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Eckehard Doerry; Bridget Bero; David Hartman

corporate design contents, placing increasing emphasis onindividual problem-solving creativity, interdisciplinary collaboration, and teaming and projectmanagement skills. NAU’s Design4Practice program explicitly teaches these skills within anovel curriculum centered around a carefully crafted sequence of project-oriented courses. Thispaper discusses our efforts to extend the program to provide international training opportunities,including integration of the Design4Practice curriculum with that of partner institutions abroad,support for joint projects, and international teaming in interdisciplinary project-oriented courses.1.0 IntroductionA characteristic feature of economic change in the last decade has been the growing trendtowards globalization

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Umid Nejib

to complete the Wilkes degree requirements. At this stage, the programaddresses the following Wilkes engineering fields and their various concentrations: (1) Applied & Engineering Sciences (starting 2002). (2) Electrical Engineering: Communication Systems; Computer Systems; Electronics and Controls; Microelectronic (starting 2001). (3) Engineering Management: Electrical; Environmental; Mechanical (starting 2002). (4) Environmental Engineering: Air Pollution; Hazardous Waste; Water Treatment ; soils (starting 2001). (5) Mechanical Engineering: Feedback & Controls; Manufacturing; Solid Mechanics; Thermal Sciences (starting 2001).In addition, an integrated Bachelors/Masters degree program BS/MSEE and

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Thaddeus Roppel; Victor Nelson

junior years. The laboratory courses are not directlylinked to specific lecture classes, but the experiments are carefully designed to synchronize to agreat degree with the standard curriculum. The focus of this paper is the first sophomorelaboratory course (hereinafter referred to as Lab I), which provides an introduction to safety,instrumentation, analog circuits and devices, and digital circuits and components.In Lab I, it is often the case that students require some background, which they have not studiedin any lecture, to understand and conduct a given experiment. For example, Lab I includes anexperiment using operational amplifiers, although op-amps are not formally introduced in lectureuntil the second electronics course. The latter

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Oliver Sitton; Neil Book; Douglas Ludlow

Session 3213 Development and Implementation of a Computer-Based Learning System in Chemical Engineering Neil L. Book, Douglas K. Ludlow and Oliver C. Sitton Department of Chemical Engineering University of Missouri - RollaAbstractThis paper describes the development and implementation of a computer-based learning systemfor the University of Missouri – Rolla (UMR) chemical engineering curriculum. The project hasthree major goals: provide a learner-centered study environment for our students, integrate thelearning system into

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Douglas Ludlow

the assignment is that it gets the undergraduates morefamiliar with scientific and technical articles that they are often not exposed to as undergraduates.An additional benefit of this assignment is that it supports the pedagogical concept of “writingacross the curriculum” and gives the students an opportunity to practice their communication skillswith a meaningful assignment. I have been using the peer review assignments for over four years as part of my lecturecourses and I have used it in two different courses, chemical reactor engineering and chemicalprocess safety. A noticeable increase in the quality of writing was immediately apparent. It seemsthe students are concerned that they produce a polished document when they know that

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William Edward Howard; Joseph Musto

continuously adapt to provide an interesting and challenging experience for more technically sophisticated participants.Bibliography:1. McKenna, Ann and Agogino, Alice, "Integrating design, analysis, and problem solving in an introduction toengineering curriculum for high school students", Proceedings of the 1998 Annual ASEE Conference, June 1998,Seattle, WA.2. Pionke, Christopher D. and Parsons, J. Roger, "Introduction to engineering problem solving and design for highschool students in the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Sciences", Proceedings of the 1998 Annual ASEEConference, June 1998, Seattle, WA.3. Clough, Jill M. and Yadav-Olney, Sheela N., "FIRST - engineering partnerships between University ofWisconsin-Platteville and Platteville High

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Sanjeev Khanna; Chris Jenkins

over simplifying: mechanics is physics andmaterials science is chemistry. But in the deformation of a real body, the macroscopic loads,boundary conditions, and geometry interact with the material microstructure – any separationotherwise is ours alone, not natures!The typical undergraduate engineering curriculum follows along this schism. An introductorycourse in “mechanics of materials” is taught by mechanics faculty, whereas an introductorycourse in “property of materials” is taught by science faculty. Mostly, such courses are taught inisolation from one another, both philosophically (in different “languages” and points of view)and physically (the faculty don’t interact). (That the instructors are competent in their respectivedisciplines and

