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Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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2003 Annual Conference

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E. Jansen

Sciences. Whether students pursue careers in Biomedical Engineering researchcenters, biomedical companies, or go on to the medical professions, they are almost certain toencounter optical technologies for diagnosis, sensing or therapy. It is expected that opticalscience and optical technology will be at the forefront of development of new enablingtechnologies and devices both in the basic science labs as well as in a clinical setting. Thus,several programs around the country, including ours, are actively working on coursedevelopment in the area of Biomedical Optics. Typically courses in Biomedical Optics are aimedat upper level (senior) undergraduate students and first-year graduate students while a real needfor continuing education has been

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Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

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Azzedine Lansari; Akram AlRawi; Faouzi Bouslama

assessment that play an essential role in the continuous process ofimprovement.ZULOs, which form the framework for the APM, are designed to help students develop higherorder intellectual abilities needed for lifelong learning and success. All students must demonstrate Page 8.1240.4accomplishments in the following ZULOs before they graduate: Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education 1. Critical Thinking and Reasoning 2. Information Literacy and Communication 3. Information Technology 4

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Remote Sensing and Telemetry

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mihaela Albu; Keith Holbert

. IntroductionDistance learning (DL) is already part of many university programs, and its impact is increasingdaily. Such an educational delivery mode intends to serve the desire of both students and theirinstructors for increased scheduling freedom. Presently there is a technology gap between non-laboratory and laboratory classes, because the lecture-only courses were the first addressed bydistance learning (since the conversion is more straightforward). Further, engineering educationalso has a costly component that is not directly time related: the use of sophisticated (andoftentimes expensive) equipment. A subset of DL efforts is that of web-based laboratoryexperiments.This paper first examines the work of others in establishing remote instrumentation-based

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International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sandra Courter; Rebecca Cors; Pat Eagan

semester. The Teaching Improvement Program is part of the UW-Madison College of Engineering's endeavor to "help meet the needs of society in the 21st century by … creating the next generation of engineering leaders (UW-Madison College of Engineering's Dean Bollinger as quoted in the College's Vision 2000 brochure)." This focus on leadership skills for engineering students emerged over the last 15 years as part of a longstanding effort to link curricula with workplace skill sets. The technological explosion of the 1980's brought with it an urgent need for technical professionals with communications skills, and the College of Engineering responded by launching a Technical Communications Certificate program in 1988. More

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Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Nadia Craig; Michelle Maher; Walter Peters

in ways of which human engineers can only dream. Far more complex than any computer or robot…’ The author then goes on to describe the flagella of bacteria that are made of ‘rings, tiny bearings, and rotors’ and that spin about ’15,000 rpm.’ Today in the 21st century with all of the extensive advanced technology available, humans have not come close to designing something so complex, so miniaturized as bacteria. In fact the search is on for a living computer chip. This example of the bacteria only scrapes the surface of the amazing complexities and systems of life that engineers can only hope to mimic.”This question of “Why study Biology?” reappeared every time that a class discussion was

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New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

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Andrew Rose

other options on how to keep their students learning during such anabsence.A two week absence from campus was required for the author to complete an internationaladoption. Although the absence was anticipated from the beginning of the semester, the exactdates of the trip were not known until about one month before the trip. Without graduatestudents to cover the missed classes and laboratories, the instructor chose a combination ofvideotaped lectures and laboratories, exams, a computer design project, selected readingassignments, and professionally produced videotapes to keep students learning during theabsence.Students and Classes AffectedThe students affected were juniors in a BS degree program in Civil Engineering Technology(CET) at the

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Stefanone; Jae-Shin Lee; Geraldine Gay; Barry Davidson; Anthony Ingraffea; Alan Zehnder; Scott Jones; John Dannenhoffer

Session 2525 On the use of Advanced IT Tools to Facilitate Effective, Geographically Distributed Student Design Teams Barry Davidson1, John Dannenhoffer III1, Geraldine Gay2, Anthony Ingraffea2, Scott Jones2, Jae-Shin Lee2, Michael Stefanone2 and Alan Zehnder2 1 Syracuse University / 2Cornell UniversityIntroduction In industry and government, teams of scientists and engineers need to work together closely toachieve their project goals. In large projects team members may live and work at geographicallydistant sites, and may work for different organizations

