit Operations ofEnvironmental Engineering” course. This course is an elective course offered by the ChemicalEngineering

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Brian Huggins; Winfred K Anakwa; Gary Dempsey

Session 3232 Use of Senior Mini-Project for Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum Assessment Gary Dempsey, Brian Huggins, and Winfred Anakwa Bradley University, Department of Electrical & Computer EngineeringAbstractAlthough many mechanisms exist for engineering course assessments such as teacher/courseevaluations, homework and test results, and student office visits, developing new mechanisms forcurriculum assessment can be difficult to implement and analyze. This paper discusses the six-weekmini-project for senior students in the Electrical and Computer Engineering

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M. Catherine Hudspeth; Angela Shih

Session 1353 Using the Lego Robotics Kit as a Teaching Tool in a Project-based Freshman Course A.C.Shih and M.C. Hudspeth California Polytechnic University MEP ProgramAbstractFor an incoming freshman, beginning of his/her college life can be an exciting butchallenging experience. Some of these challenges may include: displacement fromhome, lack of friends, tough course work, and unfamiliar environment in general. TheMaximizing Engineering Potential (MEP) program at Cal Poly Pomona recognized thedifficulties that the freshmen face, and has

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Waleed Smari; Jon Stevens; Andrew Murray

Session 3225 Learning the Tools and Techniques of Geographically Dispersed Collaborative Design Via a Brief Student Project Andrew P. Murray, Jon M. Stevens, Waleed W. Smari, University of DaytonAbstractEngineering design collaborations with personnel and resources distributed throughout the globe,once experimental and cutting-edge, are becoming the standard operating procedure for manycompanies. Graduating engineers now enter a business environment that requires a sophisticatedunderstanding of collaborative design and the powerful new technologies that make it

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Alok Verma

Session 1150 Meeting Research & Publication Requirements in an Undergraduate E T Program through Senior Design Projects Alok K. Verma Old Dominion UniversityI IntroductionSuccess in an Engineering Technology programs has been traditionally evaluated based uponthree factors namely, Teaching, Research and Service. While the relative ranking of thesefactors is arguable 1,5, it is the research (and the associated requirement of publication) whichcauses great anxiety for faculty in ET programs. This is specially true, in view of increasingemphasis placed

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Jeffrey Mountain

Session 2525 Method and Experimental Based Design: An Approach to Freshman and Sophomore Engineering Design Projects Jeffrey R. Mountain The University of Texas at TylerAbstractThe benefits of group-based design activity in an engineering curriculum may be greatlyenriched by careful structuring of design activities into the freshman/sophomore introductorycourse sequence. Focal points of this approach include: teaching a design methodology,applying that methodology to unique, product development-based problems and guiding studentsthrough discovery based

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Michael Lucas; Catherine Latterell; Andrew Vavreck

Session 2325 Multidisciplinary Multilevel Functionally-Managed Student Design in the SAE Mini-Baja Project Andrew N. Vavreck, Catherine G. Latterell, Michael R. Lucas Penn State University, Altoona CollegeAbstractIn order to heed the call in engineering education to provide richer learning environments, inwhich engineering students develop critical skills to work effectively on teams with individualsfrom other fields, we need to encourage development of multidisciplinary, multilevel learningexperiences in which students play lead roles. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE

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S. Scott Moor

Session 1313 Open Beginning Projects: A flexible approach to encouraging student curiosity and creativity S. Scott Moor Lafayette CollegeAbstractIn the rush to fulfill all that they must do, our students often find little time or encouragement toindulge their curiosity. To encourage curiosity, to allow for the diversity of our students tastesand abilities, and to allow for creativity, I introduced a flexible system of small student definedprojects. In addition to being open-ended, these

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Carlos Sun; Ralph A. Dusseau; Douglas Gabauer; Beena Sukumaran; Douglas Cleary

Session 2615Open-Ended Projects for Graduate School-Bound Undergraduate Students in Civil Engineering Carlos Sun University of Missouri-Columbia Ralph Dusseau, Douglas Cleary, Beena Sukumaran, and Douglas Gabauer Rowan UniversityAbstractThis paper describes a series of open-ended project classes called Junior/SeniorEngineering Clinics as part of the curriculum at the Department of Civil Engineering atRowan University. The emphasis of this paper is on projects that prepare graduateschool-bound students who would benefit from a research-oriented

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Leslie Pease; Edward Mastascusa; Dan Hyde; Brian Hoyt; Bill Snyder; Maurice F. Aburdene; Michael Prince; Margot Vigeant

Session 1266 Project Catalyst: Successes and Frustrations of Introducing Systemic Change to Engineering Education Michael Prince, Daniel C. Hyde, E.J. Mastascusa, Margot Vigeant, Michael Hanyak, Maurice F. Aburdene, Brian Hoyt, William Snyder Bucknell University College of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering/Electrical Engineering/ Instructional Technology/ Computer Science/ Electrical Engineering/ Instructional Assessment/ Chemical EngineeringAbstractProject Catalyst is a