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Rachel Shinn; Ron Madler

Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationessential calculations.While this was a lot of work to develop these courses as a team, it is a task that would have beenoverwhelming to an individual. Additionally, the students received a more balanced perspectiveby this effort than could have been achieved by one person. Also, from the curriculumdevelopment point of view, we converged on a curriculum which covers all the spacecraft systems,emphasizes the multi-disciplinary nature of spacecraft design, demonstrates the necessity forteams, and results in an integrated curriculum product. Each faculty also is familiar with the entirespace option sequence. This differs from most curricula

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William Clark; Lisa Comparini; Anthony Dixon; David DiBiasio

accountability,individual homework grades were recorded and individual tests were given throughout the year.A thorough understanding of the projects prepared students for most of the material on the tests,but some material was covered only in supplemental lectures and homework problems. Detailsof our curriculum design, delivery methods and our implementation experiences are availableelsewhere.1, 2Our overall project assessment goals were to evaluate how the project-based, spiral curriculumaffected students’ ability to: solve problems at several levels of cognition, work in teams, workindependently, master the fundamentals of chemical engineering, and integrate material fromseveral courses. We were also interested in how it affects student attitudes and

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Andrew Lau; Robert Pangborn

, interdisciplinarity and continuity, integration and synthesis (ofinstruction, practice and experience). It encourages active learning and collaboration andcommitment to inquiry beyond the curriculum. Finally, good general education builds dynamicassessment and improvement into curricular processes.”1The recommendations that were eventually adopted unanimously by the Faculty Senateemphasized, above all, the active engagement of students in their education. A variety ofmeasures were taken to foster curricular experimentation, encourage dialogue and criticalthinking, and incorporate collaboration and teamwork into the courses that comprise the generaleducation program. In order to establish this kind of expectation right from the start forincoming students, a

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Mark Otter; Ken McLeod; Yi-Xian Qin; Partap Khalsa; Michael Hadjiargyrou; Danny Bluestein

Learning approach should be equally effective in a curriculum for Bioengineering majorsas well.In Contextual Based Learning, the fundamental biology and physiology required of Bioengineerscan be introduced to the students in the context of design problems, the solution of whichrequires an understanding of specific engineering concepts. In such a modular learningenvironment, an integrated understanding of the science, along with the analytic skills and howthey are utilized to solve design problems, are presented in a coherent context, providing thestudents with incentive to learn material which in a traditional content based approach mayappear arbitrary and dull. Importantly, the fundamental engineering knowledge can beintroduced over an extended

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J. Giolma; Kevin Nickels; Farzan Aminian

faculty members (4 mechanical engineers, 2 chemical engineers, and 3 electrical engineers)and approximately 120 students. The department features a broad-based engineering curriculumdevoted to a liberal and integrative engineering education in the context of the University’stradition of the liberal arts and sciences. This mission of the department is explained in themission statement of the department. The Engineering Science curriculum emphasizes an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals of the physical sciences, mathematics, and engineering sciences, which form the foundation for technical work in all fields of engineering. Some specialization is available through elective courses in chemical, electrical and mechanical

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Janet Sharp; Rebecca Sidler Kellogg; Barbara M. Adams; Loren Zachary

. As aresult of analysis of this effort, the instructors determined that a group of practicing classroomteachers would better appreciate and adapt the engineering content for 8-12 classrooms. The newversion of the course is integrated with a Curriculum and Instruction course, entitled PedagogicalApplications of Engineering Concepts in the K-12 Classroom. Each course carries one-credit.Students in the education college can use both courses for graduate credit.The combined courses will emphasize the engineering mechanics of stiffness and deformation,stress and strain, equilibrium, buckling, bending, and material properties. A design thread isused. The information is put together in a tight package that leads to the design of pinned trusses

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

:• Demonstrate expanded knowledge of the general practices of engineering through immersion in an engineering project environment of moderate to high complexity.• Demonstrate an ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.• Demonstrate acquisition of new technology skills through use or development of appropriate computer hardware, software, and/or instrumentation.• Demonstrate effective use of project and personnel management techniques.• Integrate engineering professionalism and ethics in their work and as it relates to the context of engineering in society.• Demonstrate improved communication skills including written, oral, and multimedia.Two of the logistical challenges in the Junior/Senior Clinic are getting students

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William T. Lin; Richard Pfile

Session 2526 Using Network Analysis Software To Teach the Internet Protocol Stack in the Laboratory Richard E. Pfile, William T. Lin Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IndianapolisAbstractThe stacked protocol concept is difficult to understand and to many students it’s an abstractnotion. Although students are masters at memorizing tasks the different protocol layers perform,they don’t grasp fundamental concepts of how the protocol stack functions in computercommunications. Message addresses reside at different layers in a stack, several stack

