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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Gorham

other technical professionals may have an Page 7.955.2interest in attending. Sessions will describe programs and projects that feature the “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”integration of the SMET disciplines and will focus on collaborations between engineersand educators, both in and outside the classroom. The emphasis of all the sessions will behands-on, demonstrated activities that provide attendees with useful teaching tools orpractical ideas for program implementation.ASME Resources“The

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The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Clough

have not practiced.Even given this troubling backdrop of faculty perspective, an encompassing view of studentneeds includes several areas that compete for their slice of the instructional pie: Page 7.290.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering Education ¾ fundamental knowledge of computing, programming and computers ¾ awareness of and preparation in emerging aspects of computing ¾ computing requirements in the other courses of their curriculum ¾ knowledge and skills required by engineers in their

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Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Liv Ramstad; Ferd Schneider; Audeen Fentiman; Artemus Herzog; John Merrill

6-year traditional collegepreparatory school with a diverse student population. The course is nearly identical to theIntroduction to Engineering sequence required of beginning engineering students at The OhioState University, but has been modified to be taught over an entire school year instead of two10-week quarters. Fifty-nine students are enrolled. A math teacher and a science teacher atWalnut Hills High School are team teaching the course during the 2001-02 school year withsupport from OSU faculty and staff. A grant from General Electric provided the funds topurchase laboratory equipment, textbooks, and software for the course. In addition, the grantsupported the high school instructors’ preparation to teach the course.This paper was

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jasper L Steyn; Tobia Steyn

61.1 53.2 51.8 54.0 51.4 47.4 Second course in Calculus 64.7 60.6 53.7 53.1 58.7 45.0 Linear Algebra 63.6 58.3 48.5 56.6 57.9 47.7ConclusionActive learning and action research provide a suitable principle basis for structuring a supportcourse as it ensures that students and faculty are involved in a dynamic process of gainingexperience in learning and teaching. If this approach is applied more widely and pedagogicalstrategies that are beneficial to students on a support course are integrated into the curriculum ofother engineering first year courses it may aid the academic development of all first

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Hunting for MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kisha Johnson; Grace Mack; John Wheatland

Page 7.558.1activities and interaction with faculty and administrative personnel of the college” 8. Tinto Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 2002-2103theorized that of all the possible types of social interaction, peer-group associations are the mostsalient in social integration and most directly impact the student’s institutional commitment. TheFast Track to Achievement program is an effort to provide freshmen with a quality, first-timepeer group experience as a means of motivating freshmen to stay

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Inquiring MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Padmanabhan

and seniors were included for participation inthese activities. The descriptions of these activities follow.II. Sunday AcademyMany of the activities currently used for attracting and recruiting students to engineeringprograms are sporadic. Though these activities are adequate for informational purposes, moresustained activities are necessary to cultivate a desire in the students for pursuing a collegeeducation in engineering. The activity should be spread through the year providing opportunitiesfor the students to develop skills such as problem solving and decision-making required forsuccessful completion of an engineering curriculum. A cohesive program spread throughout theyear rather than sporadic events need to be used. Sunday academies

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Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Rabb; Ronald Welch

part of national or regional competitions, and some are design and build projects.The quality of work displayed by the students proves that the academic program and capstoneexperience meet institutional objectives and the expectations of the students and customers. Inthe Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Projects Day has become an effective wayto seek multidisciplinary opportunities, assess the curriculum and program effectiveness throughcustomer feedback, and advertise the projects to future students. This paper focuses on theDepartment of Civil and Mechanical Engineering’s experience in Projects Day, use of it as anassessment tool, and long term benefits of the event. Conclusions and outcomes aresubstantiated with student

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Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mohammed Zribi; Mohammad Al-Ansary; Ibrahim Nashawi; Haitham Lababidi; Faridah Ali; Aziz Tayfun; Adel Aly; Andreas Christoforou; Ahmet Yigit

the 2002 American So ciety for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationall department students at Kuwait University, to provide a voice for the students to theadministration, and act in an advisory capacity to the department chair. The council hasmonthly meetings.The Undergraduate Program Committee is a standing committee of the faculty. Itscomposition is such that all program areas are represented. In addition, one membercoordinates assessment activities with the office of academic assessment. The committee isresponsible for curriculum development and review including setting academic policies,approval of new courses, reviewing assessment