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Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Grimm

Session 2425 A Just-In-Time Approach to Teaching Senior Design By: Thomas R. Grimm Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Michigan Technological UniversityAbstractThe subject of this paper is the approach used to teach the senior design project course inthe Mechanical Engineering Department at Michigan Technological University. Theprimary objective in the development of the required two semester senior designsequence was to insure a positive experience in mechanical engineering design whileeliminating the procrastination that can be prevalent in long term

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Flores; Rosa Gomez-Martinez; Joseph Ramos; Lourdes Sanchez-Contreras

under-represented minorities pursuingbaccalaureate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Page 8.391.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Table 1. Historical UTEP Student Demographics. Fall Semester Percent Caucasian Percent Hispanic 1975 54.4 34.8 1983 43.8 45.5 2002

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Topics in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

Society for Engineering EducationEach term, The University of Dayton offers a Project Management course, which theEngineering Technology Department requires of all its majors. The primary goal of thiscourse is to familiarize Sophomore and Junior level students with the tools and techniquesnecessary to manage a project. The course also seeks to expose students to the real lifecomplexities of managing a large-scale project. Students will use their projectmanagement skills in managing projects in other courses, notably the Senior Designcapstone course. Project management concepts can be taught to students in a traditionallecture format, but unless the students have previously been involved in a project as aleader or member of a team, they tend to

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Leighty; Recayi Pecen

Session 2433 A Novel Solution for California’s Energy Crisis: Wind Power Transmission from Energy Rich North Dakota to California through HVDC Lines Recayi Pecen William Leighty Electrical & Information The Leighty Foundation-Alaska Engineering Technology Program University of Northern IowaAbstractThis paper first investigates feasibility of establishing a 7,000 MW power capacity wind farm, and theconversion of the total AC electrical power of 4,000 MW to the DC in a large converter station inOlga, North Dakota. Then it includes

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Web-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

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Abi Aghayere

ofweb-based and text-based delivery formats. Page 8.142.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”IntroductionSome web-based courses are available in civil engineering technology but very few onlinecourses exist in structural analysis and design1, 2,10; this is because the Internet environment is notvery conducive to comprehensive design and analytical problems5 .Strenth presented a web-based course in Civil Construction using the Web-CT platform10, andCarter presented information on two

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Krupczak

simple enough that little prior knowledge is needed by the students. This activityprovides a novel approach to familiarizing students with CPU architecture.10 AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank the faculty and staff of the Hope College Department of Physicsand Engineering, and the Hope College Science Division for their contributions to this work.This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant DUE-9752693.References[1] National Science Foundation, “Shaping The Future: New Expectations for Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology, NSF 96-139, October 1996.[2] N. A. Byars, “Technological Literacy Classes: The State of the Art,” Journal of Engineering Education

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Murphy

Session 1355 Practical Advice for the “New Kid on the Block” Dave Murphy Fire Safety Engineering Technology The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Nobody told me how hard and lonely change is. – Joan Gilbertson As a new faculty member at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, I haverecently experienced many changes associated with starting a new career. I can readily attest tothe unique challenges and expectations of assuming the position of assistant professor afterserving twenty years in the fire

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ET Design Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Zbigniew Prusak

improvement to oneparameter of the system deteriorates another parameter. In other words, the system cannot befundamentally improved while using these two parameters. Any improvement achieved byoptimization, leads to a compromise in influence of these two parameters.It is completely unrealistic to expect that engineering and technology education should moldinventors. Perhaps the best measure of how difficult it is to come up with a true invention isprovided by analysis of over 2 million patents done by developers of Theory of Inventive ProblemSolving (TRIZ). Only 1% of the patents were based on a major scientific discovery, 4% based onfield of discovery external to the scientific field of patented application, 18% based on existingtechnical system

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Design Through the Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joseph Beaman; Philip Schmidt