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Edmund Tsang

believes Snow would recognize the challange of thereflection component of service-learning in engineering offers an opportunity forcollaboration between “The Two Cultures.” Service-learning requires the engineeringfaculty and students consider the gray areas which inevitably arise when dealing withsocial issues and incorporate them into problem-solving. However, the traditionalengineering curriculum emphasizes linear, black-and-white thinking with little room forpersonal introspection and reflection, and the engineering profession still lacks behind indiversity that is representative of the overall population. By training and temperment,most engineering faculty members feel uncomfortable leading reflection sessions. Thus,reflection in service

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Naomi Chesler; Mark Chesler

mentoring relationships are effective inpromoting protégé advancement and compensation. 3,4Mentoring is traditionally a developmental relationship in which an experienced person providessupport to a less experienced person. In return, the mentor gains personal satisfaction, respectfrom colleagues for successfully developing the younger talent, and in the best case growsintellectually as well. Mentoring has multiple aspects and functions, and has variously beendescribed as fulfilling either or both the technical and psychosocial needs of the less experiencedperson. Examples of the technical knowledge-based or career development issues include how tosolve a particular technical problem, continue intellectual growth, approach a new internship, jobor

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William Keat; Ann Anderson; Richard Wilk

design courses which complement each other so as to ensure coverage of design in boththermal/fluid systems and mechanical systems, and a wide range of teaming experiences. Thethermal/fluids course utilizes multiple projects with relatively small teams, in which each studenttakes a turn as team leader. The mechanical design course typically has one major term projectwith the entire class working as a single large team on an industrial project solicited from a localcompany. There is one team leader with the rest of the team organized into functional groups.This paper describes each of these courses and goes into the details of how they serve tocomplement each other.Curricular BackgroundThe ME program at Union College has had in its curriculum for

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James Newell; Kevin Dahm

nature• It is a team presentation, rather than a seminar given by an individual• The “audience” participates actively throughout rather than waiting passively until the endDevelopment of Design Skills: Another recent trend in engineering education is the integrationof design experiences into the lower levels of the curriculum, in addition to the traditional seniorcapstone design course.1,3,8-12 Such integration is desirable because it provides more time forthese crucial skills to develop, and because it provides a practical context that helps studentsappreciate the significance and interrelationships of the many topics covered in their technicaleducation.This project is not at all technically esoteric; it is readily understandable and

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Merredith Portsmore; Chris Rogers

Dacta. The material from Dacta has three distinct advantages: 1.The driver software (ROBOLAB) is all written in LabVIEW and is easily ported into theLabVIEW student version, (2) the RCX has an AC plug adapter - necessary for taking data overlong time intervals, and (3) they have accompanying curriculum (developed primarily for theelementary school). They sell a number of different kits through Pitsco-Lego Dacta(http://www.pitsco-legodacta.com). We have found that the Robotics Invention Kit works thebest - with the only limitation is that one needs to purchase the temperature and angle sensorsseparately, along with a number of LEGO people (students cannot build an experiment withoutat least one LEGO person). We actually remove a number of the

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Teri Rhoads; Barry Mauldin

itsconnection with inferential statistics. Various aspects of probability were defined and thendemonstrated using an example (experiment, sample spaces, and events).Permutation was also covered. The permutation definition was given and an example for findingpossible arrangements of colored balls (red, blue, and green) was presented. When the user clickedeach combination possibility, the balls would rearrange in that particular order.The module also included conditional probability. Again, formal definitions were given and thesame gear integrity example was used (Figure 3). The example called for finding the probabilitythat a gear has chipping given that wearing is present. Each step of the calculation is illustrated

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Steven Chapra; Gary Huvard; David E. Clough

languages (C/C++, Fortran etc.) will be encouragedas technical electives and simulation software is taught later in the curriculum as well. However,the emphasis will be to reinforce skills first learned in the freshman year through continued use,in all courses, of a consistent set of computing and programming tools through all four years ofthe curriculum. VCU has purposely chosen the software packages that they feel most studentswill continue to use after graduating to industrial positions.Pedagogical approach – an exampleThe combination of Excel and its companion programming language provides an excellentsetting for the teaching of elementary numerical methods and programming fundamentals.Students can prototype a numerical method, such as