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Learning Styles of Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

styles as a guideline for incorporation of thehypermedia into the instructional design of the course.I. IntroductionBackgroundThe study took place in the sixth semester Control Systems course (ELE639) in an undergraduateprogram in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ryerson University in Toronto. The course,redesigned in 1997, stresses the extension of theory to practice, with active learning supported bya lab structured around real-time experiments in servo-motor control. Realistic design, testing andimplementation, advanced computer simulations, demonstrations, and email communications withinstructors are an integral part of the course1, 2 . To enhance active learning and visualization, theauthor embarked on developing instructional

Conference Session

New/Emerging Technologies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hakan Gurocak

WSU who are taking courses originating from Vancouver; and (4) Boeing Companyemployees in the Seattle area ( about 160 miles north of Vancouver). The Boeing Companyoperates an interactive TV system called BEN. By linking the WHETS to BEN we can offer acourse from Vancouver to students at Boeing and Pullman with the local students attending thelecture in the originating WHETS classroom creating a virtual classroom that is state-wide.Using this technology we have offered several lecture-only format courses of the curriculum at adistance. However, the curriculum also contains laboratory courses.After receiving an MEP grant form the Society of Manufacturing Engineers EducationFoundation, in Spring 2000 we offered a Manufacturing Automation

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New MET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Coe; Vladimir Sheyman; Mulchand Rathod

This paper is based on a senior machine is located right on the top of thedesign project. It is an example of a floor. There is no additional adjustmentcomplete work from conception and design tooling that would come up from the bottomto implementation in the industry. This of the vehicle.project also shows how the industry benefitsfrom supporting curriculum based projects. The design of the wheel stop mechanism has been drawn in Mechanical In design process of any device, Desktop V4 – 3D CAD system. Importantthere exists a magnitude of considerations calculations and tests were also made toand a challenge for

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Cockayne; John Feland; Larry Leifer

programs in entrepreneurship inacademia. But the lack of integrated context knowledge, know-how, may limit theeffectiveness of these early programs.The pervasiveness of learning-by-doing curriculum is driving the need to educateengineering students in their future role as knowledge holders, creators, team members,builders and, ultimately as, innovators. This paper hopes to continue the development ofthese curricula by presenting know-how as an intentioned framework.KNOW-HOWKnow-how is not a new concept. Aristotle (384-332 BCE) was one of the earliestthinkers to make a distinction between know-what – content knowledge or disciplines –and know-how – the oftentimes-messy aspects of self-awareness and applied teamwork.In Metaphysics, Aristotle speaks

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Long; Donald Leone

Engineering 1,2,“Integrating Engineering Design with the Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences andMathematics”, involved the reshaping of the engineering curriculum through: 1) the integration ofcontextualized, interdisciplinary design projects throughout the four years of the program; 2)experimental and collaborative learning; 3) partnerships with industry in the creation of “real life”engineering projects for students at all levels; 4) cross-collegiate and cross-disciplinary teams of Page 7.1270.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Con ference & Exposition Copyright © 2002

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Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachelle Heller; Nathan Campeau

, so thatstudents can interact with them on an informal basis. Student leaders of the variousengineering organizations and student projects attend, as well, and are integral toproviding a fun and exciting atmosphere.The typical schedule consists of an introductory meeting and ice-breaking session, astudent-groups fair, an informational session with faculty from each department, a ropescourse, team building sessions, a campfire, and free time to use the camp’s recreationalfacilities. The main activities of the weekend are team-building exercises that allowstudents to get to know one another and build bonds of trust that will be essential duringtheir undergraduate studies.The first retreat in 1999 was very successful. Ninety-three percent of the

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and New Directions

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daphne Chang

versions), is used to generate simple dynamic animation for thepurpose of enhancing student learning and appreciation of “real-world” dynamic systems.Furthermore, the simulation/animation component is directly integrated into the course so thatprogressive learning and coordination with the lecture materials can be carried out.(II) Course DescriptionDynamic animation was introduced into the senior level course “EE482 Instrumentation andControl” in the 2000 academic year and has since been an integral part of this required course. Theold curriculum focused extensively on classical frequency response methods such as complexvariables, frequency response methods (Bode, Nyquist, Nichols), stability assessment techniques(Routh-Hurwitz, root locus

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Feland

Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationfocus on first the student understanding themselves and how they interact in team situations, thenworking to understand the context in which the team is working including the context of theother team members and the customer, skills to resolve conflict within the team, and finally inthe management of expectations. This recipe results in an engineer with the ability to work wellin any team. To analyze the impacts of this shift in the curriculum, a survey of design teamperformance and satisfaction before the changes and after has been undertaken. The currenthypothesis is