. The '80s brought the advent of personal computers and the rapiddevelopment of user-friendly application software. As increasingly powerful hardware andsoftware tools became available, industry began demanding engineering graduates skilled in theuse of these application tools, and showed less interest in students' ability to build their own toolsfrom the ground up. The microprocessor also radically changed the way and extent to which pre-college students experience technology. Integrated electronics and the conversion of mechanicalcontrol to computer control effectively made function and form in everyday machines invisible;the conceptual database that engineering students formerly brought to the table declinedsubstantially as "virtual

Conference Session

Learning and Teaching Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Matthew Parsek; Chris Riesbeck; Gulnur Birol; Ann McKenna

practical context,foster the development of practical skills such as oral and written communication and teamwork,as well as teach the underlying scientific principles. Learning and instructional theories explainthat providing real-life contexts increases students’ interest, provides opportunities for studentsto apply their knowledge, and prepares students for situations they will encounter aftergraduation2, 3. In addition, the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) hascompelled engineering schools to re-examine their curricula and to make appropriate changes toalign learning outcomes with the new criteria 4. Page 8.348.1

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Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ali Ansari

Session No. # 2506 “THE NATURAL HOUSE” – CONCEPT, DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION Ali Uddin Ansari, Ishrat Meera Mirzana Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Muffakham Jah College of Engineering & Technology (MJCET), Hyderabad, IndiaAbstractThe city of Hyderabad, an explosively growing metropolis located in the south centralregion of India, experiences hot and dry summers and generally warm day temperaturesmost of the year. The building construction approaches and techniques currently in useinvolve excessive use of cement, brick and reinforced concrete

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

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Moeness Amin; Athina Petropulu; Ahmad Hoorfar; William Jemison; Robert Caverly

engineering. Figure 1. Block diagram of a smart communications transceiver system The authors are developing, with the support of an NSF CRCD grant, a series ofeducational concept modules covering both basic and advanced topics in smart communicationstechnology, focusing on microelectronics, antennas and the signal processing elements. This setof topics was chosen to leverage the broad research expertise at the participating universities,which represent a fertile background for introduction of the technology to advancedundergraduate students as well as first year graduate students. The group of participatinguniversities represents a broad spectrum of educational institutions, which will help in makingthese smart communications

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Kuyath

: (1)development of new curriculum; (2) improvement to existing curriculum; or (3) research thatinforms curriculum or teaching at the local (course, department, college, university) level. Thisproject focused on the improvement to existing curriculum by developing a web-based course forJava programming.The Engineering Technology Department at UNC Charlotte is a 2+2 program serving AASgraduates from ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accreditedengineering technology programs in the southeast United States. For many of these graduates,traveling to UNC Charlotte to continue their education at the bachelor’s level is not a realisticoption. The development of a web-based distance education program has provided an

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Norris; Duco Jansen; Sean Brophy

calculators (Texas Instruments and HewletPackard) connected to the teacher’s computer with cables at each seat [3,4,5]. Recently, TexasInstruments rolled out a system called Navigator, which uses wireless hubs located strategicallythroughout a classroom. Students connect to the hub through their TI calculator. This workswell in many engineering schools where the calculator is a ubiquitous device. Other manufacturesuse infrared (IR) technology to provide wireless connectivity with the instructor’s computer.The VaNTH ERC has created their own version of a CCS to leverage the wireless laptoptechnology students are using as part of the laptop initiative at Vanderbilt. One of our strongestmotivations for this project is to explore the value added by

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Novel Courses for CHEs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Chih-hung Chang; Skip Rochefort; Shoichi Kimura; Milo Koretsky

community professionals. TheApprenticeships in Science and Engineering (ASE) program is part of Saturday Academy and istargeted at the “best and brightest” high school students. The heart of the ASE program is theapprenticeship, in which a student apprentice works with one or more technical professionalmentors for eight weeks full-time during the summer. The OSU ChE Dept. has participated inthe ASE program since 1994. Integration of the microelectronics modules into these summerresearch experiences is an excellent avenue for both recruitment of top rated students intoengineering and exposure of students to technologies relevant to Oregon’s predominant industry.Web site: http://www.ogi.edu/satacad/index.html5. Assessment PlanThe measurable student