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Tomoki Abe; Richard Thurlkill; Krishna Kurpad; Jay Porter; Anthony Vaughan; Joseph Morgan

Session 1347 Protein Titration Control and Monitoring System: A Collaborative, Real-world Course Project Anthony Vaughan, Tomoki Abe, Krishna Kurpad, Richard Thurlkill, Jay Porter, Joseph Morgan Texas A&M UniversityAbstractCurrently, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine usesa manually-operated system for the pH titration of histidine penta-peptides, model compoundsand proteins. The data collected from this system will be used to determine the pKa of thehistidine side-chain in these different compounds

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Cheng Lin

Session 3548 PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT FOR A LEAK-PREVENTIVE TOILET FLUSH SYSTEM – AN MET SENIOR DESIGN (CAPSTONE) PROJECT Cheng Y. Lin, PhD., PE. Department of Engineering Technology Old Dominion University Norfolk, VirginiaAbstractA senior design (Capstone) project for three mechanical engineering technology studentsat Old Dominion University is described.A prototype design is presented to perform the functional test of a leak-preventive toiletsystem. There are two major leaks in the toilet

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Gholam Omidi; Bill Oldham; Farouk Attia

Session 2793 Analytical Survey and Assessment for a Cross-Training Program In Construction Project Management Gholam Omidi , Ph.D., Bill. W. Oldham, Farouk G. Attia, Ph.D University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-4083AbstractAs a result of technology advancements moving at speeds that were never envisioned, ithas become mandatory for Project Management to be proficient in the major areas thatsupport and quantify the activities that result in project completions being “on-time andwithin budget.” Project Control provides the data and metric interface used to developthe information needed to manage a

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X. Qian; A. Jalloh; Zheng-Tao Deng; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

Session 1566 Building Undergraduate ME Student Design Portfolio: Case study on Heat and Mass Transfer Project Z.T. Deng, Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, X. Qian, A. Jalloh and A. Mobasher Department of Mechanical Engineering Alabama A&M University Normal, AL 35762 Phone: (256) 858-4142 E-Mail: aamzxd01@aamu.edu rojaso@aamu.edu; cqian@aamu.edu; ajalloh@aamu.edu; amobasher@aamu.eduAbstractOne of the key challenges to engineering educator today is how to provide a fast track to

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Paul Duesing; Kevin Schmaltz; Dan Goodrich; Pamela Schmaltz

Session 2525 A Capstone Senior Engineering Design Course: A Project Case Study and Its Subsequent History Pamela Schmaltz, Kevin Schmaltz and Paul Duesing Lake Superior State University Dan Goodrich Continental Teves, Inc.I. IntroductionA senior engineering design course can be used to develop ties with industry while givingstudents a taste of real-life project engineering. The engineering and technologycurricula at Lake Superior State University (LSSU) incorporate a two-semester,multidisciplinary capstone senior

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Ming Huang

Session 2525 The Catapult Experience – A Learning Project on Taguchi Method for Design Optimization Dr. Ming Z. Huang, P.E. Department of Mechanical Engineering Florida Atlantic UniversityAbstractQuality Engineering, a topic of practical importance to industry, is typically not given adequateattention in most engineering curriculum except perhaps in industrial engineering. While theextent of exposure of students to this topic may vary by discipline, its need has beenunequivocally established, per ABET Criteria 3 (b)(c), that

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Herbert Hess

Session 1333 Cost-Tailored Load Management for Power Quality in an Independent Power System as an Interdisciplinary Capstone Design Project Herbert L. Hess Electrical and Compute Engineering University of Idaho Moscow, IdahoAbstract An interdisciplinary undergraduate design team redesigns and builds a hybrid windpower-fossil fuel generation facility that provides electricity and water for an environmentally sensitivewilderness location. Students first develop objectives for quantity of power

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Larry McKenzie; Kenneth Gentili; Jr., Richard Crain; Jeffrey McCauley; Forrest Parkay; Denny Davis; Michael Trevisan

Session 2525 @ Division 25 A Curriculum Model for Developing Teams, Communication Skills, and Introducing the Design Process for Engineering Programs developed by the TIDEE Project Team. Kenneth L. Gentili Tacoma Community College Jeffrey F. McCauley Green River Community College Richard W. Crain Jr., Dale Calkins Deceased Denny C. Davis, Michael S. Trevisan, Forrest Parkay, Larry McKenzie Washington State UniversityAbstractFaculty struggle to implement outcomes-based engineering education that is neededto satisfy ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 requirements for

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Ravi Athale; John Treichler; Dave Munson; Sally Wood; Geoffrey Orsak; Scott Douglas; Mark Yoder

Session 2432 The INFINITY Project: Building a High School Curriculum Focused on Modern Technology Which Emphasizes Engineering, Math, and Science Principles Mark A. Yoder1, Ravi Athale2, Scott Douglas3, Dave Munson4, Geoffrey Orsak3, John Treichler5, Sally Wood6 1 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology / 2George Mason University / 3 Southern Methodist University / 4University of Illinois / 5 Applied Signal Technology / 6Santa Clara