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Using Technology to Improve IE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Uanny Brens Garcia; Douglas Bodner

Page 7.1199.2their careers after graduation. The models in the VIS must be designed so that they are Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationconfigurable, to enable exploration of data and experimentation with alternative solutions.Finally, our goal is to facilitate active learning and motivate the learning of methodology throughcase study problems.A specific learning system within the VIS is organized into what we call a course module, whichis a set of curriculum materials and computational models that can be used by an instructor, forexample, as an on-line lab assignment. A course module focuses on

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joan Walker

compared to a criterion map created the design course instructor. Study 3 willinvestigate concept mapping as an innovative form of instruction. In the sections thatfollow, each of these studies is described. The paper concludes with a discussion of thestudies’ findings as they relate to the potential of concept mapping as a method forcapturing and assessing students’ conceptual knowledge, and an instructional techniquethat integrates an array of diverse competencies into the BME curriculum. Future studiesare also identified.Study 1MethodsEight undergraduates, nine graduate students, and three professors in the BMEdepartment at Vanderbilt University participated in the study during the summer and fallof 2001. All participants were told that concept

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Intra-college Graduate Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Martha J. Molander; Josh Corra; Bethany Konz; K. Chandrashekhara; Vicki Eller; Abdeldjelil Belarbi

. Sponsoredresearch and educational activities incorporate various combinations of technologies asillustrated in Figure1. Smart structures projects require the integration of sensing, materials, andstructures. Associated educational projects apply educational innovation and Web-basedmethodologies in the context of the component disciplines. The projects described in this paper were conducted by masters students who had takenthe supporting interdisciplinary course. These example projects are listed below.· Smart Composite Bridge: 3 An instrumented all-composite bridge for highway loads was laboratory tested and manufactured with the involvement of several government and industrial partners. It featured an integral fiber-optic-sensor network

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ET Web Based Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjeev Arora; Masoud Naghedolfeizi

each technology. It is obviousthat the type of an experiment, the knowledge level of the developer in LabVIEW and theInternet/Web, and cost are major deciding factors in selecting one method over another. Factorssuch as operational security and safety in an online experiment could also play an important rolein choosing one of these technologies.The development of new technologies such as VI server, DataSocket, and AppletView indicatethat that National Instruments and other companies are constantly improving upon Internettechnologies in LabVIEW or adds-on software systems to make the integration of theInternet/Web in LabVIEW applications as easy and smooth as possible. Therefore, it is evidentthat as these technologies evolve and become more

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Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisle Hites; Eric Nauman; Edgar O'Neal; Kay C. Dee; Glen Livesay

for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Cascio, Wayne F., Costing Human Resources: The Financial Impact of Behavior in Organizations, third edition, South-Western College Publishing, United States, 2000.2. Guion, Robert M., Assessment, Measurement, and Prediction for Personnel Decisions, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, Mahwah NJ, 1998.3. Myers, Jerome L. and Well, Arnold D, Research Design & Statistical Analysis, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, Hillsdale NJ, 1995.4. Pedhazur, Elazar J. and Schmelkin, Liora P. Measurement, Design, and Analysis: an Integrated Approach, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, Hillsdale NJ, 1991.5. Tabachnick, Barbara G. and Fidell, Linda S. Using Multivariate Statistics, third

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Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis

learning pieces as well. My Engagement ExperiencesI teach at one of Purdue’s Statewide Technology locations in South Bend/Elkhart. In 1983, the PurdueUniversity School of Technology Statewide System was developed to form a partnership with education,industry, and government. It was created for the purpose of updating presently employed people in theskills they need to function in an ever increasing technical workplace. The statewide systems allow forunique opportunities to vary delivery of curriculum. The faculty at these stat ewide locations modelengagement as we stay current with industrial change by consulting with local industry. This information isthen integrated within the curriculum to meet unique

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazel Pierson; Daniel Suchora

and science courses along with all the socialadjustments required in the transition between high school and college. Without a strongcommitment to obtaining an engineering degree many capable engineering students changedmajors or left school prior to the sophomore year. Also those sophomores who did survive theengineering freshmen year did not have the necessary background and commitment for therigorous sophomore level engineering courses. At Youngstown State University, as with manyengineering schools, a freshmen engineering program was developed and instituted with the goalto improve retention of freshmen engineering students, to better prepare them for the remainderof the engineering curriculum, and to give them a taste of engineering in