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Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jon Marvel

program which is open not only to students which have an undergraduate degree inengineering but also for students who have an undergraduate technology or related physicalscience degree. This particular degree option was developed to meet the technical andprofessional development needs of practicing engineers. The M.S. program in ManufacturingOperations is a 33-semester hour program that includes a professional practice component, aseries of courses in manufacturing operations, a capstone Masters Project, and approved graduate Page 8.943.1elective courses. The minimum academic preparation required for entry into the program includes

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Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Olivier de Weck

Session 522 The Three Principles of Powered Flight: An Active Learning Approach Olivier L. de Weck1, Peter W. Young2 and Danielle Adams3 Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139AbstractA holistic education in aerospace engineering ought to encompass not only aircraft design, butshould adequately treat other flight concepts. There are three known fundamental principles ofpowered flight. Balloons of any kind use the

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Learning and Teaching Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Malgorzata Zywno

% 14 Michigan Tulane University, Alabama18 255 60% 58% 85% 50% 15 33 55% 60% 70% 55% University of Technology, Kingston, Jamaica 15 351 60% 74% 79% 50% University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil 17 135 YES* YES* YES* YES* Newcastle, UK, Van Zwanenberg et al. Ryerson, Canada, this study, 2000-2002 338 61% 65% 88% 63%* In their study of 135 engineering

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Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Theodore Pavlic; Prabal Dutta; Michael Hoffmann; Jeffrey Radigan; James Beams; Erik Justen; John Demel; Richard Freuler

years. He enjoys working for FEH and mentoring junior high and high schoolstudents through the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) program. Mr. Radiganwill graduate in June 2004 with a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a minor in Japanese.PRABAL K. DUTTAPrabal K. Dutta is a currently graduate student at The Ohio State University, where he is a member of theDependable Distributed and Networked Systems. He conceived of the Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors Page 8.553.14 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

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Srilekha Srinivasan; Robert Palmer; Michael Anderson; Lance Perez; A. John Boye

advantage in the course? 6) Any additional student comments and further follow up questions.The quantitative and the qualitative assessment outcomes will be used to update, adapt, andimprove the overall learning experience of future UNL electrical engineering students. Further,the quantitative and qualitative outcomes will be used specifically to refine the laboratoryexperience of the electrical engineering undergraduate students at UNL. Through disseminationof the results of this laboratory adaptation in the College of Engineering and Technology atUNL, it is possible to influence the curriculum in other departments, possibly providing theimpetus for future cross-disciplinary laboratory projects.ELEC 304 Quantitative and Qualitative

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Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

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Peter Schuyler; Kenneth Quinn

industry by providing lifelong educational opportunities foremployees, and create a new income for the college. These outcomes have helped to foster an expanding andadvantageous relationship between industry and engineering technology. This paper will outline the necessary stepsto initiate, develop, assess, and gain university approval for these types of collaborative education agreements. Theseagreements between industry and academia can help us to meet today’s demand for rapidly changing technologicaleducational needs.IntroductionTechnology and technology education are rapidly changing fields. It is a significant challenge for programs andhigher education institutions to maintain pace with industry and its needs. As corporate demand for

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Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Willey; Ralph Buonopane; Deniz Turan; Alfred Bina; Guido Lopez

”BiographiesRonald J. WilleyProfessor Willey joined the Department of Chemical Engineering of Northeastern University inthe Fall of 1983. His teaching is devoted to experimental methods and process safety. He is aregistered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and was recentlyelected Fellow of the AIChE.Guido W. LopezDr. Guido Lopez is a faculty member of the School of Engineering Technology at NortheasternUniversity, Boston.. He previously served as Department Head of the Engineering Math andScience Division at Daniel Webster College, Nashua, NH. He has performed applied research atthe NASA John Glenn Research Center on power generation for the international space station.Deniz TuranMs Turan is a graduate of the Middle East Technical

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ET Capstone Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Janak Dave; Thomas Boronkay

Session 3447 Bi-Use Wheelchair/Examination Table Thomas Boronkay, Janak Dave, Erika Shafts University of CincinnatiAbstractStudents working toward the Baccalaureate degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology(MET) at the University op Cincinnati are required to complete a Design, Build & Test Capstonedesign project. Some of these projects are geared to meet the needs of the local non-profitorganizations that provide community service. For the past several years, the MET departmenthas been working with these organizations to identify problems to be solved by