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Steven Wright; Murat Ulasir; Michelle West; Lissa MacVean; Donald D. Carpenter

experiments and see visual demonstrations ofprinciples learned in class, and where they shared, listened, and created results themselves in acooperative group environment. Overall, we believe these exercises increased an understanding ofprinciples related to fluid mechanics.References1. Gwin, J. Self-esteem vs. academic excellence: Are the two on a collision course? Crisis, vol. 97, no. 10, pp. 16-18,1990.2. URL: http://itll.colorado.edu/ItLL_In_The_Media/Papers/FIE98Asessment.html; Understanding what ‘success’means in assessment.3. McKenna A. & Agogino, A. Integrating design, analysis, and problem solving in an introduction to engineeringcurriculum for high school students. Proceedings, American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Rick Duley; S P Maj; D Veal

be surmounted to produce the necessary atmosphere of trust and teamwork.1. IntroductionSoftware Developers and Computing Academics have historically held their ground on oppositesides of an argument. Academics hold to theory and the latest technology and techniques —Developers are output driven and are only interested in getting the job done and out the door.Academics talk of ‘formal methods’ and ‘knowledge engineering’ and ‘state machines’ and Page 6.1058.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering

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Frederick Orthlieb

approaches to engineering education" are being well served by program assessment underEC2000. In particular, those faculty who strive to make engineering curricula more authentic by using open-endedproblems in classes and embedding inquiry-based learning in course labs and projects know that they are helpingstudents to develop knowledge and skills that variously include "(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments,as well as to analyze and interpret data; (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams; (f) anunderstanding of professional and ethical responsibility; (g) an ability to communicate effectively; (h) the broadeducation necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global/societal context; (i) arecognition

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Arturo Fuentes; Cristina Villalobos

population. • The Center for Effective Teaching and Learning (CETaL) It is a faculty development center that promotes scholarly teaching and educational research across campus. • The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program It is a major component of an effort to track talented undergraduates into graduate school by encouraging them to pursue research opportunities and professional internships. • SMET Curriculum Reform It is an effort that encourages faculty to adopt active learning strategies in the classroom, and revamp course content and student performance assessment techniques.The MIE program is evaluated continuously to determine if the project’s goals, objectives, andinnovative activities are

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Ingrid St. Omer

belated appeal. A slightly larger pool ofstudents investigated the links providing information on semiconductor manufacturing andindustry information. More vigorous incorporation of the web materials into topical classroomdiscussions may increase the utilization of the value-added components. Almost all studentsexpressed interest in increased technology in the curriculum, yet the perceived benefit of the webexperience appeared to be somewhat dependent on an individual student’s preparation for thecourse.INGRID ST. OMERIngrid St. Omer is currently an Assistant Professor and Director of the Advanced Microelectronics Laboratory atNorthern Arizona University. Prior to earning her doctorate, she worked in industry on the design of ApplicationSpecific

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Anna Phillips; Paul Palazolo; Scott Yost

courses tointroduce the concept of a criteria-based assessment system to the students, and students werestrongly encouraged to provide feedback to either the engineering instructor or the writinginstructor at any point during the semester. Specifically, an online email account was created forthe students at The University of Kentucky to communicate with the writing instructor aboutthese things; because the writing instructor is based at the other university, students were free tointeract with her either in person or by email.Designing the Authentic and Criteria-Based AssignmentThe first part of integrating criteria-based assessment into established courses with existingassignments is customizing the assignments to reflect the changes and

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Jerry Sellers; Douglas Bayley

failure, FalconSAT-1 represented an academicsuccess for the program as cadets participated from “cradle to grave” in a real-worldmission with an all too real-world outcome. Cadets designed and built FalconSAT-1’spayload and subsystems, and they were integral in the mission operations from devisingoperations plans to participating in the launch campaign. Cadets also manned theAcademy’s ground station during overhead passes of a satellite not operating undernominal conditions. Cadets involved with trouble-shooting the anomalies soon afterdeployment certainly gained deep insight into system functions and operations.Table 1 summarizes the various milestones in the Academy’s Small Satellite programthus far. The current project, FalconSAT-2, is the

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Stephen Bronack; Horace Moo-Young

-based learning environments with high levels of questionsbeing asked. Those who did not integrate the methodologies, but used the computer as a Page 6.805.3 Proceeding of 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationsupport tools, noticed an increase in knowledge building. In other words, the computeraided in attaining a constructivist classroom environment.Although the discourse on educational style may be applied to all disciples, the researchexamined in this paper is targeted at engineering education. It has shown over time