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Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Risa Robinson

Session ___ Improving Design of Experiment Skills through a Project Based Fluids Laboratory Risa J. Robinson Rochester Institute of Technology1.0 IntroductionThe educational community recognizes that the typical engineering curriculum has steadilydecreased the emphasis on the study of experimental techniques for problem solving. 1 Industrypartners suggest there is a need to place a greater emphasis on the study and practice ofexperimentation in the engineering curriculum.2 These recent trends are supported by results fromexit interviews

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Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Soulsby

integrated as competent members."Not surprisingly, the facets of retention that engage a student with the university are also onesthat enable the student to make the most out of his/her college experience; i.e., the factorsinfluential in retaining students are the same as those aimed at learning.Learning Skills for Engineers It has been known for some time that a First Year Experience (FYE) orientation course hasan impact on the ability of students to succeed in college. Upcraft & Gardner [6] provide a nicesummary of the FYE movement. Landis [7], is an advocate of providing an orientation coursefor engineering students as a way to make them successful in pursuit of the engineering degree. Knowing the 'smart' way to approach academic and

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Dantzler; Kevin Whitaker; Jim Richardson

, technology in the classroom and assessment. Curriculum integrationat UA necessitated cohort scheduling because the content of the new integrated FC math, scienceand engineering courses, although equivalent to the traditional curriculum as a whole, weredifferent individually than their traditional counterparts. Thus, students were required to takeeither all of the FC courses or none of them. Active learning was usually implemented in the classrooms by means of team exercises.Students were assigned to the same four-person teams for all of the four courses (chemistry,mathematics, physics and engineering). Team homework assignments and projects were alsofrequently assigned. Although teamwork was not one of the primary four thrusts of the FC

Conference Session

Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Willis; Duane Dunlap

efforts of research faculty or their institutions,rather it serves to strengthen the professional education mission of universities. Newengagement mechanisms of non-traditional graduate education programs provides closerinteraction and engagement with industry through the integrative combination of needs-driven directed research. Full-time employees in industry are an untapped lifelonglearner who can meet the needs of graduate professional engineer faculty in almost anygraduate program. Developing adjuncts as full members of the graduate educationfaculty will occur through the development and implementation of unique university-industry-government collaborative partnerships. By working together in newengagement mechanisms to strengthen real-world

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Budwig; Beyerlein Steve; Matthew Cunnington; Levi Westra; Donald Elger

, Professor Mike Anderson, Dec. 2000.2. Elger, D.F., S.W. Beyerlein, and R. S. Budwig, Using Design, Build and Test Projects to Teach Engineering, Proceedings of the 2000 Frontiers in Education Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, Oct. 2000.3. Foss, J. F., Basic Elements in a Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Experience: An Engineering Science Approach, Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol 110, Mar 1988, p 9-15.4. Lasher, William C., Jack H. Young, and Richard C. Progelhof, A Plan for Integrating CFD into an Undergraduate Curriculum, Final report submitted to the National Science Foundation, Grant # DUE-9651218, www.pserie.psu.edu/cfd/index.html, Jan 4, 2002.5. Novak, J.D., Gowin, D.B., Learning How to Learn, Cambridge: New York, p. xi

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ECE Laboratory Development and Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathaniel Whitmal

required e lective courses rose from50% to 80% over a four-year period. For this reason, DSP-oriented labs and senior designcourses have become very popular in recent years. A number of these courses focus onprogramming of DSP chips: typical examples are given in [2,3,4,5,6,7,8].This paper describes the implementation and assessment of a DSP-based laboratory course that istailored to the particular needs of students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). In 1970,WPI developed a unique outcome-oriented, project-based engineering curriculum, referred tolocally as the WPI Plan [9]. The WPI Plan is distinguished by several features: · Courses are offered in four seven-week terms, identified by the letters A, B, C, and D. Students

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CE Projects: International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationStudents start by taking an intensive course in applications of computers to engineering. In thiscourse they learn how to use the computer to solve engineering problems. The course involves aproject selected by the student, combining computer languages, databases, data acquisition, andspreadsheets.Computer modeling is an integral part of the program. Students start with a visualization courseand two courses in computer-aided design, followed by a course in 3-D modeling. These coursesinclude the most common CADD software packages: MicroStation, AutoCAD, and 3D Studio1.The latest version of software is always used in these courses.There are two courses in structural analysis, the first one